MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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they were an accepted way to resolve disputes
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dueling rarely resulted in deaths
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Aaron Burr participated in many duels
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anti-dueling laws were strictly enforced
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the early 1800s gentlemen who felt they had been offended or insulted resorted to issuing a challenge to a duel, and the result could be gunfire in a rather formal setting. The object of a duel was not necessarily to kill or even wound one’s opponent. Duels were all about honor and demonstrating one’s bravery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dueling started as a less violent way to solve disputes in the European Middle Ages. It was thought that God would pass judgment during a duel and save the “right” person. Dueling continued as a popular means of establishing honor and settling differences for hundreds of years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although the duel largely disappeared in the early nineteenth century in the North, it remained a common practice in the South (as well as the West) until the battlefield experience of the American Civil War changed public opinion and resulted in an irreversible decline for dueling.