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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
(a) British stocks and bonds.
(b) Vast continent of North America, with all its resources.
(c) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.
(d) Good intentions.

3. According to the author, what action would have ended the move for American Independence?
(a) British commanders prosecuting the war more vigorously.
(b) The invention of the atomic bomb.
(c) Better use of horses by either army.
(d) Spain's entry into the war on the side of America.

4. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest slave population?
(a) Georgia.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Rhode Island.

5. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?
(a) Tories versus Whigs.
(b) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.
(c) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.
(d) The new title of the republic versus its goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did George Washington die?

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

3. How long was it before Jefferson and Adams spoke again after Jefferson assumed the presidency?

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

5. In what state did the duel occur?

(see the answer key)

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