Answers for the Alexander Hamilton Scavenger Hunt
1. ten
2. Elizabeth Schuyler, 1780
3. John Jay, Federalist Papers
4. B
5. He was shot in a duel.
6. F
7. D
8. nine, benefactors, educated
9. preparing for college
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. George Washington’s Farewell Address
14. a series of newspaper pieces
15. B
16. At the (1)Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in (2)1787, delegates produced a sturdy but
(3)flexible governmental structure.
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. land, not money
21. B
22. A
23. F
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24. C
25. D
26. B
27. In February, 1791, Alexander Hamilton said, "Who talk most about (1)liberty and (2)equality?... Is it not
those who hold the bill of (3)rights in one hand and a (4)whip for affrighted slaves in the other?"
28. A
29. T
30. B
31. T
32. Hamilton overcame heavy odds. He was an (1)immigrant, born in poverty and shame. He was (2)killed,
when he was only 47, in a (3)duel. But through a combination of (4) intelligence, hard (5) work, and
high (6) principle, he served his adopted (7) country brilliantly. We live in the world he made.
Special thanks to Marti Jernberg, MSEd who created this scavenger hunt. Reproducible for educational
purposes. (12-16-08)
“Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America” is a national traveling exhibition organized by the New-York Historical Society,
the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Library Association. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in
part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human
experience and cultural heritage.
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