dueling

(noun)

A duel generally signifies an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.

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Examples of dueling in the following topics:

  • Honor and Violence

    • The Southern culture of honor is associated with such distinctive elements of the American political culture as dueling (particularly in the American South and involving Southerners) and the concept of a gentleman, as espoused by individuals such as Robert E.
    • Lee, which remains a part of United States military law, although the Uniform Code of Military Justice now expressly bans dueling .
    • Dueling was one example of the South's "culture of honor

  • Hamilton's Legacy

    • After he maligned Burr in the 1800 presidential election, Hamilton and Burr fought a fatal duel that resulted in Hamilton's death in Weehawken, New Jersey.
    • The Burr-Hamilton duel has since become an event emblematic of the violent political divisions between Federalists and Democratic-Repuclicans in the early years of the republic.

  • The Transformation of the West

    • They also disarmed cowboys who violated gun control edicts, tried to prevent dueling, and dealt with flagrant breaches of gambling and prostitution ordinances.
    • Fatal duels were often fought to uphold personal honor.

  • A New Nation

    • The animosity between the political parties exploded into open violence in 1804, when Aaron Burr, Jefferson’s first vice president, and Alexander Hamilton engaged in a duel.
    • On July 11, the two antagonists met in Weehawken, New Jersey, to exchange bullets in a duel in which Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton.

  • The Republican Victory

    • In the process, Hamilton's personal attacks on Burr's character would eventually lead to their duel .

  • The Republican Alternative

    • In the process, Hamilton's personal attacks on Burr's character would eventually lead to their ill-fated Weehawken duel.

  • The Federalists

    • However, with the defeat of Adams in the election of 1800 and the death of Hamilton in a duel with Aaron Burr, the Federalist Party began a long decline from which it never recovered.

  • The Election of 1828 and the Character Issue

    • Jackson was attacked for his marriage, his court martial and execution of deserters, his massacres of American Indian villages, and his habit of dueling.

  • Naval Actions

    • It famously dueled with the USS Monitor, signaling the beginning of a new age of ironclad naval combat.

  • Athens