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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there a dispute about who won the 1800 Presidential Election?
(a) Both candidates earned the same number of votes in the electoral college, but no one was specifically mentioned as the Presidential candidate.
(b) There were too many candidates to declare a majority.
(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.

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

3. Who was Hamilton's second in the duel?
(a) Pendleton.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Madison.
(d) Adams.

4. What issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?
(a) Telecommunications.
(b) Price of Postage.
(c) Secret Service.
(d) Slavery.

5. When did Hamilton die?
(a) The next day, July 12, 1804.
(b) Two weeks later, July 25, 1804.
(c) A year later, in a boating accident.
(d) Immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?

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

3. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?

4. Who was Burr's second in the duel?

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

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