Jester Politics

Week 12 Jester Quiz!

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#1. Name this President: I was a Democratic-Republican from Virginia who served as President from 1817-1825. I joined with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to form the Democratic- Republican party. I oversaw the major westward expansion of the U.S. and strengthened American foreign policy in 1823 when I established a doctrine warning European countries against further colonization and intervention in the Western Hemisphere. The Doctrine would come to be named after me. The capital of the West African country Liberia is also named after me for my support of the American Colonization Society’s mission to create a home for freed slaves who wanted to return to Africa.

#2. The “Enumerated Powers” listed in the Constitution are:

#3. Everyone who serves in the U.S. military must take an oath, part of which states that they swear (or affirm) to “support and defend the ____________ against all enemies, foreign or domestic.”

#4. How many states must approve a proposed constitutional amendment for that amendment to be adopted:

#5. How does Congress override a Presidential veto?

#6. Who has the authority to declare war?

#7. True or False. The preamble to the Constitution states: “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.”

It’s the Preamble of
the Declaration of Independence

#8. The Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest award for bravery, was first authorized in 1861 (the civil war). Since then, millions of Americans have fought in wars, how many Medals of Honor have been awarded?

#9. Eddie Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot and the highest scoring American Ace in:

#10. Which was NOT one of the 13 original states?

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