Part 3

Quiz for Document P3-4: George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)

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Question 1

In his presidential Farewell Address, George Washington urged Americans to see themselves asA. “Americans” first rather than citizens of individual states.
B. proud citizens of their respective states.
C. pious and deeply religious.
D. missionaries of democracy to the world.

Question 2

Washington is particularly concerned with a tendency to divide Americans along lines ofA. class.
B. ethnicity.
C. geography.
D. religion.

Question 3

Washington asserts that Americans, aware of the necessity of a united government, had “improved upon [their] first essay, by the adoption of a constitution of government.” The “first essay” to which Washington refersA. was the Articles of Confederation.
B. was the Declaration of Independence.
C. were the Suffolk Resolves.
D. were the Two Treatises on Civil Government.

Question 4

Washington’s warning against geographically-based factionalism also extends to factionalism based onA. gender.
B. political party.
C. profession.
D. race.

Question 5

What characteristic of the United States does Washington see as key to avoiding unnecessary entanglement with European conflicts?A. American character and morality
B. Constitutional checks and balances
C. Geographical remoteness and isolation
D. Western expansion and agrarian growth