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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what city did this dinner take place?
(a) Atlanta, GA.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) New York City.
(d) Seattle, WA.

3. How long did it take Hamilton to write the Report on Public Credit?
(a) One year.
(b) One night.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three Weeks.

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

5. Where was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) Delhi, India.
(b) New Orleans, LA.
(c) Honolulu, Hawaii.
(d) Island of Nevis, West Indies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did the duel occur?

2. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?

3. An affair of honor should involve only what type of charges?

4. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Virginia so important to the decisions of this time?

2. Discuss Alexander Hamilton and how he reacted when someone did not agree with his opinions.

3. Why do you think the author named the Preface "The Generation"?

4. What roles did the seconds (Pendleton and Van Ness) have in the days before the duel? Describe how each one played out these roles, and how they handled their roles after the duel.

5. What, in your opinion, were the greatest assets of the new republic?

6. What was the importance of the 1800 Presidential election?

7. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?

8. How does the author differ from Lincoln's statement that America was founded on a proposition written by Jefferson in 1776?

9. Describe Thomas Jefferson's style of diplomacy.

10. Why was this time--the decades immediately following America's independence from England--so vital?

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