2024 – 2025 SS quiz

Upon her marriage to James, Dolley Madison was shunned by the Quakers because –

• she had divorced without Church permission.

• her husband was an Episcopalian.

• her new husband was a slave owner.

• the church elders disapproved of her husband’s involvement in politics.

One of Dolley Madison’s most famous acts while the first lady was while the British burned the White House; she directed the removal and safe storage of the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of (a)   that still hangs in the East Room.

• John Todd, her first husband

• James Madison

• George Washington

• John and Abigail Adams

On July 31, 1844, under a large oak tree (the “Secession Oak”) in Bluffton, (a)   , an organized political movement began with the first call for secession if the South was not guaranteed its rights to slavery, a lower tariff, and states’ rights.

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Virginia

• Georgia

Though initially written for the people of France during the French Revolution, Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason led to a revival of (a)   in America.

• slavery

• deism

• patriotism

• organized religion

As supporters of Alexander Hamilton, what was an important distinction between the High Federalists and other Federalists who supported John Adams in the late 18th century?

• They insisted on the creation of a national bank

• They supported the idea of a strong central government

• They wanted the liberal use of the elastic clause in the Constitution

• They desired to go to war with the French

Known to be an opponent of Jacksonian democracy, (a)   was also an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1812 to 1845 and remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, United States v. The Amistad, and Prigg v. Pennsylvania.

• John Marshall

• Joseph Story

• Levi Woodbury

• Daniel Webster

The term “spoils system” was used in a speech in 1832 by Senator (a)   of New York, where he defended one of President Andrew Jackson’s appointments, stating, “To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.”

• Daniel Webster

• Thomas Hart Benton

• William Marcy

• Henry Clay

On March 7, 1850, Senator (a)   delivered his famous “Seventh of March” speech urging a compromise on the issue of slavery, which led to the passage of the Compromise of 1850.

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Stephen A. Douglas

On February 15, 1798, a brawl broke out between Representative Roger Griswold and Matthew Lyon. This fight resulted from personal attacks of character by both individuals, but the underlying cause of the conflict was Griswold’s support of –

• the rebellion by farmers in Western Massachusetts.

• the expansion of the Alien and Sedition Acts against Federalists who supported Britain.

• President Adams’ military preparations against France.

• expansion of land claims within the Northwest Territories.

Holding office from 1817 to 1829, (a)   was the longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history, serving for both James Monroe and John Quincy Adams.

• Albert Gallatin

• Henry Dearborn

• William Wirt

• George Clinton