Vocabulary A
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word resolve?
a. excavate
b. inhabit
c. settle
c. settle
Who could many people not pay the taxes being raised to repay the country's debt?
a. They did not use cash
b. They did not make enough money
c.They did not have enough good to trade.
a. They did not use cash
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word proposal?
a. burden
b. proof
c. recommendation
c. recommendation
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. John Adams
c. John Adams
Who's famous powdered hair was actually his own hair?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. George Washington
c. James Madison
b. George Washington
Noun-something formed by joining together.
Noun-A confederation
What do these define?
a. proposal
b. situation
c. union
c. union
What was the benefit of creating a government that consisted of three parts that shared power?
a. No one would have too much work to do.
b. No part would be more powerful that the others.
c. Each part would only have to work for one third of the year.
b. No part would be more powerful that the others.
What does the word committees mean?
a. reasons for doing something
b. groups of people chosen to do certain work
c. large plots of land cultivated for a particular reason.
b. groups of people chosen to do certain work
Which president was the first to grow tomatoes in the North American continent?
a. John Adams
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Madison
b. Thomas Jefferson
Who of the founding fathers took "air baths"?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
a. Benjamin Franklin
An air bath is when you sit outside without clothes to "air out".
What does convention mean?
a. an original concept or plan
b. an uncommon occurrence
c. a formal meeting for a purpose
c. a formal meeting for a purpose
Which sentence best explains what the section "The Great Compromise" is about?
a. The Great Compromise decided that one house would have proportional representation and the other would have equal representation.
b The Great Compromise decided that for every three slaves, five were counted for the purpose of proportional representation.
c. The Great Compromise decided that both houses would have proportional representation.
c. The Great Compromise decided that both houses would have proportional representation.
What does the word situation mean?
a. a lack of funds
b. a condition or state of affairs
c. an invention with no real purpose.
b. a condition or state of affairs
Whose signature is the largest on the Declaration of Independence?
a. John Hancock
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Madison
a. John Hancock-His name takes up six square inches on the Declaration of Independence. Some think he didn't know 56 signatures needed to fit on the same page.
Which of the founding fathers loved pasta so much, he made pasta popular in America?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Adams
c. Benjamin Franklin
a. Thomas Jefferson
He actually introduced macaroni and cheese to America-thanks Mr. Jefferson!
Representatives are people who
a. are chosen to act or speak for others.
b. organize important events.
c. bargain for better deals.
a. are chosen to act or speak for others.
What plan included what came to be known as the electoral college?
a. New Jersey Plan
b. Virginia Plan
c. Wilson's Plan
c. Wilson's Plan
A plan to do something is
a. proposal
b. resolve
c. situation
a. proposal
Which president had a real bear as a pet?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. George Washington
c. Thomas Jefferson
c. Thomas Jefferson
Which two presidents fathered sons that also became president? Choose 2
a. John Adams
b. George Bush, Sr.
c. Abraham Lincoln
a. John Adams (2nd)-John Quincy Adams (6th)
b. George Bush (41st)-Sr-George W. Bush (43rd)
What is the opposite meaning of the word debate?
a. agree
b. ignore
c. share
a. agree
Why didn't the farmers have cash to pay their taxes?
a. The farmers used a trade system
b. The farmers were poor.
c. The bank was closed.
a. The farmers used a trade system
Formed by joining two or more people or things together.
a. situation
b. union
c. resolve
b. union
True or False:
Thomas Jefferson's initial draft of the Declaration of Independence called for an end to slavery
True-Jefferson later took this part out because he felt the document wouldn’t be approved by delegates in states like Virginia and South Carolina.
How many former presidents died on the 4th of July?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
c. 3
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day in 1826-4 hours apart. It was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Both had signed. They were the last of the surviving founding fathers.
James Monroe also passed away on July 4, 1831