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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through United States Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "Funeral Orations" the speaker addressed which group of people first?
(a) The victims.
(b) The sons.
(c) The forefathers.
(d) The barbarians.

2. According to the speech "England's Position", what country gave Belgium an ultimatum?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Denmark.
(d) England.

3. What was torn from nature a secret so vast in its potentialities that our minds cower from the terror it creates?
(a) War.
(b) Science.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Mathematics.

4. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?
(a) Elihu Root.
(b) William Edgar Borah.
(c) Eugene Victor Debs.
(d) Stephen Wise.

5. Who delivered the speech "Our Government" one hundred and fifty years after the first Congress of the U.S. met?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Thomas Dewey.
(c) Charles Evans Hughes.
(d) Anthony Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?

2. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?

3. What battleship did the Japanese formally surrender to the United States on?

4. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?

5. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?

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