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WorksheetsU.S. History Pre-season Exam
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Conquistador that conquered the Incas.
a)
Hernando Cortes
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Hernando de Soto
d)
John Cabot
2.
Explorer that realized that Columbus had not found Asia but another continent.
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
John Cabot
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
3.
Explorer that realized that Columbus had not found Asia but another continent.
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
John Cabot
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
4.
What was the name of the land bridge that people walked over to make it to the Americas?
a)
bering
b)
beringia
c)
turpin
d)
solveig
5.
From what contenient do historians believe people migrated to the Americas from?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
6.
What is the practice called when you bring water to crops?
a)
domestication
b)
civilization
c)
artifact
d)
irrigation
7.
What group created a great civilization in what is now central Mexico?
a)
Apache
b)
Nez Perce
c)
Seminole
d)
Aztec
8.
What were the two main items that were traded in West Africa?
a)
Gold and Silver
b)
Salt and Pepper
c)
Gold and Salt
d)
Silver and Pepper
9.
What religion teaches that there is one God, named Allah?
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Islam
c)
Hindu
d)
Buddhism
10.
What are people who follow the Islamic religion called?
a)
Christians
b)
Muslims
c)
Rabbis
d)
Inuets
11.
Which of these was NOT a ship that took the first voyages with Columbus?
a)
Pinta
b)
Orion
c)
Nina
d)
Santa Maria
12.
Where was Columbus trying to get to as he sailed west?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Canada
d)
Asia
13.
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the Americas?
a)
Santa Maria
b)
Nina
c)
Mayflower
d)
Pinta
14.
What type of servants sold their labor to a person that would pay for their passage to the colonies?
a)
Puritans
b)
indentured
c)
slaves
d)
independent
15.
What was the name of the English settlement that disappeared?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Virginia
d)
Plymouth
16.
What was a huge cash crop for the Southern Colonies?
a)
sugar cane
b)
tobacco
c)
corn
d)
timber
17.
In the “New England Way” by law what did everyone have to attend?
a)
town hall meetings
b)
community supper
c)
Salem Witch Trials
d)
church
18.
What made the South an ideal place for plantation crops like rice and tobacco?
a)
They had plenty of slaves
b)
Their land was very flat
c)
Their soil was good and almost year-round growing season
d)
That is where all the farmers moved to
19.
Who did the money belong to that women made during the early 1700’s?
a)
their parents
b)
their husbands
c)
themselves
d)
the king
20.
What was it called when a boy would go learn a trade from an experienced craftsman?
a)
skillman
b)
apprentice
c)
laborer
d)
gristmillers
21.
How many original colonies were there for the British to try and govern?
a)
9
b)
11
c)
13
d)
15
22.
One way the colonist protested the taxes the British imposed on them was by doing this.
a)
boycotting British goods
b)
importing British goods
c)
exporting British goods
d)
purchasing British goods
23.
A secret society that opposed British policies and created protests against the British soldiers and governors.
a)
Liberty Fighters
b)
Freedom Fighters
c)
Minutemen
d)
Sons of Liberty
24.
This act placed a tax on all legal and commercial documents such as diplomas, contracts, wills, and newspapers.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Lewis Act
25.
To protest the Tea Act that the British had placed on the colonist men from the Sons of Liberty dressed up as these and threw the tea in to the Boston Harbor.
a)
Indians
b)
Cowboys
c)
Sailors
d)
Soldiers
26.
What was the name of the meeting between delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met to discuss the future of the colonies?
a)
parliament
b)
senate
c)
continental congress
d)
board of regents
27.
What is the name for a force of armed civilians that have pledged to defend their community?
a)
army
b)
militia
c)
rebels
d)
loyalist
28.
What was another name used for British soldiers?
a)
blue coats
b)
red coats
c)
white coats
d)
black coats
29.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Patrick Henry
30.
On what date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
July 2, 1776
b)
January 1, 1776
c)
July 4, 1776
d)
February 14, 1776
31.
What disease were through the camp at Valley Forge?
a)
chicken pox
b)
small pox
c)
yellow fever
d)
mumps
32.
