GED Social Studies : Founding Fathers and Constitutional Framers
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Example Question #1 : Founding Fathers And Constitutional Framers
Which of these American Presidents presided over the Louisiana Purchase?
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803, during the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson purchased the massive Louisiana territory from Napoleon and the French Empire for the sum of fifteen million dollars. Interestingly, given Jefferson’s stance on limiting the power of the Federal government and the President, it established a precedent that the President and the government had greater power than that which was accorded in the Constitution.
Example Question #2 : Founding Fathers And Constitutional Framers
The First Barbary War was fought by which American President?
William Henry Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
The First Barbary War was fought by the American navy against the pirate forces of the Barbary States in North Africa. The war was the first major foreign militaristic action taken by the young United States from 1801 to 1805. It was fought during the administration of Thomas Jefferson.
Example Question #1 : Revolutionary Era
Which of these men was not a Constitutional Framer or Founding Father?
Benjamin Franklin
John Jay
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Henry Clay
All of these men are considered Founding Fathers or Constitutional Framers, except Henry Clay, who was a prominent politician for a few decades in the first half of the nineteenth century. Henry Clay was a longtime Speaker of the House and also served as Secretary of State from 1825 until 1829.
Example Question #1 : Revolutionary Era
Poor Richard’s Almanack was published by __________.
Benjamin Franklin
John Jay
Edmund Burke
Patrick Henry
Adam Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack was written and published by Benjamin Franklin. The almanac made Franklin rich and famous, and it helped spread Enlightenment ideas to the common people.
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