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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 was Burr's second in the duel?
2. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
3. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?
4. How many contributions did Hamilton make to The Federalist Papers?
5. Where was Hamilton struck by the bullet in the duel?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
3. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?
4. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?
5. Why does the author feel comfortable calling the encounter between the two men "The Duel" without fear his readers will not know to which duel he is referring?
6. How does the author differ from Lincoln's statement that America was founded on a proposition written by Jefferson in 1776?
7. What was the importance of the 1800 Presidential election?
8. Why do historians refer to this time in the course of American history as The Age of Passion?
9. Why do you think the author named the Preface "The Generation"?
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
Describe George Washington. What contributed to his legendary character, and what traits did he have that made him the perfect man to lead our young nation?
Essay Topic 2
What do you believe is the greatest lesson to be derived from this work? Did the book change your understanding of the time following the Revolutionary War and its importance to the way America has evolved? Explain in detail.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think the Constitutional Convention avoided the subject of slavery while forming the new republic? List the advantages and disadvantages of deferring this vital issue to a future generation. What were some of the results of this avoidance? How do you feel US history would have been changed if this issue had been resolved 1) to allow and encourage slavery and 2) to outlaw slavery?
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