Exploring Pre-Civil War America

Which Native American culture is known for building large earthen mounds in the Mississippi River Valley?

• Anasazi

• Mississippian

• Iroquois

• Inuit

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

What year did Christopher Columbus first arrive in the Americas?

• 1492

• 1620

• 1776

• 1607

Which event marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War?

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Signing of the Constitution

• Louisiana Purchase

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas Jefferson

Which colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• New Amsterdam

Which document officially ended the American Revolutionary War?

• Magna Carta

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Bill of Rights

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which Native American group formed a confederacy known as the "Five Nations"?

• Sioux

• Iroquois

• Cherokee

• Apache

Which act imposed taxes on paper, paint, glass, and tea in the American colonies?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts

Which invention by Eli Whitney had a major impact on the growth of slavery in the South?

• Steam engine

• Cotton gin

• Telegraph

• Spinning jenny