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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did George Washington do to quell the Whiskey Rebellion?

2. How long was it before Jefferson and Adams spoke again after Jefferson assumed the presidency?

3. How did John and Abigail Adams stay in touch while he was in Philadelphia?

4. What was the main qualification for a candidate to replace George Washington as the leader of the country?

5. Where did George Washington live in retirement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson at the top of everyone's list as possible replacements for Washington as President?

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

3. Where did the white men, whether pro and anti slavery, believe the slaves would go once they were freed?

4. How did George Washington behave with regard to slavery?

5. Why was the marriage between John and Abigail Adams so unusual?

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

7. Why did Adams make an ineffective Vice President to Washington?

8. How did the individual states handle these issues when the Federal Government remained silent on the subject of slavery? Give examples.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author spent the majority of the book discussing the friendship, correspondence and actions of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? What contributions do you think the author valued the most from these two men?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe the American Republic's new leaders did not retaliate violently towards its citizens who had been British sympathizers during the war? What does the author mean when he refers to revolutionary victors "devouring their young"?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the Constitutional Convention avoided the subject of slavery while forming the new republic? List the advantages and disadvantages of deferring this vital issue to a future generation. What were some of the results of this avoidance? How do you feel US history would have been changed if this issue had been resolved 1) to allow and encourage slavery and 2) to outlaw slavery?

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