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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. Women’s Constitution
3. Declaration of Women’s Rights
4. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

Question 2 of 12.

John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the

1. Birds of America
2. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
3. Natural landscapes out west
4. Portraits of the Founding Fathers

Question 3 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. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
4. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote

Question 4 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 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. Thomas Hobbes
2. Thomas Paine
3. Robert Morris
4. John Locke

Question 6 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. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth
4. Wealth should be equally distributed among the people by the government

Question 7 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. Matthew Lyon
2. John Locke
3. Alexis de Tocqueville
4. Marquis de Lafayette

Question 8 of 12.

The John Peter Zenger trial is important in American History because it illustrated the need for all of the following except:

1. Due process of the law
2. Protection of religious liberty
3. Protection of a free press
4. No excessive bail

Question 9 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. Ulysses S. Grant
3. Robert E. Lee
4. Jefferson Davis

Question 10 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. Method of representation in Congress
3. Development of a Bill of Rights
4. Method of electing the president

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. William McKinley
3. Alvin York
4. Theodore Roosevelt

Question 12 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 to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
4. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson

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Question 1 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. John Locke
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. Robert Morris

Question 2 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 Jennings Bryan
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. William McKinley

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. Protection of a free press
2. Protection of religious liberty
3. Due process of the law
4. No excessive bail

Question 4 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. Alexis de Tocqueville
4. Marquis de Lafayette

Question 5 of 12.

John James Audubon was a naturalist who specialized in painting the

1. Portraits of the Founding Fathers
2. Natural landscapes out west
3. Key moments of the Revolutionary War
4. Birds of America

Question 6 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. Helping negotiate the Louisiana Purchase on behalf of Thomas Jefferson
3. Helping to formulate the Monroe Doctrine as the Secretary of State under President Monroe
4. Negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty

Question 7 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. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
4. Women’s Constitution

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. Method of electing the president
3. How to count slaves towards representation in Congress
4. Development of a Bill of Rights

Question 9 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. Wealth is a blessing from God and therefore the wealthy should be seen as divine
3. The wealthy should pursue philanthropy and give away their money to worthy causes
4. The wealthy should be unencumbered by the government in their drive to acquire wealth

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. Passage and enforcement of child labor laws
3. Pursuing state reforms to help advance the cause of women’s suffrage
4. Using militant strategies to get women the right to vote

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. Andrew Johnson
2. Jefferson Davis
3. Ulysses S. Grant
4. Robert E. Lee

Question 12 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

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