Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Question 1 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. Henry Clay
3. John C. Calhoun
4. Stephen Douglas
Question 2 of 12.
John Quincy Adams assisted with all of the following important moments in early American history except:
1. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
2. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
3. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
4. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
Question 3 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. Method of electing the president
3. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
4. Method of representation in Congress
Question 4 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 5 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. Due process of the law
3. Protection of religious liberty
4. No excessive bail
Question 6 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. Alexis de Tocqueville
2. Matthew Lyon
3. John Locke
4. Marquis de Lafayette
Question 7 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 Paine
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. John Locke
Question 8 of 12.
Whose foreign policy was strongly influenced by Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book Influence of Sea Power on History?
1. William McKinley
2. Alvin York
3. William Jennings Bryan
4. Theodore Roosevelt
Question 9 of 12.
John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the
1. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
2. Birds of America
3. Natural landscapes out west
4. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
Question 10 of 12.
Andrew Carnegie advocated an idea called the Gospel of Wealth which was a belief that
1. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
2. Wealth is a blessing from God and therefore the wealthy should be seen as divine
3. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government
4. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth
Question 11 of 12.
During Carrie Chapman Catt’s long life as a reformer she advocated all of the following except:
1. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
2. Passage of a constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage
3. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote
4. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
Question 12 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
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.
John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the
1. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
2. Birds of America
3. Natural landscapes out west
4. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
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. No excessive bail
2. Protection of a free press
3. Due process of the law
4. Protection of religious liberty
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. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Women’s Constitution
4. Declaration of Women’s Rights
Question 4 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. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
3. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
4. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
Question 5 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. Andrew Johnson
2. Jefferson Davis
3. Robert E. Lee
4. Ulysses S. Grant
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. Henry Clay
3. Stephen Douglas
4. John C. Calhoun
Question 7 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 Paine
2. Thomas Hobbes
3. Robert Morris
4. John Locke
Question 8 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 9 of 12.
Roger Sherman famously proposed the Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention that dealt with the following issue:
1. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
2. Development of a Bill of Rights
3. Method of representation in Congress
4. Method of electing the president
Question 10 of 12.
Andrew Carnegie advocated an idea called the Gospel of Wealth which was a belief that
1. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
2. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth
3. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government
4. Wealth is a blessing from God and therefore the wealthy should be seen as divine
Question 11 of 12.
During Carrie Chapman Catt’s long life as a reformer she advocated all of the following except:
1. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
2. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
3. Passage of a constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage
4. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote
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. Alexis de Tocqueville
2. John Locke
3. Marquis de Lafayette
4. Matthew Lyon
All 12 questions completed!