7. FORGING A NEW NATION, 1783

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 7.4 The Election of 1800

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 7.4: The Election of 1800

Choose the best answer to the question.

1. What is the message being sent by the broadside in the Columbian Centinel?

The authors are excited about what is coming in 1800.

The authors are happy with the smooth transfer of power.

The authors’ change in party is a “monumental” loss.

The authors are happy to be done with political leadership.

2. According to the language of the broadside, how do the Federalists feel about the process of the transfer of power?

Bitter

Happy

Satisfied

Vengeful

3. What might have contributed to the anger over the transfer of power in 1800?

The contested nature of the 1800 election

Disappointment in the two candidate options

A violent duel between Jefferson and Adams

The negative and angry nature of the campaign

4. Despite George Washington’s Farewell Address advice, what does this broadside prove developed early in this nation?

Campaign finance reform

Sarcasm and criticism

Divisive factions

Newspaper broadsides

5. With what does the broadside credit the Federalists during the first three presidential terms?

Plunging the United States into debt

Dividing the nation politically

Introducing scandal to the capital

Strengthening the new nation

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