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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 much time had passed before Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter?

2. When did Jefferson establish the University of Virginia?

3. When did Jefferson step down as secretary of state?

4. What did Jefferson do to upset the Adamses?

5. As explained in the letters of Chapter 12, what kind of teaching load was preferred for professors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson approach political topics in their renewed correspondence?

2. Why did Abigail write to Jefferson in 1804?

3. What opinions did Adams and Jefferson have about the post-war conditions, in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 10, which source of information did Adams inform Jefferson he had given up and why?

5. Which aspects of the country and its foundation did Adams and Jefferson think it was important for the American people to understand?

6. Who won the elections where Adams and Jefferson faced each other, and what did Adams do after hearing the results of the second election, in Chapter 7?

7. What were Adams and Jefferson trying preserve, at the end of Chapter 11?

8. What suggestions for education were discussed, in Chapter 12?

9. How did Adams and Jefferson refer to their illnesses in the 1818 letters?

10. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast an Introduction in non-fictional literature and fictional literature, using the Introduction in The Adams-Jefferson Letters as a reference.

Essay Topic 2

Adams' Defense of the Constitutions of the United States countered the criticisms of the revolutionary new government that was being designed for America.

1) Describe the criticism about the American government that prompted Adams to write Defense of the Constitutions of the United States.

2) Explain the source of the criticism and the possible reasons for it.

3) Analyze three main points that Adams made in Defense of the Constitutions of the United States to support the country's foundation.

Essay Topic 3

The Federalist party and the Republican party had some common goals, but different ideas about how to achieve them.

1) Explain the main positions of the Federalist party, its members, and their view of America.

2) Explain the main positions of the Republican party, its members, and their view of America.

2) Analyze the philosophical differences of Adams and Jefferson and the parties they represented.

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