WorksheetsVa/US History Exam (goals: 1 through 15)
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What drove the increase in the number of enslaved Africans coming to the Americas during the 1600s?
a)
The promise of freedom
b)
The increasing need for workers on plantations
c)
The decreasing use of labor in Europe
d)
Industrialization
2.
Enslaved African Americans became a foundation of the agricultural economy in the —
a)
Southern colonies
b)
middle colonies
c)
Southern and middle colonies
d)
New England colonies
3.
The Great Awakening of the mid-1700s led to —
a)
laws that protected individual rights
b)
a movement to increase public education
c)
an increase in the number of evangelical religions
d)
the Salem witch trials
4.
The taking of the Philippines does not violate the principles of the Declaration of Independence, but will spread them among a people who have never known liberty and who in a few years will be unwilling to leave the shelter of the American flag. …The form of government natural to the Asiatic has always been despotism. … [T]o abandon those islands is to leave them to anarchy, [and] to short-lived military dictatorships. …— Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, March 1900
I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it to content itself with the Rockies. Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, I asked myself? And I thought it would be a real good thing to do. … But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris, and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem. … And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.— Mark Twain, October 1900
Lodge and Twain disagreed about ??—
I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it to content itself with the Rockies. Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, I asked myself? And I thought it would be a real good thing to do. … But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris, and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem. … And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.— Mark Twain, October 1900
Lodge and Twain disagreed about ??—
a)
the nature of Asian governments
b)
whether the United States should annex the Philippines
c)
the treaty of Paris
d)
whether to free the Filipino population
5.
Which of the following conclusions about the Mexican-American War does the map support?
a)
Mexican forces won several battles on U.S. soil during the war.
b)
U.S. forces advanced deep inside Mexican territory during the war.
c)
The war lasted for several years and produced no clear winner.
d)
Most of the fighting in the war occurred within the borders of Texas.
6.
How did the economy of the New England colonies differ from those of the middle and Southern colonies?
a)
It was based on very small-scale farming.
b)
Only artisans were successful.
c)
It did not prosper.
d)
There was no subsistence farming.
7.
Thomas Paine was the author of
a)
The Social Contract
b)
the Declaration of Independence
c)
Common Sense
d)
"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death"
8.
Which event happened first? (after the French and Indian War)
a)
The First Continental Congress
b)
Publication of Common Sense
c)
The Boston Tea Party
d)
Increased taxation
9.
How did John Locke influence the American Revolution?
a)
His ideas were used in the Declaration of Independence to justify revolution.
b)
His ideas were used to govern the First Continental Congress.
c)
His ideas were used to justify higher taxes after the French and Indian War.
d)
His ideas were used to write the Articles of Confederation.
10.
Which of the following prevented settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains following the French and Indian war?
a)
The Treaty of Paris
b)
The Proclamation of 1763
c)
The Treaty of Alliance
d)
The Battle of Kaskaskia
11.
Under John Marshall, the Supreme Court's role grew because —
a)
several legal precedents gave the Court authority to decide disagreements between branches and levels of government
b)
President Thomas Jefferson supported Marshall
c)
the power of the Supreme Court was important to Congress
d)
state courts were not strong enough
12.
A major flaw of the Articles of Confederation was that they gave —
a)
Congress too much power to regulate interstate commerce
b)
the president sole authority to declare war
c)
Congress no power to levy taxes to raise money
d)
states no freedom to set their own trade policies
13.
Federalists supported the ratification of the Constitution and —
a)
stronger states' rights
b)
a strong central government
c)
the leadership of Patrick Henry and George Mason
d)
a stronger state militia
14.
Which Constitutional Convention delegate authored the "Virginia Plan," which proposed a federal government of three separate branches?
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
15.
Which document influenced the Bill of Rights?
a)
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
b)
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Mayflower Compact
16.
Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose ratification of the Constitution?
a)
They believed it gave Britain too much influence.
b)
They believed it gave states too many rights and privileges.
c)
They believed it promoted too strong of a central government.
d)
They were concerned because George Washington did not support it.
17.
Who drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
James Madison
d)
Alexander Hamilton
18.
Factors Leading to American Victory in the Revolutionary War?
1. George Washington was a skilled leader.
2. Benjamin Franklin negotiated effectively with France.
3. ?
Which of the following best replaces the question mark beside #3?
1. George Washington was a skilled leader.
2. Benjamin Franklin negotiated effectively with France.
3. ?
Which of the following best replaces the question mark beside #3?
a)
British troops were poorly trained and poorly financed.
b)
The British lost support for the war at home.
c)
The Loyalists convinced General Cornwallis to surrender.
d)
The Patriots fought in a more orderly manner than the British.
19.
The House of Burgesses was an example of a —
a)
monarchy
b)
dictatorship
c)
direct democracy
d)
representative government
20.
Which battle ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Yorktown
b)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
The Battle of Saratoga
21.
What was the first political body in the American colonies?
a)
The House of Burgesses
b)
The House of Commons
c)
The First Continental Congress
d)
The Confederation Congress
22.
Which answer best fits in the empty box?
a)
The region prospered economically, due in part to the Puritans' strong work ethic.
b)
Plantations made many New Englanders wealthy.
c)
New York and Philadelphia were the region's major seaports.
d)
The region produced the most profitable crops of all the American colonial regions.
23.
At the time of the American Revolution, the Loyalists —
a)
supported the British government and its taxes
b)
tried to stay uninvolved in the war
c)
included leaders such as Virginian Patrick Henry
d)
were inspired by the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine
24.
