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This Month's Trivia

The U.S. Department of the Treasury was established in September 1789. It's rumored that at the wishes of President Andrew Jackson, the Treasury building was built at its current location by the White House to block the formerly unobstructed view between the U.S. Capitol and White House. It's said that at the time, President Jackson was so upset with Congress that when he was asked where the new Treasury building should be located, he told them to build nearby so it would block his view of the Capitol.

Monthly Democracy IQ Test

1. How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

2. What are the five freedoms protected under the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights?

3. What was the name of the treaty signed on September 3, 1783 by John Adams, Ben Franklin and John Jay, which formally ended the Revolutionary War?

4. Who was the first elected executive of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?

Answers:

1. 10 Amendments

2. Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition

3. Treaty of Paris

4. John Hanson. He served from November 1781 to November 1783 in the position of President of Congress. Seven other Presidents of Congress served after him before George Washington became the first president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution.