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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which states included a law in their state constitutions that made slavery illegal?
(a) Vermont and New Hampshire.
(b) Virginia and New Jersey.
(c) Texas and Alabama.
(d) Vermont and Maine.

3. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?
(a) None.
(b) One- Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Two - Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Three - Bush, Roosevelt and Wilson.

4. What issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?
(a) Telecommunications.
(b) Price of Postage.
(c) Secret Service.
(d) Slavery.

5. According to the author, whose version of the duel outcome has persevered through history?
(a) Jefferon's eyewitness account.
(b) New York Times version.
(c) Hamilton's followers and family.
(d) Burr's followers and family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical problem had Jefferson experienced for over a month before the dinner?

2. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?

3. Before this important dinner took place, from what country had Jefferson just returned?

4. Who held in his possession the secret minutes of the Constitutional Convention?

5. When did George Washington die?

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