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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there a dispute about who won the 1800 Presidential Election?
(a) There were too many candidates to declare a majority.
(b) George Washington decided at the last minute to make a bid for re-election.
(c) There was considerable voting fraud and a recount was ordered.
(d) Both candidates earned the same number of votes in the electoral college, but no one was specifically mentioned as the Presidential candidate.

2. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 1,000.

3. According to the author, what event brought the longstanding rivalry between Burr and Hamilton to a head?
(a) A horse race in which both men had substantial financial risk.
(b) The death of Hamilton's son, Philip.
(c) The vote between Burr and Jefferson for President in 1800/01.
(d) The discovery of an affair between Hamilton and Burr's wife.

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

5. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?
(a) Report on the Public Credit.
(b) CNN White Paper on Finances.
(c) The Pickwick Papers.
(d) The New Republic.

6. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The revolutionary war.
(b) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(c) The war between the states.
(d) The golden years.

7. According to the author, why did Hamilton go to the duel?
(a) He wanted to murder Burr.
(b) He needed the money.
(c) His theatre plans changed for that day.
(d) Ambition and insecurity.

8. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?
(a) Out of boredom and over confidence.
(b) Out of confusion about the subject.
(c) His wife begged him to go.
(d) Out of frustration in solving the libelous statements of Hamilton.

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

10. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
(a) Vast continent of North America, with all its resources.
(b) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.
(c) Good intentions.
(d) British stocks and bonds.

11. What country did America look to for guidance on how to create their new republic?
(a) None - the American revolution was the first.
(b) China.
(c) Burma.
(d) Scotland.

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

13. 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.

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

15. In what state did the duel occur?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were some of Hamilton's better known political enemies?

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

3. On the subject of Hamilton's financial proposal, what was the main issue?

4. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?

5. Before this important dinner took place, from what country had Jefferson just returned?

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