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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname given to John Adams in the Constitutional Congress?
(a) The Ace of the Country.
(b) The Little Emperor.
(c) The Little General.
(d) The Atlas of Independence.

2. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?
(a) Tories versus Whigs.
(b) The new title of the republic versus its goals.
(c) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.
(d) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.

3. Who urged General Washington to free all the slaves at the end of the Revolutionary War?
(a) The State of Georgia.
(b) Lafayette.
(c) Madison.
(d) Jefferson.

4. Who was elected to be the third President of the United States?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. What medical problem had Jefferson experienced for over a month before the dinner?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stiff neck.
(c) Broken leg.
(d) Migraine headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was America's first legend?

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

3. What did Representative Jackson base his pro-slavery position upon?

4. What does the author compare this "Compromise of 1790" to?

5. Who worked behind the scenes to promote Jefferson's candidacy for President?

(see the answer key)

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