US History Quiz 3-31

THE GREAT DEPRESSION
When did it happen? 

• 1920-1929
• 1929-1939
• 1939-1945
• 1950-1953

The first permanent English colony in the Americas:

• Philadelphia

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

This Native woman helped Lewis and Clark during the Louisiana Purchase Expedition:

• Tecumseh

• Sitting Bull

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

1863 battle fought in Pennsylvania:

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Ft. Sumter

Why did the Southern states secede from the Union in 1860 and 1861?

• Trick question! They didn't.

• To protect and defend the institution of slavery.

• Mainly because of taxes.

• States Rights only.

What document begins: "Four score and seven years ago..."

• George Washington's Farewell Address

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Constitution

• The Gettysburg Address

The Compromise of 1877 ended what?

• Reconstruction

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Grant's presidency

What was one effect of the French and Indian War?

• Britain removed its expensive army from America

• Indians pledged their alliance to the British instead of the French

• Britain agreed to allow the colonists to form colonial assemblies

• Britain had huge war debts that had to be paid off

How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were excited because they gained land near the Mississippi River

• Colonists were happy because they could vote on the law in their colonial assemblies

• Colonists supported the Ottawa Indians and fought in Pontiac’s Rebellion

• Colonists were angry because Britain refused to allow them to move across the Appalachian Mountains

Which Supreme Court case strengthened the power of the judicial branch by establishing judicial review?

• Marbury vs Madison (1803)

• McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824)

• Dred Scott vs Sanford (1857)