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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what political party was Hamilton considered a leader?
(a) Republican.
(b) Whig.
(c) Federalist.
(d) Tory.

3. 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) War of 1812.
(c) American Civil War.
(d) Vietnam War.

4. Burr was blocked by Hamilton in his quest to be come the American minister to what country?
(a) China.
(b) England.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

5. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?
(a) Thirteen, one for each colony.
(b) Unknown, no specific records were kept.
(c) One hundred and three.
(d) Fifty-five.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What documents are available today that relate the exact words spoken by each of the dinner attendees?

4. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?

5. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?

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