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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes history?
(a) Animals.
(b) People.
(c) Priests.
(d) Books.

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

3. How far apart are the participants in a duel?
(a) One Hundred Yards.
(b) Ten Paces.
(c) Fifty Yards.
(d) Three Paces.

4. Why did the framers of the Constitution avoid the issue of slavery?
(a) They forgot about it.
(b) They did not believe the issue was important enough to be included.
(c) They believed the issue would prevent the states from forming a country.
(d) None of the framers brought the issue to the attention of the others.

5. What country is the oldest enduring republic in world history?
(a) United States of America.
(b) United States of Mexico.
(c) Soviet Union of Socialist Republics.
(d) Republic of Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. What documents are available today that relate the exact words spoken by each of the dinner attendees?

2. What was the House's vote on referring the petition to a committee?

3. What was the federal budget of 1790?

4. According to the author, how did the creation of a separate American nation occur?

5. What is the Code Duello?

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