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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Washington's men NOT lack at Valley Forge?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Food.

2. What did Washington help plan while at the location in #102?
(a) The Boston Tea Party.
(b) The blueprints for the White House.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Battle of Yorktown.

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

4. 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) To build universities.
(c) For road construction.
(d) Incurred by the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many attempts did it take Washington to imprison Benedict Arnold?

2. Jefferson and Madison argued that Hamilton's Federalists supported ____________________ in America.

3. Within a few months of taking office, Washington became ill with a tumor ________________ that had to be excised by a surgeon.

4. Washington felt he needed to live by a certain standard that gave off the impression of _____________________.

5. Which person close to Washington died at the end of the Revolutionary War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What treachery among his own men did Washington face?

2. What did Washington do to improve his finances when he was struggling with his financial situation?

3. What was the condition of Mount Vernon upon Washington's return from war?

4. What were some things that Washington did that made people think he was trying to establish a monarchy in America?

5. What was the Society of the Cincinnati?

6. What were some of the hardships Washington's men suffered at Valley Forge in the Winter of 1777?

7. When did Washington leave the office of President and return to Mount Vernon as a private citizen?

8. What were the circumstances in which Washington was elected president?

9. What was the irony of Washington's financial status at the time he was to be inaugurated?

10. What impression about himself was Washington very careful about preserving?

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