First 6 Presidents Quiz

Which best describes Jacksonian Democracy

• Nation governed by the elite property owners

• voting rights (suffrage) for all people, no matter gender or race

• voting rights (suffrage) for all adult, white males

Which conflict was the first test of international sovereignty of the US? (basically the first war the US fought after becoming its own nation)

• Mexican-American War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

Locate the Louisiana Purchase on the map.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Why did Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagree over the National Bank.?

• whether or not the Constitution gives the national government the power to establish the bank

• which executive department would be responsible for running it

• the wisdom of staffing such an institution with immigrants from Britain

What is a "midnight judge?"

• racist groups who terrorized minorities at night.

• judges who lacked qualifications for office.

• judges appointed to serve based on their political affiliation.

What song was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812?

• Star Spangled Banner

• America, the Beautiful

• God Bless America

• God Save the Queen

Under which president was the Alien and Sedition Acts passed?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

What was the Spoils System?

• allowing unqualified people to lead

• giving government positions to people who are loyal to you politically

• promising favors to those who campaign for you

What term is being described? The British navy would capture US sailors and merchants during the 1800s and force them to work on British ships.

• Imprisonment

• Slavery

• Encroachment

• Impressment

The earliest problems in the US government were due to what?

• educational differences

• money

• geographic differences

• religion