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STAAR Review - Government And Politics People
Test Description: Match the person to their description
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Congressman from Massachusetts who supported protective tariffs and opposed slavery
A
Henry Clay
B
Daniel Webster
C
John C Calhoun
D
James Monroe
2) Served as president of the Constitutional Convention and later as 1st President of the United States
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
George Washington
D
John Adams
3) After the Civil War he was the 1st African American elected to the United States Senate
A
Hiram Rhodes Revels
B
Fredrick Douglass
C
William Carney
D
Crispus Attucks
4) Wrote Common Sense to convince Americans to support independence from Britain
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Patrick Henry
D
Thomas Paine
5) French philosopher who first wrote about Separation of Powers within government; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches
A
Marquis de Lafayette
B
James Madison
C
George Mason
D
Charles de Montesquieu
6) His Doctrine told European countries that no further colonization would be permitted in the Western Hemisphere
A
John Adams
B
James Madison
C
James Monroe
D
Andrew Jackson
7) Anti-Federalist; Argued that a Bill of Rights needed to be added to the Constitution
A
George Mason
B
James Madison
C
Alexander Hamilton
D
John Jay
8) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who heard the Marbury v. Madison case
A
John Jay
B
Earl Warren
C
John Marshall
D
Roger Taney
9) Father of the Constitution and author of the Federalist Papers
A
James Madison
B
George Washington
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Alexander Hamilton
10) English philosopher who said it is the duty of government to protect peoples life, liberty, and property
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
William Blackstone
C
Charles de Montesquieu
D
John Locke
11) 1st Republican president of the United States. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War
A
Andrew Jackson
B
George Washington
C
Ulysses S Grant
D
Abraham Lincoln
12) Primary author of the Declaration of Independence; 3rd President of the United States; Louisiana Purchase
A
George Washington
B
James K Polk
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
James Madison
13) Anti-Federalist who refused to attend the Constitutional Convention because he said - I smell a rat
A
Patrick Henry
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
John Adams
D
James Madison
14) Author of the Federalist Papers; Leader of the Federalist Party; Created the Bank of the United States
A
Aaron Burr
B
George Washington
C
Alexander Hamilton
D
John Adams
15) Scientist, inventor, writer, and oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
A
Roger Sherman
B
George Washington
C
James Madison
D
Benjamin Franklin
16) Congressman from Kentucky who proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
A
Daniel Webster
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John C Calhoun
D
Henry Clay
17) Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, 1st Democratic President, President of the Common Man, known as Old Hickory
A
Andrew Jackson
B
George Washington
C
James K Polk
D
John Quincy Adams
18) Led South Carolina into the Nullification Crisis when he refused to pay the new Federal Tariff; supported slavery and states rights
A
Henry Clay
B
John C Calhoun
C
Daniel Webster
D
Abraham Lincoln
19) Accused of a Corrupt Bargain with Henry Clay to become 6th president
A
John Adams
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John Quincy Adams
D
James Monroe
20) 2nd President of the United States; X,Y,Z Affair and Alien and Sedition Acts
A
John Adams
B
Samuel Adams
C
James Madison
D
Thomas Jefferson
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