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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. Who makes history?
(a) Animals.
(b) Priests.
(c) Books.
(d) People.

2. What state was Jefferson from?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) Delaware.

3. An affair of honor should involve only what type of charges?
(a) Adulterous.
(b) Political.
(c) Personal.
(d) Financial.

4. How old was James Madison at the time of this dinner meeting?
(a) 39.
(b) 58.
(c) 23.
(d) 82.

5. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Whig.
(b) American.
(c) Writer.
(d) Republican.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far apart are the participants in a duel?

3. How did critics of the Constitution see that document?

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. At the time of the American Revolution, what was the most powerful military force in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?

2. Describe Aaron Burr's appearance and reputation.

3. Why would John Adams think that his correspondence would be of interest to future generations?

4. Why were the new Americans so sensitive to being compared to British citizens?

5. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

8. Describe the reputations of Burr and Hamilton. What personality traits led them to end up in a duel?

9. Describe what is known about the duel between Burr and Hamilton

10. Why was the land now known as the District of Columbia a good place to locate the capital city of the new government?

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