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Lesson #8
America's Christian Worldview Heritage |
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Worksheet #1 Type: Text The Practical Benefits of Christianity By: David Barton |
| 1. | Because of the Christian principles on which America was founded it is: | |||
| a) | Illegal to practice any other religion but Christianity | |||
| b) | The longest running Constitutional Republic in the history of the world | |||
| c) | Not surprising that America has had multiple civil wars | |||
| 2. | At the time of the founding of America there were: | |||
| a) | Two religious groups represented in America | |||
| b) | Six religious groups represented in America | |||
| c) | Dozens of religious groups working in America | |||
| 3. | With all the religions to choose from as the foundation for America John Adams wrote that the founding fathers chose Christianity because: | |||
| a) | It was the most intolerant religion they could come up with | |||
| b) | It was the religion that would give them the greatest control over the masses | |||
| c) | They were "all educated in the general principles of Christianity" | |||
| 4. | Thomas Paine, one of the least religious founding fathers believed: | |||
| a) | Man can create truth | |||
| b) | Man can create, invent and contrive principles | |||
| c) | Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles, he can only discover them, and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author | |||
| 5. | DeWitt Clinton, U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, and the driving force behind the 12th Amendment declared: | |||
| a) | Christianity must be contemplated for its uselessness in this life and the next | |||
| b) | Christianity must be contemplated for its benefits and influence for this life and its reference to our destiny in the world to come | |||
| c) | Christianity must be contemplated for its divisiveness in this life and complete irrelevance to our destiny in the life-after | |||
| 6. | We have numerous quotes by our founding fathers that reveal that: | |||
| a) | None of them were religious and in fact were hostile to Christianity | |||
| b) | A few were religious but the majority were not | |||
| c) | A few were not deeply religious but the majority were and had a deep respect and commitment to Christianity and salvation through Jesus Christ | |||
| 7. | Founding father, Dr. John Witherspoon was: | |||
| a) | An atheist and author of an atheist manifesto | |||
| b) | A humanist and author of a book promoting humanism | |||
| c) | A reverend and responsible for two American translations of the Bible | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| 8. | Founding father Benjamin Rush: | |||
| a) | Invented the steam engine | |||
| b) | Founded the Society of Secular Thinkers | |||
| c) | Is responsible for the first mass produced Bible in America and founded America's first Bible society and Sunday School movement | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| 9. | Founding father Francis Hopkinson: | |||
| a) | Was a church music director | |||
| b) | Produced the first purely American hymn book | |||
| c) | Produced a volume of books promoting Free-Masonry | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| e) | None of the above | |||
| 10. | Signers of the U.S. Constitution were involved in: | |||
| a) | Founding the American Bible Society | |||
| b) | Founding the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book | |||
| c) | Founding the Maryland Bible Society | |||
| d) | Founding the Christian Constitutional Society | |||
| e) | None of the above | |||
| 11. | The Founders believed that Christian principles produced five distinct outcomes for a society that included: | |||
| a) | A civil Society | |||
| b) | An arrogant society | |||
| c) | Self-governing individuals | |||
| d) | Laziness | |||
| e) | Greed | |||
| f) | Good citizens | |||
| g) | Elevated academic achievements | |||
| h) | A stable society with a common value system | |||
| 12. | Original U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Jay proclaimed: | |||
| a) | Christianity will lead to an intolerant America | |||
| b) | The most effective way to continue our civil and religious liberties is to remember with reverence and gratitude from where they flow | |||
| c) | The most effect way to destroy a pluralistic, diverse and multicultural nation that values harmony, is to claim that God is the source of all truth and liberty | |||
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Worksheet #2 Type: Audio Remembering the Impact of a Christian Worldview on America By: David Barton |
| 1. | In Psalms 73 & 78, Hebrews 11, Romans 15, Isaiah 43, and I Corinthians 10, God says that we should: | |||
| a) | Not worry about history but think about the future | |||
| b) | Recall the former days, | |||
| c) | Remember the former times | |||
| 2. | Most Americans think we mainly separated from Great Britain because of: | |||
| a) | Religious liberty issues | |||
| b) | Economic issues such as taxation without representation | |||
| c) | Differences over population growth | |||
| 3. | How many reasons were sited in the Declaration of Independence for the reason the colonies were seeking to separate from Great Britain? | |||
| a) | 2 | |||
| b) | 12 | |||
| c) | 27 | |||
| d) | 50 | |||
| 4. | What kinds of organizations did King George not want the states to organize? | |||
| a) | Hunting and fishing organizations | |||
| b) | Christian organizations such as Sunday school associations and missionary societies that sought to evangelize the Indians | |||
| c) | National organization of American-Europeans | |||
| 5. | Charles Carol and Samuel Adams said they were involved in the American Revolution to secure: | |||
| a) | Economic prosperity | |||
| b) | Political tyranny | |||
| c) | Religious liberties | |||
| 6. | In 1773 and 1774, what did King George not allow three states to do? | |||
| a) | Raise taxes | |||
| b) | Go to church | |||
| c) | Abolish slavery | |||
| 7. | Founders Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush said they got involved in the American Revolution for what reason: | |||
| a) | To be heroes | |||
| b) | To end up in American textbooks | |||
| c) | To start a new state church | |||
| d) | To abolish slavery | |||
| 8. | In 1776, when, America separated from Great Britain how many states abolished slavery? | |||
| a) | One-third | |||
| b) | More than half | |||
| c) | Less than half | |||
| 9. | What did several of the founders do as an act of civil disobedience to oppose King George? | |||
| a) | Planted tobacco | |||
| b) | Started the National Rifle Association | |||
