Question

Read the two passages. Then decide whether each

statement is related to Excerpt 1 or Excerpt 2 from

Washington’s Farewell Address.

y Write E1 for Excerpt 1.

y Write E2 for Excerpt 2.

_____ 1. The purpose is to encourage Americans

to unify despite regional differences.

_____ 2. The purpose is to encourage Americans

to remain neutral in foreign conflicts.

_____ 3. The excerpt was influenced by the

ratification of Jay’s Treaty and conflict

between Great Britain and France.

_____ 4. The excerpt was influenced by the

political divisions that formed around

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas

Jefferson.

Excerpt 1

“Europe has a set of primary interests which

to us have none; or a very remote relation. .

. . Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us

to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the

ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the

ordinary combinations and collisions of her

friendships or enmities.”

Excerpt 2

“Citizens by birth or choice of a common

country, that country has a right to concentrate

your affections. The name of American, which

belongs to you in your national capacity,

must always exalt the just pride of patriotism

more than any appellation derived from local

discriminations.”

Answer 1

Here are the responses based on the provided excerpts:

1. The purpose is to encourage Americans to unify despite regional differences.
**E2**

2. The purpose is to encourage Americans to remain neutral in foreign conflicts.
**E1**

3. The excerpt was influenced by the ratification of Jay’s Treaty and conflict between Great Britain and France.
**E1**

4. The excerpt was influenced by the political divisions that formed around Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
**E2**