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) - ProProfs]( "Which of the following geographic regions would not have been part of the Louisianna Purchase? (be sure to scroll down and see both maps)")
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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