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WorksheetsPlans for the New Government
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
Alexander Hamilton belonged to the ________ political party
a)
Democrat
b)
Communist
c)
Federalist
d)
Republican
2.
To which political party did Thomas Jefferson belong?
a)
Federalist
b)
Democratic Republican
c)
Whig
d)
Independent
3.
What does the word delegates mean in this sentence?: "In May 1787 a meeting began, with 55 delegates coming from the 13 states."
a)
documents
b)
representatives
c)
articles
d)
friends
4.
Which of these is the best summary of the article "Red, White, Blue ... and Yellow?"
a)
Doctors in the 1790's realized that yellow fever was caused by mosquitos. Dr. Benjamin Rush couldn’t find a cure. Today there is still not cure, but there is a vaccine against the disease.
b)
Doctors in the 1790s didn’t know yellow fever was caused by mosquitos. Yellow fever killed thousands of people in Philadelphia in 1793. Today there is still no cure, but there is a vaccine against the disease.
c)
About 200,000 people a year are infected with yellow fever. There is no cure, but there is a vaccine against the disease.
d)
Dr. Benjamin Rush learned about yellow fever through a letter from another doctor. Today there is no cure for yellow fever, but there is a vaccine to help keep people from getting it.
5.
What were the Federalist Papers and who wrote them?
a)
They were newspaper articles written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton.
b)
They were special copies of the constitution written by Thomas Jefferson.
c)
They were the remnants of the Articles of Confederation.
d)
The federalist papers were a collection of papers written by federalists.
6.
What is a cotton gin and who patented it?
a)
The cotton gin is a machine that cleans the seeds from cotton fibers after the plants have been harvested. It was invented by Eli Whitney.
b)
The cotton gin is a special kind of cotton grown in the south. It was patented by J.R. Cotton.
c)
The cotton gin is a machine that cleans the seeds from cotton fibers after the plants have been harvested. It was patented by James Madison.
d)
The cotton gin is a special fabric that clothes were made from during the Revolution. It was invented by Benjamin Franklin.
7.
In 1790 George Washington's cabinet included:
a)
Ben Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
b)
only men who had been governors of a colony
c)
only men who had served with him in the Continental Army
d)
Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, Henry Knox and Thomas Jefferson
8.
The cotton gin helped make the southern states rich by ______.
a)
making it easier to transport cotton across the ocean
b)
allowing southern states to plant cotton for the first time
c)
harvesting the cotton earlier in the season
d)
removing the seeds from large amounts of cotton quickly
9.
Yellow fever was a disease that became an _________ in the 1790s.
a)
epidemic
b)
issue in most of the Federalist Papers
c)
embarrassment to the U.S. government
d)
idea doctors believed was false
10.
George Washington first worked as president in:
a)
Washington state
b)
Jamestown
c)
Washington, D.C.
d)
New York
11.
The "Father of the Constitution" was ________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
James Madison
d)
George Washington
12.
A Cabinet secretary is someone who _______.
a)
is in charge of a major government department
b)
makes coffee for the president
c)
writes letters for government officials
d)
designs kitchen cupboards
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