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WorksheetsA NEW NATION (1775–1860)
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 58mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?
a)
They faced discrimination and racism.
b)
They lived side by side with white Americans.
c)
They had the same rights as everyone else.
d)
They preferred living only with African Americans.
2.
What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?
a)
citizen
b)
property
c)
dependents
d)
immigrants
3.
Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?
a)
They feared the power of the slaveholders.
b)
They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
c)
They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
d)
They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
4.
What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?
a)
As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
b)
As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
c)
As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
d)
As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.
5.
Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Edward Covey
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Frederick Douglass
6.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedom.
b)
They began to understand that slavery was wrong.
c)
They passed even stricter slave codes.
d)
They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.
7.
What did slaves most fear?
a)
being sent back to Africa
b)
B. being forced to learn new skills
c)
being sold away from their families
d)
being disrespectful to their owners
8.
How did the “invisible church” benefit slaves?
a)
It helped keep African languages alive.
b)
It provided a place for slaves to plot escape.
c)
It provided a means for slaves to comfort each other.
d)
It helped teach children the value of silence.
9.
Which of these was the most common way slaves resisted slavery?
a)
by killing their owners
b)
by escaping to the North
c)
by organizing slave uprisings
d)
by finding ways to quietly rebel
10.
Which of these best describes the Underground Railroad?
a)
a series of tunnels used to move slaves to free states
b)
people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North
c)
transportation system that moved slaves to freedom at night
d)
people who caught fugitive slaves and returned them to owners
11.
Slaves expressed African cultural traditions in all of the following ways except
a)
through art.
b)
through music.
c)
through fieldwork.
d)
through folk tales.
12.
What is racism?
a)
The belief that one race is superior to another.
b)
Easily seen or understood.
c)
Not active.
d)
The social separation of groups of people especially by race.
13.
What is segregation?
a)
Unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic.
b)
The social separation of groups of people especially by race.
c)
The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force.
14.
What is oppression?
a)
The social separation of groups of people especially by race.
b)
The belief that one race is superior to another.
c)
The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force.
15.
What is a reformer?
a)
Not active
b)
Understanding or agreeing with the feelings or situation of another person.
c)
Someone who works to make change in order to bring about improvement, end abuses, or correct injustice.
16.
What does sympathetic mean?
a)
Unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic.
b)
Understanding or agreeing with the feelings or situation of another person.
c)
Someone who works to make change in order to bring about improvement, end abuses, or correct injustice.
d)
Easily seen or understood
17.
Which is true of free Blacks living in both the North and South?
a)
Faced discrimination and racism
b)
They were treated just like everyone else
c)
They were safe because they were free
d)
They lived pretty easy lives
18.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
The inventor of the cotton gin
b)
The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
c)
The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
d)
The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves
19.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
c)
It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
d)
It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery
21.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
22.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret tunnel that led from the South to Canada
b)
A single path that led from the South to the North for slaves to escape
c)
A train that secretly transported slaves at night
d)
A series of safe houses/ helpers who assisted runaway slaves
23.
About what number of people in the South owned slaves?
a)
50% (1/2)
b)
75% (3/4)
c)
33% (1/3)
d)
66% (2/3)
24.
This person helped more people escape on the Underground Railroad than anyone else.
a)
Harriett Tubman
b)
Levi Coffin
c)
John Brown
d)
Fredrick Douglass
25.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedoms
b)
They passed even stricter laws about slaves
c)
They began to understand that slavery was wrong
d)
They refused to take slaves back to their owners when captured
26.
Which of the following was not a reason that people wanted to abolish slavery?
a)
Reform
b)
Moral Reasons
c)
Political Reasons
d)
Fear of losing job
27.
Reformers wanted to abolish slavery because:
a)
They thought that we needed to catch up with the rest of the world
b)
They were afraid that their political opponents would gain too much power in Congress
c)
They believed that slavery was morally wrong
d)
They wanted to send black people back to Africa
28.
What was a political reason for wanting to abolish slavery?
a)
Slave and Free States usually voted together
b)
Slave states always tried to break away
c)
Free States were always trying to break away
29.
There were 2 main ideas proposed on what to do with slaves if they were freed. These were integration and _______
a)
Moral Issues
b)
Pod Farming
c)
Colonization
d)
Relocation to Canada
30.
Why were most black people opposed to the idea of Colonization?
a)
They wanted to stay as slaves
b)
They didn't like the lions there.
c)
They were born and raised in America
d)
They were afraid that they would have to change religions
31.
What was the name of the colony that Americans set up in Africa for free blacks?
a)
Libya
b)
Liberia
c)
Lebanon
d)
Ivory Coast
32.
Frederick Douglass thought that abolition needed to be _________
a)
Violent
b)
Delayed
c)
Immediate
d)
Peaceful
33.
The Underground Railroad was something that slaves knew about but most owners did not
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Who invented the Steam Engine?
a)
J.J. Watt
b)
James Watt
c)
Justin James Watt
d)
Eli Whitney
35.
Which of the following was not one of the main things that James Monroe accomplished while President?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Ended the War of 1812
c)
Taking Florida from the Spanish
d)
Monroe Doctrine
36.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Thomas Edison
37.
What was the name of the general that actually went down to Florida and helped take it from the Spanish?
a)
James Monroe
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Andrew Johnson
38.
