VUS.5-6 REVIEW

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Benjamin Franklin

What philosophical movement influenced the political ideologies of the Revolution?

• Great Awakening

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• Magna Carta

What was the first constitution of the United States?

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

What war led to British war debt and the British decision to tax the colonists?

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• American War for Independence

• Napoleonic Wars

the first political parties of 1790 were--

• federalists and democratic -republicans
• independents and democrats
• federalists and farmers
• bankers and farmers

This president purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France

• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison

the presidency of Andrew Jackson became known as the 

• era of his ways
• era of mistakes
• era of the Common Man
• Era of doing good

The "spoils system" refers to Andrew Jackson's policy of --

• rewarding campaign supporters with gold
• rewarding his supporters with spoiled food
• rewarding campaign supporters with government jobs
• allowing evil people into the government

"popular sovereignty" refers to 

• a famous King
• a states right to choose whether to be free or slave
• a popular system of money
• the choice of whether to be popular or not