| c) | Started the Abolition Society | |||
| 10. | In the 1920s a new group of historical writers started writing American textbooks claiming that America's founders started the American Revolution for what main reason? | |||
| a) | Religious liberty | |||
| b) | To abolish slavery | |||
| c) | For economic issues such as taxation without representation | |||
| 11. | Out of twenty-seven reasons listed in the Declaration of Independence for America's separation from Great Britain how many of the twenty-seven dealt with the issue of economics? | |||
| a) | 1 | |||
| b) | 4 | |||
| c) | 12 | |||
| 12. | Out of the twenty-seven reasons listed in the Declaration of Independence for America's separation from Great Britain what number was taxation without representation? | |||
| a) | 1 | |||
| b) | 3 | |||
| c) | 10 | |||
| d) | 17 | |||
| e) | 27 | |||
| 13. | In the Declaration of Independence how many more times is slavery addressed as the reason for separating from Great Britain versus taxation without representation? | |||
| a) | Twice as many times | |||
| b) | Three times as many | |||
| c) | They are both mentioned once | |||
| 14. | When John Adams was asked who was largely responsible for American independence he listed a group of what? | |||
| a) | Economists | |||
| b) | Christians and ministers of the Gospel | |||
| c) | Attorneys | |||
| 15. | What was the name of the first education law in America? | |||
| a) | No Child Left Behind Act | |||
| b) | Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Act | |||
| c) | Northwest Ordinance Act | |||
| 16. | The first education law in America required that territories that wanted to become a state needed to first agree to an education plan that would include teaching what? | |||
| a) | Reading, writing and arithmetic | |||
| b) | Economics, social studies and history | |||
| c) | Religion, morality and knowledge | |||
| 17. | Dr. Benjamin Rush is called the father of what: | |||
| a) | Public schools under the Constitution | |||
| b) | America | |||
| c) | America's economical system | |||
| 18. | In 1790, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a document stating that the reason we should start public schools in America is to: | |||
| a) | Teach tolerance | |||
| b) | Teach multiculturalism and diversity | |||
| c) | Teach the Word of God | |||
| 19. | In 1791, what book did Dr. Benjamin Rush write? | |||
| a) | The New American Economic System | |||
| b) | My Humanist Manifesto | |||
| c) | Use of the Bible in Schools | |||
| 20. | What did Dr. Benjamin Rush list as one of the reasons the Bible should never be removed from America's schoolrooms? | |||
| a) | Because we should not give into the ACLU | |||
| b) | Because if the Bible is removed their will be an explosion in crime requiring educators to spend so much time on discipline at the expense of academic education | |||
| c) | Because the religious right will riot | |||
| 21. | Since the Bible and school prayer were outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 and 1963, what percentage of increase has America seen in violent crimes after it had been decreasing for decades? | |||
| a) | 100% | |||
| b) | 321% | |||
| c) | 545% | |||
| d) | 694% | |||
| e) | 854% | |||
| 22. | Jesus in Mark 7 tells us that crime comes from: | |||
| a) | Society | |||
| b) | The heart | |||
| c) | People impacted by their environment | |||
| 23. | What is the relationship between crime, legislation and Jesus Christ? | |||
| a) | We pass laws to prevent crime | |||
| b) | We pass laws to punish crime, only Jesus can stop crime as it starts in the heart | |||
| c) | We pass laws to prevent and punish crime and Jesus Christ should play no role as that is a violation of separation of church and state | |||
| 24. | To whom did Noah Webster dedicate his dictionary? | |||
| a) | To his mother | |||
| b) | To America, the land of liberty and justice for all | |||
| c) | To his wife & children | |||
| d) | To the glory of God and the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ | |||
| 25. | What did Noah Webster include in the front of his dictionary? | |||
| a) | A place to write your name and address | |||
| b) | A place to record your favorite Bible verse | |||
| c) | His personal testimony and how the reader could become a Christian | |||
| 26. | In his dictionary Noah Webster would provide sentences after defining a word to show how the word is used. What percentage of these examples were Bible verses? | |||
| a) | 10% | |||
| b) | 2% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| d) | 27% | |||
| 27. | Proverbs 1:7 tells us that the fear of the Lord is: | |||
| a) | The beginning | |||
| b) | Knowledge | |||
| c) | The beginning of knowledge | |||
| 28. | In 1690, the New England Premier was the first textbook printed in America and used in American schools for 210 years. This book, which taught untold numbers of children to read including our founding fathers, was reprinted by which three founding fathers for their children? | |||
| a) | George Grant | |||
| b) | Robert E. Lee | |||
| c) | Daniel Webster | |||
| d) | Samuel Adams | |||
| e) | Ben Franklin | |||
| 29. | How were phonics and the alphabet taught in the New England Premier? | |||
| a) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a rhyming sentence that taught Christian doctrines | |||
| b) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a Bible verse | |||
| c) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a founding father | |||
| 30. | Which of the following was a question from the 1st Grade New England Premier? | |||
| a) | What are the benefits of supply side economics? | |||
| b) | What are the benefits of having an eschatology based on the pre-tribulation rapture of the church? | |||
| c) | What are the benefits that in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification? | |||
| 31. | In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: | |||
| a) | That voluntary school prayer was unconstitutional in America's public Schools | |||
| b) | That Bible reading in America's schools was unconstitutional | |||
| c) | That it is illegal to post the Ten Commandments in America's public schools | |||
| 32. | In 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: | |||
| a) | That voluntary school prayer was unconstitutional in America's public Schools | |||
| b) | That Bible reading in America's schools was unconstitutional | |||
| c) | That it is illegal to post the Ten Commandments in America's public schools | |||
| 33. | In 1985 The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed: | |||
| a) | Voluntary prayer in our nation's public schools | |||
