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U.S. History Semester 1 Exam

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9th Grade

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U.S. History Semester 1 Exam
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Most scientists believed that people first came to the Americas from

Africa as part of the slave trade

Asia by migrating over a land bridge

Australia by traveling in canoes along coastlines

Europe by sailing ships across the Atlantic Ocean

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which country established a number of colonies along the Atlantic coast?

Britain

France

the Netherlands

Spain

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Antifederalists disliked the Constitution because it did not

include a bill of rights

provide any checks and balances

share power among separate branches

adequately restrict representation in Congress

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Because of the Compromise of 1850, Kansas

could not enter the Union.

entered the Union as a free state.

entered the Union as a slave state.

exercised popular sovereignty.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did Lincoln’s election in 1860 lead to secession?

Lincoln immediately ordered the South to free slaves

Southerners saw Lincoln as hostile to their institutions.

Democrats claimed that Lincoln had not won the election fairly.

Lincoln increased troop levels in the South

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did the Battle of Gettysburg turn the tide of the Civil War?

The South did not attempt another invasion of the North.

Most of the northern army was destroyed.

The South rallied after its victory in Pennsylvania.

Grant immediately called for and received Lee’s surrender.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following helped the industrial expansion of the U.S.?

farming

monopolies

the country’s physical geography

labor unions

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