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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. What disease broke out in Washington in 1793?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Cholera.

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

3. 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 whiskey tax.
(d) The income tax.

4. As the war raged on in the South, Washington continued to push for a siege of __________________.
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While struggling financially, Washington toured his properties in __________________ to collect rent and evict squatters.

2. Which family member of his died while Washington was ill from the tumor?

3. What did Washington put efforts toward preserving after the war?

4. A short time after the Battle of Monmouth, the _________________ reinforcements arrived to assist Washington.

5. What was the name of the organization formed to support soldiers and their families after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Society of the Cincinnati?

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

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

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

5. What image of himself did Washington still harbor which involved the perception of prosperity at Mount Vernon?

6. What traditions did Washington create as new President and why were they important to him?

7. What personal health and family trauma affected Washington soon after he took office?

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

9. What did General Charles Lee do that put Washington's men into the heat of battle and for which Lee later faced a court martial?

10. In addition to preserving his war papers, what else did Washington do to preserve his image for future generations?

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