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Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1st permanent English Colony in North America founded by the Virginia Company was called?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Salem
d)
Massachusetts
2.
What event resulted in landowners switching from indentured servants to a slave system of labor?
a)
Salem Witch Trials
b)
Bacon's Rebellion
c)
King Philip's War
d)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
3.
What event had court cases where over 150 Massachusetts colonists were accused of witchcraft?
a)
French & Indian War
b)
Bacon's Rebellion
c)
Salem Witch Trials
d)
Intolerable Acts
4.
Adopted by the Puritan Church to establish partial membership in the church for children/grandchildren of full members; intended to reduce religious unrest in the Massachusetts colony.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Half-Way Covenant
5.
What was the Virginia Company’s legislative assembly called?
a)
Congress
b)
House of Kuna
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Parliament
6.
What developed as a result of the differences that developed between the followers of Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) and Thomas Jefferson (Republicans) and have remained a part of American politics ever since?
a)
political parties
b)
federalism
c)
democracy
d)
rebellion
7.
What is the name of the group that spoke out against the passing of the Constitution unless it consisted of a Bill of Rights?
a)
anti-federalists
b)
vikings
c)
federalists
d)
political parties
8.
The 1st major cash crop of Virginia that was introduced by John Rolfe?
a)
indigo
b)
tobacco
c)
rice
d)
cotton
9.
The colonists in Virginia were more concerned with finding _________ than food.
a)
hope
b)
gold
c)
indians
d)
aliens
10.
The Puritans who settled in this colony wanted to live there so they could get away from religious persecution. What is the name of the colony?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Virginia
d)
Pennsylvania
11.
What was the name of the early bloody conflict between the colonists in the New England colonies and the Native Americans involving Chief Metacom?
a)
King Philip's War
b)
French & Indian War
c)
American Revolutionary War
d)
Powhatan's Revenge
12.
What is the main reason why colonists came and settled in the New England colonies?
a)
to find gold & riches
b)
to claim Indian land
c)
to escape religious persecution
d)
to fight in King Philip's War
13.
This colony was initially settled by the Dutch and called New Netherland, but the English took it over and renamed it this.
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Georgia
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
14.
Chief who led a confederation of Native Americans against the colony of Jamestown, VA; but eventually negotiated a peace with the settlers.
a)
Roger Williams
b)
chief Metacom
c)
William Penn
d)
Chief Powhatan
15.
New England colony founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson for individuals who left Massachusetts due to religious disagreements.
a)
Rhode Island
b)
New York
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Virginia
16.
The middle colony settled by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Quebec
17.
The first permanent French settlement in North America established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608?
a)
Canada
b)
New Orleans
c)
Quebec
d)
New Amsterdam
18.
Document written by the Pilgrims while they were still on board the ship that brought them to the New World which established the use of town meetings where voters would make decisions based on “majority rules.”
a)
Salem Charter
b)
Liberty Compact
c)
Independence Charter
d)
Massachusetts Charter
19.
The brutal sea voyage that carried thousands of African American slaves to the Americas was called the _______?
a)
triangular trade
b)
middle passage
c)
middle trade voyage
d)
passage through pain
20.
He was a founding father, scientist, philosopher, inventor, and a great example of social mobility and individualism during colonial times.
a)
Ms. Nored
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Ben Franklin
21.
What is the economic theory where countries tried to acquire as much gold, silver, and colonies as possible to obtain resources and wealth?
a)
triangular trade
b)
mercantilism
c)
middle theory
d)
gold theory
22.
Both the _________ and the Enlightenment movements caused a general questioning of authority on the part of the colonists both religiously and scientifically during the Colonial Period.
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Temperance Movement
d)
Federalist
23.
What event was the result of a long rivalry between the British and the French, due to the competition for land in North America?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Intolerable Battle
d)
Civil War
24.
What law did Britain pass to attempt to stop the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian War?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Intolerable Laws
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Treaty of Paris 1783
25.
This British law required colonists to print newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, etc. on paper bearing special stamps.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Kuna's Laws
d)
Paper Act
26.
These acts forced the port of Boston to close as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and forced colonists to house British soldiers. The colonists called these the __________ Acts.
a)
Stamp Acts
b)
Common Laws
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Boston Enforcement Code
27.
The Committees of Correspondence were set up to organize and communicate issues between the colonists. This group eventually led to the formation of the _____________.
a)
Second Continental Congress
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Great Awakening
d)
First Continental Congress
28.
To show their dislike of British Rule, what colonial group damaged British property, including government offices and homes of wealthy British supporters and burned the British King in effigy?
a)
The Mafia
b)
Jeffersonians
c)
Franklin Sons
d)
Sons of Liberty
29.
