CCMS 4th - PEP Quiz Week 10 - A New Nation & Government

___________________________ was the president during the time of the Louisiana Purchase. He asked Meriwether Lewis to explore the territory.

• Samuel Slater

• Thomas Jefferson

• Robert Fulton

• James K. Polk

____________________ believed in Manifest Destiny and led the nation into the Mexican-American War.

• Thomas Jefferson

• James K. Polk

• Eli Whitney

• Andrew Jackson

_______________ was a Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark during their exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

• Sacagawea

• Pocahontas

• Sequoyah

The ____________ was a time when new inventions changed the way people farmed and made goods.

• War of 1812

• Manifest Destinty

• American Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

___________________ was the man who opened the first textile mill powered by water.

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• James K. Polk

• Robert Fulton

The ___________________ was our nation's first constitution.

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Declaration of Independence

________________ was our nation's first President.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

The ___________________ in the Bill of Rights protects 5 of our basic liberties, like freedom of speech and religion.

• U.S. Constitution

• Judicial Branch

• Preamble

• First Amendment

True or False: Very few people struck it "rich" during the California Gold Rush.

• True

• False

True or False: The Executive Branch has more power than the other 2 branches of government.

• True

• False