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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which states during this debate were the most aggressive in defending their right to own slaves?
(a) Georgia and South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina and South Carolina.
(c) New York and New Jersey.
(d) Virginia and North Carolina.

2. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?
(a) Communism.
(b) Representative government based popular sovreignty and some form of market economy fueled by the energies of individual citizens.
(c) Marxist and socialist.
(d) Feudal system governed by kings, queens and lords.

3. Who did Adams appoint as American Minister to Prussia?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) His son, John Quincy Adams.

4. Who was Catiline?
(a) A large ship commissioned by Washington to be used to sail along the coast of the colonies and recruit soldiers.
(b) A woman whose rhetoric and feiry speeches nearly destroyed the American Republic's economic system.
(c) A treachorous and degenerate character whose scheming nearly destroyed the Roman Republic.
(d) A romantic character in a popular novel, whose life was destroyed by a duel.

5. How did Hamilton propose to handle the debts of the thirteen states?
(a) Each state would pay their debts separately.
(b) No one would pay anything.
(c) Each state would apply for refinancing.
(d) The federal government would assume all debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many total shots were fired at the duel?

2. Which state did Madison believe would suffer the most injustice under assumption?

3. Who worked behind the scenes to promote Jefferson's candidacy for President?

4. What was the nickname given to John Adams in the Constitutional Congress?

5. Who was Burr's second in the duel?

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