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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. When does this erosion take place?

2. Thomas Payne began as a revolutionary hero. What has he become in just a few years?

3. How many slaves does Jefferson free in his will?

4. Why does Jefferson agree with the separation of church and state?

5. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jefferson and Adams begin to reconcile their friendship?

2. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

3. Although Jefferson believes that slavery should be abolished, what does he feel about the issue of equality?

4. Why does Jefferson make the Louisiana Purchase?

5. Why might it be possible that this affair took place?

6. How does Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C., differ from his arrivals in Philadelphia and Paris?

7. Why does Ellis believe this affair is out of Jefferson's character?

8. Why is Jefferson accused, inaccurately, of being an atheist?

9. Why will scholars still be arguing about Jefferson's legacies well into the 22nd century?

10. What is the reason for the lack of pomp in his arrival to the Capitol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jefferson is the Governor of Virginia for two years.

Part 1) How is Virginia under Jefferson's guidance?

Part 2) Why is the state's economy the way it is?

Part 3) What quota is Virginia not able to meet?

Essay Topic 2

Jefferson very publicly becomes a Francophone while in Paris.

Part 1) What is a Francophone?

Part 2) Why and how is Jefferson a Francophone?

Part 3) How does it affect his opinion of the French?

Essay Topic 3

An accusation that historians still debate to this day is that of the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Part 1) Of what is he accused?

Part 2) What is the evidence of the relationship?

Part 3) Character flaws are a part of humanity. Why do scholars, historians, and the general public still debate this relationship?

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