Quiz 7.D "IT's All About Some Dead Prezidents"
This quiz is designed to cover SOL 7. D of the Virginia US History to 1877 curriculum
- 1.As a result of what plan of government, George Washington was unamiously elected as the first President of the United States?
- A.
Articles of Confederation
- B.
The Constitution
- C.
Declaration of Independence
- D.
The Virginia Plan
- 2.Under which President was the Bill of Rights officially added to the Constitution?
- A.
Madison
- B.
Washington
- C.
Adams
- D.
Jefferson
- 3.The Constitution called for a Judicial Branch of government. Which President selected the first Supreme Court justice and set up the federal court system, still used to this day.
- A.
Jefferson
- B.
Madison
- C.
Washington
- D.
Adams
- 4.Even though he never lived in the White House, this President made the decision to move the nation's capital to a swamp known as Foggy Bottom. It would later become Washington, D.C.
- A.
Jefferson
- B.
Washington
- C.
Hamilton
- D.
Adams
- 5.Which President is responsible for doubling the size of the United States overnight? How?
- A.
Washington, Revolutionary War
- B.
Jefferson, Louisianna Purchase
- C.
Jefferson, Lewis and Clark Expedition
- D.
Madison, War of 1812
- 6.
Which of the following geographic regions would not have been part of the Louisianna Purchase? (be sure to scroll down and see both maps)- A.
Coastal Plain
- B.
Basin and Range
- C.
Great Plains
- D.
Interior Lowlands
- 7.What did Jefferson do to know more about the lands acquired in the Louisianna Purchase? Which of the six rivers from Unit 1 did they go as far as?
- A.
Sent the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Columbia
- B.
Sent the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Rio Grande
- C.
Sent the Monroe Doctrine, Columbia
- D.
Sent the Monroe Doctrine, Colorado
- 8.Who did Jefferson purchase the Louisianna Territory from?
- A.
Spain
- B.
France
- C.
England
- D.
Canada
- 9.The 4th President of the United States will be rememberd as the author of what important document and the President during which war?
- A.
Constitution, Revolutionary
- B.
Constitution, War of 1812
- C.
Declaration of Independence, War of 1812
- D.
Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary
- 10.Why did James Madison have to declare war on England to start the war of 1812?
- A.
Britian wasn't trading with the U.S.A
- B.
Britian was boarding U.S. ships illegally and even making the U.S. ships' sailors work for them
- C.
Britian was building forts in Ohio
- D.
Britian was trying to get out of the Treaty of Paris
- 11.What did the Monroe Doctrine say?
- A.
European countries could not interfere in the Western Hemisphere
- B.
The War of 1812 was over
- C.
Napolean was no longer the head of the French Army
- D.
The Louisianna Purchase was done illegally
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