Civic Literacy Podcast Quizzes Purdue
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Thomas Jefferson was born in:
A. Suffolk, England
B. The wealthiest city in the south
C. Rural Virginia
D. Nevis, West Indies - Answer C. Rural, Virgina
Which of the following concepts forms the "genesis of government" for Thomas Jefferson?
A. Consent
B. Legitimacy
C. Power
D. Authority - Answer A. Consent
For Jefferson the purpose of government is to:
A. Ensure safety
B. Provide for the common defense
C. Ensure domestic tranquility
D. Protect important rights - Answer D. Protect important rights
Patrick Henry introduced what important change in mindset at the first Continental congress?
A. That the colonists should embark on their manifest destiny to tame the continent.
B. That the colonists should consider themselves American not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc.
c. That the colonists should maintain the identity of the individual "states"
D. That the colonists should not consider themselves traitors. - Answer B. That the colonists
should consider themselves American and not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc.
Which is not a characteristic of Thomas Jefferson according to Historian Joseph Ellis?
A. Duplicitous
B. Resonant
C. Extravagant
D. Intellectually Sophisticated - Answer C. Extravagant
Most of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention favored:
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Thomas Jefferson was born in:
A. Suffolk, England
B. The wealthiest city in the south
C. Rural Virginia
D. Nevis, West Indies - Answer C. Rural, Virgina
Which of the following concepts forms the "genesis of government" for Thomas Jefferson?
A. Consent
B. Legitimacy
C. Power
D. Authority - Answer A. Consent
For Jefferson the purpose of government is to:
A. Ensure safety
B. Provide for the common defense
C. Ensure domestic tranquility
D. Protect important rights - Answer D. Protect important rights
Patrick Henry introduced what important change in mindset at the first Continental congress?
A. That the colonists should embark on their manifest destiny to tame the continent.
B. That the colonists should consider themselves American not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc.
c. That the colonists should maintain the identity of the individual "states"
D. That the colonists should not consider themselves traitors. - Answer B. That the colonists
should consider themselves American and not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc.
Which is not a characteristic of Thomas Jefferson according to Historian Joseph Ellis?
A. Duplicitous
B. Resonant
C. Extravagant
D. Intellectually Sophisticated - Answer C. Extravagant
Most of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention favored:
