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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years was Washington gone from his home to lead the Revolutionary army?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

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

4. 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 Patriots.
(d) Society of the Cincinnati.

5. 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 march twenty miles a day.
(c) They were forced to stand guard for double shifts.
(d) They were forced to march during a blizzard.

6. Alexander Hamilton delivered the Report on Public Credit that included his assertion that the federal government should take on the states' debts ________________________.
(a) To build universities.
(b) Left over from the Stamp Act.
(c) Incurred by the war.
(d) For road construction.

7. What was the state of Mount Vernon when Washington returned from war?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Somewhat neglected.
(c) Decimated.
(d) Lush.

8. Who did Washington appoint as his Secretary of the Treasury?
(a) Nathanael Greene.
(b) Wallace Fairfax.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Henry Knox.

9. What role did Washington accept at the convention in #129?
(a) President.
(b) Chancellor.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Governor.

10. Why did Washington agree to host so many visitors at Mount Vernon after the war?
(a) He enjoyed telling his war stories.
(b) He was trying to sway voters.
(c) He hoped to get lucrative donations.
(d) He wanted to present a good image for posterity.

11. What did Washington put efforts toward preserving after the war?
(a) His uniforms.
(b) His weapons.
(c) His friendships.
(d) His war papers.

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

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

14. A short time after the Battle of Monmouth, the _________________ reinforcements arrived to assist Washington.
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) Hessian.

15. Washington was involved in the design and construction of the ______________________.
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) Washington monument.
(c) Captiol building.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the treaty John Jay reached with the British that angered the American people?

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

3. Jefferson and Madison created a party known as the ______________________.

4. Where did Washington slip away to while on his way to survey the battles taking place in the South?

5. What disease broke out in Washington in 1793?

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