Questions 9-20 of Pretest

Question 1

What Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of the Nations?

Answer 1

Thomas Paine

Question 2

What else did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 2

The Crisis

Question 3

What man is known as the Hero of Buena Vista?

Answer 3

Zach Taylor

Question 4

What is Zach Taylor’s nickname.

Answer 4

Old, Rough and Ready

Question 5

What war was Zach Taylor a part of?

Answer 5

Mexican-American

Question 6

What election did Zach Taylor win?

Answer 6

1848

Question 7

What woman wrote the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848?

Answer 7

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 8

What amendment was for women’s suffrage?

Answer 8

19th

Question 9

What man was elected president of the CSA?

Answer 9

Jefferson Davis

Question 10

Where did Jefferson Davis go to school?

Answer 10

Westpoint Military Academy

Question 11

Jefferson Davis was the senator of what state?

Answer 11

Mississippi

Question 12

Where was the last battle of the revolutionary war held?

Answer 12

Yorktown, Virginia

Question 13

Who was the commander of the battle of Yorktown?

Answer 13

Hamilton- he was artillery

Question 14

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

Answer 14

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hudalgo

Question 15

Who signed the treaty of Guadalupe-Hudalgo?

Answer 15

Nicholas Trist

Question 16

What famous conquistador defeated the Aztecs in Mexico City?

Answer 16

Arnado Cortez

Question 17

Who was the leader of the Aztecs?

Answer 17

Montezuma

Question 18

What man won the presidential election of 1860?

Answer 18

Abraham Lincoln

Question 19

Where is Lincoln from?

Answer 19

Kentucky

Question 20

Who was Lincoln’s running mate?

Answer 20

Hannibal

Question 21

Where is Hannibal from?

Answer 21

Maine

Question 22

Term for the effort to rebuild the south after the Civil War?

Answer 22

Reconstruction

Question 23

Who helped the most with the Reconstruction?

Answer 23

Andrew Johnson

Question 24

Andrew jackson was _________ and a _______

Answer 24

impeached; tailor

Question 25

What man founded the Standard Oil Company?

Answer 25

Rockefeller

Question 26

What college did Rockefeller found?

Answer 26

Univ. of Chicago

Question 27

What kind of oil was Rockefeller known for?

Answer 27

Kerosene

Question 28

What man founded U.S. Steel Corporation?

Answer 28

Andrew Carnegie

Question 29

Carnegie spent most of his money on

Answer 29

Libraries and he made Carnegie Hall

Question 30

What man implemented the assembly line in factory production?

Answer 30

Henry Ford

Question 31

What is Henry Ford known for?

Answer 31

Making 15 mil Model T’s

Question 32

What president was known as the “Trust-Buster”?

Answer 32

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 33

Where was Theodore Roosevelt the governor of before he became president?

Answer 33

NY

Question 34

Where did Theodore Roosevelt go to college?

Answer 34

Harvard

Question 35

What war did Theodore Roosevelt fight in?

Answer 35

Spanish-American War