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Question2. (1) Until the nineteenth century, dueling was a common but undesirable way for American men to solve their differences. (2) Dueling is a scheduled fight with rules decided ahead of time. (3) If a man thought that his honor had been insulted, he could call a duel. (4) Both men would meet at a certain place and fight with a sword or pistol. (5) Sometimes they would kill each other. (6) At a 1777 Georgia Assembly meeting, political leader Lachlan McIntosh called Button Gwinnett a “scoundrel and lying rascal.” (7) Button, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, demanded that Lachlan apologize or meet him in a duel. (8) Both men were wounded during the duel. (9) Button died three days later. (10) America’s first Secretary of State, Alexander Hamilton, was challenged to a duel by Vice-President Aaron Burr in 1804. (11) Aaron thought that Alexander insulted his honor. (12) A newspaper had reported that Alexander thought Aaron was not honest. (13) Alexander was wounded during the duel and died the next day. (14) After so many people died from duels, many leaders began to think that dueling was too violent and unfair. (15) By the end of the nineteenth century, dueling was outlawed in most of America.