SparkNotes: James Monroe: Test

1. The area around Monroe's birthplace became known as what?

(A) The birthplace of America

(B) The Athens of Virginia

(C) The Heartland

(D) The Highland

2. Whom did Monroe meet while attending the Campbelton School?

(A) John Marshall

(B) Thomas Jefferson

(C) John Jay

(D) James Madison

3. How old was Monroe when he lost both his parents?

(A) Fourteen

(B) Fifteen

(C) Sixteen

(D) Seventeen

4. As a student, what building did Monroe help storm and loot?

(A) The College Library

(B) The Governor's Palace

(C) The Capital

(D) The Customs House

5. What was the highest rank Monroe achieved during the Revolution?

(A) Lieutenant

(B) Captain

(C) Colonel

(D) General

6. Where was Monroe wounded during the Revolution?

(A) Trenton

(B) Brandywine

(C) Monmouth

(D) Valley Forge

7. Monroe developed an express courier service between Virginia and what other colony?

(A) South Carolina

(B) North Carolina

(C) Maryland

(D) Delaware

8. Where did the Revolution end?

(A) Saratoga

(B) Yorktown

(C) Bunker Hill

(D) Trenton

9. Monroe studied law under whom?

(A) John Marshall

(B) Thomas Jefferson

(C) George Washington

(D) James Madison

10. In 1782, Monroe won election to what body?

(A) The Virginia House of Delegates

(B) The Continental Congress

(C) The Constitutional Convention

(D) The U.S. Senate

11. Where was Monroe given land in return for his service in the Revolution?

(A) Virginia

(B) North Carolina

(C) Kentucky

(D) Tennessee

12. In the first elections in the state of Virginia, Monroe ran as a token candidate for what position?

(A) Governor

(B) U.S. Representative

(C) U.S. Senator

(D) Delegate to the House of Burgesses

13. How many children did Monroe have?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

14. What document caused a stir in France during Monroe's time there as minister?

(A) The Constitution

(B) Jay's Treaty

(C) The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

(D) Treaty of Paris

15. Which of the following did NOT participate in writing the Federalist Papers?

(A) John Jay

(B) James Monroe

(C) James Madison

(D) Alexander Hamilton

16. While a U.S. Senator, Monroe prevented which Delaware senator from being seated?

(A) Andrew Gallatin

(B) Kensey Jones

(C) John Jay

(D) Daniel Webster

17. Who showed up in Paris to replace Monroe as minister to France?

(A) Timothy Pickering

(B) Charles Pinckney

(C) Thomas Jefferson

(D) Robert Livingston

18. The nomination of which U.S. official warned Washington of Monroe's growing influence?

(A) Gouverneur Morris

(B) John Jay

(C) Charles Pinckney

(D) Thomas Jefferson

19. The appointment of Monroe as minister to France was meant to counterbalance whose appointment as minister to Britain?

