Lesson 18

Which group was focused on eliminating slavery?

• Politicians

• Abolitionists

• Missionaries

• Transcendentalists

What was the Silk Road primarily used for?

• A place for cultural festivals

• A trade route

• A military training ground

• A religious pilgrimage path

What are "caravans" in the context of the Silk Road?

• Groups of people traveling together for safety

• Individual travelers

• Military units

• Nomadic tribes

Rulers and griots both played an important role in West Africa. Which of the following best describes how rulers viewed griots?

• feared rivals

• trusted advisors

• fortune tellers

• all of the above

Select the location on the map that was purchased in 1803 from France for $15 million by Thomas Jefferson.

The​ ________ of the branch of the U.S. Government carries out the law.​ (a)  

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James K. Polk

Match the following

• Battle of Saratoga

• convinced the French to join the Americans

• Treaty of Paris

• British army surrendered to Washington

• Valley Forge

• Washington's troops survived brutal winter

• Yorktown

• first shots of the war

• Lexington and Concord

• Britain recognizes the independence of The United States of America

How did Abraham Lincoln wanted to treat the South? (a)  

• harshly

• leniently

• severely

• rigorously

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Little Rock Nine

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Jackie Robinson

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Rosa Parks

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Freedom Riders

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Herman Sweatt