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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?
(a) One hundred and three.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Unknown, no specific records were kept.
(d) Thirteen, one for each colony.

2. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?
(a) Out of boredom and over confidence.
(b) Out of confusion about the subject.
(c) His wife begged him to go.
(d) Out of frustration in solving the libelous statements of Hamilton.

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

4. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What is a hair-trigger?
(a) A method of pulling the trigger on a weapon.
(b) The result of a weapon being left outdoors overnight.
(c) Part of the gun that has been used to comb a man's hair.
(d) A device on a gun that allows a much smaller amount of pressure to pull the trigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some historians call the politics and events of the 1790s in America?

2. What was the name of Hamilton's new country house?

3. Who makes history?

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

5. Who were the attendees at The Dinner, the subject of this chapter?

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