The Missouri Compromise did all of the following except
a)
Admit states in pairs
b)
Create a division in our country
c)
Draw a line where slavery would exist only south of it
d)
Make Missouri a free state
39.
What document told Europeans to stay away from America and to stop trying to create colonies here?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Jackson's Decree
40.
The most famous canal in New York was called the...
a)
Whitewater Canal
b)
Miami Canal
c)
Champlain Canal
d)
Erie Canal
41.
Which of these would be the best title for the illustration above?
a)
Divine Nature
b)
Survival of the Fittest
c)
Universal Expansion
d)
Manifest Destiny
42.
Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon Territory
43.
The present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired in 1848 from —
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
Great Britain
d)
Russia
44.
Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?
a)
The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
b)
A slave on a southern plantation
c)
A Native American
d)
A farmer wanting to obtain new land
45.
Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that —
a)
the United States went to war with Mexico
b)
transcendentalists established utopian societies
c)
the Bank of the United States was established
d)
women organized the Seneca Falls Convention
46.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
a)
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
b)
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
c)
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
d)
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
47.
The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
James K. Polk
48.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They increased the territory of the United States.
c)
Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.
d)
Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
49.
Northern opposition to the U.S. annexation of Texas was mainly caused by ---.
a)
fears that the executive branch was controlling Congress
b)
resistance to the expansion of slavery and Southern political power
c)
opposition to expansionism and the use of American troops abroad
d)
demands from Mexicans that their army be deployed north of the Rio Grande
50.
In this statement, Washington advised Americans to adopt a policy of ---.
a)
territorial expansion
b)
nationalism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Neutrality
51.
In declaring that the nation would avoid entanglement in European wars, the Monroe Doctrine shows the influence of ---.
a)
New England’s merchants
b)
the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution
c)
the foreign policy of the Democratic-Republican Party
d)
Washington’s Farewell Address
52.
Based on the cartoon, which of the following best explains the impact of the Monroe Doctrine?
a)
The United States would not allow foreign nations to form alliances.
b)
The United States would not allow further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
c)
The United States would serve as a negotiator between European nations.
d)
The United States would protect the economic interests of Europe.
53.
What geographic advantage did the United States obtain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803?
a)
warm water ports on the Atlantic coast
b)
rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes
c)
control of the Mississippi River
d)
valuable coal reserves in western Pennsylvania
54.
Many Americans supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 because it —
a)
punished Native Americans for attacks on Washington, D.C.
b)
opened Native American lands to settlement by white citizens
c)
forced U.S. citizenship on Native Americans
d)
forced Native American leaders out of the U.S. Congress
55.
The Trail of Tears was the consequence of ---.
a)
arresting Native Americans for their attacks on whites
b)
opening up Native American land for settlement by whites
c)
creating the Trail of Tears
d)
forcing Native Americans to convert to Christianity
56.
In Worcester v. Georgia the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee nation. However, President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, and the result was the —
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Bleeding Kansas conflict
d)
Texas Revolution
57.
What was the main reason people from England chose to move to the Colonies
a)
They wanted to move for fun
b)
They wanted religious freedom
c)
There was more tea in the Colonies
d)
They wanted the higher paying jobs that were there
58.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
59.
Who were the colonial leaders making decisions during the Revolutionary War?
a)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison, John Deere, Abe Lincoln, George Washington
c)
Daniel Boone, Barach Obama, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betsy Ross
60.
What was the most significant result for our country's history because the Colonies won the Revolutionary War?
a)
It resulted in our freedom and ability to govern ourselves
b)
We won a war
c)
Other counties were impressed by our winning a war
d)
George Washington would always be our President
61.
The leader of England was
a)
George III
b)
John Hancock
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
62.
The American colonists felt that the English government made them...
a)
work too hard
b)
follow unfair laws
c)
buy too much teach
d)
buy too many clothes
63.
What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Navigation Act
64.
What law made it very expensive for colonists to import molasses?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Sugar Act
65.
What law stated that the colonists could only buy goods from England and the colonists could only sell goods to England?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Navigation Act
66.
What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and British goods?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Navigations Acts
d)
Stamp Act
67.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
68.
After the battle at Bunker Hill, the Patriots learned...
a)
They had no chance at winning
b)
They were going to beat the British easily
c)
They may lose some battles, but could win the war
d)
They needed to surrender
69.
How would you describe the winter at Valle Forge?
a)
Cold and challenging
b)
Hot and tropical
c)
Great food
70.
The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare to the people and to the King of England that the colonies were separating from England and they wanted to explain why.
a)
True
b)
False
71.
The Constitution of the United States was written to govern all the people equally and limits any one group or person from having all the power.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
The Bill of Rights lists our rights as equals and places specific limits on government power. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.
a)
True
b)
False
73.
The British soldiers were called lobsterbacks or redcoats because of their red uniforms.
a)
True
b)
False
74.
Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
A group of colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into the ocean. The became known as the Boston Tea party.
a)
True
b)
False
76.
On the night of Paul Revere's ride, the colonists used lanterns to share a message about how the British were traveling: "One if by land, two if by sea."
a)
True
b)
False
77.
There were no women or African Americans who helped in the Revolutionary War.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
The war ended when the Patriots surrounded the British troops and Cornwallis had no choice but to surrender.
a)
True
b)
False
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