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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. Who were some of Hamilton's better known political enemies?

2. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?

3. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?

4. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?

5. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of Hamilton's claims against Burr? Describe in detail, and give instances where Hamilton speaks against Burr?

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

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

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

5. Why do you think Jefferson was the ideal moderator for this discussion?

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

7. Why do you think such prominent men chose a duel to resolve their differences? Did it work?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

America fought a war of independence, created a constitution, and began its first twenty years as a country, all with George Washington at its head. When he publishes a letter to the American people who have loved and admired him for so long that he is retiring, how do you think they felt? What impact do you think this had on the shopkeepers, tradesmen and average people who were not intimately involved in politics?

Essay Topic 2

Did the author successfully establish his contention, stated at the beginning of the book, that the decade following 1776 was the most important in United States history to date? How did he accomplish this or fail to do so?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Thomas Jefferson's view of government. Did his view hinder the growth of the country or enhance it?

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