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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?
(a) Whether either man fired their shots with the intent to kill.
(b) The exact location of the duel.
(c) Who was the winner of the duel.
(d) Who was present at the duel.

3. Who was Burr's second in the duel?
(a) Washington.
(b) Van Ness.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Pendleton.

4. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?
(a) Secretaries of Education and Homeland Security.
(b) Washington's Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) Vice President and Secretary of State.
(d) Vice President and White House Presss Secretary.

5. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Writer.
(b) Republican.
(c) Whig.
(d) American.

6. Before the duel, how many years did the two men, Hamilton and Burr, have animosity between them?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two Years.
(d) Fifteen years.

7. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?
(a) Native Americans, also known as Indian tribes.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Illegal Aliens.
(d) Mayans.

8. Who did Jefferson replace as the US ambassador to France?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Joseph Kennedy.
(d) George Marshall.

9. What was the primary form of communication in America during 1787-89?
(a) Telephone calls.
(b) Western Union Telegrams.
(c) Television messages.
(d) Handwritten letters.

10. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seven.

11. According to the author, how did the creation of a separate American nation occur?
(a) Suddenly rather than gradually.
(b) Over a period of 200 years.
(c) Gradually rather than suddenly.
(d) With the approval of the British rules.

12. On the subject of Hamilton's financial proposal, what was the main issue?
(a) Gold versus Silver.
(b) Black versus White.
(c) Agrarian versus commercial sources of wealth.
(d) Abolition versus Slavery.

13. Who did Madison feel would be exploited and cheated as a result of Hamilton's plan?
(a) Revolutionary War veterans.
(b) Civil War veterans.
(c) Congress.
(d) Wives and families of ex-presidents.

14. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?
(a) Communisim and Democracy.
(b) Tories and Whigs.
(c) Washington and Adams.
(d) Pure Republicanism and the Jeffersonian interpretations.

15. How many sites were being considered for the new permanent capital of the United States?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Two.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state did the duel occur?

3. What was an "interview at Weehawkan"?

4. What did John Adams ask his wife to save for history?

5. What was the date of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

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