Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America [Vocabulary Quiz] (from Sealy Novel Studies)

Hamilton did not __________ opportunities to rise above his station; he was no lazy sluggard.

• rein in

• snipe

• squander

• surrender

A __________ has as code of rules for fighting.

• tariff

• conspiracy

• rebellion

• duel

The __________ was used in the duel, even though it was not the most accurate of weapons.

• flintlock

• tariff

• import

• contempt

The __________ Department handled the nation's financial matters.

• Debt

• Currency

• Treasury

• Tariff

Rather than forever __________ him, the tragedies in Hamilton's life made him more motivated to work harder to make something of his life.

• traumatize

• infatuate

• resolve

• amend

Angelica Schuyler was certainly more__________ with Hamilton; she admired his personality as well as his brain, and their friendship lasted a lifetime.

• traumatized

• amended

• aghast

• infatuated

Washington had trouble __________ Hamilton from hurling insults at Jefferson and Madison

• surrendering

• reining in

• amending

• resolving

Hamilton and his friends planned a __________ to steal the British canons.

• conspiracy

• rebellion

• charter

• surrender

Farmers rallied against the __________ in Shay's Rebellion.

• imports

• charter

• tariffs

• debt

The colonists believed in __________; for example, they believed they should be able to buy tea from whatever country they wanted.

• imports

• currency

• debt

• mercantilism