| b) | Voluntary Bible reading in our nation's public schools | |||
| c) | Silent prayer in our nation's public schools | |||
| 34. | If you pull the fear of the Lord out of America's school's you loose | |||
| a) | An intolerant school environment | |||
| b) | The increase of knowledge | |||
| c) | The school violence | |||
| 35. | Founding father Dr. Benjamin Rush said: | |||
| a) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most multiculturalism and diversity education | |||
| b) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most secular and academic education possible | |||
| c) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most Christianity | |||
| 36. | By studying the nation's six nationally recognized national tests that are given from first through twelfth grade we find that students that attend a Christian school where the fear of the Lord is taught have: | |||
| a) | An increased level of violence and intolerance | |||
| b) | A higher level of knowledge | |||
| c) | An increased level of bigotry | |||
| 37. | The U.S. Department of Education statistics reveal that the SAT scores coming out of Christian schools are identical to what they were in the public schools: | |||
| a) | Prior to the 1962 and 1963 U.S. Supreme Court rulings that outlawed teaching the fear of the Lord by having voluntary prayer and Bible reading | |||
| b) | Prior to the public schools implementing grade inflation | |||
| c) | Before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the Ten Commandments from America's public schools in 1980 | |||
| 38. | George Washington assigned chaplains to every regiment and required by order that: | |||
| a) | No one should be forced to attend chapel services | |||
| b) | Every soldier unless they are fighting the British or marching guard duty will attend Divine services when the chaplain holds such meetings | |||
| c) | Every soldier unless they are fighting the British or marching guard duty is encouraged to attend Divine services when the chaplain holds such meetings but they are not required to do so | |||
| 39. | George Washington's first overall order to every officer and soldier of the Continental Army was: | |||
| a) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as great Americans defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country | |||
| b) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country | |||
| c) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as secular men seeking to defend our right to live in this country and make as much money as we want without having to pay taxes to Great Britain | |||
| 40. | Two of the men in the boat with George Washington while crossing the Delaware were: | |||
| a) | Black Slaves | |||
| b) | Two Black Patriots of which one was Washington's Chief Aid and not a slave | |||
| c) | None of the above | |||
| 41. | George Washington, before crossing the Delaware, gave an order to the troops in which he sites Psalms 2:7 and calls on the Divine help of God Almighty. Washington then sites Exodus 20:7 and orders: | |||
| a) | No chewing tobacco | |||
| b) | No swearing or cursing in the military because God will not bless our efforts while we break His laws | |||
| c) | A don't ask don't tell policy | |||
| 42. | Why did America's naval policy, instituted by the U.S. Congress, only allow thirty-nine lashes to disobedient members of the Navy? | |||
| a) | Because Deuteronomy 25:3 says you can not give more than 39 lashes | |||
| b) | Because thirty-nine lashes was all they could agree to on the floor of the Senate | |||
| c) | Because thirty-nine lashes was a policy already established in the Navy | |||
| 43. | The first U.S. Congress met on September 6, 1774, and with George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Jay and other key founders in attendance spent: | |||
| a) | Three minutes praying | |||
| b) | Thirty minutes praying | |||
| c) | Three hours praying | |||
| 44. | Numerous brigades during the American Revolution were: | |||
| a) | Lead by Pastors leading the men of their congregation | |||
| b) | Filled with secular men because most Christian men refused to be involved in the revolution | |||
| c) | Led by women | |||
| 45. | Founding fathers who were judges would sentence people to death and then: | |||
| a) | Laugh in their face telling them "you reap what you sow" | |||
| b) | Take them out and shoot them on the spot | |||
| c) | Share with them the Gospel of Jesus Christ so they could be forgiven for their sins and have the hope of heaven on the day of their death | |||
| 46. | Christians need to apply a biblical worldview to which of the following areas of life: | |||
| a) | Law | |||
| b) | Economics | |||
| c) | Military | |||
| d) | Education | |||
| e) | Public Policy | |||
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Worksheet #3 Type: Video America's Original Commitment to the Christian Worldview By: David Barton |
| 1. | Which nation has the longest running constitutional republic in the history of the world? | |||
| a) | France | |||
| b) | Germany | |||
| c) | America | |||
| d) | Italy | |||
| 2. | According to the survey sited by David Barton, what percentage of Americans think economic issues are more important than moral issues? | |||
| a) | 15% | |||
| b) | 35% | |||
| c) | 45% | |||
| 3. | In the Declaration of Independence how many clauses mention the abuse of judges under King George? | |||
| a) | Four | |||
| b) | Five | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 4. | While today's revisionist history books tell us the founders were behind the American Revolution primarily for economic reasons, the reality is, taxation without representation was only mentioned how many times in the Declaration of Independence? | |||
| a) | Once | |||
| b) | Twice | |||
| c) | Four times | |||
| 5. | While taxation without representation was only mentioned one time in the Declaration of Independence, what issues were listed more than once? | |||
| a) | The desire to abolish slavery | |||
| b) | The desire for religious liberty | |||
| c) | The desire to get rich | |||
| 6. | During the time of the founding fathers, pastors regularly preached sermons: | |||
| a) | Only on salvation | |||
| b) | On a biblical response to current cultural and social issues | |||
| c) | On the need to preach only the gospel and stay out of cultural, policy and political issues | |||
| 7. | The preachers of the founder's day occasionally preached sermons on what the Bible had to say about current events such as: | |||
| a) | Earthquakes | |||
| b) | Transportation | |||
| c) | Capitol punishment | |||
| d) | The great fire of Boston | |||
| e) | A solar eclipse | |||
