U.S. Proclamations and the Like

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is considered the first outline of a government for the English colonies? Mayflower Compact Articles of Confederation U.S. Constitution Proclamation of 1763

2. What document forbade settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains? Land Barrier Acts Proclamation of 1763 Navigation Acts Treaty of Paris

3. "These are the times that try men's souls..." Which document is this from? Common Sense The Emancipation Proclamation The Constitution The American Crisis

4. The Declaration of Independence starts with "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal..." True False

5. This admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state, and stated that any states south of the southern Missouri border were slave states and all North of it were free states. Which of these was it? The Compromise of 1850 The Missouri Compromise The Pierce Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine

6. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Freed all the slaves Freed the slaves in the Confederate states Did absolutely nothing Gave permission for the use of total war

7. "... and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth." What is this document? The Gettysburg Address The declaration of war in WW1 The declaration of war in the civil war The Federalist Papers

8. "Yesterday December 7th 1941..." What is this? The declaration of war against Japan The declaration of war against Spain The declaration of war against Germany The declaration of war against Italy

9. What was the Marshall Plan supposed to achieve? Economic growth Japan's unconditional surrender Military growth Containment of Communism

10. It took over 200 years to pass the 27th ammendment True False