WorksheetsAll Unit Review 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the founder of Georgia?
a)
John Smith
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
James Winthrop
d)
James Oglethorpe
2.
What were the colonies of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire referred to as?
a)
13 Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
Southern Colonies
3.
The hot, wet climate of the ____________________ colonies was ideal for growing cash crops.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Marsh
4.
Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Jamestown, Va
d)
Fort Augustine, Fl
5.
What was the
Mayflower Compact?
Mayflower Compact?
a)
Form of government created by the people of Jamestown
b)
An agreement for self government based on majority rule, written by the Pilgrims
c)
A boat
d)
A charter from King George III
6.
What battle is known as the turning point of the American Revolution?
a)
Concorn
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Valley Forge
d)
Saratoga
7.
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
1775
b)
1776
c)
1781
d)
1901
8.
What battle was known as the "Shot heard around the world?"
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktown
d)
Bunkerhill
9.
What does boycott mean?
a)
to sell goods only to England
b)
to refuse to buy goods
c)
to trade only with England
d)
to buy cots for boys
10.
The powers of government are divided into three branches
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Federalism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Individual Rights
11.
People elect representatives to utilize their power for them
a)
Limited Government
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Republicanism
d)
Federalism
12.
Who can propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
a)
the President
b)
the states
c)
Congress
d)
the Supreme Court
13.
What fraction of the House of Representatives and Senate must pass a proposed amendment before it goes to the state legislatures for ratification?
a)
2/3
b)
3/4
c)
1/2
d)
1/4
14.
The first political parties in the US were established in the 1790s largely because of political differences between:
a)
Adams & Franklin
b)
Hamilton & Paine
c)
Washington & Madison
d)
Jefferson & Hamilton
15.
In his Farewell Address, Washington warned that political parties would:
a)
divide the nation
b)
create a lively debate
c)
help the nation
d)
destroy states's rights
16.
What was a cause of the War of 1812?
a)
British impressment of US sailors
b)
slavery
c)
Native Americans marching to Oklahoma
d)
The Boston Tea Party
17.
Who was the president who helped design the deal to acquire the Louisiana Territory?
a)
Washington
b)
Adams
c)
Hamilton
d)
Jefferson
18.
This early political party was pro-French, believed in a strong interpretation of the Constitution & was supported by farmers & the working class
a)
Federalists
b)
Democratic-Republicans
c)
Libertarians
d)
Henchmen
19.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
20.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
21.
Which acquisition was ceded to the U.S. with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana Territory
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Gadsden Purchase
22.
What year was area 5, Texas Annexation acquired?
a)
1848
b)
1845
c)
1846
d)
1853
23.
How did we acquire area 4?
a)
Negotiation with Britain
b)
Conquest
c)
Florida Cession
d)
Mexican Cession
24.
What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Oregon Treay
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Gadsden Purchase
25.
a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
a)
Technology
b)
Transportation Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Interchangeable Parts
26.
What are interchangeable parts?
a)
Parts you can trade for other parts
b)
A parts exchange in New York
c)
Parts of a machine that are identical
d)
A parts exchange in Virginia
27.
What did the Lowell system employ?
a)
unmarried men
b)
unmarried women
c)
married men
d)
slaves
28.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
29.
Which of the following would NOT be associated with mass production?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
division of labor
c)
unique, hand made goods
d)
assembly line
30.
took up the cause of prison reform-helped mentally ill
a)
Dorothy Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Lucretia Mott
31.
a secret network of people that helped slaves escape to the North
a)
temperance movement
b)
Secret Roads
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Underground railroad
32.
Quaker, spent years working for anti-slavery
movement and women's rights
movement and women's rights
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Dorthea Dix
c)
Lucretia Mott
d)
Horace Mann
33.
held in NY to launch the women's Rights Movement
a)
Women's Rights Movement
b)
Seneca Falls Convention
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Prohibition
34.
Religious revival leading to new churches, desires to help others, and many social reform movements
a)
2nd Enlightenment
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
2nd Rise of Government
d)
2nd Constitution
35.
How was California a free state?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Northwest Ordinance
36.
Believed in state's rights and nullification
a)
North
b)
South
37.
Who was the important general in The Battle of Bull Run?
a)
General Robert E. Lee
b)
General Ulysses S. Grant
c)
General Stonewall Jackson
38.
Where did the war end with the surrender of Robert E. Lee?
a)
Yorktown, VA
b)
Fredricksburg
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
At the corner store over ice cream
39.
Which army did General Robert E. Lee lead?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Neutrals
d)
He was not a general.
40.
Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Radical Democrats
Radical Democrats
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Moderate Democrats
41.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
c)
to abolish slavery
d)
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
42.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
43.
The most immediate and important outcome of the Civil War was that:
a)
the South gained its independence.
b)
slavery was ended in the United States.
c)
tensions between different areas of the nation finally ended.
tensions between different areas of the nation finally ended.
d)
the South was able to become an industrial center for the entire nation.
the South was able to become an industrial center for the entire nation.
44.
The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870. What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vot
b)
to establish a federal income tax
to establish a federal income tax
c)
to give women the right to vote
to give women the right to vote
d)
to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"
45.
The Freedman's Bureau assisted blacks and
a)
paid taxes for sharecroppers
b)
helped poor whites
c)
closed down schools
d)
voted for Pres. Lincoln
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