What was the name of the pamphlet where Thomas Paine called for the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?
a)
Sense of Independence
b)
Common Sense
c)
Common Knowledge
d)
Duh!
30.
What is the name of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War and forced France to turn over control of Canada to Great Britain?
a)
Treaty of Paris 1763
b)
Treaty of Paris 1783
c)
Treaty of Canada
d)
Treaty of Indian Removal
31.
From what document does the following excerpt came from: “all men are created equal…endowed by their creator with the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?”
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
The Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Common Sense
32.
Who was the English philosopher who wrote about “natural rights” that influenced many of America’s Founding Fathers?
a)
John Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Locke
d)
Mrs. Kuna
33.
Where was the site of the Continental army’s camp during the winter of 1777-1778 where General Washington had Baron von Steubin train the army into an organized fighting force?
a)
Forge of Death
b)
Delaware River
c)
Yorktown
d)
Valley Forge
34.
Who served as an American ambassador to France during the Revolutionary Period and convinced the French to be our ally in our fight for freedom from the British? (and is Mrs. Kuna's friend)
a)
Ben Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
35.
George Washington and his men crossed what river to surprise the Hessian mercenaries fighting with the British who were encamped at Trenton, NJ?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Delaware River
c)
Forge Crossing
d)
Yorktown River
36.
At what battle did General Cornwallis and his British soldiers surrender during the American Revolution after being trapped on a Virginian peninsula?
a)
Savannah
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Yorktown
d)
Gainesville
37.
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Adams
d)
John Locke
38.
Who was the commander of the American Army during the Revolutionary War and was the first President of the United States?
a)
George Washington
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
39.
Who was the French general that served as an officer under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War and was very influential in helping to convince the French to aid the American colonists during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Marquis de Kuna
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
40.
What treaty ended the American Revolution granting America its independence from the British?
a)
Treaty of Paris 1783
b)
Treaty of Paris 1763
c)
Revolutionary Treaty
d)
Continental Treaty
41.
What European country allied with the American colonies during the Revolutionary War in an effort to seek revenge against the British for their recent losses to them?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Russia
42.
What name was given to the agreement among delegates to the Constitutional Convention that settled the dispute of representation in Congress by stating the lower house would be based on population and the upper house would be equal representation regardless of a states size?
a)
Great Agreement
b)
Committee of Representations
c)
Great Compromise
d)
3/5th Compromise
43.
What idea, first proposed by the philosopher Montesquieu, divides the authority to govern between different branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial?
a)
checks and balances
b)
separation of powers
c)
federalism
d)
limited government
44.
What do we call the process that makes sure that one branch does not abuse its powers by giving the other two branches ways of containing it?
a)
checks and balances
b)
limited government
c)
political parties
d)
federalist papers
45.
What is the name of the group that spoke out against the passing of the Constitution unless it consisted of a Bill of Rights?
a)
anti-fairies
b)
anti-federalists
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
Jeffersonians
46.
What was the name given to a series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to gain support for the ratification of the constitution?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Federalists Papers
d)
Papers of Johnson
47.
What event happened as a reaction to the excise taxes imposed on certain goods during the George Washington’s presidency, when some farmers in Pennsylvania refused to pay the tax and threatened violence, Washington sent a military force to put down the rebellion showing the new national government’s power to enforce its laws?
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Shay's Rebellion
c)
Whiskey Challenge
d)
Farmer's Uprising
48.
What was the name of our first written constitution as a free nation whose weaknesses included no national unity, no difference in representation by population, and the government could not collect taxes?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Common Sense
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
The Constitution of the United States
49.
What event was where debt-ridden farmers tried to seize a federal arsenal and fight against the government and convinced Americans that a stronger national government was needed?
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Shay's Rebellion
c)
Bacon's Rebellion
d)
Rebellion of Vikings
50.
The first ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791, which are intended to protect individual and state rights, are called the __?__.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Federalist Papers
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Freedom of Speech
51.
The idea that governments must obey a set of laws and respect the rights of citizens is known as _?_.
a)
political parties
b)
limited government
c)
separation of powers
d)
checks and balances
52.
What developed as a result of the differences that developed between the followers of Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) and Thomas Jefferson (Republicans) and have remained a part of American politics ever since?
a)
political parties
b)
federalists
c)
rebellion
d)
stamp act
53.
These laws passed in the 1780s demonstrated to Americans that the national government intended to encourage westward expansion into the Ohio Valley area. They also made slavery illegal in these new territories; provided the first government funds for public education; and set forth the requirements for adding new states.
a)
Monroe Doctorine
b)
Northwest Ordinance
c)
manifest destiny
d)
Compromise of 1850
54.
