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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 does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
2. How old was James Madison at the time of this dinner meeting?
3. According to the author, why did Hamilton go to the duel?
4. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?
5. How long did it take Hamilton to write the Report on Public Credit?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?
2. What was the importance of the 1800 Presidential election?
3. Why was Virginia so important to the decisions of this time?
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. Why was the land now known as the District of Columbia a good place to locate the capital city of the new government?
6. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
7. Why was it so important that Hamilton and Madison meet away from the public eye?
8. How does the author differ from Lincoln's statement that America was founded on a proposition written by Jefferson in 1776?
9. Why do you think the author named the Preface "The Generation"?
10. What were some of Hamilton's claims against Burr? Describe in detail, and give instances where Hamilton speaks against Burr?
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
What was the main disadvantages of delaying the decision about slavery to 1808, mandated by the Constitution? What were the advantages? In your opinion, what should the Constitution have done about the issue?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the marriage and partnership between Abigail and John Adams. Are there any historic comparisons, i.e., Bill and Hillary Clinton or Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt? In your opinion, should a man of such power depend on the input of his wife for decisions?
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