Where did many loyalist go after the war?
a)
Mexico
b)
Britain
c)
Canada
d)
France
33.
The head advisors to the president are called his _____________.
a)
crew
b)
posse
c)
cabinet
d)
colleagues
34.
A tax on imported goods is called a _________________.
a)
bill
b)
tariff
c)
fret
d)
treaty
35.
He was the first president of the United States.
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Jay
36.
He was the second president of the United States.
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Jay
37.
What are people who take extreme political positions called?
a)
radicals
b)
atheist
c)
liberals
d)
conservatives
38.
Who sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States?
a)
King Henry the VIII
b)
Zebulon Pike
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Toussaint L’Ouverture
39.
How much did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase for?
a)
$1 million
b)
$10 million
c)
$15 million
d)
$25 million
40.
Who did Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Zebulon Pike
b)
Sacagawea
c)
Marquette & Joliet
d)
Lewis & Clark
41.
Who wrote Star-Spangled Banner?
a)
Betsy Ross
b)
William Wright
c)
Oliver Hazard Perry
d)
Francis Scott Keys
42.
What did the Industrial Revolution and large scale manufacturing replace as the main form of work in the U.S.?
a)
merchandising
b)
farming
c)
shipping
d)
military
43.
What did Eli Whitney use to demonstrate how to use interchangeable parts?
a)
cotton gin
b)
muskets
c)
saddles
d)
spinning wheels
44.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Bill Short
45.
What is it called when a person had loyalty to the interests of their own region or section of the country, rather than the entire nation?
a)
sectionalism
b)
nationalism
c)
regionism
d)
popularism
46.
What do you call a severe economic slump?
a)
inflation
b)
downturn
c)
depression
d)
prosperity
47.
What do you call an increase in prices and decrease in the value of money?
a)
depression
b)
tariff
c)
inflation
d)
expansion
48.
What was the name of the harsh journey that President Jackson forced the Cherokee to move from their home land to the Indian Territory?
a)
Path Least Taken
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Cherokee Road
d)
Death Walk
49.
Which of these were not one of the trails that took settlers to the West?
a)
San Francisco Trail
b)
Santa Fe Trail
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Mormon Trail
50.
What was the name of the battle that was the battle cry for the independence of Texas?
a)
Battle of Tijuana
b)
Battle of the Rio Grande
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of the Alamo
51.
Many Americans believed that the United States was suppose to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. What was this called?
a)
divine purpose
b)
immaculate reception
c)
manifest destiny
d)
territorial justification
52.
Who wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
53.
What is the name of the radical abolitionist that killed people in Kansas for supporting slavery?
a)
John Brown
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Dred Scott
54.
What was the 1st state that seceded from the Union which started the Civil War?
a)
Georgia
b)
Alabama
c)
South Carolina
d)
Virginia
55.
Leader of the Aztecs when they were conquered by the Spanish.
a)
Montezuma
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Hernando de Soto
d)
Cabeza de Vaca
56.
What was the name of the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War and first major battle victory for the Union?
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of 1st Bull Run
d)
Battle of 2nd Bull Run
57.
What was the name of the speech that President Lincoln gave that freed the slaves in the South?
a)
Freedom Rights
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
58.
What was the name of the 1st black regiment to fight in the Civil Was for the Union?
a)
54th Massachusetts
b)
45th New York
c)
1st Ohio
d)
12th Pennsylvania
59.
What was the name of the major battle that changed the tide of the war in favor of the Union?
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of 1st Bull Run
d)
Battle of 2nd Bull Run
60.
What was the name of the speech that President Lincoln gave to praise the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War?
a)
Union Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
61.
Where did the South surrender to the North to end the Civil War?
a)
White House
b)
Appomattox Courthouse
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Richmond
62.
What Amendment ended slavery?
a)
11th
b)
13th
c)
16th
d)
19th
63.
Who assassinated President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater?
a)
Thomas Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
John Wilkes Booth
64.
What was the spark that started World War I?
a)
Frances invasion of Germany
b)
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
c)
Russia takeover of Austria
d)
Sinking of the Lusitania
65.
What did the Germans call their submarines?
a)
U-boats
b)
ironclads
c)
hindenburgs
d)
verduns
66.
