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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. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?
2. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
3. Which state did Madison believe would suffer the most injustice under assumption?
4. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
5. What was the total amount of debt the United States was facing in 1790?
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. Describe what is known about the duel between Burr and Hamilton
3. Why do you think Jefferson was the ideal moderator for this discussion?
4. Describe Thomas Jefferson's style of diplomacy.
5. Describe the reputations of Burr and Hamilton. What personality traits led them to end up in a duel?
6. Why was this time--the decades immediately following America's independence from England--so vital?
7. Discuss Alexander Hamilton and how he reacted when someone did not agree with his opinions.
8. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
9. Why would John Adams think that his correspondence would be of interest to future generations?
10. What does the author mean when he says the American Revolution did not "devour its own children"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was Catiline, and how did Aaron Burr deserve (or fail to deserve) Hamilton's accusation that Burr was the Catiline of America?
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
Discuss the quote of John Adams that he and Jefferson had much to explain to each other before they died. What did they need to discuss? How did this discussion through the lengthy correspondence affect history?
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