| 8. | Capital gains tax is when the government taxes you on the increase in worth of your investments. How many parables did Jesus teach that apply to the issue of capital gains? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | Two | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 9. | How many parables did Jesus teach that applies to minimum wage? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | Two | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 10. | The Bible does address the issue of what kind of tax system is biblical? | |||
| a) | True | |||
| b) | False | |||
| 11. | The Bible addresses the issues of just war versus unjust war and the proper use of military action? | |||
| a) | True | |||
| b) | False | |||
| 12. | The Bible speaks about the importance of Christians being involved in elections. In Exodus 18:21 God provides a list of the virtues that are to be exhibited by the people we elect to office. Which of the following are the qualifications God gives for an elected official? | |||
| a) | A person of truth | |||
| b) | A person that covets | |||
| c) | A person that hates covetousness | |||
| d) | A person that will rule in the fear of God | |||
| e) | A person that is more afraid of men than of God | |||
| 13. | Our mandate as Christians is not to just convert people to Christianity but to: | |||
| a) | Disciple them in how to get rich | |||
| b) | Disciple them in how to be popular | |||
| c) | Disciple them in how to live the Christian life according to God's Word | |||
| 14. | The founders said they wrote the Declaration of Independence out of the book: | |||
| a) | The Two Treatises of Government | |||
| b) | The Tale of Two Cities | |||
| c) | American Tale | |||
| 15. | Even though the book is 360 pages, how many times does this book that discusses the biblical role of government site the Bible? | |||
| a) | It does not site the Bible even one time | |||
| b) | 55 times | |||
| c) | 1,700 times | |||
| 16. | How many of the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence had seminary degrees? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | 2 | |||
| c) | 12 | |||
| d) | 20 | |||
| e) | 24 | |||
| f) | 45 | |||
| 17. | Political science professors collected 15,000 original writings of the founders and found 3,154 direct quotes from in those writings. When the professors tracked each quote back to its original source what percentage of the founders quotes came from the Bible? | |||
| a) | 2% | |||
| b) | 10% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| d) | 20% | |||
| e) | 30% | |||
| f) | 34% | |||
| 18. | Where did George Washington and Alexander Hamilton say they got the idea for our government's separation of powers? | |||
| a) | From Jeremiah 17:9 | |||
| b) | From Rev. John Witherspoon | |||
| c) | From a secular document | |||
| 19. | Where did the concept for our three branches of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, originate from? | |||
| a) | The poem Three Blind Mice | |||
| b) | Isaiah 33:22 where God is described as the judge, lawgiver and king | |||
| c) | A book they read that discussed how to create a secular government | |||
| 20. | Where did the founders get the idea of tax-exemption for churches? | |||
| a) | From a secular economist | |||
| b) | From a humanist | |||
| c) | From Ezra 7:24 | |||
| 21. | Where can the text Deuteronomy 17:6 that discusses judges be found? | |||
| a) | In Article 3, Section 3, paragraph 1, of the U.S. Constitution | |||
| b) | In the first chapter of the book, Judging Judges by Anthony Filmore | |||
| c) | In the Treaty of the States | |||
| 22. | The text for Ezekiel 18:20 can be found where? | |||
| a) | The Declaration of Independence | |||
| b) | Article 3, Section 3, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution | |||
| c) | The Treaty of the States | |||
| 23. | What did John Adams say the founding fathers used to achieve independence? | |||
| a) | The general principles of libertarianism | |||
| b) | The general principles of Aristotle | |||
| c) | The general principles of Christianity | |||
| 24. | In 1796 in his farewell address President George Washington said if the nation wants to be politically prosperous our national foundation must be: | |||
| a) | Capitalism and liberty | |||
| b) | Religion and morality | |||
| c) | Pluralism and multiculturalism | |||
| 25. | President James Garfield was the 20th President of the United States and in a letter from 1858 he recounts that he: | |||
| a) | Spoke at a meeting of world leaders and encouraged them to seek peace through tolerance, diversity and global consciousness | |||
| b) | Spoke at a meeting of religious leaders and urged them to cease their intolerant preaching of hell and sin which was offensive to those that did not believe in Christianity | |||
| c) | Recently preached nineteen times at a revival where thirty-four people came to Jesus Christ and he personally baptized thirty-one of the new Christians | |||
| 26. | President James Garfield foretold that America would be immoral, reckless and corrupt if: | |||
| a) | The American people tolerated immorality, recklessness and corruption by electing members of the U.S. Congress that possessed these negative values and character flaws | |||
| b) | We elected too many Christians to the U.S. Congress | |||
| c) | We cease to pray for world peace | |||
| 27. | Proverbs 29:2 says when the righteous rule the people rejoice but when the wicked rule the people: | |||
| a) | Party | |||
| b) | Groan | |||
| c) | Just accept it | |||
| 28. | In a recent American survey and study, to be classified as an "evangelical" you have to agree that: | |||
| a) | I am a Christian | |||
| b) | I go to church at least once a week | |||
| c) | I believe the Bible is the basis of all life | |||
| d) | I read the Bible at least once a week | |||
| e) | I have had a personal life changing experience centering on Jesus Christ | |||
| 29. | Between 1992 and 1996 how much of a decrease was there in evangelical Christians voting? | |||
| a) | 5% | |||
| b) | 10% | |||
| c) | 17% | |||
| 30. | Between 1996 and 2000 how much of an additional decrease was there in evangelicals voting? | |||
| a) | 23% | |||
| b) | 15% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| 31. | The members of the U.S. Congress don't necessarily represent the values of Americans but the values of: | |||
| a) | Those that don't vote | |||
| b) | Those that vote | |||
| c) | Great Britian | |||
| 32. | In the year 2000 out of 60 million evangelicals living in America how many actually voted? | |||
| a) | 15 million | |||
| b) | 23 million | |||
| c) | 46 million | |||
| 33. | Christians need to do what our founders did which is: | |||