(A) John Jay

(B) James Madison

(C) Benjamin Franklin

(D) Alexander Hamilton

20. What was one of the reasons Monroe cited for not originally supporting the U.S. Constitution?

(A) The checks and balances system

(B) The lack of a prohibition to slavery

(C) The powers given to the Senate

(D) The creation of political parties

21. The crisis over Missouri statehood permanently ended what?

(A) The Era of Good Feelings

(B) The Federalist Party

(C) The Panic of 1819

(D) The Republican Era

22. Monroe published a 407-page book outlining what?

(A) The development of the Constitution

(B) The history of the Revolution

(C) His conduct as minister to France

(D) His thoughts on a democracy

23. Monroe bought the Louisiana Purchase for how much?

(A) Twenty million francs

(B) Fifty million francs

(C) Sixty million francs

(D) Ninety million francs

24. The Louisiana Purchase originally stemmed from a dispute over which port?

(A) New Orleans

(B) Miami

(C) St. Louis

(D) Mobile

25. Which state was Monroe's wife from?

(A) New York

(B) Maryland

(C) Virginia

(D) Pennsylvania

26. In the summer of 1800, Monroe combated an outbreak of what disease in Norfolk?

(A) Yellow fever

(B) Malaria

(C) Cholera

(D) Dengue fever

27. How many times did Monroe serve as governor of Virginia?

(A) Once

(B) Twice

(C) Three times

(D) Four times

28. What was the name of Monroe's plantation in Virginia?

(A) Ashlawn

(B) Monticello

(C) Mount Vernon

(D) Montpelier

29. What two cabinet positions did Monroe hold?

(A) Secretary of state and treasury

(B) Secretary of treasury and war

(C) Secretary of state and war

(D) Secretary of war and the navy

30. To which of the following countries did Monroe NOT serve as an ambassador?

(A) Spain

(B) France

(C) Prussia

(D) England

31. During his tour of the northern states, where did Monroe meet the woman who dressed his Revolutionary War wounds?

(A) Massachusetts

(B) New York

(C) Vermont

(D) Rhode Island

32. Who was Monroe's vice president?

(A) Daniel D. Tompkins

(B) John Quincy Adams

(C) Andrew Jackson

(D) William H. Crawford

33. The term "the Era of Good Feelings" was coined in which city?

(A) Boston

(B) New York

(C) Philadelphia

(D) Washington, D.C.

34. The Adams-Onis Treaty settled the land dispute over Florida with which European power?

(A) Spain

(B) Britain

(C) France

(D) Portugal

35. All of Monroe's cabinet officials stayed with him the entire term EXCEPT which one?

(A) The secretary of war

(B) The secretary of the navy

(C) The secretary of state

(D) The secretary of the treasury

36. What college granted Monroe an honorary Doctorate of Laws?

(A) William and Mary

(B) Yale

(C) Princeton

(D) Harvard

37. Which slave rebellion did Monroe successfully put down while governor?

(A) John Brown's rebellion

(B) The Norfolk Rebellion

(C) The Whiskey Rebellion

(D) Gabriel's rebellion

38. As president, Monroe annexed which U.S. state, settling an old score?

(A) Florida

(B) California

(C) Texas

(D) Illinois

39. How long did Monroe's "temporary" assignment overseas under Jefferson last?

(A) Two years

(B) Three years

(C) Four years

(D) Six years

40. Who blocked Monroe's efforts to win a commission in the War of 1812 because of a perceived family slight?

(A) John Armstrong

(B) James Madison

(C) Albert Livingston

(D) The Marquis de Lafayette

41. The Federalist Party largely fell apart after which event?

(A) War of 1812

(B) The Panic of 1819

(C) Missouri Compromise

(D) Washington's Farewell Address

42. Who opposed Monroe in the general presidential election of 1816?

(A) William Crawford

(B) James Madison

(C) John Quincy Adams

(D) Rufus King

43. How many electoral votes did Monroe receive in 1820?

(A) All of them

(B) All but one

(C) All but two

(D) All but three

44. The Missouri Compromise facilitated the addition of what free state?

(A) Maine

(B) Iowa

(C) Oregon

(D) California

45. The Panic of 1819 occurred in what year?

(A) 1817

(B) 1818

(C) 1819

(D) 1820

46. Who won the presidency after Monroe?

(A) His secretary of state

(B) His vice president

(C) His secretary of the treasury

(D) Andrew Jackson

47. The Monroe Doctrine was laid out in what year?

(A) 1822

(B) 1823

(C) 1824

(D) 1825

48. How many of the first five U.S. presidents died on Independence Day?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) Five

49. In 1831, how much did the government finally reimburse Monroe for his expenses?

(A) Ten thousand dollars

(B) Twenty thousand dollars

(C) Thirty thousand dollars

(D) Forty thousand dollars

50. Where was Monroe reburied in 1858?

(A) Richmond

(B) Washington

(C) New York City

(D) Albemarle