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WorksheetsChapter 3 American Revolution to Civil War
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does it mean to separate from?
a)
ratify
b)
immigrant
c)
strategy
d)
secede
2.
What is a careful plan?
a)
ratify
b)
immigrant
c)
strategy
d)
secede
3.
A person who moves from one country to another is called...
a)
ratify
b)
an immigrant
c)
strategy
d)
secede
4.
To approve means to ...
a)
ratify
b)
immigrant
c)
strategy
d)
secede
5.
What caused Britain to increase the taxes the colonists had to pay?
a)
Britain needed money to pay its debts after the French and Indian War.
b)
The colonists were making a lot of money trading with other countries.
c)
King George III wanted the colonists to pay for their land in
America.
America.
d)
The colonists threatened to buy sugar from France instead of Britain.
6.
Which of the following stated that no colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains?
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Northwest Ordinance
c)
the Proclamation of 1763
d)
the Louisiana Purchase
7.
Who led a group of Americans to victory at Fort Sackville in Indiana?
a)
Henry Hamilton
b)
Jonathan Jennings
c)
George Washington
d)
George Rodgers Clark
8.
Which is true of the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
It doubled the number of states in the United States.
b)
It doubled the size of the United States.
c)
It doubled the population of the United States.
d)
It doubled the number of rivers in the United States.
9.
Why does Indiana not appear as a state on this map?
a)
The map shows the original states after the United States won the American Revolution.
b)
The map shows the United States in 1804, and Indiana didn't become a state until 1816.
c)
The map doesn't show states that were part of the Northwest Territory.
d)
The map doesn't show states that were once occupied by the French.
10.
Which document set up the rule for creating states in the Northwest Territory and dividing them into townships?
a)
the Articles of Confederation
b)
the Land Ordinance of 1784
c)
the Land Ordinance of 1785
d)
the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
11.
Which group of people was the most harmed when thousands of pioneers moved to Indiana?
a)
white settlers
b)
immigrants
c)
Native Americans
d)
soldiers
12.
How did the building of canals improve life in Indiana?
a)
They made it easier for settlers to move farther west into to the Louisiana Territory
b)
They connected every important city in Indiana to the Mississippi River.
c)
They gave farmers a way to move their crops to market faster.
d)
They made it harder for robbers to attack boats and steal cargo.
13.
Which Native American group was forced to leave Indiana by the New Purchase?
a)
Miami
b)
Potawatomi
c)
Kickapoo
d)
Shawnee
14.
Which of the following major improvements in transportation was built between 1811 and 1827?
a)
the Underground Railroad
b)
the Erie Canal
c)
the National Road
d)
the National Railroad
15.
The South was largely a farming region that used enslaved Africans to work in cotton fields. How were Northern states such as Indiana different?
a)
The North used enslaved workers in factories rather than on farms.
b)
The North didn't have any farms, so they didn't need slaves.
c)
The North used free labor because people needed the work.
d)
The North didn't approve of slavery, so they outlawed it.
16.
Which statements contain different viewpoints on an issue?
a)
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Lincoln's Republican Party was against slavery.
b)
Lincoln's Republican Party was against slavery. Southern states viewed Lincoln's election as a threat to slavery, states' rights, and their way of life.
c)
Southern states viewed Lincoln's election as a threat to slavery, states' rights, and their way of life. Southern states began to secede from the United States.
d)
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Southern states began to secede from the United States.
17.
How did William Henry Harrison contribute to the growth and development of Indiana?
a)
He wanted to make it easier to buy land so he asked Congress to create the Harrison Land Act.
b)
He didn't want people to move to the Indiana Territory.
c)
He wanted people to buy 640 acres of property by the Land Ordinance of 1785.
d)
He was the first Governor of Indiana.
18.
What roles did the men and women of Indiana play in the Civil War?
a)
Not many residents of Indiana supported President Lincoln.
b)
Governor Morton offered 6,000 soldiers to the Union but 12,000 volunteered.
c)
The wives and children didn't have to anything during the Civil War.
d)
The women didn't serve as nurses in the Civil War
19.
Why did Indiana write a new constitution in 1850?
a)
It improved transportation by digging canals and building new railroads.
b)
It wanted to be its own country.
c)
Indiana borrowed a lot of money and couldn't pay its debt. It prevented the state from borrowing money.
d)
It wanted to be a new state.
20.
What was a cause and an effect of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
a)
White settlers moved into the areas which caused Native Americans to leave.
b)
Native Americans were paid for their land because they wanted to move.
c)
White Settlers paid the government because they wanted the land.
d)
Native Americans moved into the areas which caused white settlers to leave.
21.
What did the new constitution of Indiana in 1850 accomplish?
a)
It made more canals and railroads.
b)
Indiana could now borrow as much money as it needed to pay back its debt.
c)
It made the financial crisis worse.
d)
It prevented Indiana from borrowing money.
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