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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seven.

4. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Republican.
(b) Whig.
(c) American.
(d) Writer.

5. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Cleveland, OH.
(d) New York City, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how did the creation of a separate American nation occur?

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

3. At the time of the American Revolution, what was the most powerful military force in the world?

4. What did John Adams ask his wife to save for history?

5. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?

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