| a) | Apply a secular worldview to America | |||
| b) | Apply a biblical worldview to every area of life | |||
| c) | Apply a system of secular economics to solve all our national problems | |||
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Worksheet #4 Type: Test Developing Your Worldview, Test #7 |
| 1. | By studying the nation's six nationally recognized national tests that are given from first through twelfth grade, we find that students that attend a Christian school where the fear of the Lord is taught have: | |||
| a) | An increased level of violence and intolerance | |||
| b) | A higher level of knowledge | |||
| c) | An increased level of bigotry | |||
| 2. | The U.S. Department of Education statistics reveal that the SAT scores coming out of Christian schools are identical to what they were in the public schools: | |||
| a) | Prior to the 1962 and 1963 U.S. Supreme Court rulings that outlawed teaching the fear of the Lord by having voluntary prayer and Bible reading | |||
| b) | Prior to the public schools implementing grade inflation | |||
| c) | Before the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the Ten Commandments from America's public schools in 1980 | |||
| 3. | George Washington assigned chaplains to every regiment and required by order that: | |||
| a) | No one should be forced to attend chapel services | |||
| b) | Every soldier unless they are fighting the British or marching guard duty will attend Divine services when the chaplain holds such meetings | |||
| c) | Every soldier unless they are fighting the British or marching guard duty is encouraged to attend Divine services when the chaplain holds such meetings but they are not required to do so | |||
| 4. | George Washington's first overall order to every officer and soldier of the Continental Army was: | |||
| a) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as great Americans defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country | |||
| b) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country | |||
| c) | I hope and trust that every officer and soldier will endeavor to live and act as secular men seeking to defend our right to live in this country and make as much money as we want without having to pay taxes to Great Britain | |||
| 5. | DeWitt Clinton, U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, and the driving force behind the 12th Amendment declared: | |||
| a) | Christianity must be contemplated for its uselessness in this life and the next | |||
| b) | Christianity must be contemplated for its benefits and influence for this life and its reference to our destiny in the world to come | |||
| c) | Christianity must be contemplated for its divisiveness in this life and complete irrelevance to our destiny in the life-after | |||
| 6. | We have numerous quotes by our founding fathers that reveal that: | |||
| a) | None of them were religious and in fact were hostile to Christianity | |||
| b) | A few were religious but the majority were not | |||
| c) | A few were not deeply religious but the majority were and had a deep respect and commitment to Christianity and salvation through Jesus Christ | |||
| 7. | Founding father, Dr. John Witherspoon was: | |||
| a) | An atheist and author of an atheist manifesto | |||
| b) | A humanist and author of a book promoting humanism | |||
| c) | A reverend and responsible for two American translations of the Bible | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| 8. | Founding father Benjamin Rush: | |||
| a) | Invented the steam engine | |||
| b) | Founded the Society of Secular Thinkers | |||
| c) | Is responsible for the first mass produced Bible in America and founded America's first Bible society and Sunday School movement | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| 9. | Founding father Francis Hopkinson: | |||
| a) | Was a church music director | |||
| b) | Produced the first purely American hymn book | |||
| c) | Produced a volume of books promoting Free-Masonry | |||
| d) | Was a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |||
| e) | None of the above | |||
| 10. | Signers of the U.S. Constitution were involved in: | |||
| a) | Founding the American Bible Society | |||
| b) | Founding the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book | |||
| c) | Founding the Maryland Bible Society | |||
| d) | Founding the Christian Constitutional Society | |||
| e) | None of the above | |||
| 11. | The Founders believed that Christian principles produced five distinct outcomes for a civil society that included: | |||
| a) | Society | |||
| b) | An arrogant society | |||
| c) | Self-governing individuals | |||
| d) | Laziness | |||
| e) | Greed | |||
| f) | Good citizens | |||
| g) | Elevated academic achievements | |||
| h) | A stable society with a common value system | |||
| 12. | Original U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Jay proclaimed: | |||
| a) | Christianity will lead to an intolerant America | |||
| b) | The most effect way to continue our civil and religious liberties is to remember with reverence and gratitude from where they flow | |||
| c) | The most effect way to destroy a pluralistic, diverse and multicultural nation that values harmony, is to claim that God is the source of all truth and liberty | |||
| 13. | In Psalm 73 & 78, Hebrews 11, Romans 15, Isaiah 43, and I Corinthians 10, God says that we should: | |||
| a) | Not worry about history but think about the future | |||
| b) | Recall the former days | |||
| c) | Remember the former times | |||
| 14. | Most Americans think we mainly separated from Great Britain because of: | |||
| a) | Religious liberty issues | |||
| b) | Economic issues such as taxation without representation | |||
| c) | Differences over population growth | |||
| 15. | How many reasons were sited in the Declaration of Independence for the reason the colonies were seeking to separate from Great Britain? | |||
| a) | 2 | |||
| b) | 12 | |||
| c) | 27 | |||
| d) | 50 | |||
| 16. | What kinds of organizations did King George not want the states to organize? | |||
| a) | Hunting and fishing organizations | |||
| b) | Christian organizations such as Sunday school associations and missionary societies that sought to evangelize the Indians | |||
| c) | National organization of American-Europeans | |||
| 17. | Charles Carol and Samuel Adams said they were involved in the American Revolution to secure: | |||
| a) | Economic prosperity | |||
| b) | Political tyranny | |||
| c) | Religious liberties | |||
| 18. | In 1773 and 1774, what did King George not allow three states to do? | |||
| a) | Raise taxes | |||
| b) | Go to church | |||
