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