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WorksheetsAmerican Cultures I - Final
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which settlement is known as the "lost colony"?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
Roanoke
d)
England
2.
The first successful English settlement in North America was?
a)
Roanoke Colony
b)
Jamestown
c)
Boston
d)
Maryland
3.
The person who helped Jamestown survive was?
a)
John Rolfe
b)
Captain John Smith
c)
William Penn
d)
Sir Walter Raleigh
4.
What early colonists came to New England to practice their religious beliefs?
a)
Quakers
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Puritans
d)
Christians
5.
Which colony is not a New England colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
New York
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Connecticut
6.
What religion did William Penn belong to?
a)
Anglican
b)
Puritan
c)
Quaker
d)
Catholic
7.
Which is not one of the middle colonies.
a)
Delaware
b)
New York
c)
Rhode Island
d)
New Jersey
8.
James Oglethorpe founded what colony for debtors - people that owed money? He also founded it to stop Spanish expansion North
a)
Georgia
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
9.
Which colony was established as a refuge for Catholics?
a)
Virginia
b)
Georgia
c)
Maryland
d)
Carolinas
10.
Name the Southern Colonies.
a)
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida
b)
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina and South Carolina
c)
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
d)
Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina and georgia
11.
What was the purpose for creating the Magna Carta?
a)
to give the king unlimited powers and divine right
b)
to limit the power of the King, returning some power to the lords
c)
to officially end the 100 Years War between England and France
d)
to do away with the Great Council, taking away their lands and wealth
12.
Which three places were part of the triangle trade?
a)
France, Africa, America
b)
America, Caribbean, Africa
c)
Europe, Caribbean, Africa
d)
Africa, Europe, America
13.
The Middle Passage was the name for the journey from
a)
Europe to Africa
b)
Americas to Europe
c)
Africa to the Americas
d)
Americas to Africa
14.
Someone who agreed to work without pay in exchange for a paid passage to the Colonies was called a(n)...
a)
slave
b)
indentured servant
c)
pilgrim
d)
governor
15.
The case involving John Peter Zenger was an important step in establishing freedom of the speech in America.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Locke
d)
Rousseau
17.
During the French and Indian War, the colonists fought for Britain.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What was the name of the fort built by George Washington in what is now Pennsylvania.
a)
Fort Moultrie
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Necessity
d)
Fort Duquesne
19.
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
a)
The French and British wanted the same land.
b)
The French and Indians wanted the same land.
c)
The Indians and British wanted the same land.
d)
The Indians wouldn't sell their land.
20.
The fort built by the French that George Washington tried to capture but failed.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Necessity
c)
Fort Duquesne
d)
Fort Moultrie
21.
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
a)
Pay for the cost of a new navy.
b)
Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
c)
Show colonists who was in charge.
d)
Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.
22.
What was the colonists' response to the Tea Act?
a)
Paul Revere rode to Lexington and Concord to warn colonists.
b)
The colonists sent a petition to the King.
c)
Sons of Liberty tarred and feathered tax collectors.
d)
Sons of Liberty went on board ships in Boston Harbor and dumped their cargo overboard.
23.
What were American's called who supported independence?
a)
Tories
b)
Separatists
c)
Patriots
d)
Loyalists
24.
What name was given to American colonists who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution?
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Rebel
d)
American
25.
What did the preamble of the Declaration of Independence say?
a)
Colonists complaints against Britain
b)
Listed the colonists rights
c)
A new nation existed
d)
Stated the people wished to break away and form a new country
26.
Why were African Americans at first banned from serving in the army during the Revolutionary War ?
a)
General Washington had forbidden African Americans from serving.
b)
All African Americans were loyal to the British.
c)
Some southern colonies feared arming African Americans.
d)
African Americans were needed to serve the war effort in factories.
27.
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine arguing that it was time to depart from Britain and declare independence.
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Common Sense
d)
Tea Act
28.
A surprise attack on the British led by Washington on December 25th. This Patriot victory gave new hope to many Americans.
a)
Battle at Saratoga
b)
Battle at Trenton
c)
Battle at Lexington
d)
Battle at Ticonderoga
29.
