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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the duel, how many years did the two men, Hamilton and Burr, have animosity between them?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) One year.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Two Years.

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

3. What do some historians call the politics and events of the 1790s in America?
(a) The Bronze Age.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Age of Passion.
(d) The Ice Age.

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

5. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many new slaves were in the USA between the time of the Declaration of Independence and the census of 1790?

2. What is the Code Duello?

3. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?

4. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?

5. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest free-black population?

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