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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe newlywed Washington's moved to their home calledDownton AbbeyWalnut GroveMount VernonMonticello
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat was George Washington's wife name?MarthaDollyAbigailCatherine
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?105812
- 4. Multiple ChoiceMadison's draft of this document and his revolutionary three-branch federal system became the basis for the American Constitution of today?Rhode Island PlanGeorgia PlanVirginia PlanNew Jersey Plan
- 5. Multiple ChoiceJames Madison's nickname was:Mr. PresidentEl PresidenteFather of the DeclarationFather of the Constitution
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was James Madison's wife name?MarthaDollyAbigailCatherine
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was John Adams's wife name?MarthaDollyAbigailCatherine
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe first President to occupy the new, but unfinished President's MansionWashingtonAdamsMadisonJefferson
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOn July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, what two presidents died?Washington and AdamsAdams and JeffersonJefferson and MadisonMadison and Monroe
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis was Thomas Jefferson's slave plantation?MonticelloWalnut GroveMount VernonPrinceton
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWrote this document that the Second Continental Congress deleted nearly a fourth of the text - changes that Jefferson resented?Declaration of IndependenceU.S. ConstitutionArticles of ConfederationStamp Act
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis was the first time in history that the United States flag was raised in victory on foreign soil?Battle of DernaFirst Barbary WarSecond Barbary WarWar of 1812
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was America's first significant overseas war?First Barbary WarSecond Barbary WarWar of 1812Battle of Derna
- 14. Multiple ChoiceU.S.S. Constitution earned this nickname: "Old IronsidesNew ConstitutionTitanicFrigate
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis Treaty ended the war of 1812?Treaty of ParisTreaty of GhentTreaty of LondonTreaty of Yorktown
- 16. Multiple ChoiceFrancis Scott Key was so inspired by the sight that he wrote a poem that later became "The Star Spangled Banner." What did he call his poem?All that JazzYankee DoodleThe Defense of Fort McHenryThe Defense of New Orleans
- 17. Multiple ChoiceMonroe's presidency was also called the "Era:of Awesomeness"of Prohibition"of Sedition"of Good Feelings"
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis was the third president to die on the 4th of July?AdamsJeffersonMadisonMonroe
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMonroe proclaimed the Americas should be free from future European colonization and the United States' intention to stay neutral in European wars with this decree?Monroe DoctrineMonroe DeclarationMonroe DecreeMonroe Decimation
- 20. Multiple ChoiceVan Buren started this political party?RepublicanKnow NothingDemocraticWhig
- 21. Multiple Choice1832 U.S. Supreme Court decision which ruled that Georgia could not impose its laws upon Cherokee tribal landsWorcester v. GeorgiaBrown v. Board of Ed.Marbury v. MadisonMcCulloch v. Maryland
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe first attempt to kill a sitting President of the United States was made againstJacksonVan BurenMonroeAdams
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Monroe Doctrine?JacksonVan BurenMonroeAdams
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIn the Presidential election of 1824, Jackson had the most electoral and popular votes. Who won the election?JacksonVan BurenMonroeAdams
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe "corrupt bargain." Was a deal struck between Henry Clay and �JacksonVan BurenMonroeAdams
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Mormon pioneers were members of ______________, who migrated across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utahthe Quaker Churchthe Puritian ChurchThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Lutheran Church
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the cotton gin?Eli WhitneyRobert FultonJohn HenrySimon Bolivar
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWho made the steamboat Clermont?Eli WhitneyRobert FultonJohn HenrySimon Bolivar
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThis African American from folklore was a real steel-driving man?Eli WhitneyRobert FultonJohn HenrySimon Bolivar
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat does shipshape mean?Good ConditionReady to SailMint ConditionSalty
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWho worked out the Missouri Compromise?Henry ClayJohn Quincy AdamsJohn JayJohn Marshall
