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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(b) The revolutionary war.
(c) The golden years.
(d) The war between the states.

3. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?
(a) Representative government based popular sovreignty and some form of market economy fueled by the energies of individual citizens.
(b) Marxist and socialist.
(c) Feudal system governed by kings, queens and lords.
(d) Communism.

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

5. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?
(a) Secretaries of Education and Homeland Security.
(b) Washington's Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) Vice President and White House Presss Secretary.
(d) Vice President and Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was considered to be the first President of the United States, almost unanimously by its people?

2. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?

3. What rank in the military did Aaron Burr attain during the American Revolution?

4. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?

5. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

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