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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Washington struggled all his life with ________________ problems.
(a) Romantic.
(b) Speech.
(c) Financial.
(d) Sight.
2. Alexander Hamilton delivered the Report on Public Credit that included his assertion that the federal government should take on the states' debts ________________________.
(a) Left over from the Stamp Act.
(b) For road construction.
(c) Incurred by the war.
(d) To build universities.
3. What did Washington attend before leaving Philadelphia for retirement?
(a) Adams' inauguration.
(b) The launch of the U.S.S. Washington.
(c) The opening of the White House.
(d) The State of the Union address.
4. Where did Washington slip away to while on his way to survey the battles taking place in the South?
(a) Monticello.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Harper's Ferry.
(d) Greenbrier.
5. A short time after the Battle of Monmouth, the _________________ reinforcements arrived to assist Washington.
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Hessian.
6. Which of the following was NOT an issue Washington tended to during most of 1782?
(a) Getting pay for soldiers.
(b) The fate of British prisoners.
(c) Receiving accolades for his war service.
(d) Approving war monuments.
7. What did Washington look forward to doing after the war?
(a) Meeting the King of France.
(b) Running for President.
(c) Becoming a private citizen.
(d) Traveling to Africa.
8. Who was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution?
(a) Edmond-Charles Genet.
(b) Jacques Laurent David.
(c) Francois Bernard Dupont.
(d) Charles Phillipe Brun.
9. Washington found himself __________________ by the poor attitude of the very people he and his soldiers were fighting for.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Amused.
(c) Confused.
(d) Disgruntled.
10. Why did Washington agree to host so many visitors at Mount Vernon after the war?
(a) He was trying to sway voters.
(b) He hoped to get lucrative donations.
(c) He enjoyed telling his war stories.
(d) He wanted to present a good image for posterity.
11. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.
(a) West Point.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington.
(d) New York.
12. 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?
(a) Henry Knox.
(b) James Fairfax.
(c) William Westmoreland.
(d) John Jay.
13. What was Washington reluctant to support in the early years of his Presidency?
(a) The Spanish Embargo Act.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Ohio Valley Treaty.
(d) British Import Act.
14. A group of men in Washington's army mutinied and killed their officers because ________________________.
(a) They were forced to stand guard for double shifts.
(b) They were forced to march twenty miles a day.
(c) They didn't have pay, food or clothing.
(d) They were forced to march during a blizzard.
15. Washington proved himself to be a strong leader despite the ___________________ of those surrounding him.
(a) Laziness.
(b) Treachery.
(c) Inefficiency.
(d) Lack of skills.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was the person in #105 when he/she died in 1781?
2. Washington and his army spent the Winter of ________________ in Valley Forge.
3. Jefferson and Madison created a party known as the ______________________.
4. Jefferson and Madison argued that Hamilton's Federalists supported ____________________ in America.
5. Which of the Founding Fathers achieved a pair of treaties with France, boosting morale at Valley Forge?
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