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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An affair of honor should involve only what type of charges?
(a) Political.
(b) Adulterous.
(c) Personal.
(d) Financial.

2. What country did America look to for guidance on how to create their new republic?
(a) China.
(b) Burma.
(c) Scotland.
(d) None - the American revolution was the first.

3. What was the date of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?
(a) October 29, 1851.
(b) July 11, 1804.
(c) July 4, 1776.
(d) January 20, 1804.

4. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?
(a) World War I.
(b) War of 1812.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) American Civil War.

5. Why was there a dispute about who won the 1800 Presidential Election?
(a) George Washington decided at the last minute to make a bid for re-election.
(b) There were too many candidates to declare a majority.
(c) Both candidates earned the same number of votes in the electoral college, but no one was specifically mentioned as the Presidential candidate.
(d) There was considerable voting fraud and a recount was ordered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?

2. According to the author, what action would have ended the move for American Independence?

3. Who were some of Hamilton's better known political enemies?

4. Who was Catiline?

5. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?

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