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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 Founding Fathers achieved a pair of treaties with France, boosting morale at Valley Forge?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What did Washington look forward to doing after the war?
(a) Meeting the King of France.
(b) Traveling to Africa.
(c) Becoming a private citizen.
(d) Running for President.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Washington reluctant to support in the early years of his Presidency?

3. Who did Washington appoint as his Secretary of the Treasury?

4. Which of the following was NOT among Washington's strongest supporters at one time, but who now wrote negative essays about him which were published?

5. Washington and his men spent the Winter of 1779 in which New Jersey town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Washington so disgruntled with some of the people he and his soldiers were fighting for?

2. Although they remained friends after the war, what point did Washington and Lafayette disagree on?

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

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

5. What was the Society of the Cincinnati?

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

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

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

9. How did Washington manage through his discomfort of having to associate with strangers as President?

10. For what reason did Washington have to distance himself from the Society of Cincinnati?

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