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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 issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?
2. According to the author, what event brought the longstanding rivalry between Burr and Hamilton to a head?
3. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
4. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?
5. Who was Catiline?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was the land now known as the District of Columbia a good place to locate the capital city of the new government?
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 Aaron Burr's appearance and reputation.
5. Why do you think the author named the Preface "The Generation"?
6. Why do historians refer to this time in the course of American history as The Age of Passion?
7. 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.
8. Why was this time--the decades immediately following America's independence from England--so vital?
9. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?
10. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
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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