Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Category: People - Press Play for the first question!
Question 1 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. Declaration of Women’s Rights
3. Women’s Constitution
4. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
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. No excessive bail
3. Due process of the law
4. Protection of a free press
Question 3 of 12.
John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the
1. Birds of America
2. Natural landscapes out west
3. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
4. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
Question 4 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. 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. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government
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. John Locke
2. Alexis de Tocqueville
3. Matthew Lyon
4. Marquis de Lafayette
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. Robert Morris
2. John Locke
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. Thomas Paine
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. Ulysses S. Grant
3. Robert E. Lee
4. Andrew Johnson
Question 8 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. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
3. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
4. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
Question 9 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. Alvin York
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. William McKinley
Question 10 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. Stephen Douglas
3. Henry Clay
4. John C. Calhoun
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. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
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.
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 representation in Congress
3. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
4. Method of electing the president
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. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
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 2 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. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Alexis de Tocqueville
3. John Locke
4. Matthew Lyon
Question 3 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 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.
“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. John Locke
2. Robert Morris
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. Thomas Paine
Question 6 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. Acting as counsel for the slaves who revolted aboard the Amistad
3. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
4. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Question 7 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. Method of electing the president
3. Development of a Bill of Rights
4. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
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. Theodore Roosevelt
4. William Jennings Bryan
Question 9 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. Henry Clay
2. Stephen Douglas
3. Andrew Jackson
4. John C. Calhoun
Question 10 of 12.
During Carrie Chapman Catt’s long life as a reformer she advocated all of the following except:
1. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote
2. Passage of a constitutional amendment granting women’s suffrage
3. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
4. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
Question 11 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. Ulysses S. Grant
4. Robert E. Lee
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!