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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?
(a) Substantial fines.
(b) Three years in prison.
(c) Severe damage to their credit.
(d) Death.

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

3. Burr was blocked by Hamilton in his quest to be come the American minister to what country?
(a) China.
(b) England.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

4. What rank in the military did Aaron Burr attain during the American Revolution?
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Private.

5. Why was there a dispute about who won the 1800 Presidential Election?
(a) There were too many candidates to declare a majority.
(b) Both candidates earned the same number of votes in the electoral college, but no one was specifically mentioned as the Presidential candidate.
(c) George Washington decided at the last minute to make a bid for re-election.
(d) There was considerable voting fraud and a recount was ordered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?

2. What was one of the core principals of the Articles of Confederation?

3. What is the Code Duello?

4. Who was Catiline?

5. What caliber were the dueling pistols?

(see the answer key)

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