The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Test | Final Test - Hard

Lester J. Cappon
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Test | Final Test - Hard

Lester J. Cappon
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year were the letters in Chapter 10 written?

2. Which future system(s) did Jefferson have high hopes for?

3. What war was ongoing as Adams and Jefferson began to write to each other again?

4. What was taking place because of the influence of Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution?

5. What was Jefferson's response to Abigail's correspondence, in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson refer to their illnesses in the 1818 letters?

2. How was Adams' political work misinterpreted?

3. What did Adams realize about aristocracy, in Chapter 10?

4. What did Adams and Jefferson think about the century's impact on human nature?

5. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?

6. Why did Jefferson write to Adams after the election?

7. Which of Jefferson's actions upset the Adamses, in Chapter 8?

8. What difference of opinion did Adams and Jefferson have about Thomas Paine's Rights of Man?

9. Who was Dr. Rush and why did he help Adams and Jefferson reconcile their differences?

10. How did Adams and Jefferson describe the world in their later letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the aspects of aristocracy, why it was considered a threat to freedom, and the outlook of Adams and Jefferson on the ways to limit aristocracy.

Essay Topic 2

The whale fishery market was an area that Adams and Jefferson focused on during their diplomacy.

1) Describe the whale-fishery markets before, during, and after the Revolution.

2) Explain why the whale-fishery market and its products were important to Adams and Jefferson.

3) Analyze the approach that Adams and Jefferson used in dealing with the whale-fishery market and how trade was restored.

Essay Topic 3

Adams' Defense of the Constitutions of the United States countered the criticisms of the revolutionary new government that was being designed for America.

1) Describe the criticism about the American government that prompted Adams to write Defense of the Constitutions of the United States.

2) Explain the source of the criticism and the possible reasons for it.

3) Analyze three main points that Adams made in Defense of the Constitutions of the United States to support the country's foundation.

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