What was the name of the passenger ship that the Germans sank that killed 1,200 people?
a)
Titanic
b)
Lusitania
c)
Patriotic Sun
d)
Sussex
67.
What was the name of the letter that was sent to Mexico from Germany to try to get them to attack the U.S. and keep them out of the war in Europe during WWI?
a)
Wilson Note
b)
Riviera Note
c)
Zimmermann Note
d)
Bryan Note
68.
Which country was in the Central Powers?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
69.
Which country was punished in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
70.
Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Guerilla Warfare
c)
Atomic Warfare
d)
No Man’s Land Warfare
71.
What was the name of the Communist leader that quickly took over Russia and formed the Soviet Union after the revolution?
a)
Tsar Nicholas
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Franz Ferdinand
72.
The Treaty of Versailles required ____________ to admit that they had started the war.
a)
Germany
b)
Austria-Hungary
c)
Russia
d)
France
73.
After WWI, in the year 1920, which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
17th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
20th
74.
What country did not sign the Treaty of Versaille?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Great Britain
d)
United States
75.
How many points did President Wilson have in his plan for postwar peace after WWI?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
76.
What were young women who cut their hair short, wore makeup and short dresses, and acted wild for times in the 1920’s called?
a)
flappers
b)
reformers
c)
clappers
d)
squatters
77.
What was the outlawing of manufacturing, sale, and transporting of alcoholic beverages called?
a)
Capone Act
b)
prohibition
c)
asylum
d)
renaissance
78.
What was the name of the trial in Dayton, Tennessee where a school teacher was arrested for teaching evolution?
a)
Ape Trial
b)
Wallace Trial
c)
Darrow Trial
d)
Scopes Trial
79.
What music became very popular in the 1920’s with singers like Louis Armstrong?
a)
country
b)
rock and roll
c)
jazz
d)
talkie
80.
What happened on October 29, 1929 and was called Black Tuesday?
a)
The start of World War II
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
Titanic sinks
d)
Banning of the sales of alcohol
81.
What did the crash of the stock market cause at the end of the 1920’s?
a)
Great Depression
b)
Start of World War I
c)
Reelection of Herbert Hoover
d)
Start of communism
82.
Who was the only president to serve four terms and helped get the U.S. out of the depression?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
83.
What was the name of the new programs that President Franklin Roosevelt created to help get people back to work during the depression and aid economic recovery?
a)
Lend Lease
b)
New Deal
c)
14 Points
d)
Security Plan
84.
What were the massive dust storms that swept over the Midwest and destroyed their crops called?
a)
crop duster
b)
black death
c)
dust bowl
d)
great famine
85.
Who was the Nazi dictator of Germany?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
86.
Which of these countries was not part of the Axis Powers in World War II?
a)
Japan
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
87.
Which of these countries was not part of the Allied Powers?
a)
United States
b)
Japan
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Great Britain
88.
Why did the U.S. enter World War II?
a)
To save Great Britain from being taken over by Germany
b)
To stop communism from spreading
c)
To get out of the Great Depression
d)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
89.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor where were Japanese-Americans placed?
a)
internment camps
b)
concentration camps
c)
loyalty camps
d)
hawkeye camps
90.
Where did the U.S. and Britain get their first major victories of World War II?
a)
France
b)
China
c)
North Africa
d)
Soviet Union
91.
What did they call the invasion of Normandy Beach by the Allied forces in WW II?
a)
VE-Day
b)
B-Day
c)
C-Day
d)
D-Day
92.
What were the names of Japanese pilots that purposely crashed their planes into enemy ships?
a)
Banzis
b)
Jitzus
c)
Kamikazes
d)
Marianas
93.
What was the attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population by the Nazis called?
a)
Dachau
b)
Auschwitz
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Holocaust
94.
What major event did the U.S. do to get Japan to surrender and end World War II?
a)
Dropped two atomic bombs on Japan
b)
Invaded Japan’s mainland
c)
Started an Island hopping campaign
d)
Destroyed Japan’s Navy
95.
Who was the Fascist leader of Italy during World War II?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
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