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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Grover Cleveland refer to as a discoverer, dreamer, hero and apostle?
(a) Magellan.
(b) Ponce de Leon.
(c) Meriweather Lewis.
(d) Columbus.

2. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?
(a) St. Louis, MO.
(b) Springfield, IL.
(c) Springfield, MA.
(d) Lincoln, IL.

3. In "In Support of the Oppian Law", where did the statues come from that made their way into this city with hostile effect?
(a) Rome.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Venice.
(d) Athens.

4. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?
(a) John L. Lewis.
(b) Thomas E. Dewey.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Charles Evan Hughes.

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

6. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Missouri.

7. Who made a plea to Lord Mayor in 1882 to come to the aid of the Russian Jews?
(a) John Wesley.
(b) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(c) Oliver Cromwell .
(d) Cardinal Manning.

8. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Danton.
(c) Desmoulins.
(d) Mirabeau.

9. Who started the Hull House, a famous settlement for Social Service in Chicago?
(a) Stephen Wise.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Susan B. Anthony.
(d) Jane Addams.

10. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace.

11. According to the speech "Rendezvous with Despair", what is the only answer to gloomy predictions regarding the growth of the country?
(a) History.
(b) A new employment law.
(c) A new social program.
(d) A new amendment.

12. Who was a great speaker and debater that was opposed to The League of Nations?
(a) Eugene Victor Debs.
(b) William Edgar Borah.
(c) Elihu Root.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

13. According to Cicero in "First Oration Against Catiline", who was put to death on mere suspicion?
(a) Marcus Fulvius.
(b) Caius Gracchus.
(c) Lucius Opimius.
(d) Caius Marius.

14. Who promised that there would be honor and glory later in the Italian campaign?
(a) Napolean Bonaparte.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Frederick the Great.

15. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?
(a) Joseph Chamberlain.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(d) George Bernard Shaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was known as the "Liberator of South America" and was a great military leader and statesman?

2. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?

3. Why were unions first formed?

4. Who wrote that the House of Commons needed to only pay attention to "British interests"?

5. What country was Warren Hastings the British governor?

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