US History Pre Test

NATIVE AMERICANS WERE HERE BEFORE THE EUROPEANS.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Why was the Louisiana Purchase an important event?

• It doubled the size of the country
• Lewis and Clark discovered it
• It was given to us by the Spanish

THE CONSTITUTION IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny
• Monroe Doctrine
• Louisiana Purchase

What European country settled the original 13 colonies in North America?

• France
• Spain
• England

JAMESTOWN WAS AN ENGLISH COLONY IN VIRGINIA.

• FALSE
• TRUE

Texans fight for independence against what country?

• Great Britain
• Mexico
• France

An "Abolitionist..."

• wants to get rid of alcohol
• fights for better education
• wants to eliminate slavery

The Underground Railroad was...

• Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech
• A system of hiding places and routes that led slaves to the North
• A railroad that went through a tunnel into Pennsylvania

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Fort Sumter
• Bull Run
• Manassas