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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two Representatives reacted first to this petition?
(a) Raymond Burr and Michael Jackson.
(b) Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
(c) James Jackson and William Loughton Smith.
(d) Ben Franklin and James Madison.

2. Where did John Adams go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) MIT.
(d) Brown.

3. Who did Jefferson replace as the US ambassador to France?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) James Madison.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Joseph Kennedy.

4. What political parties existed for the nation?
(a) Green and Indpendent.
(b) Federalists and Republicans.
(c) Democrats and Republicans.
(d) Whigs and Tories.

5. What does the author compare this "Compromise of 1790" to?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Marshall Plan.
(c) The Articles of Confederation.
(d) The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin leave George Washington in his will?

2. What instruction did John give his wife Abigail when he was sworn in as president?

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

4. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

5. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?

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