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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much were the first congressmen and senators paid per day of service?
(a) $7.
(b) $4.
(c) $6.
(d) $5.

2. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As an honor and privilege.
(b) As a profession and profit.
(c) As a sacrifice and burden.
(d) As a right and responsibility.

3. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?
(a) Liberalism.
(b) Equality.
(c) . Republicanism.
(d) Democracy.

4. Who resigned from Congress in 1778 because he did not feel he could be a good Congressman because of necessity he was also compelled to practice law?
(a) John Jebb.
(b) Thomas Stone.
(c) James Iredell.
(d) David Hume.

5. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Printing.
(b) Banking.
(c) Store owner.
(d) Bookbinding.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?

2. In the late 18th century, what replaced whipping and execution as penal codes?

3. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?

4. Who spoke for and was responsible for servants, slaves, and tenants?

5. Who vigorously denounced the Stamp Act riots in 1765?

(see the answer key)

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