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Honor                  Duel                Seconds              Star-Crossed            Weehawken

Mississippi       Napoleon         Treaty                  Authority                    Slander   

 

1)  A general of France and its ruler after its revolution:______________. 

2)  The power or right to do something:_________________.

3)  What Jefferson claimed he could make as President, and thus allow him

            to buy the Louisiana Territory:__________________.

4)  Major U.S. river that empties into the sea at New Orleans and bordered

            on the east all of the land called the Louisiana Territory:_______________.

5)  A term meaning Òfated to dieÓ:___________________.

6)  A fluid in the body that is associated with anger or bad temper:__________.

7)  False and insulting words spoken about a person:________________.

8)  The reputation or pride of a person that is often fatally injured by (7):____________.

9)  Friends of people engaged in a duel who arrange for everything to be done

           fairly and to offer assistance:________________.

10) The town in New Jersey where Hamilton and Burr held their duel:___________.

 

Thought Question:  Why were many of JeffersonÕs friends in the Republican party

             upset when he made the Louisiana Purchase?  Why would Hamilton have

             been happy about it?