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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1834, Chapter Thirty-five - Thirty-six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the Alien and Sedition act NOT provide?
(a) An increase in the number of years to become an American citizen.
(b) Additional requirements to run for President of the United States.
(c) The ability to arrest foreigners during a time of war and deport them.
(d) A prohibition against publishing negative press against the government.

2. Who did Burr fight and kill in a duel?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

3. For what position does Burr ask for his brother-in-law, James Brown?
(a) Judge of the Superior Court in New Orleans.
(b) Supreme Court Justice.
(c) Secretary of the Louisiana Territory.
(d) Governor of the Louisiana Territory.

4. What role does Wilkinson ask Burr to take in the Spanish Conspiracy?
(a) He wants him to take over Louisiana.
(b) He wants him to negotiate with Spain.
(c) He wants him to distract the French.
(d) He wants him to be the leader of the Mexican conquest.

5. When did Burr write most of his notes regarding the Revolutionary War?
(a) When he was alone between marriages.
(b) When he was hunched down in trenches during the war.
(c) When he was lost at sea with his daughter.
(d) When he traveled to Europe and lived with a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anthony Merry's position?

2. Whose administration passes the Alien and Sedition Acts?

3. After telling Jefferson what is going on in the West, for what does Burr ask Jefferson's permission?

4. What is the name of the Supreme Court Justice put on trial for believing that there are limitations on legislative powers?

5. What is Madame Jumel's connection to Napoleon?

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