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhose nickname was "the Liberator?"Eli WhitneyRobert FultonJohn HenrySimon Bolivar
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat Supreme Court Chief Justice gave the ruling that in the McCulloch v. Maryland case as well as the Gibbons v. Ogden case which both helped to give the Federal government more power over state level government?Henry ClayJohn MarshallJohn JayJohn Quincy Adams
- 34. Multiple ChoicePolk is the only Speaker of the ___________________________ to be elected President of the United States.HouseSenateChamberSupreme Court
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe ________________________ in 1848, ended the Mexican-American WarTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of ParisTreaty of GhentTreaty of Cuidad
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhich President admited Texas to the UnionPolkJacksonHarrisonTaylor
- 37. Multiple ChoiceTyler had thus become the _______________ U.S. vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessorFirstSecondThirdFourth
- 38. Multiple ChoiceTyler's plantation originally named "Walnut Grove." He renamed it "______________________________________" to signify that he had been "outlawed" by the Whig partySherwood ForestDownton AbbeyAbbey RoadThe Styx
- 39. Multiple ChoiceHe was then elected to the ____________________ of the Confederate Congress, but died in Richmond, Virginia before he could assume office.Supreme CourtGovernorSenateHouse of Representatives
- 40. Multiple ChoiceHis final words were "I am going now, __________________________________________________________."Peace, I'm outIt's about timePerhaps it is for the bestsend my love to Sarah
- 41. Multiple ChoiceFillmore appointed _________________________ as the first governor of the Utah TerritoryJohn SmithSteve YoungMartin LutherBrigham Young
- 42. Multiple ChoiceMillard Fillmore commanded the Union ________________________ during the Civil WarContinentalsGlobetrottersRebelsUnited
- 43. Multiple ChoiceHis last words were alleged to be, upon being fed some soup, "_______________________________.The nourishment is palatableIt is finishedNow I can goI love Chicken Noodle Soup
- 44. Multiple ChoiceHarrison's campaign slogan?Vote for IkeWe Polked youGod save us from the WhigsTippecanoe and Tyler too
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first American president to die in office?TaylorHarrisonWashingtonGarfield
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThis battle turned Taylor into a heroTaco TruckBuenas NochesBuena VistaMonterrey
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of Taylor's beloved horse?Old IronsidesSilverTriggerOld Whitey
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe Wilmot Proviso would have promoted slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican WarTRUEFALSE
- 49. Multiple Choice*Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. It repealed the _______________ and reopened the question of slavery in the WestMissouri CompromiseGreat CompromiseAdams-Onis TreatyConstitution
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England?BlackstoneMosesHookerLocke
- 51. Multiple Choice___________________ debates are considered the most famous political debates in American history.Lincoln-AdamsAdams-JeffersonDarby-DouglasLincoln-Douglas
- 52. Multiple Choice1846 Oregon Treaty established the ________________ parallel as the northern boundary of the western U.S424954108
- 53. Multiple ChoiceThe Dred Scott Decision held that the United States Congress had no authority to prohibit ______________ in federal territoriesslaveryabortionidolatrybigamy
- 54. Multiple ChoiceJames Buchanan denied the legal right of states to secede but held that the Federal Government legally could not prevent them, and then watched silently as ___________________ was the first state to secedeNorth CarolinaVirginiaTexasSouth Carolina
- 55. Multiple ChoiceWho served the shortest term of any American president?KennedyAdamsHarrisonTaylor
- 56. Multiple Choice______________ was a proxy war between Northerners and Southerners over the issue of slavery in the United States.Blackhawk DownBleeding KansasCivil WarWar of 1812
- 57. Multiple ChoiceOne of Taylor's daughters, Sarah Knox Taylor, decided to marry in 1835 ___________________________________, the future President of the Confederate States of AmericaJefferson DavisAlexander StephensRobert E. LeeThomas Jackson
- 58. Multiple ChoiceWhat was George Washington's wife name?MarthaDollyAbigailCatherine
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhat two Presidents are depicted in the famous painting of "Washington Crossing the Delaware"? Washington andMonroeMadisonAdamsJackson
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Washington's only military surrender?Fort SurrenderFort PittFort WashingtonFort Necessity
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