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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?
(a) Whether either man fired their shots with the intent to kill.
(b) Who was present at the duel.
(c) Who was the winner of the duel.
(d) The exact location of the duel.

2. What office did John Adams have in George Washington's Presidency?
(a) Ambassador to Germany.
(b) Vice President.
(c) Secretary of Agriculture.
(d) Secretary of State.

3. Who was Hamilton's second in the duel?
(a) Adams.
(b) Madison.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Pendleton.

4. What did Representative John Page say was the real threat of the petition?
(a) Financial Ruin.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Silence.

5. What was the subject of the petitions to the House of Representatives that caused so much controversy on February 11, 1790?
(a) Ending the African slave trade in the USA.
(b) Declaring December 25 the official date of Christmas.
(c) Declaring November 25 the official date to celebrate Thanksgiving.
(d) Revoking the women's right to vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, whose version of the duel outcome has persevered through history?

2. What was the nickname given to John Adams in the Constitutional Congress?

3. Which states included a law in their state constitutions that made slavery illegal?

4. Who did Adams appoint as American Minister to Prussia?

5. Who emerged as the candidates for President upon Washington's retirement?

(see the answer key)

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