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Which state did Shay's Rebellion take place?
Massachusetts
How does Madison argue in Federalist #10 that the Constitution will be better equipped to handle factions?
Both that there will be a larger pool to choose representatives from and that there will be a larger pool of potential factions that are harder to unite into a majority
Who wrote the majority of the Federalist papers?
Alexander Hamilton
In which colony were the pilgrims granted a royal charter to settle?
Virginia
What was George Washington's home plantation called?
Mt. Vernon
After the assassination of this president, the Secret Service added presidential protection to their duties.
Abraham Lincoln
Which three presidents have been impeached?
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
How many members did Washington's cabinet consist of?
Four: Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and the Attorney General
How many members are in the current cabinet?
Over 15 different members
Why did Congress push the 14th amendment?
Because the newly formed southern state governments were both denying civil rights to freed slaves and heavily populated by ex-Confederates
Brown v. Board of Education was a case that started in which city?
Topeka, Kansas
In which case did Justice William O. Douglas use the phrase "penumbras and emanations" to defend contraception?
Griswold v. Connecticut
Where did Roe v. Wade take place?
Texas
Which Justice argued that abortion is a state matter, not a federal matter?
Samuel Alito
What are the requirements to serve as a member of the House of Representatives?
You must be 25 years old, a citizen for 7 years, and a resident of the state your district is in
Where do tax bills originate?
House of Representatives
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston
Why were Daniel Shays and the other Massachusetts farmers rebelling in 1786 - 1787?
Because they didn't get paid for their service in the War for Independence
The Antifederalists mostly wrote under which pen name?
Brutus
Who wrote the Federalist papers?
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
Which state were the Antifederalists and Federalists mostly writing to?
New York
Where did King John sign the Magna Carta of 1215?
Runnymede
Which copy of the Magna Carta is enshrined at the US National Archives?
1297
Which man traveled on the Mayflower and later served as governor of the colony?
William Bradford
Where did the Pilgrims live for ten years before going to North America?
Leiden, in the Netherlands
Which man said that if, after the Revolutionary War, if Washington were to give up power, he would be the "greatest man in the world."
George III
Name three components of the Executive Branch of the President.
The National Security Council, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of Management and Budget
Where, during which war, did President Nixon keep secret a bombing campaign leading to the War Powers Resolution?
Cambodia, during the Vietnam War
Congress's last formal declaration of war was for which war?
World War II
Where was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas, Texas
What are the three main powers of the President?
Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Chief Executive of the Executive Branch, and Chief Diplomat of the United States
What is the order of presidential succession?
The order in which the Cabinet members' agencies were created by Congress
Why is the 14th Amendment considered the most important?
It extended constitutional protections against state government actions, not just federal; it is broadly written with wide interpretive latitude for the courts; and it, in effect, restates fundamental American concepts of equality and fairness
To whom did the 15th amendment give the right to vote too?
Black men
Justice Harlan compared Plessy to which infamous case?
Dred Scott
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt attempt to do after his reelection?
Pack the court
Which town did President Eisenhower need to send soldiers into due to resistance to black students going to school?
Little Rock, AR
Which case led to a reading of your rights when you get arrested?
Miranda v. Arizona
Texas v. Johnson gives people the right to do what?
Burn the American flag
What do the cases Bakke, Grutter, and Students for Fair Admissions refer to?
Affirmative action
Who said that the Supreme Court was the least dangerous branch of federal government?
Alexander Hamilton
What was added to the Constitution because of the Antifederalists?
The Bill of Rights
Fill in the blank: "A spectre is haunting Europe. The spectre of ____________"
Communism
Which country in WWI secretly helped Lenin return from exile?
Germany
Who did the Allied Powers give part of the Anatolian Peninsula to that sparked a war of independence?
The Greeks
Who did France favor less than the Druze Christians in Lebanon?
The Muslims in Syria
Fill in the blank: "The ___________ Civil Service, which Britain created, was a vital prerequisite of _____________ independence"
Indian
Fill in the blank: "In 1494 the division was formalized in the Treaty of _______________ under which the Spaniards obtained most of the southern half of the American Continent"
Tordesillas
Fill in the blank: "A comet appeared above ____________ and split into three; the waters of the lake boiled..."
Tenochtitlan
Fill in the blank: "Under the subsequent Treaty of _______________ of 1763, which ended the near global Seven Years War..."
Paris
Fill in the blank: "By 1791 the British in Upper Canada, ___________________, outnumbered the French of lower Canada, Quebec"
Ontario
After WWII, what was Korea divided along?
The 38th parallel
Who led the US and UN forces in the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur
What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
1962
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
What year did the Korean War take place?
1950
What year did the Communist Takeover of Cuba take place?
1952
Who was Mao Tse-Tung?
Communist leader of China
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Who was St. Francis Xavier?
Jesuit missionary to India and Japan
Who was Matteo Ricci?
Jesuit missionary who wrote admiringly of China
Where was Stalin from?
Georgia
Sun Yat-sen was where when the last Qing emperor abdicated?
Colorado
Who assumed leadership of the Kuomintang after Sun's death?
Chian Kai-shek
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