Washington's Farewell Address: Questions
Washington's Farewell Address: Questions
- In what ways have American politicians (or Americans themselves) actually followed the advice Washington lays out in his farewell address?
- How might the farewell address have been different if Washington had been an Anti-Federalist like Thomas Jefferson?
- How does Washington's farewell address fit into the continuum of famous presidential speeches throughout American history, such as Lincoln's second inaugural address or Eisenhower's farewell address?
- Do the personal elements included in the farewell address feel like they fit with Washington's history and personality? Why or why not?
- How does Washington's farewell address fit with the political histories of the two other men who helped write it, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison?
- If you were rewriting Washington's farewell address for a modern-day audience, how would you change it?