Who did Thomas Jefferson appoint to explore the Louisiana Territory which was purchased from the French in 1803?
a)
Lewis and Lafayette
b)
Clark and Monroe
c)
Lewis and Clark
d)
Monroe and Lafayette
55.
The following causes started which war: 1-British were trying to strangle American trade; 2-outraged by the British policy of impressments; 3-British were supporting Native Americans fight against the colonists?
a)
War of Impressment
b)
American Revolution
c)
Mexican-American War
d)
War of 1812
56.
What term describes the pride and respect felt for one’s country – this was especially strong for America after the War of 1812?
a)
abolitionism
b)
black codes
c)
nationalism (patriotism)
d)
radicalism
57.
Which document warned European Nations to not settle or colonize in the western hemisphere? (“Don’t settle; don’t meddle”).
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Stonewall Agreement
c)
Treaty of Paris 1763
d)
Compromise of 1859
58.
What was constructed by New York and opened in 1825, which connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and made New York the dominant commercial city in the United States?
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Northwest Canal
c)
International Railway
d)
Continental Airlines
59.
What type of democracy sought a stronger executive branch and a weaker Congress, it also sought to broaden public participation in government? Hint: This president named it after himself.
a)
Lincoln's Democracy
b)
Jacksonian Democracy
c)
Democracy of Lincoln
d)
Washingtonianism
60.
Individuals who wanted to make slavery illegal in the United States were called _?_.
a)
Nationalists
b)
Sovereignties
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Reconstructionists
61.
The removal in the 1830s of Native American tribes from the southeastern United States to lands set aside for them in Oklahoma was known as the:
a)
Trail to Sumter
b)
Vicksburg Tears
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Trail of Destruction
62.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Brown
b)
Whitney Cotton
c)
John Brown
d)
Eli Whitney
63.
Because of this idea machines that needed repair did not have to be destroyed due to having parts that could fit any machine.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Cotton Gin
c)
Interchangeable Parts
d)
Interchangeable Gin
64.
What was the name of the meeting organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1848 with the main purpose being to discuss issues of women’s rights, especially women’s suffrage?
a)
Convention for Women's Rights
b)
Seneca Falls Convention
c)
Seneca Abolitionists
d)
Temperance Movement
65.
What idea stated that it was America’s God given right to expand westward?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Destiny Foreward
c)
Manifest Trail
d)
Sovereignty
66.
What reform movement of the 1830s stated that people should drink less alcohol or it should be outlawed altogether?
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolitionism
c)
School Reform
d)
Prohibition
67.
Who published the newspaper called The Liberator which called for the immediate, uncompensated abolishment of slavery?”
a)
Frederick Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
68.
He was a former slave who later published his own anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star?
a)
Frederick Douglas
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
69.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri is brought in as a slave state and __________ is brought as a free state keeping the balance of power in the Senate.
a)
California
b)
Maine
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
70.
This proposal stated that any state acquired in the Mexican-American War could never be a slave state; however, it was voted down by Congress.
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Northwest Ordinance
c)
Wilmot Proviso
d)
Whitney Proviso
71.
What term describes putting the concerns of a portion or part of a country over the concerns of an entire country?
a)
nullification
b)
sectionalism
c)
nationalism
d)
sovereignty
72.
Which war took place because the U.S wanted both California and New Mexico and provoked a war in order to obtain it?
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
Mexican-American War
d)
World War I
73.
Under this law California was admitted into the U.S. as a free state; popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in the Western territories; and a stronger fugitive slave law was established in the North.
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Habeas Corpus
74.
What was the name of the slave rebellion that occurred in Virginia in 1831 where approximately 160 people were killed resulting in the tightening of slave codes and the executions of the rebellion leaders?
a)
Bacon's Rebellion
b)
Whiskey Rebellion
c)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
d)
Abolitionist Rebellion
75.
What was the name of the team of sisters who were from a prominent slaveholding family in the South who became outspoken abolitionists during the pre-civil war period?
a)
Grimke Sisters
b)
Whitney Sisters
c)
Garrison Sisters
d)
Kuna and Nored
76.
Event in 1832 when South Carolina, under the leadership of John C. Calhoun, threatened that they would not follow federal tariff laws and would secede from the U.S. if forced to do so. President Andrew Jackson threatened to send in the national military to make South Carolina comply if needed; however, a compromise was worked out by Henry Clay to end the crisis.
a)
Calhoun Treaty
b)
Jackson Crisis
c)
Nullification Crisis
d)
Turner Rebellion
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