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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author compare this "Compromise of 1790" to?
(a) The Articles of Confederation.
(b) The Marshall Plan.
(c) The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

2. What did John Adams ask his wife to save for history?
(a) Photos of their children.
(b) All of his letters.
(c) The outfit he wore when he was inaugurated.
(d) His favorite shoes.

3. Who held in his possession the secret minutes of the Constitutional Convention?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

4. 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) The new title of the republic versus its goals.
(d) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When George Washington wrote to the Cherokee Nation, what did he recommend that they do?

2. What was an "interview at Weehawkan"?

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

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

5. What is a hair-trigger?

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