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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Adamses find when they returned to Boston?
(a) Mayhem and confusion
(b) Hostility toward the family
(c) A town they did not recognize
(d) A huge homecoming celebration

2. What is the name of the Adamses new grandchild born to John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams?
(a) Abigail Elizabeth Adams
(b) Charles Quincy Adams
(c) George Washington Adams
(d) John Quincy Adams II

3. Who did Adams fear would lead a military coup and return the country to British rule?
(a) Pickering
(b) Jay
(c) Hamilton
(d) Jefferson

4. Which city has hopes of becoming the country's permanent capital?
(a) New York
(b) Boston
(c) Philadelphia
(d) Charleston

5. On what day did both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die?
(a) December 25, 1826
(b) June 30, 1825
(c) July 4, 1826
(d) July 1, 1826

6. Who is appointed commander in chief of the new provisional army?
(a) William Smith
(b) George Washington
(c) John Howe
(d) Alexander Hamilton

7. With what disease is Nabby diagnosed?
(a) Breast cancer
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Cirrhosis
(d) Diabetes

8. Who surprisingly has much in common with John Adams?
(a) The Marquis de Lafayette
(b) King George III
(c) King Louis XVI
(d) The Pope

9. What was a main topic of discussion among New Englanders during 1814?
(a) Maritime pirates
(b) Secession from the union
(c) Shipping prices
(d) Crop prices

10. What statement did Washington add to his presidential oath of office?
(a) Give me liberty or give me death.
(b) United we stand, divided we fall.
(c) God bless the United States of America
(d) So help me God.

11. How did Adams perceive the Vice Presidency?
(a) A monument to service
(b) A do-nothing job
(c) A great honor
(d) A civilized way to pass time

12. To where is the nation's capital moved in 1800?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Charleston
(c) New York
(d) Boston

13. What addition did the Adamses make to their home?
(a) Furniture
(b) Piano
(c) Bedrooms
(d) Portraits

14. What does Dr. Rush call Adams and Jefferson?
(a) The salt of the earth
(b) Two old fools
(c) America's finest
(d) The North and South Poles of the American Revolution

15. For what reason did Adams will himself to stay alive?
(a) To observe the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
(b) To see his great grandchildren
(c) To see John Quincy elected president
(d) He promised Abigail

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what disease does Charles Adams die?

2. What is Adams' main objective during this period of his presidency?

3. How does Adams now occupy his time?

4. How many months did Adams govern from his Quincy home instead of Philadelphia in 1799?

5. Who becomes a threat to U.S. shipping and trade?

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