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended Revolutionary War?
a)
Treaty of Paris, 1763
b)
Treaty of Paris, 1783
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Ghent
30.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The New Jersey Plan was supported by _____ states and the Virginia Plan was supported by _____ states
a)
northern; southern
b)
large; small
c)
southern; northern
d)
small; large
32.
Who is the "Father of the Constitution"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
Benjamin Franklin
33.
Define The Great Compromise
a)
organization or alliance of several groups joined together
b)
aving a single legislative, or lawmaking body
c)
an agreement that was reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which set up a two house legislative branch where each state would have equal representation in the Senate and representation in the House would be based on population
d)
the branch of government that makes the laws - US Congress
34.
Who was John Adams's Vice President?
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Madison
d)
Abigail Adams
35.
Thomas Jefferson was the ____ president.
a)
3rd
b)
16th
c)
43rd
d)
20th
36.
Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States so that he could pay for a war against
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Spain
d)
Russia
37.
Which of the following was NOT a part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?
a)
Pay off all debts
b)
Raise government revenue
c)
Create a national bank
d)
Dissolve the national bank
38.
What is the defintion of IMPRESSMENT?
a)
British capturing American sailors
b)
Showing off to the person next to you
c)
Forcing Native Americans west of the Mississippi
d)
British giving guns and ammunition to Native Americans
39.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
40.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
41.
What did Samuel F. B. Morse invent?
a)
Morse code and the telegraph
b)
Morse code and the telephone
c)
Samuel code and the telephone
d)
Samuel code and the telegraph
42.
I was the most famous ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad. I led more than 300 slaves to freedom.
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
David Walker
d)
Nat Turner
43.
- Leading figure of the Women's Rights movement.
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
- Fought for women's suffrage.
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
- Fought for women's suffrage.
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Susan B. Anthony
44.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act resolve the issue of slavery in those areas?
a)
Slavery was not permitted in either territory.
b)
The terms of the Missouri Compromise were honored in establishing these territories.
c)
People who had held slaves before they moved to the territories were allowed to keep their slaves.
d)
Popular sovereignty would determine whether slavery would be permitted in the territories.
45.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
46.
Which of the following states was admitted into the Union as a "free" state as a result of The Compromise of 1850?
a)
California
b)
Nevada
c)
New Mexico
d)
Colorado
47.
True or False- Popular Sovereignty was a law stating that the states added to the Union during the Mexican Cession, could decide on their own whether or not they would be slave states.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North the most?
a)
Allowing California in as a free state
b)
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
c)
using popular sovereignty to decide Utah and New Mexico
d)
the stricter Fugitive Slave Act
49.
What triggered the Civil War?
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
The Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Compromise of 1850
50.
What document gave freedom to the slaves (in name only)?
a)
The 10% Plan
b)
The Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The 3/5th Law
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
51.
The ship that the Pilgrims rode on to Plymouth Rock
a)
Mayflower
b)
Santa Maria
c)
Pinta
d)
Nina
52.
Where did the Pilgrims land in America
a)
O'Hanlon Rock
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Plymouth Rock
d)
Mayflower Rock
53.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
54.
Which statement is true?
a)
Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution
b)
Work conditions were closely regulated
c)
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
d)
Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.
55.
George Washington grew up on a farm in what state?
a)
Montana
b)
Virginia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Massachusetts
56.
What famous river did George Washington cross on December 25th, 1776?
a)
Columbia
b)
Missouri
c)
Sabine
d)
Delaware
57.
How many stars were on the flag when Washington first became president?
a)
11
b)
13
c)
15
d)
17
58.
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Mark David Chapman
d)
Sirhan Sirhan
59.
What year did Lincoln become president?
a)
1841
b)
1861
c)
1835
d)
1875
60.
Approximately how many years of US history did we cover this year? (from the Colonial Era to the end of the Civil War)
a)
About 250 years
b)
About 400 years
c)
About 660 years
d)
About 800 years
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