| c) | Abolish slavery | |||
| 19. | Founders Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush said they got involved in the American Revolution for what reason: | |||
| a) | To be heroes | |||
| b) | To end up in American textbooks | |||
| c) | To start a new state church | |||
| d) | To abolish slavery | |||
| 20. | In 1776, when America separated from Great Britain, how many states abolished slavery? | |||
| a) | One-third | |||
| b) | More than half | |||
| c) | Less than half | |||
| 21. | Where did the concept for our three branches of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, originate from? | |||
| a) | The poem Three Blind Mice | |||
| b) | Isaiah 33:22 where God is described as the judge, lawgiver and king | |||
| c) | A book they read that discussed how to create a secular government | |||
| 22. | Where did the founders get the idea of tax-exemption for churches? | |||
| a) | From a secular economist | |||
| b) | From a humanist | |||
| c) | From Ezra 7:24 | |||
| 23. | Where can the text Deuteronomy 17:6, that discusses judges, be found? | |||
| a) | In Article 3, Section 3, paragraph 1, of the U.S. Constitution | |||
| b) | In the first chapter of the book, Judging Judges by Anthony Filmore | |||
| c) | In the Treaty of the States | |||
| 24. | The text for Ezekiel 18:20 can be found where? | |||
| a) | The Declaration of Independence | |||
| b) | Article 3, Section 3, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution | |||
| c) | The Treaty of the States | |||
| 25. | What did John Adams say the founding fathers used to achieve independence? | |||
| a) | The general principles of libertarianism | |||
| b) | The general principles of Aristotle | |||
| c) | The general principles of Christianity | |||
| 26. | What did several of the founders do as an act of civil disobedience to oppose King George? | |||
| a) | Planted tobacco | |||
| b) | Started the National Rifle Association | |||
| c) | Started the Abolition Society | |||
| 27. | In the 1920s, a new group of historical writers started writing American textbooks claiming that America's founders started the American Revolution for what main reason? | |||
| a) | Religious liberty | |||
| b) | To abolish slavery | |||
| c) | For economic issues such as taxation without representation | |||
| 28. | Out of twenty-seven reasons listed in the Declaration of Independence for America's separation from Great Britain, how many of the twenty-seven dealt with the issue of economics? | |||
| a) | 1 | |||
| b) | 4 | |||
| c) | 12 | |||
| 29. | Out of the twenty-seven reasons listed in the Declaration of Independence for America's separation from Great Britain, what number was taxation without representation? | |||
| a) | 1 | |||
| b) | 3 | |||
| c) | 10 | |||
| d) | 17 | |||
| e) | 27 | |||
| 30. | In the Declaration of Independence, how many more times is slavery addressed as the reason for separating from Great Britain versus taxation without representation? | |||
| a) | Twice as many times | |||
| b) | Three times as many | |||
| c) | They are both mentioned once | |||
| 31. | When John Adams was asked who was largely responsible for American independence he listed a group of what? | |||
| a) | Economists | |||
| b) | Christians and ministers of the Gospel | |||
| c) | Attorneys | |||
| 32. | What was the name of the first education law in America? | |||
| a) | No Child Left Behind Act | |||
| b) | Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Act | |||
| c) | Northwest Ordinance Act | |||
| 33. | The first education law in America required that territories that wanted to become a state needed to first agree to an education plan that would include teaching what? | |||
| a) | Reading, writing and arithmetic | |||
| b) | Economics, social studies and history | |||
| c) | Religion, morality and knowledge | |||
| 34. | Dr. Benjamin Rush is called the father of what: | |||
| a) | Public schools under the Constitution | |||
| b) | America | |||
| c) | America's economical system | |||
| 35. | In 1790, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a document stating that the reason we should start public schools in America is to: | |||
| a) | Teach tolerance | |||
| b) | Teach multiculturalism and diversity | |||
| c) | Teach the Word of God | |||
| 36. | In 1791, what book did Dr. Benjamin Rush write? | |||
| a) | The New American Economic System | |||
| b) | My Humanist Manifesto | |||
| c) | Use of the Bible in Schools | |||
| 37. | What did Dr. Benjamin Rush list as one of the reasons the Bible should never be removed from America's schoolrooms? | |||
| a) | Because we should not give into the ACLU | |||
| b) | Because if the Bible is removed there will be an explosion in crime requiring educators to spend time on discipline at the expense of academic education | |||
| c) | Because the religious right will riot | |||
| 38. | Since the Bible and school prayer was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 and 1963, what percentage of increase has America seen in violent crimes after it had been decreasing for decades? | |||
| a) | 100% | |||
| b) | 321% | |||
| c) | 545% | |||
| d) | 694% | |||
| e) | 854% | |||
| 39. | Jesus in Mark 7 tells us that crime comes from: | |||
| a) | Society | |||
| b) | The heart | |||
| c) | People impacted by their environment | |||
| 40. | What is the relationship between crime, legislation and Jesus Christ? | |||
| a) | We pass laws to prevent crime | |||
| b) | We pass laws to punish crime, only Jesus can stop crime as it starts in the heart | |||
| c) | We pass laws to prevent and punish crime and Jesus Christ should play no role as that is a violation of separation of church and state | |||
| 41. | To whom did Noah Webster dedicate his dictionary? | |||
| a) | To his mother | |||
| b) | To America, the land of liberty and justice for all | |||
| c) | To his wife & children | |||
| d) | To the glory of God and the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ | |||
| 42. | What did Noah Webster include in the front of his dictionary? | |||
| a) | A place to write your name and address | |||
| b) | A place to record your favorite Bible verse | |||
| c) | His personal testimony and how the reader could become a Christian | |||
| 43. | In his dictionary Noah Webster would provide sentences after defining a word to show how the word is used. What percentage of these examples were Bible verses? | |||
| a) | 10% | |||
| b) | 2% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| d) | 27% | |||
| 44. | Proverbs 1:7 tells us that the fear of the Lord is: | |||
| a) | The beginning | |||
| b) | Knowledge | |||
| c) | The beginning of knowledge | |||
