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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did Washington serve as the president of the new country?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

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

3. What did Washington look forward to doing after the war?
(a) Becoming a private citizen.
(b) Meeting the King of France.
(c) Traveling to Africa.
(d) Running for President.

4. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.
(a) Washington.
(b) West Point.
(c) New York.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. Washington found himself in the middle of a controversy as the president of the _______________________ when it came out that membership included a hereditary clause.
(a) Republican party.
(b) Society of Cincinnati.
(c) Knights of Columbus.
(d) Masons.

6. Jefferson and Madison created a party known as the ______________________.
(a) Republicans.
(b) Agriculturalists.
(c) Patriots.
(d) Nationalists.

7. 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.

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

9. What was a point of contention between Washington and a foreign dignitary who remained his friend?
(a) Washington did not want any military honors.
(b) Washington would not give him an American military distinction.
(c) Washington continued to own slaves.
(d) Washington would not support the French army.

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

11. How old was the person in #105 when he/she died in 1781?
(a) 22.
(b) 13.
(c) 26.
(d) 62.

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

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

15. Washington had to borrow _________________ to attend his own inauguration as First President of the United States.
(a) A suit.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A sword.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington was always conscious of the __________________ he would leave for future generations.

2. Who did Washington appoint as his Secretary of State?

3. To deal with his discomfort with strangers, Washington confined social meetings to a weekly ________________ he would hold in his home each Tuesday.

4. The rebellions in the state in #127 made it clear that the _______________________ needed to be written.

5. Which battle would lead to the surrender of the British army?

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