SOL Review Quotes

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Which document did this quote come from?

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Who influenced Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence? He wrote about "life, liberty, and property" and natural rights.

• Thomas Paine

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Locke

“With malice toward none and charity for all.  To bind up the nation’s wounds.”

Who said this and why?

• Lincoln; he wanted to punish the South after the end of the Civil War

• Lincoln; he wanted to bring the South back into the Union and heal the nation's wounds

• Washington; he wanted to punish the South after the end of the Civil War

• Franklin Roosevelt; he wanted to bring the South back into the Union and heal the nation's wounds

“A government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.”

Who said it? Which speech did this quote come from?

• Washington; Farewell Address

• Lincoln; Gettysburg Address

• Kennedy; inaugural address

• Jefferson; Declaration of Independence

• “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Who said the above quote?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• “A date which will live in infamy.”

Which President said this? What event just happened?

• Harry Truman; Pearl Harbor

• Franklin Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor

• Franklin Roosevelt; Stock Market Crash

• Harry Truman; Stock Market Crash

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Which President said this?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Abraham Lincln

• Franklin Roosevelt

• “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Which President said this while in Berlin, Germany?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Lyndon Johnson

• Ronald Reagan

• Bill Clinton

"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war?"

Who said this, and who was he referring to?

• Abraham Lincoln; Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln; Mary Surratt

• George Washington; Abigail Adams

• James Madison; Dolly Madison