FCLE Practice EXAM Questions and
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Question:
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer:
New Hampshire -Massachusetts -Rhode Island -Connecticut -New York -New Jersey
-Pennsylvania -Delaware -Maryland -Virginia -North Carolina -South Carolina -Georgia
Question:
What happened at the Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia, 1787)?
Answer:
The Constitution was written. -The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
Question:
When was the Constitution written?
Answer:
1787
Question:
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the
writers.
Answer:
Publius -(James) Madison -(Alexander) Hamilton -(John) Jay
,Question:
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) is famous for?
Answer:
U.S. diplomat -oldest member of the Constitutional Convention -first Postmaster
General of the United States -writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" -started the first free
libraries
Question:
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Answer:
(George) Washington (1732-1799)
Question:
Who was the first President? (1789)
Answer:
(George) Washington (1732-1799)
Question:
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Answer:
the Louisiana Territory -Louisiana
Question:
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Answer:
War of 1812 - Mexican-American War (1846-1848) - Civil War (1861-1865) -
Spanish-American War (1898)
Question:
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. (1861-1865)
Answer:
the Civil War -the War between the States
, Question:
Name one problem that led to the Civil War. (1861-1865)
Answer:
slavery -economic reasons -states' rights
Question:
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Answer:
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation, 1863) -saved (or preserved) the Union
-led the United States during the Civil War
Question:
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? (1863)
Answer:
freed the slaves -freed slaves in the Confederacy -freed slaves in the Confederate
states -freed slaves in most Southern states
Question:
What did Susan B. Anthony do? (1820-1906)
Answer:
fought for women's rights -fought for civil rights
Question:
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
Answer:
World War I (1914-1918) -World War II (1939-1945) -Korean War (1950-1953) -Vietnam
War (1955-1975) -(Persian) Gulf War (1990-1991)
Question:
Who was President during World War I (1914-1918)
Answer:
(Woodrow) Wilson (1856-1924)
Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer:
New Hampshire -Massachusetts -Rhode Island -Connecticut -New York -New Jersey
-Pennsylvania -Delaware -Maryland -Virginia -North Carolina -South Carolina -Georgia
Question:
What happened at the Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia, 1787)?
Answer:
The Constitution was written. -The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
Question:
When was the Constitution written?
Answer:
1787
Question:
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the
writers.
Answer:
Publius -(James) Madison -(Alexander) Hamilton -(John) Jay
,Question:
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) is famous for?
Answer:
U.S. diplomat -oldest member of the Constitutional Convention -first Postmaster
General of the United States -writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" -started the first free
libraries
Question:
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Answer:
(George) Washington (1732-1799)
Question:
Who was the first President? (1789)
Answer:
(George) Washington (1732-1799)
Question:
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Answer:
the Louisiana Territory -Louisiana
Question:
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Answer:
War of 1812 - Mexican-American War (1846-1848) - Civil War (1861-1865) -
Spanish-American War (1898)
Question:
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. (1861-1865)
Answer:
the Civil War -the War between the States
, Question:
Name one problem that led to the Civil War. (1861-1865)
Answer:
slavery -economic reasons -states' rights
Question:
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Answer:
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation, 1863) -saved (or preserved) the Union
-led the United States during the Civil War
Question:
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? (1863)
Answer:
freed the slaves -freed slaves in the Confederacy -freed slaves in the Confederate
states -freed slaves in most Southern states
Question:
What did Susan B. Anthony do? (1820-1906)
Answer:
fought for women's rights -fought for civil rights
Question:
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
Answer:
World War I (1914-1918) -World War II (1939-1945) -Korean War (1950-1953) -Vietnam
War (1955-1975) -(Persian) Gulf War (1990-1991)
Question:
Who was President during World War I (1914-1918)
Answer:
(Woodrow) Wilson (1856-1924)
