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Lessons 1-5 The New Nation
Test Description: American History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who designed the new nation's capital with a center mall and rectangular city blocks?
A
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
George Washington
D
Benjamin Banneker
2) What is the Bill of Rights?
A
The first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect the people's fundamental rights and freedoms
B
The last ten amendments to the Constitution that freed the slaves
C
The first ten amendments to the Constitution that freed the slaves
D
The last ten amendments to the Constitution that protect fundamental rights and freeoms
3) Who was the first president to live in the President's House?
A
John Adams
B
Benjamin Fanklin
C
George Washington
D
Thomas Jefferson
4) The president appoints top-level advisers to serve in his
A
cabinet as the heads of government departments
B
political party as the heads of the government departments
C
cabinet as government legislators
D
political party as government legislators
5) In our democracy, who holds the ultimate power?
A
chief justice of Supreme Court
B
people of the United Statse
C
king and the royal family
D
president of the United Statres
6) Political Parties want to control the government by
A
winning elections and holding public office
B
changing the Bill of Rights
C
entertaining the voters
D
amending the Constitution
7) Demand and competition set the prices and supplies of goods in a ____ economy
A
closed market
B
collateral market
C
free market
D
credit market
8) The president is head of what branch of the government?
A
legislative
B
executive
C
judicial
D
republican
9) The Federalist Party was founded on the political principles of Alexander Hamilton and supported
A
states' rights
B
the equality of power between the states and the federal government
C
a weak federal government
D
a strong federal government
10) A speculator makes money by buying
A
at a low price to cut taxes
B
at a high price and selling later at a lower price
C
at a low price and selling later at a higher price
D
land for his family to farm
11) Which of the following does NOT describe the Constitution of the United States?
A
protects the people
B
sets up political parties
C
establishes the government
D
supreme law of the land
12) ____ is an economic system based on individual or company ownership of goods and services in a competitive market
A
Capitalism
B
Communism
C
Socialistm
D
Democracy
13) What early political party supported the political principles of Thomas Jefferson, who believed that ordinary citizens with proper education could goven themselves?
A
Federalist
B
Democratic-Republican
C
Republican
D
Democratic
14) Which of the following does NOT decribe Benjamin Banneker
A
free African American
B
mathematician who studied the stars
C
made the calculations for the survey of the national capital
D
enslaved African American
15) George Washington chose the site for the national capital from a ten-mile square area of land donated by ____ and ____
A
Pennsylvania and Virginia
B
Maryland and New Jersey
C
New Jersey and Virginia
D
Maryland and Virginia
16) ___ was the secretary of the treasury, a conservative on whose ideals the Federalist Party was founded.
A
George Washington
B
John Adams
C
Alexander Hamilton
D
Thomas Jefferson
17) In 1790, the first census counted America's citizens to determine the number of
A
each state's representatives in the House of Representatives
B
each state's representatives in the Senate
C
citizens who needed government sertvices
D
white males who worked on farms
18) The author explains the purpose for his or her book in the
A
index
B
table of contents
C
preface
D
glossary
19) As the nation's first president, George Washington
A
lived like a king and left the presidency a disgrace
B
set many precedents that other presidents would follow
C
was nicknamed Father of the Country because of his many children
D
ignored presidential duties as outlined in the Constitution
20) The national ---- was named after the first president of the United States
A
capital
B
monument
C
census
D
capitol
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