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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?
(a) Representative government based popular sovreignty and some form of market economy fueled by the energies of individual citizens.
(b) Communism.
(c) Marxist and socialist.
(d) Feudal system governed by kings, queens and lords.

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

3. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?
(a) Madascar ruling Africa.
(b) Britain continuing to rule over North America.
(c) Hawaii ruling California.
(d) Britian continuing to rule over India.

4. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
(a) British stocks and bonds.
(b) Vast continent of North America, with all its resources.
(c) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.
(d) Good intentions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?

3. What country did America look to for guidance on how to create their new republic?

4. What issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?

5. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?

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