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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 was Washington's key military tactic in the Revolutionary War?

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

3. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?

4. What political parties existed for the nation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Washington physically as well as the legend surrounding him.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why was Adams distrustful of his own cabinet?

8. How did Benjamin Franklin contribute to the debates over slavery?

9. Describe the change in Jefferson's attitude towards Washington that began with the Whiskey Rebellion.

10. Discuss in detail the reasons Washington decided to retire from public office.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John Adams believed his role in history would be forgotten, even though he was the second man to serve as President. What factors contributed to this belief?

Essay Topic 2

Describe George Washington. What contributed to his legendary character, and what traits did he have that made him the perfect man to lead our young nation?

Essay Topic 3

Did the author successfully establish his contention, stated at the beginning of the book, that the decade following 1776 was the most important in United States history to date? How did he accomplish this or fail to do so?

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