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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
(a) With the people.
(b) With the President.
(c) At Fort Knox.
(d) With the states.

2. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifty.

3. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Cleveland, OH.
(d) New York City, NY.

4. What country is the oldest enduring republic in world history?
(a) Republic of Iraq.
(b) United States of America.
(c) Soviet Union of Socialist Republics.
(d) United States of Mexico.

5. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?
(a) Communisim and Democracy.
(b) Pure Republicanism and the Jeffersonian interpretations.
(c) Tories and Whigs.
(d) Washington and Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?

2. In what political party was Hamilton considered a leader?

3. What did John Adams ask his wife to save for history?

4. What caliber were the dueling pistols?

5. What is the Code Duello?

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