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Question 1

One of the Founding Fathers of the US, he was the 1st Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

Answer 1

George Washington

Question 2

One of the Founding fathers of the US, one of the 1st Patriots to talk about becoming a free nation

Answer 2

John Adams

Question 3

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence, worked with the French to gain their alliance

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Thomas jefferson

Question 4

One of the leaders of the Convention he authored the Virginia Plan as well as the Bill of Rights

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James madison

Question 5

The 5th US president

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James Monroe

Question 6

The candidate that won the 1824 election by making what was known as the “corrupt bargain”?

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John Quincy Adams

Question 7

President responsible for the Indian Removal Act and weakening the Federal Bank.

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Andrew jackson

Question 8

8th President of the United States, responsible for the Panic of 1837.

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Martin Van Buren

Question 9

President whose theatrical campaign revolutionized future presidential campaigns.

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William Henry Harrison

Question 10

His rise to President set the precedent for future presidential succession.

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John Tyler

Question 11

In the 1844 election this candidate won by promising to acquire both the Texas and Oregon territories

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James Polk

Question 12

Wealthy Englishman who financed many of the early American colonies

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Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 13

One of the Founding Fathers of the US, he was one of the main drafters of the Declaration of Independence and represented the Colonist at the at the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 14

Founded the Sons of liberty in Boston known for their controversial violent acts

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Sam Adams

Question 15

Prominent merchant and statesman, he served as the president of the 2nd Continental Congress

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John Hancock

Question 16

During the war of 1812, he writes a poem that would become the American national anthem

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Francis Scott Key

Question 17

Served as the 1st secretary of Treasury and would play an instrumental roll in the 1800 election

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Alexander Hamilton

Question 18

While serving as Vice President he shot and killed one of his political rivals

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Aaron Burr

Question 19

A long serving chief Justice of the Supreme Court he came up with the idea of Judicial Review.

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John Marshall

Question 20

Author of the Missouri Compromise and one of the founders of the Whig Party

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Henry Clay

Question 21

He was the 1st Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court & negotiated an important treaty with Britain

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John Jay

Question 22

Former VP who threatened South Carolina’s secession during the Nullification Crisis

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John Calhoun

Question 23

Leader of the Lewis Clark Expedition

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Meriwether Lewis

Question 24

One of the leaders of the 1st US expedition of the Louisiana Territory in 1804

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William Clark

Question 25

Leader who led the Mormons west seeking religious freedoms

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Brigham Young

Question 26

The second secretary of state for Texas and is called the Father of Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

Question 27

Integral part of gaining Texas Independence, he was an early President of the republic of Texas

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Sam Houston

Question 28

A freedman man who had a big part of the abolition movement.

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Frederick Douglass