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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles did Washington keep travel after leaving Philadelphia?
(a) 1,887 miles.
(b) 2,000 miles.
(c) 1,777 miles.
(d) 1,500 miles.

2. Who wrote "the tree of liberty had to be watered by human blood"?
(a) George Washington.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Adams.

3. Who reported to the British government that the U.S. would agree to a "watered down" neutrality?
(a) John Jay.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) General Howe.
(d) George Hammond.

4. What disease plagued Philadelphia in August 1793?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Yellow fever.

5. Who wrote Washington begging him to stay in office?
(a) Martha Washington.
(b) Peggy Shipman.
(c) Sally Fairfax.
(d) Eliza Powel.

6. What did the British say they would do once the peace treaty was signed?
(a) Attack Trenton.
(b) Leave Philadelphia.
(c) Attack New York.
(d) Evacuate New York.

7. Who was responsible for representing Washington's government in Paris?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) James Monroe.
(d) James Madison.

8. What British governmental decree permitted the removal of goods from neutral bottoms?
(a) Federalist Order.
(b) Consolato del Mare.
(c) Provision Order.
(d) Neutrality Order.

9. Who led the Federalists to put pressure on Washington calm Congress down?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Jay.

10. What did Washington think would happen to the government if democratic societies continue to thrive?
(a) The government would be destroyed.
(b) The government would get stronger.
(c) The government would remain the same.
(d) The government would get weaker.

11. How long was the published pamphlet that angrily attacked George Washington?
(a) 100 pages.
(b) 103 pages.
(c) 75 pages.
(d) 50 pages.

12. Who did Washington hire as a secretary?
(a) John Fitch.
(b) James Rumsey.
(c) David Humphreys.
(d) Tobias Lear.

13. What state did the Whiskey rebellion take place?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

14. Who was appointed Minister to Holland?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Gouverneur Morris
(c) William Short.
(d) Thomas Pinckney.

15. What city did Washington ask his cabinet to meet?
(a) Newburg.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Germantown.
(d) Annapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people feel that Washington was living?

2. Who were people personally upset with concerning the Jay Treaty?

3. Who worked out a code with Jefferson to communicate secretly with the leaders of the opposition?

4. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?

5. What did the letter that Pickering gave Washington reveal?

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