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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As the war raged on in the South, Washington continued to push for a siege of __________________.
2. Alexander Hamilton delivered the Report on Public Credit that included his assertion that the federal government should take on the states' debts ________________________.
3. Which of the following was NOT an issue Washington tended to during most of 1782?
4. General William Howe was replaced by whom after word of the French treat with the Americans?
5. Which person close to Washington died at the end of the Revolutionary War?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Washington do to improve his finances when he was struggling with his financial situation?
2. What was the Society of the Cincinnati?
3. What traditions did Washington create as new President and why were they important to him?
4. What personal health and family trauma affected Washington soon after he took office?
5. What was the irony of Washington's financial status at the time he was to be inaugurated?
6. For what reason did Washington have to distance himself from the Society of Cincinnati?
7. What were some of the hardships Washington's men suffered at Valley Forge in the Winter of 1777?
8. What treachery among his own men did Washington face?
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. Why was the Winter of 1779 similar to the one spent at Valley Forge for Washington and his men?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which role did Washington feel was his most important during his life? Which role was most gratifying to Washington in his life? Is there something Washington would have liked to do but never had the chance?
Essay Topic 2
Ambition takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of Washington's ambitions? Was he consumed with winning and getting ahead? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of men in the mid-18th century when Washington and his colleagues were coming of age. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century men do not?
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