2nd Grade Unit 1

2nd Grade Unit 1

*Show What You Know*

Multiple Choice

What happens in September after Patrick Henry and John Adams talk?

• War begins

• Fifty-five men meet in Philadelphia

• Henry writes a letter.

Multiple Choice

How does this story begin?

• Congress sends a letter to King George.

• John Adams says they must form an army.

• John Adams and Patrick Henry talk about the need for a congress.

Multiple Choice

What did the men at the First Congress do?

• They voted to do nothing.

• They started a war with England.

• They sent a letter to the King of England.

Multiple Choice

What happened at the end of the story?

• King George sends a letter to the Congress.

• Henry and John Adams decide they must fight England.

• Patrick Henry says that King George will help.

Multiple Choice

What happened just after Olympia went to live with her aunt and uncle?

• She did well in school.

• She went to college.

• She got married.

Multiple Choice

What is this passage mostly about?

• Olympia Snowe worked in Congress to help people.

• Soon after college, Olympia Snowe got married.

• Olympia Snowe worked in government for a long time.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence tells why Olympia Snowe ran for the U.S. Congress?

• Friends and family told Olympia to run for her husband's job.

• She hoped she could help even more people from there.

• She worked to get good health care.

Multiple Choice

Why did Olympia want to work in government?

• to study the government

• to help people

• to make laws

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Later, she went to college to study government. What does study mean?

• change

• help with

• learn about

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from paragraph 7. She had served the people of Maine for a long time. What does served mean in this sentence?

• gave food to

• worked for

• voted for

Multiple Select

Think about the two passages you have read. How is Congress today different from the first Continental Congress in 1774. Chose TWO ways it is different.

• Both men and women work in Congress.

• Congress meets in Philadelphia.

• People in COngress talk about things.

• Congress works for the people.