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Question 1 (Worth 5 points)
Who was the vice president during Thomas Jefferson's second term as President?
John Adams
George Clinton
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Question 2 (Worth 5 points)
The event in which British troops fire on angry colonists in Boston is known as:
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
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Question 3 (Worth 5 points)
Who is the author of Poor Richard's Almanack?
Washington Irving
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
John Smith
Thomas Paine
Question Information: Benjamin Franklin wrote Poor Richard's Almanack in 1732.
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Question 4 (Worth 5 points)
The first American cotton mill was set up in 1790.
True
False
Question Information: The first American cotton mill was set up in 1790. See activity 2.01, Timeline activity.
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Question 5 (Worth 5 points)
The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, opened in 1805.
True
False
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Question 6 (Worth 5 points)
The American Colonization Society was founded for the purpose of returning freed slaves to the South.
True
False
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Question 7 (Worth 5 points)
Thomas Jefferson wrote Common Sense.
True
False
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Question 8 (Worth 5 points)
Noah Webster's "Blue-Backed Speller" helped to standardize spelling and to distinguish British spelling from American spelling.
True
False
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Question 9 (Worth 5 points)
John Dickinson wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania in 1768.
True
False
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Question 10 (Worth 5 points)
The Pennsylvania Gazette was the original name of the Saturday Evening Post.
True
False
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