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Pilot Test Questions and Answers
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
94. Why were the colonists upset with the British government?
A: Stamp Act
A: They had to pay high taxes but did not have any
say about it. (Taxation without representation.)
A: The British army stayed in their houses.
(boarding, quartering)
A: Intolerable Acts
95. Name one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
A: U.S. diplomat
A: Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
A: First Postmaster General of the United States
A: Writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
96. Who is called the “Father of Our Country”?
A: George Washington
97. Who was the first President?
A: George Washington
98. Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers? *
A: James Madison
A: Alexander Hamilton
A: John Jay
A: Publius
99. What group of essays supported passage of the U.S. Constitution?
A: The Federalist Papers
B: 1800s
100. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. *
A: War of 1812, Mexican American War, Civil
War, or Spanish-American War.
101. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
A: The Louisiana Territory
A: Louisiana
102. What country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
A: France
103. In 1803, the United States bought a large amount of land from
France. Where was that land?
A: West of the Mississippi
A: The Western U.S.
A: The Louisiana Territory
104. Name one of the things that Abraham Lincoln did.
A: Saved (or preserved) the Union.
A: Freed the slaves
A: Led the U.S. during the Civil War.
105. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. *
A: The Civil War
106. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A: Slavery
A: Economic reasons
A: States’ rights
107. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A: Freed slaves in the Confederacy
A: Freed slaves in the Confederate states
A: Freed slaves in most Southern states
108. What did the abolitionists try to end before the Civil War?
A: Slavery
109. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A: She fought for women’s rights.
C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
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