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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(b) The revolutionary war.
(c) The war between the states.
(d) The golden years.

4. According to the author, how did the creation of a separate American nation occur?
(a) Over a period of 200 years.
(b) With the approval of the British rules.
(c) Suddenly rather than gradually.
(d) Gradually rather than suddenly.

5. What does the author think Jefferson offered Madison to get him to accept the new financial plan?
(a) Naming the new seat of government after George Washington.
(b) A guarantee of a senate seat in the next election.
(c) 100 acres in the new city.
(d) Location of the new seat of government to the Potomac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary form of communication in America during 1787-89?

2. At whose home was the dinner held?

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

4. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?

5. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?

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