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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did some people think actually authored the letter without input from George Washington?
(a) Martha Washington.
(b) Sally Hemings.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

2. What famous American endorsed this petition?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Patrick Henry.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) John Paul Jones.

3. What was the federal budget of 1790?
(a) 300 Million.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10 Million.
(d) 7 Million.

4. Who collaborated with George Washington on his Farewell Address?
(a) Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
(b) Abigail Adams and Martha Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
(d) Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

5. What did Adams do about the French piracy in the Atlantic and Caribbean?
(a) Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
(b) Focused on building up the navy for protection.
(c) Hired some American pirates to combat them.
(d) Wrote stern letters to the French government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Representative John Page say was the real threat of the petition?

2. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest free-black population?

3. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?

4. What was Washington's attitude towards America's involvement in European conflict?

5. Who was John Adams' closest friend and confidante?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jefferson make an ineffective Vice President to Adams?

2. Why did Adams suggest that the President be referred to as "His Majesty"?

3. What was the difference in the way Washington and Jefferson defined the role of America in the affairs of other countries?

4. Why did the Federalist party disappear and the Republican party remain?

5. Why was Washington's retirement from public office so important to history?

6. How did James Madison, statesman from Virginia, treat the subject of slavery?

7. How serious would it have been if South Carolina and Georgia seceded from the Union in 1790?

8. Why do you think the framers of the Constitution placed a moratorium on laws regarding slavery until 1808?

9. Why did Washington turn away requests that he become a king of the new republic?

10. How did these debates contribute to the knowledge of this issue in our country?

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