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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 was the American republic viewed by the English and French governments at this time?
2. What was written into the US Constitution that directly affected this petition?
3. Where did Jefferson spend most of his term as vice president?
4. How long was it before Jefferson and Adams spoke again after Jefferson assumed the presidency?
5. Who was John Adams' closest friend and confidante?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did Madison and Hamilton play in their contributions to the Washington Farewell Address?
2. Why did Adams make an ineffective Vice President to Washington?
3. What was the main difference between the Jefferson/Adams friendship and the Jefferson/Madison friendship?
4. How serious would it have been if South Carolina and Georgia seceded from the Union in 1790?
5. How did the individual states handle these issues when the Federal Government remained silent on the subject of slavery? Give examples.
6. What was the difference in the way Washington and Jefferson defined the role of America in the affairs of other countries?
7. How did George Washington behave with regard to slavery?
8. Why were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson at the top of everyone's list as possible replacements for Washington as President?
9. How did James Madison, statesman from Virginia, treat the subject of slavery?
10. Why was Jefferson so enamored with the French Revolution?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you believe public opinion changed so radically regarding duels after the death of Alexander Hamilton? Do you think the American Republic was ashamed to be caught dealing with their problems in the same manner as the Europeans they had rebelled against?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why do you believe the American Republic's new leaders did not retaliate violently towards its citizens who had been British sympathizers during the war? What does the author mean when he refers to revolutionary victors "devouring their young"?
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