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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was one of the core principals of the Articles of Confederation?
(a) That the Confederate States of America should be made to exist.
(b) That a centralized political power that operated in a faraway place could not govern citizens..
(c) That the colonies would never number more than twenty.
(d) That it would replace the constituiton.

4. 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.

5. What caliber were the dueling pistols?
(a) .38 special.
(b) .22 long rifle.
(c) .45 ACP.
(d) .54 caliber balls.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?

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

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

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

5. What was the total amount of debt the United States was facing in 1790?

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