
U.S. History and Politics Quiz
Authored by Ryan Trieschman
History
8th - 11th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
Who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until 1835?
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
What is the practice of review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act or executive action called?
Constitutional Amendment
Legislative Oversight
Executive Privilege
Judicial Review
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
What was the acquisition of a large swathe of territory west of the Mississippi River by the United States from France in 1803 called?
Louisiana Purchase
Alaska Purchase
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
Which agreement between the United States and Spain in 1819 ceded Florida to the U.S.?
Pinckney's Treaty
Adams-Onís Treaty
Treaty of Paris
Jay Treaty
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
What was the widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America?
Isolationism
American Dream
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 2 pts
Which American political party in the late-18th and early-19th century advocated a stronger national government and commercial activity?
Federalist Party
Whig Party
Democratic-Republican Party
Libertarian Party
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