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The man that shot Alexander Hamilton was named Aaron Burr.

  • False
  • True
Explanation

The answer is false. The man that shot Alexander Hamilton was not named Aaron Burr; rather, it was Aaron Burr himself who shot and fatally wounded Hamilton in a duel on July 11, 1804. Burr was the Vice President of the United States at the time and Hamilton was a former Secretary of the Treasury. The duel was a result of longstanding political and personal animosity between the two men.