Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Question 1 of 12.
John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the
1. Birds of America
2. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
3. Natural landscapes out west
4. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
Question 2 of 12.
Who spoke out against equal rights for slaves after the Civil War saying “it would excited unfriendly feelings between the two races”
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Andrew Johnson
3. Jefferson Davis
4. Ulysses S. Grant
Question 3 of 12.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the following document that was read at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848
1. Women’s Constitution
2. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
3. Declaration of Women’s Rights
4. Declaration of Independence
Question 4 of 12.
Whose foreign policy was strongly influenced by Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book Influence of Sea Power on History?
1. William Jennings Bryan
2. William McKinley
3. Alvin York
4. Theodore Roosevelt
Question 5 of 12.
During America’s sectional crisis in the lead up to the Civil War, this person advocated the doctrine of popular sovereignty whereby new states determined their status as slave or free based on the vote of the people.
1. John C. Calhoun
2. Henry Clay
3. Andrew Jackson
4. Stephen Douglas
Question 6 of 12.
The John Peter Zenger trial is important in American History because it illustrated the need for all of the following except:
1. Protection of a free press
2. No excessive bail
3. Protection of religious liberty
4. Due process of the law
Question 7 of 12.
John Quincy Adams assisted with all of the following important moments in early American history except:
1. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
2. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
3. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
4. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Question 8 of 12.
Roger Sherman famously proposed the Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention that dealt with the following issue:
1. Method of representation in Congress
2. Development of a Bill of Rights
3. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
4. Method of electing the president
Question 9 of 12.
Andrew Carnegie advocated an idea called the Gospel of Wealth which was a belief that
1. Wealth is a blessing from God and therefore the wealthy should be seen as divine
2. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth
3. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
4. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government
Question 10 of 12.
During Carrie Chapman Catt’s long life as a reformer she advocated all of the following except:
1. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
2. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
3. Passage of a constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage
4. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote
Question 11 of 12.
“No peace and security among mankind—let alone common friendship—can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.” – A Letter on Toleration. What English philosopher wrote the above excerpt and helped influence American Founding Fathers as they drafted the first amendment
1. Thomas Hobbes
2. Thomas Paine
3. Robert Morris
4. John Locke
Question 12 of 12.
Who wrote that democratic institutions like those in America would eventually supplant the aristocratic governments in Europe in his book Democracy in America?
1. John Locke
2. Matthew Lyon
3. Marquis de Lafayette
4. Alexis de Tocqueville
All 12 questions completed!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Question 1 of 12.
Andrew Carnegie advocated an idea called the Gospel of Wealth which was a belief that
1. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth
2. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government
3. Wealth is a blessing from God and therefore the wealthy should be seen as divine
4. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
Question 2 of 12.
The John Peter Zenger trial is important in American History because it illustrated the need for all of the following except:
1. Protection of religious liberty
2. Protection of a free press
3. Due process of the law
4. No excessive bail
Question 3 of 12.
During Carrie Chapman Catt’s long life as a reformer she advocated all of the following except:
1. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
2. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote
3. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
4. Passage of a constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage
Question 4 of 12.
John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the
1. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
2. Natural landscapes out west
3. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
4. Birds of America
Question 5 of 12.
Roger Sherman famously proposed the Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention that dealt with the following issue:
1. Development of a Bill of Rights
2. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
3. Method of electing the president
4. Method of representation in Congress
Question 6 of 12.
During America’s sectional crisis in the lead up to the Civil War, this person advocated the doctrine of popular sovereignty whereby new states determined their status as slave or free based on the vote of the people.
1. Andrew Jackson
2. John C. Calhoun
3. Henry Clay
4. Stephen Douglas
Question 7 of 12.
Who spoke out against equal rights for slaves after the Civil War saying “it would excited unfriendly feelings between the two races”
1. Jefferson Davis
2. Andrew Johnson
3. Robert E. Lee
4. Ulysses S. Grant
Question 8 of 12.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the following document that was read at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848
1. Declaration of Women’s Rights
2. Women’s Constitution
3. Declaration of Independence
4. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
Question 9 of 12.
“No peace and security among mankind—let alone common friendship—can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.” – A Letter on Toleration. What English philosopher wrote the above excerpt and helped influence American Founding Fathers as they drafted the first amendment
1. Robert Morris
2. Thomas Hobbes
3. John Locke
4. Thomas Paine
Question 10 of 12.
John Quincy Adams assisted with all of the following important moments in early American history except:
1. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
2. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
3. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
4. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
Question 11 of 12.
Whose foreign policy was strongly influenced by Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book Influence of Sea Power on History?
1. William Jennings Bryan
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. William McKinley
4. Alvin York
Question 12 of 12.
Who wrote that democratic institutions like those in America would eventually supplant the aristocratic governments in Europe in his book Democracy in America?
1. John Locke
2. Alexis de Tocqueville
3. Marquis de Lafayette
4. Matthew Lyon
All 12 questions completed!