Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Excerpts from Federalist No. 70 (1788)

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. advocates
   2. vigorous
   3. destitute
   4. propriety
   5. conciliate
   6. emulation
   7. animosity
   8. formidable
   9. equivocal
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. Who wrote this document?
   2. When was this document written?
   3. Who is the audience of this document?
   4. Why was this document written?