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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which battle would lead to the surrender of the British army?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill.
(b) The Battle of Saratoga.
(c) The Battle of Yorktown.
(d) The Battle of Richmond.

2. In 1790, the Residence Act was passed, making _____________________ the temporary capital of the country.
(a) New York.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

4. While struggling financially, Washington toured his properties in __________________ to collect rent and evict squatters.
(a) Virginia.
(b) New England.
(c) The Ohio Valley.
(d) Canada.

5. Which foreign dignitary did Washington remain friends with after the war?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Cornwallis.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Burgoyne.

6. Jefferson and Madison argued that Hamilton's Federalists supported ____________________ in America.
(a) Civil rights.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Three political parties.
(d) A monarch.

7. How many years did Washington spend as President of the United States?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

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

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

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

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

12. Valley Forge is located in which state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT an issue Washington tended to during most of 1782?

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

3. How many years was Washington gone from his home to lead the Revolutionary army?

4. Which of the following was NOT strained when Washington was forced to entertain so many visitors after the war?

5. In what city did Washington serve as the president of the new country?

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