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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?
(a) It represented the first time a state delegation was involved in federal politics.
(b) It was the first time the Quakers became involved in politics.
(c) It was the first time the division of church and state arisen.
(d) It was the first time pro-slavery and abolitionist views had been so clearly outlined in a national venue.

2. Who urged General Washington to free all the slaves at the end of the Revolutionary War?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Madison.
(c) The State of Georgia.
(d) Lafayette.

3. What is the Code Duello?
(a) The name Burr gave his gun.
(b) The newspaper that first reported the results of the duel.
(c) The name given to the bullet that killed Hamilton.
(d) The name of the recognized law of honor regarding duels.

4. What did Madison propose to do about the issue?
(a) Debate it in the House.
(b) Approve it.
(c) Pass it to the Senate.
(d) Forward it to a committee where it would fade from the public attention.

5. How many total shots were fired at the duel?
(a) Six, three by each man.
(b) Two, one by each man.
(c) Two, both by Hamilton.
(d) Two, both by Burr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest slave population?

2. Who was America's first legend?

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

4. How far apart are the participants in a duel?

5. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?

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