| 45. | In 1690, the New England Premier was the first textbook printed in America and used in American schools for 210 years. This book, which taught untold numbers of children to read including our founding fathers, was reprinted by which three founding fathers for their children? | |||
| a) | George Grant | |||
| b) | Robert E. Lee | |||
| c) | Daniel Webster | |||
| d) | Samuel Adams | |||
| e) | Ben Franklin | |||
| 46. | How were phonics and the alphabet taught in the New England Premier? | |||
| a) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a rhyming sentence that taught Christian doctrines | |||
| b) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a Bible verse | |||
| c) | By connecting each letter of the alphabet with a founding father | |||
| 47. | Which of the following was a question from the 1st Grade New England Premier? | |||
| a) | What are the benefits of supply side economics? | |||
| b) | What are the benefits of having an eschatology based on the pre-tribulation rapture of the church? | |||
| c) | What are the benefits that in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification? | |||
| 48. | In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: | |||
| a) | That voluntary school prayer was unconstitutional in America's public Schools | |||
| b) | That Bible reading in America's schools was unconstitutional | |||
| c) | That it is illegal to post the Ten Commandments in America's public schools | |||
| 49. | In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: | |||
| a) | That voluntary school prayer was unconstitutional in America's public Schools | |||
| b) | That Bible reading in America's schools was unconstitutional | |||
| c) | That it is illegal to post the Ten Commandments in America's public schools | |||
| 50. | In 1985, The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed: | |||
| a) | Voluntary prayer in our nation's public schools | |||
| b) | Voluntary Bible reading in our nation's public schools | |||
| c) | Silent prayer in our nation's public schools | |||
| 51. | If you pull the fear of the Lord out of America's school's you lose | |||
| a) | An intolerant school environment | |||
| b) | The increase of knowledge | |||
| c) | The school violence | |||
| 52. | Founding father Dr. Benjamin Rush said: | |||
| a) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most multiculturalism and diversity of education | |||
| b) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most secular and academic education possible | |||
| c) | I believe there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most Christianity | |||
| 53. | Two of the men in the boat with George Washington, while crossing the Delaware, were: | |||
| a) | Black Slaves | |||
| b) | Two Black Patriots of which one was Washington's Chief Aid and not a slave | |||
| c) | None of the above | |||
| 54. | George Washington, before crossing the Delaware, gave an order to the troops in which he sites Psalms 2:7, and calls on the Divine help of God Almighty. Washington then sites Exodus 20:7, and orders: | |||
| a) | No chewing tobacco | |||
| b) | No swearing or cursing in the military because God will not bless our efforts while we break His laws | |||
| c) | A don't ask don't tell policy | |||
| 55. | Why did America's naval policy, instituted by the U.S. Congress, only allow thirty-nine lashes to disobedient members of the Navy? | |||
| a) | Because Deuteronomy 25:3 says you can not give more than 39 lashes | |||
| b) | Because thirty-nine lashes was all they could agree to on the floor of the Senate | |||
| c) | Because thirty-nine lashes was a policy already established in the Navy | |||
| 56. | The first U.S. Congress met on September 6, 1774, and with George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Jay, and other key founders in attendance, spent: | |||
| a) | Three minutes praying | |||
| b) | Thirty minutes praying | |||
| c) | Three hours praying | |||
| 57. | Numerous brigades during the American Revolution were: | |||
| a) | Lead by pastors leading the men of their congregation | |||
| b) | Filled with secular men because most Christian men refused to be involved in the revolution | |||
| c) | Led by women | |||
| 58. | Founding fathers, who were judges, would sentence people to death and then: | |||
| a) | Laugh in their face telling them "you reap what you sow" | |||
| b) | Take them out and shoot them on the spot | |||
| c) | Share with them the Gospel of Jesus Christ so they could be forgiven for their sins and have the hope of heaven on the day of their death | |||
| 59. | Christians need to apply a biblical worldview to which of the following areas of life: | |||
| a) | Law | |||
| b) | Economics | |||
| c) | Military | |||
| d) | Education | |||
| e) | Public Policy | |||
| 60. | Which nation has the longest running constitutional republic in the history of the world? | |||
| a) | France | |||
| b) | Germany | |||
| c) | America | |||
| d) | Italy | |||
| 61. | According to the survey sited by David Barton, what percentage of Americans think economic issues are more important than moral issues? | |||
| a) | 15% | |||
| b) | 35% | |||
| c) | 45% | |||
| 62. | In the Declaration of Independence, how many clauses mention the abuse of judges under King George? | |||
| a) | Four | |||
| b) | Five | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 63. | Today's revisionist history books tell us the founders were behind the American Revolution primarily for economic reasons. How many times was taxation without representation mentioned in the Declaration of Independence? | |||
| a) | Once | |||
| b) | Twice | |||
| c) | Four times | |||
| 64. | While taxation without representation was only mentioned one time in the Declaration of Independence, what issues were listed more than once? | |||
| a) | The desire to abolish slavery | |||
| b) | The desire for religious liberty | |||
| c) | The desire to get rich | |||
| 65. | During the time of the founding fathers, pastors regularly preached sermons: | |||
| a) | Only on salvation | |||
| b) | On a biblical response to current cultural and social issues | |||
| c) | On the need to preach only the gospel and stay out of cultural, policy and political issues | |||
| 66. | The preachers of the founder's day occasionally preached sermons on what the Bible had to say about current events such as: | |||
| a) | Earthquakes | |||
| b) | Transportation | |||
| c) | Capitol punishment | |||
| d) | The great fire of Boston | |||
| e) | A solar eclipse | |||
