Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Joseph Ellis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Joseph Ellis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what action would have ended the move for American Independence?
(a) Spain's entry into the war on the side of America.
(b) Better use of horses by either army.
(c) British commanders prosecuting the war more vigorously.
(d) The invention of the atomic bomb.

2. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
(a) With the people.
(b) At Fort Knox.
(c) With the states.
(d) With the President.

3. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Whig.
(b) Republican.
(c) Writer.
(d) American.

4. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?
(a) Britian continuing to rule over India.
(b) Madascar ruling Africa.
(c) Britain continuing to rule over North America.
(d) Hawaii ruling California.

5. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?
(a) Two Hundred MIllion.
(b) Four Million.
(c) 453.
(d) Five Hundred Thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?

2. What country is the oldest enduring republic in world history?

3. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?

4. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?

5. What was the primary form of communication in America during 1787-89?

(see the answer key)

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