US History to 1865 Review

Which explorer claimed land in the southwest United States for Spain?

• Francisco Coronado
• Samuel de Champlain
• John Cabot
• Robert La Salle

Which Indian group is correctly matched with the region they inhabited?

• Iroquois--southwest U.S.
• Inuit--Pacific Northwest
• Lakota--Great Plains
• Pueblo--Eastern Woodlands

Complete the analogy.
______________ are to trading posts as the
English are to establishing settlements.

• The Spanish
• The French
• The Portueguese
• The Irish

Which one of the following colonies was not established for religious reasons?

• Plymouth
• Massachusetts Bay
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia

Which key leader of the American Revolution helped gain French support for American independence?

• Paul Revere
• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry
• John Adams

Which was NOT an area of conflict between the American Indians and Europeans?

• Competition for trade
• Difference in cultures
• Disease
• Crops

Which pair of events occurred prior to (before) the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Lexington and Concord & Battle of Saratoga
• Surrender at Yorktown & Treaty of Paris
• Boston Massacre & Lexington and Concord
• Boston Tea Party & Battle of Saratoga

Which  compromise provided for a Senate and House of Representatives to settle the debate about representation between the small and large states?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Great Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which invention created by Eli Whitney unintentionally increased the need for slave labor?

• cotton gin
• reaper
• steam locomotive
• steamboar

Which African American helped finish the plans for the national capital?

• Benjamin Banneker
• Robert Smalls
• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass