
Module 7 Practice Test #1 Thomas Jefferson in 1776

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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why was Thomas Jefferson not happy during the summer of 1776?
He was not feeling well.
He wanted to be home in Virginia.
He was busy writing many documents.
He enjoyed debating at the Continental Congress.
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CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What was the reason Thomas Jefferson was in Philadelphia during the summer of 1776?
To visit his wife, Martha.
To attend the Continental Congress.
To write the Virginia constitution.
To debate with Richard Henry Lee.
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CCSS.RI.4.8
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RL.4.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What did Thomas Jefferson do in his spare time while at the Continental Congress?
He wrote to the Virginia Convention about a new form of government.
He worked on his version of the Virginia constitution.
He debated with other delegates.
He made plans to return to Virginia.
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CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What did Richard Henry Lee announce at the Congress on June 7, 1776?
That Philadelphia should host the Continental Congress.
That Thomas Jefferson should go back to Virginia.
That the United Colonies should be free and independent States.
That a new constitution was needed for Virginia.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Who was chosen by the committee to write the document proclaiming America's independence?
The Congress
Richard Henry Lee
A five-man committee
Thomas Jefferson
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CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.6.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What did Thomas Jefferson do to ensure that his ideas about independence could be understood by all people?
He borrowed ideas from other political writers and wrote them in simple words
He wrote them in a complex language
He only used his own ideas without borrowing from others
He kept his thoughts to himself
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CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.6.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress?
July 4, 1776
July 8, 1776
September 1776
Late July 1776
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
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