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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 medical problem had Jefferson experienced for over a month before the dinner?
2. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
3. What was an "interview at Weehawkan"?
4. How many contributions did Hamilton make to The Federalist Papers?
5. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Alexander Hamilton and how he reacted when someone did not agree with his opinions.
2. Why was it so important that Hamilton and Madison meet away from the public eye?
3. Describe the reputations of Burr and Hamilton. What personality traits led them to end up in a duel?
4. Why were the new Americans so sensitive to being compared to British citizens?
5. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?
6. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
7. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?
8. Why do you think Jefferson was the ideal moderator for this discussion?
9. What, in your opinion, were the greatest assets of the new republic?
10. Why do historians refer to this time in the course of American history as The Age of Passion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why do you think the author spent the majority of the book discussing the friendship, correspondence and actions of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? What contributions do you think the author valued the most from these two men?
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