SS Weeks 15 & 16

1. Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of ________.

• State
• the Treasury
• Health.

2. What did James Madison write?

• the United States Constitution
• the Emancipation Proclamation
• the Declaration of Independence

3. George Washington was ________ and the first president of the United States.

• a sailor in the Navy
• an inventor
• a general in the army

4. Thomas Jefferson was the _______ president of the United States.

• first
• second
• third

5. True or false: John Hancock created the Navy.

• True
• False

6. How did Benjamin Franklin help spread information?

• He taught at a college.
• He owned and published a newspaper.
• He created a national library.

7. What is one fact about John Adams? **PQA**

8. What document says that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

• the United States Consitution
• the Mayflower Compact
• the Declaration of Independence

9. Pick the two choices that are part of the Constitution.

• Appendix
• Articles
• Chapters
• Preamble
• References

10. True or false: The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

• True
• False