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Adams
Jefferson
Rush
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Where did John Adams live?
Quincy, Massachusetts
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Where did Jefferson live?
Monticello, Virginia
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Why did Adams write to Rush?
For him to vent and express his feelings with Rush.
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What day did both Adams and Jefferson died?
July 4th
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Chapter 1: The Duel - Who was the duel between?
Hamilton and Burr
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What was Adams' last words
"Thomas Jefferson survives"
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What was Jefferson's last words
"Is this the fourth?"
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Who was Benjamin Rush?
He was a: -Founding Father -Lifelong friend of Adams
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How did Jefferson interpret Abigail's letters?
He mistook them as a invitation to resume the friendship with the Adams' family.
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Chapter 2: The Dinner - Why did Jefferson host the dinner party?
Jefferson wanted to see if Madison and Jefferson would be able to agree on the financial plan regarding the national debt.
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What was the name of the court justice that he appointed at the end of the term?
John Marshall
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What made Jefferson's first presidential term a success?
The completion of the Louisiana Purchase.
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What was Rush's plan for Adams and Jefferson?
To get them to reconcile their friendship through letter correspondence.
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Who said & in what context: “And now Sir, I freely disclose to you what has severed the bonds of former Friendship and placed you in a light very different from what I had once viewed you in"(208). And in what context?
Abigail Adams in a letter to Jefferson
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Chapter 3: The Silence - What was the name of the 'Compromise' that was discussed in this chapter?
3/5th Compromise regarding slavery in the United States.
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How did Adams attempt to be remembered in history?
-He wrote an autobiography(which ended with him ranted against his political enemies). -Attacked Mercy Warren
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What made Jefferson's second term a failure?
Embargo Act of 1807
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What was Rush's most amazing dream?
He dreamed that Adams wrote a letter to Jefferson congratulating him on his retirement. Jefferson responded to this letter with gratitude and graciousness. After that, Jefferson and Adams corresponded via letter for several years where they were able to acknowledge their mistakes and recover their friendship.
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How many letters did Adams and Jefferson send back and forth to each other?
158 letters
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Chapter 4: The Farewell - What notion by Washington resulted in the 22nd Amendment?
Two-term Presidential Limit.
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"Jefferson seemed predestined to tell people what they wanted to hear"(220). How did this help Adams acknowledge his destiny?
He learned that his destiny is to "To tell them [the people] what they needed to know"(220).
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What was the name of the document that he was accused of plagiarizing? (It ended up being forged)
Mecklenburg Document
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What nickname did Ellis call the correspondence between Adams and Rush?
Adams and Rush and Wonderland(215)
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How did Adams and Jeffersons beliefs differ on the word "ideology"
Adams: A set of ideas that philosophers thought happened in the world because it happened in their head. - Jefferson: He believed the opposite. Ideology wasn't in the "head", it happened in history.
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Chapter 5: The Collaboration - What act did Abigail influence Adams into signing?
Alien Sedation Act