The American continent is named after the Italian explorer Amerigo
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- Q1What was the spoils system?A system for regulating international trade.A system of taxation based on income.A system in which political supporters are rewarded with government positions.A system for distributing wealth to all citizens.30s
- Q2What is nullification?The act of vetoing a bill.The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.The process of electing a new president.The belief that states have the right to nullify federal laws they deem unconstitutional.30s
- Q3Who was Frederick Douglass?A Founding Father who authored the Declaration of Independence.A famous inventor and scientist.An escaped slave who became a prominent abolitionist and speaker.A President of the United States.30s
- Q4What is the Bill of Rights?A text explaining the principles of Manifest Destiny.A document outlining the powers of the President and Congress.A treaty with England that ended the War of 1812.The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution that protect individual liberties.30s
- Q5Who was Andrew Jackson?The seventh President of the United States known for his populist policies and expansionist agenda.A famous Civil War general.An early Supreme Court Chief Justice.The first President of the United States who led the Revolutionary War.30s
- Q6What was the Treaty of Ghent?A treaty signed in 1814 that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.A treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War.A treaty that gave Spain control of the Philippines.A treaty that established the border between Mexico and the United States.30s
- Q7Who were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?Two prominent leaders in the women's rights movement of the 19th century.Two influential artists of the Renaissance period.Two early American explorers.Two wealthy socialites who hosted lavish parties.30s
- Q8Who were the Democratic-Republicans?A political party that supported a strong central government and a national bank.A political party in the early United States that was composed of farmers and common people who supported limited government.A group of aristocrats who opposed democracy.A religious group that advocated for celibacy and communal living.30s
- Q9What are implied powers?Powers that are granted to the President in times of war.Powers that are specifically granted to the states in the Constitution.Powers that are granted to the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution.Powers that are not explicitly stated in the United States Constitution but are necessary to carry out the duties of the federal government.30s
- Q10What is an indentured servant?A person who is granted land in exchange for military service.A person who is elected to public office.A person who signs a contract to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to a new country or other benefits.A person who is forced to work without pay.30s
- Q11When did the first people arrive in America?Around 20,000 years agoAround 5,000 years agoAround 10,000 years agoAround 15,000 years ago30s
- Q12Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?EnglandFranceSpainMexico30s
- Q13According to an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise, slaverywas banned from all new territories of the United States.could expand into the Louisiana territory but not the Arkansas territory.was allowed to expand into all parts of the Louisiana Purchase.could expand into the Arkansas territory but not the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.30s
- Q14In the early 1800s, what was the most significant economic activity in the United States?EntertainmentAgricultureSportsArt30s
- Q15Abolitionists argued that enslaved African Americans should be:freed immediatelygiven more food and clothingforced to work longer hourssent to another country30s