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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Fall on 1755, Washington was made supreme commander of all military forces in _______________.
(a) Maryland.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) America.
(d) Virginia.

2. When Washington married the woman in #53, he became a very wealthy man by appearances only because much of the money was set aside for _________________________.
(a) Taxes.
(b) The county.
(c) Her children.
(d) The military.

3. The overwhelming problem Washington had to deal with in the Summer of 1794 was a rebellion in Virginia and Pennsylvania against ____________________.
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) The income tax.
(d) The whiskey tax.

4. How old was George Washington when his father died?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 22.

5. Washington was born to a family of men who ____________________.
(a) Worked in law.
(b) Were artists.
(c) Died young.
(d) Became politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?

2. In the Spring of 1780, Cornwallis and Clinton took a flotilla to ______________________.

3. Washington found himself __________________ by the poor attitude of the very people he and his soldiers were fighting for.

4. When Washington married Martha, the slave population at Mount Vernon ____________________.

5. Who was the envoy who Washington sent to England to demand the end of their seizing American ships and imprisoning American citizens they thought were British deserters?

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