| 67. | Capital gains tax is when the government taxes you on the increase in worth of your investments. How many parables did Jesus teach that apply to the issue of capital gains? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | Two | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 68. | How many parables did Jesus teach that applies to minimum wage? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | Two | |||
| c) | One | |||
| 69. | The Bible does address the kind of tax system that is biblical? | |||
| a) | True | |||
| b) | False | |||
| 70. | The Bible addresses the issues of just war versus unjust war and the proper use of military action? | |||
| a) | True | |||
| b) | False | |||
| 71. | The Bible speaks about the importance of Christians being involved in elections. In Exodus 18:21, God provides a list of the virtues that are to be exhibited by the people we elect to office. Which of the following are the qualifications God gives for an elected official? | |||
| a) | A person of truth | |||
| b) | A person that covets | |||
| c) | A person that hates covetousness | |||
| d) | A person that will rule in the fear of God | |||
| e) | A person that is more afraid of men than of God | |||
| 72. | Our mandate as Christians is not to just convert people to Christianity but to: | |||
| a) | Disciple them in how to get rich | |||
| b) | Disciple them in how to be popular | |||
| c) | Disciple them in how to live the Christian life according to God's Word | |||
| 73. | The founders said they wrote the Declaration of Independence out of the book: | |||
| a) | The Two Treatises of Government | |||
| b) | The Tale of Two Cities | |||
| c) | American Tale | |||
| 74. | Even though the book is 360 pages, how many times does this book, that discusses the biblical role of government, site the Bible? | |||
| a) | It does not site the Bible even one time | |||
| b) | 55 times | |||
| c) | 1,700 times | |||
| 75. | How many of the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence had seminary degrees? | |||
| a) | None | |||
| b) | 2 | |||
| c) | 12 | |||
| d) | 20 | |||
| e) | 24 | |||
| f) | 45 | |||
| 76. | Political science professors collected 15,000 original writings of the founders and found 3,154 direct quotes in those writings. When the professors tracked each quote back to its original source, what percentage of the founders quotes came from the Bible? | |||
| a) | 2% | |||
| b) | 10% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| d) | 20% | |||
| e) | 30% | |||
| f) | 34% | |||
| 77. | Where did George Washington and Alexander Hamilton say they got the idea for our government's separation of powers? | |||
| a) | From Jeremiah 17:9 | |||
| b) | From Rev. John Witherspoon | |||
| c) | From a secular document | |||
| 78. | In 1796, in his Farewell Address, President George Washington said if the nation wants to be politically prosperous our national foundation must be: | |||
| a) | Capitalism and liberty | |||
| b) | Religion and morality | |||
| c) | Pluralism and multiculturalism | |||
| 79. | President James Garfield was the 20th President of the United States and in a letter from 1858, he recounts that he: | |||
| a) | Spoke at a meeting of world leaders and encouraged them to seek peace through tolerance, diversity and global consciences | |||
| b) | Spoke at a meeting of religious leaders and urged them to cease their intolerant preaching of hell and sin which was offensive to those that did not believe in Christianity | |||
| c) | Recently preached nineteen times at a revival where thirty-four people came to Jesus Christ and he personally baptized thirty-one of the new Christians | |||
| 80. | President James Garfield foretold that America would be immoral, reckless and corrupt if: | |||
| a) | The American people tolerated immorality, recklessness and corruption by electing members of the U.S. Congress that possessed these negative values and character flaws | |||
| b) | We elected too many Christians to the U.S. Congress | |||
| c) | We cease to pray for world peace | |||
| 81. | Proverbs 29:2 says that when the righteous rule the people rejoice but when the wicked rule the people: | |||
| a) | Party | |||
| b) | Groan | |||
| c) | Just accept it | |||
| 82. | In a recent American survey and study, to be classified as an "evangelical" you have to agree that: | |||
| a) | I am a Christian | |||
| b) | I go to church at least once a week | |||
| c) | I believe the Bible is the basis of all life | |||
| d) | I read the Bible at least once a week | |||
| e) | I have had a personal life changing experience centering on Jesus Christ | |||
| 83. | Between 1992 and 1996, how much of a decrease was there in evangelical Christians voting? | |||
| a) | 5% | |||
| b) | 10% | |||
| c) | 17% | |||
| 84. | Between 1996 and 2000, how much of an additional decrease was there in evangelicals voting? | |||
| a) | 23% | |||
| b) | 15% | |||
| c) | 12% | |||
| 85. | The members of the U.S. Congress don't necessarily represent the values of Americans but the values of: | |||
| a) | Those that don't vote | |||
| b) | Those that vote | |||
| c) | Great Britain | |||
| 86. | In the year 2000, out of 60 million evangelicals living in America, how many actually voted? | |||
| a) | 15 million | |||
| b) | 23 million | |||
| c) | 46 million | |||
| 87. | Christians need to do what our founders did which is: | |||
| a) | Apply a secular worldview to America | |||
| b) | Apply a biblical worldview to every area of life | |||
| c) | Apply a system of secular economics to solve all our national problems | |||
| 88. | Because of the Christian principles on which America was founded, it is: | |||
| a) | Illegal to practice any other religion but Christianity | |||
| b) | The longest running Constitutional Republic in the history of the world | |||
| c) | Not surprising that America has had multiple civil wars | |||
| 89. | At the time of the founding of America there were: | |||
| a) | Two religious groups represented in America | |||
| b) | Six religious groups represented in America | |||
| c) | Dozens of religious groups working in America | |||
| 90. | With all the religions to choose from as the foundation for America, John Adams wrote that the founding fathers chose Christianity because: | |||
| a) | It was the most intolerant religion they could come up with | |||
| b) | It was the religion that would give them the greatest control over the masses | |||
| c) | They were "all educated in the general principles of Christianity" | |||
| 91. | Thomas Paine, one of the least religious founding fathers, believed: | |||
| a) | Man can create truth | |||
| b) | Man can create, invent and contrive principles | |||
| c) | Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles, he can only discover them, and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author | |||