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Presidents Unit Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to be inaugurated?

a)

elected president

b)

sworn in as president

c)

lose presidency

d)

become president

2.

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

sworn in as president

b)

set of laws making it illegal to say anything about president

c)

an uprising over a tax on whiskey by farmers

d)

a tax

3.

What does it mean to remain neutral?

a)

do not take any side

b)

pick a side

c)

choose France

d)

Choose Britain

4.

What is a precedent?

a)

the leader of the United States

b)

an earlier event or action used as a guideline

c)

legacy

d)

impact

5.

What is a political party?

a)

party in D.C.

b)

the opinion of the president

c)

a group with the same beliefs trying to promote their goals

d)

people with different beliefs

6.

What was the XYZ Affair?

a)

law making it illegal to say anything about president

b)

closed all US ports

c)

France wanted to give us money

d)

US wanted to talk with France - they would only talk for money

7.

What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

a set of laws making it illegal to say anything about the president

b)

a set of acts that closed all US ports

c)

treaty with France

d)

treaty with Britain

8.

What was the Convention of 1800?

a)

an agreement with France to stop all naval attacks

b)

treaty that ended the War of 1812

c)

closed all US ports

d)

stopped all American ships from travelling

9.

What does legacy mean?

a)

to be sworn in as president

b)

the impact an individual left behind

c)

to bribe

d)

to be elected president

10.

What was the Embargo Act?

a)

started the War of 1812

b)

an agreement ending all naval attacks with France

c)

a law closing all ports to the British and stopping all US ships from trading

d)

ended the War of 1812

11.

What was the purpose of the president's cabinet?

a)

to advise the president on issues

b)

to be the vice president

c)

to hold dishes

d)

they are in charge of the president

12.

Who was Alexander Hamilton

a)

Washington's secretary of treasury

b)

Washington's secretary of state

c)

Washington's secretary of war

d)

Washington's attorney general

13.

Who was Aaron Burr?

a)

Washington's VP

b)

Adams' VP

c)

Jefferson's VP

d)

Madison's VP

14.

What did Francis Scott Key write?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

France's Declaration of Independence

d)

Star Spangled Banner

15.

Which was not a cause of the War of 1812?

a)

British interference with shipping

b)

British kidnapping US citizens

c)

British support of Native American resistance

d)

Fur trade

16.

Which was an effect of the War of 1812?

a)

US manufacturing grew

b)

Madison was elected president

c)

we became independent from Britain

d)

we took control of Canada

17.

What impact did the Louisiana Purchase have on the US?

a)

it gave us Canada

b)

it caused a war

c)

it doubled the size of the country

d)

it gave us Mexico

18.

What was the Treaty of Ghent?

a)

it ended the War of 1812

b)

it ended the American Revolution

c)

it ended the French and Indian War

d)

it ended the Civil War

19.

Who was the first president?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

20.

Who was the second president?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

21.

Who was the third president?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

22.

Who was the fourth president?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison