Test Your Knowledge on John Adams

<p>The representatives communicate the desires of the people</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They offer timeless themes of excitement and adventure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adolf Hitler</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Federalist</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Steel industry</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>11th Amendment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roanoke Island</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Andrew Carnegie</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Battle of Verdun</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Confucius</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reconcile different versions of a bill</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By the will of the citizens in consent with each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The commonwealth has multiple sovereign powers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Religious freedom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adams' decision to send a peace commission to Paris</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By leading the Montgomery bus boycott</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The harbor on the Mississippi River</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Each state selects its own electors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fourteenth Amendment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thomas Paine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William Lloyd Garrison</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles de Montesquieu</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vice President</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continental Army's winter encampment in Valley Forge = 1776 Ratification of Sixteenth Amendment = February 3, 1913 Institution of national policy of Prohibition = Eighteenth Amendment Federal tax on income over 20000 = 2 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eighteenth Amendment = Instituted a national policy of Prohibition Sixteenth Amendment = Granted Congress the authority to issue an income tax Seventeenth Amendment = Provided the direct election of U.S. Senators</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>George Washington = Stayed in a house near the Valley Forge campgrounds during one of the coldest, wettest winters on record John Stafford Smith = Composer of the Anacreontic Song, which was used for the Star-Spangled Banner Progressive politicians = Felt that wealthier Americans should pay more in taxes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carter = Initiated Olympic Games boycott to show disapproval of Cold War direction Champlain = Established Quebec, the second oldest continuously occupied city in North America Andrew Carnegie = Introduced the practice of vertical integration in American business Ulysses Grant = Served as the 18th President of the United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roanoke Island = Lost Colony that vanished in 1590 Quebec = Established by Champlain Raleigh = Settled by Sir Walter Raleigh New Amsterdam = Established by the Dutch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>11th Amendment = Known as Judicial Limits, associated with Judicial power 12th Amendment = Involved in choosing the President, Vice President</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tolerance = Required to be tolerant of others Jury service = Required to serve on a jury in the court system if called Defense = Required to defend the country, if drafted, when needed Legislative position = Not a required responsibility of a US citizen</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adolf Hitler = Leader of Nazi Germany during WWII Horace Greeley = Incorrectly attributed with the quote 'Go West, young man, go West' Joseph Smith = First leader of the Mormons Frederick Douglass = Former slave, skilled orator and abolitionist</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Federalist = Believed in a strong central government and bank, supported business, and believed in restrictions on speech and press that disagreed with the government Democratic-Republicans = Favored powerful states and state-chartered banks, strict reading of the Constitution, and giving more people the right to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Signing of the Indian Removal Act = 1830 Population of the American colonies reaching 1.6 million = 1760</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Guerilla warfare = Tactic used by the rebels against the British Redcoats Line Veto = Striking out a sentence from a bill and then passing it, later declared unconstitutional</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thomas Hooker = Established Connecticut Confucius = Teachings hoped to unify China Squanto = Helped the Pilgrims in America John Winthrop II = Obtained a charter for Connecticut</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conference Committee = Reconciles different versions of a bill Nation governed by law = No one is above the law Battle of Verdun = Defining battle that ended WWI Value of citizenship = Directly proportional to legitimacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maine = Was part of Massachusetts until 1820 New Hampshire = Was also a part of Massachusetts Connecticut = Established after settlers moved from Boston</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Arrival of Pilgrims in America = 1620 Maine becoming 23rd state = 1820 America's entry into WWI = 1917 Passage of Reconstruction acts = 1867</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Commonwealth = Under the dominion of no one person’s will in particular, under the wills of all the citizens in consent with each other Sovereign power = Plural and democratic, derives authority from consent of the citizens Liberty of man in society = To be under no other legislative power, but that established by consent in the commonwealth Religious Freedom = The belief for which Roger Williams was ejected from the Massachusetts Bay Colony</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roger Williams' ejection = Occurred due to his belief in religious freedom Adoption of Mayflower Compact = Stated that political authority flows from the people, not the King Massachusetts Schools of Laws of 1642 = Required parents to educate their children</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Locke = The commonwealth is under the dominion of no one person’s will in particular, but under the wills of all the citizens in consent with each other Roger Williams = Believed in religious freedom Pilgrims = Believed that political authority flows from the people, not the King</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thomas Paine = Wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' advocating for American Independence William Lloyd Garrison = Founded 'The Liberator' and advocated for the extermination of chattel slavery Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu = Proposed the idea of 'separation of powers' A. Mitchell Palmer = Created the General Intelligence Division in the Department of Justice during the 'Red Scare'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Publication of 'Common Sense' = 1776 Founding of 'The Liberator' = 1831 Creation of the General Intelligence Division in the Department of Justice = 1919 Boycott of the Olympic Games by President Jimmy Carter = 1980</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment = Specifies the pathways to citizenship in the United States Separation of powers = Dividing the government into legislative, executive and judicial branches to achieve a balance of power Vice President's role = Becomes the president of the United States if the current president dies or becomes incapacitated Failure of the Articles of Confederation = The states ignored them</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indigo = Dye found on a South Carolina plantation in 1739 Moscow = Location of the 1980 Olympic Games boycotted by President Jimmy Carter J. Edgar Hoover = Installed as chief of the General Intelligence Division in the Department of Justice Eliza Lucas Pinckney = Took control of her father’s plantation in 1729 in South Carolina</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Adams = Second President of the US Martin Luther King Jr. = Civil rights leader during the 1960's Benjamin Franklin = First unofficial postmaster general of the United States John Locke = Author of Second Treatise of Government</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Montgomery bus boycott = Brought Martin Luther King Jr. into the national and international limelight John Adams' peace commission to Paris in 1800 = Cost him the re-election and led to the demise of the Federalist party The original plan to buy New Orleans from Napoleon = Napoleon sold the entire Louisiana Purchase to the United States Roe v Wade = Dealt with the issue of abortion and was later overturned</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vermont = 14th State admitted to the Union and part of the New England region Louisiana = The United States purchased it from Napoleon Alabama = Location of the Montgomery bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural liberty of man = To be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man Liberty of a man in society = To be under no other legislative power but established by consent, in commonwealth Freedom of men under government = To have a standing rule to live by, common to everyone of that society, and made by legislative power erected in it Freedom of nature = To be under no other restraint but the law of nature</p> Signup and view all the answers