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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT an issue Washington tended to during most of 1782?
(a) Receiving accolades for his war service.
(b) The fate of British prisoners.
(c) Getting pay for soldiers.
(d) Approving war monuments.

2. What was Washington reluctant to support in the early years of his Presidency?
(a) The Spanish Embargo Act.
(b) British Import Act.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Ohio Valley Treaty.

3. Who was the commander of West Point in the Fall of 1780?
(a) Benedict Arnold.
(b) Paul Revere.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Patrick Henry.

4. A group of men in Washington's army mutinied and killed their officers because ________________________.
(a) They didn't have pay, food or clothing.
(b) They were forced to stand guard for double shifts.
(c) They were forced to march twenty miles a day.
(d) They were forced to march during a blizzard.

5. What part of the country was chosen as the permanent area for the capital?
(a) The Brandywine Valley.
(b) The Ohio River region.
(c) Long Island.
(d) The Potomac River region.

6. Who was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution?
(a) Edmond-Charles Genet.
(b) Francois Bernard Dupont.
(c) Charles Phillipe Brun.
(d) Jacques Laurent David.

7. What was the name of the organization formed to support soldiers and their families after the war?
(a) Sons of Freedom.
(b) Sons of the American Revolution.
(c) Society of the Cincinnati.
(d) Society of Patriots.

8. Washington and his army spent the Winter of ________________ in Valley Forge.
(a) 1777.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1773.

9. What is a flotilla?
(a) A cannon.
(b) A weapons wagon.
(c) A unit of men.
(d) A formation of small warships.

10. Washington was always conscious of the __________________ he would leave for future generations.
(a) Money.
(b) Impression.
(c) Monuments.
(d) Photographs.

11. What placed a huge burden on Washington's precarious finances?
(a) Paying his soldiers.
(b) Traveling the world.
(c) Buying more property.
(d) Entertaining visitors who wanted to meet him.

12. Where did Washington slip away to while on his way to survey the battles taking place in the South?
(a) Monticello.
(b) Harper's Ferry.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Greenbrier.

13. By what margin did Washington win the presidency of the new country?
(a) 70%.
(b) 10%.
(c) Unanimous.
(d) 25%.

14. How many attempts did it take Washington to imprison Benedict Arnold?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) He never did.

15. In the Spring of 1780, Cornwallis and Clinton took a flotilla to ______________________.
(a) New York.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington proved himself to be a strong leader despite the ___________________ of those surrounding him.

2. What did Washington look forward to doing after the war?

3. What was the name of the convention in #129?

4. In late 1786, Washington learned that he would represent _________________ at a convention.

5. What disease broke out in Washington in 1793?

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