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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
(a) With the states.
(b) With the President.
(c) At Fort Knox.
(d) With the people.

2. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) War of 1812.
(d) American Civil War.

3. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?
(a) Four Million.
(b) Two Hundred MIllion.
(c) 453.
(d) Five Hundred Thousand.

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

5. 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) Good intentions.
(d) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the primary form of communication in America during 1787-89?

3. Who was considered to be the first President of the United States, almost unanimously by its people?

4. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?

5. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?

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