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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Washington married the woman in #53, he became a very wealthy man by appearances only because much of the money was set aside for _________________________.
(a) Taxes.
(b) Her children.
(c) The county.
(d) The military.

2. 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) For road construction.
(c) To build universities.
(d) Left over from the Stamp Act.

3. How many resolutions were presented in #46?
(a) 17.
(b) 31.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

4. Which office did Washington run for and win?
(a) Governor of Virginia.
(b) A seat on the Richmond, Virginia, town council.
(c) Mayor of Cornwall.
(d) A seat in the Frederick County House of Burgesses.

5. What was the greatest impact on Washington's life regarding his father's death?
(a) He had a bad reputation.
(b) He had no one to look up to.
(c) He could not go to boarding school.
(d) He had to take care of his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Washington attend before leaving Philadelphia for retirement?

2. In the Summer of 1777, the British made a move toward __________________, so Washington moved his army quickly into the city.

3. Which fort was Washington forced to watch the British decimate, forcing his troops to surrender?

4. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.

5. Washington was chronically in debt because _______________________.

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