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| Which two men had a duel and why? |
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| Hamilton and Burr, because Hamilton said some things about Burr and wouldn't take it back then it escalated. |
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| What advantages did the young nation have when it began |
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| Land,social mobility,didn't think they should be ruled from across an ocean. |
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| What were the disadvantages that the nation had early on |
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| Very large government (arguing), no model to base upon, land was split into north and south |
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| What was the conflict between the north and south over the Declaration of Independance |
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| North wanted U.S. to be as one, South wanted to be individual |
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| What was the agreement at Jefferson's dinner party between Hamilton and Madison and how was it reached. |
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| Madidson got the capital by the Potomac, Hamilton got his financial plan, and Jefferson made his self proclaimed worst political mistake. |
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| What were the north and south positions on slavery before and during the constitutional convention. |
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| The north wanted to abolish it the south used it to gain profit. |
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| Why couldn't slavery be resolved at the Constitutional Convention, how did they handle it? |
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| Because there were the same number of representitives from the north and south so they still couldn't change slavey untill 1808. |
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| How did Ellis characterize Washingtons presidency? |
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| That the people thought as him as king even though he was elected, they also were not sure how to act aroud him. |
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| What are the main themes of Washingtons Farewell Address? |
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| He wanted all of the States to unite, to increase trade, and to create a new program t encourage domestic manufacturers. |
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| Contrast John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and explain why they fell out. |
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| Adams had a bad temper and liked to argue and talk, Jefferson was calm and didn't talk much, they fell out because of their different ideas on the French Revolution and Jefferson was a Republican and Adams a Federalist |
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| Why did Adams and Jefferson reunite? |
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| Because they had to work together as president and vice-president |
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| Give an example the men of the revolutionary generation compromising to solve a serious dispute. |
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| The north wanting to abolish slavery and the south was apposed to this so they compromised to overlook it untill 1808. |
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| What has fundamentally changed about the nature of politics? |
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| Politics used to be about supporting the country, now it's about the politicians looking good and gaining power. |
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| What has remained fundamentally unchanged about the nature of politics between then and now? |
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| Politics still decides things about our country. |
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| The founding generation was compared to gods, name human weakneses. |
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| They have emotions and harsher consequences. |
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| How concerned did these early leaders seem about public opinion, what was positive or negetive about their approach? |
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| They weren't very concerned, this was positive because they could use their better judjement and not have others influence them. |
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| What was Hamilton's declared intentions concerning his duel with Burr? |
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| What did the eyewitnesses to the Hamilton- Burr duel claim to have witnessed? |
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| That there was an eight second pause between the shots, and that a tree was shot. |
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| What were the long- term impacts of the Hamilton- Burr duel? |
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| Burr's career was ruined and Hamilton's plans were ruined. |
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What happened at the dinner?
( Or the Compromise of 1790) |
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| Madison agreed to support the financial plan if Hamilton supported the Potomac as the location of the Capital. |
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| What arguments were used for placing the nation's capital at VA, PA, or NY? |
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| THey all had their own reasons for why they should have the capital, they also exaggerated their places. (They either wanted it in the South or North.) |
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| What were the various effects of locating the capital on the Potomac? |
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| The financial and political capitals would be different. ( They wanted to be different from England/ Britain.) |
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| What did the constitution say about the slave trade? |
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| That it could not end until 1808. |
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| What arguments dud slave holders use to keep their rights? |
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1. Were would the slaves go.
2. It was against the Constitution.
3. They needed them to harvest crops. |
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| What did the census of 1790 reveal? |
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| THat slavery was dying in the North and flourishing in the South. |
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| WHat did people expect if slavery ended? |
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| That they would either inter-breed with Americans or be pushed to the West. |
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| How did Washington originally present his Farewell Address? |
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| Why did Adams hate being vice-president? |
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| He couldn't be part of Congress debates and Washington never consulted him. |
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| What were the bad and good of the Adams presidency? |
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Bad= Alien and Sedition Acts
Good= XYZ Affair |
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| Why was Adams jealous of Jefferson? |
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| Because he was considered a big part in creating independence even though he only wrote the DoI and Constitution. |
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| When and where did the duel between Burr and Hamilton occur? |
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Date: July 11, 1804
Place: Weehawken,( a cliff overlooking the Hudson River.) |
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| Who were the witnesses of the duel? |
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Burr: Van Ness
Hamilton: Pendleton, and Dr. David Hossack |
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| What is another name for duels? |
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| Where was Hamilton buried? |
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| What is the Roman figure that Burr was called and what did he do? |
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Catiline
He betrayed the Roman Republic. |
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| Why did Burr challenge Hamilton to a duel. |
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| Hamilton refused to apologize for all the things he did to Burr's career. (And he caused Jefferson to be president and not him.) |
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| What were the main duties of the Vice President? What change was made in the role due to John Adams? |
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| What were the two main criticisms of John Adams that were untrue? |
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| What happened when the presidential electorial votes ended in a tie? |
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| Why didnt Jefferson partner with Adams even though he was Adams' vice-president? |
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| What was Adams' biggest blunder as president? |
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| Joseph Ellis claims that Adams is the classic example of what truism? |
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| Describe Adams' relationship with his cabinet. Who did he turn to for advice rather than his cabinet? |
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| What were some of the measures that Jefferson took to discredit Adams? How did one of these measures backfire on Jefferson? |
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| What was Hamilton's grandiose plan? |
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| Why did Jefferson and Madison believe Adams and the Federalists were capturing the government from the American people? |
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| How did Madison step in to rescue Jefferson during the introduction of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? |
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| Why was Jefferson's betrayal particularly painful to Adams? |
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