Social Studies Review

Who was the first president of the United States?

• John Adams

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• John Adams

The legislative branch of government is responsible for

• organizing trials

• making sure the laws follow the Constitution

• enforcing the laws

• making the laws

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Convention are most associated with

• Education Reform

• Western Expansion

• Women's Suffrage

• Abolition

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Benedict Arnold

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Which of the following is not a "natural right" named in the Declaration of Independence?

• Property

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

The U.S. Congress is divided into two houses. Which house consists of two representatives from each state, no matter the population of the state?

• Judicial Branch

• The Senate

• House of Representatives

• The President's Cabinet

How did the Louisiana Purchase contribute to western expansion?

• It did not contribute to western expansion at all.

• It gave the U.S. all the land east of the Mississippi River

• The discovery of gold in New Orleans attracted settlers.

• The U.S. owned land west of the Mississippi River.

What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?

• Saratoga

• Princeton

• Trenton

• Yorktown

The natural rights stated in the Declaration of Independence are rights that

• give the government its power to rule.

• come with owning property.

• the people are born with and the government can't take away.

• guarantee happiness.

The U.S. Bill of Rights

• was the first part of the U.S. Constitution written.

• is made up of the first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect the rights of citizens.

• upset people who believe in personal freedoms.

• includes the twelfth through nineteenth amendments.