Who believed a SOCIAL CONTRACT existed between the government and its people
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Ben Franklin
d)
George Washington
25.
What was the Trail of Tears?
a)
the journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to America
b)
the series of battles that Andrew Jackson fought in the War of 1812
c)
the forced march of the Cherokee from the southeastern states to Oklahoma
d)
the ocean crossing that brought European immigrants to America
26.
How did Thomas Jefferson change the size of the United States?
a)
He purchased the District of Maine from Canada.
b)
He purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
c)
He purchased the Texas Territory from Mexico.
d)
He purchased the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains from Britain.
27.
Many abolitionists took action against slavery because they believed that —
a)
enslaved workers were not useful in the Northern states
b)
the Southern economy no longer depended on enslaved workers
c)
slavery was unnecessary in western territories
d)
holding slaves was contrary to their religious beliefs
28.
One of the factors that led to the War of 1812 was the British practice of impressments, in which Britain —
a)
seized American sailors from U.S. ships for service in the British navy
b)
drafted American Indians from Canada into the British Army
c)
refused to return runaway slaves who had escaped
d)
pursued smugglers across the Canadian border into U.S. territory
29.
What was the Declaration of Sentiments?
a)
a declaration written by Nat Turner calling for an end to slavery
b)
a declaration of slaveholders' rights passed by several Southern states
c)
a declaration calling for Americans to tolerate all religious expression
d)
a declaration of women's rights calling for equality for men and women
30.
The Monroe Doctrine declared that European powers should —
a)
increase their trade with Latin American countries
b)
influence the governments of Latin American countries
c)
not meddle in the affairs of Latin American countries
d)
create more colonies in Latin America
31.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a)
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
Freed slaves in the entire United States
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Gave African Americans full civil rights
32.
The Kansas–Nebraska Act —
a)
forbade slavery in Kansas
b)
kept peace in the Nebraska Territory
c)
forbade slavery in Nebraska
d)
allowed for popular sovereignty
33.
After the war, who believed that the Confederate states should be punished for secession?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Stephan Douglas
d)
Copperheads
34.
What is the name for the laws that limited the rights of African Americans in the post-Civil War South?
a)
Antitrust laws
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Jim Crow laws
d)
Voting Rights Act
35.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is about —
a)
women's suffrage
b)
prohibition
c)
slavery
d)
Senate elections
36.
Poor labor conditions led late nineteenth century workers to organize —
a)
marches on Washington
b)
lynch mobs
c)
commissions
d)
unions
37.
A nineteenth century innovation that changed America's industries and skyline was —
a)
the automobile
b)
the Bessemer process
c)
the telegraph
d)
the steam boiler furnace
38.
One major incentive for the westward movement after the Civil War was —
a)
The Homestead Act of 1862
b)
The Immigration Restriction Act
c)
The Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Roosevelt's "Square Deal"
39.
What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Zimmermann Note
c)
The League of Nations
d)
The Fourteen Points
40.
President Taft's dollar diplomacy called for —
a)
U.S. colonies in China
b)
U.S. investments in Latin America
c)
equal trading rights in China
d)
a waterway through Panama
41.
An era of American prosperity that also presented challenges to traditional values was known as the —
a)
Roaring Twenties
b)
Great Depression
c)
New Deal
d)
Scopes Trial
42.
FDR'S Agricultural Adjustment Administration paid farmers to —
a)
increase prices
b)
not grow crops
c)
connect to the electrical grid
d)
grow new cropsfaa
43.
Which of the following contributed the most to the trend shown in the table?
a)
Rise of the mass media
b)
Increased leisure time of Americans
c)
Protective tariffs on foreign products
d)
Roosevelt's New Deal policies
44.
5. Which event occurred on October 29, 1929, and led to the Great Depression?
a)
U.S. banking crisis
b)
Stock market crash
c)
Fireside chats
d)
New Deal policies
45.
Which statement best replaces the question mark?
a)
Britain provides arms to American Indians in the Northwest Territory.
b)
Federalists support the war to restore national honor.
c)
Britain and France form an alliance against the United States.
d)
Britain and the United States disagree about slavery.
46.
Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore —
a)
the Indiana Territory
b)
the Louisiana Territory
c)
the Mississippi Territory
d)
Spanish Florida
47.
On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! … I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD.— William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison was fighting for ???—
William Lloyd Garrison was fighting for ???—
a)
women's right to vote
b)
states' rights
c)
the right to secede
d)
the abolition of slavery
48.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. …— Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to? —
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. …— Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to? —
a)
preserve the nation
b)
end slavery
c)
crush the South
d)
expand states' rights
49.
This chart best illustrates the fact that the cotton gin —
a)
was a labor-saving device that decreased the need for slave labor
b)
increased cotton production and thus the need for slave labor
c)
caused a decline in cotton production and the number of slaves in the United States
d)
eventually led to the abolition of slavery
50.
Southern states began to secede from the Union as a result of the —
a)
election of Abraham Lincoln
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
attack on Fort Sumter
51.
Which of the following statements about the Missouri Compromise is true?
a)
It maintained the balance of free and slave states.
b)
It totally prohibited slavery north of the Missouri Compromise line.
c)
It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a free state.
d)
It created more slave states than free states.
52.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
James Buchanan
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
53.
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, was the site of —
a)
a major Confederate victory
b)
Lee's surrender to Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln's assassination
d)
the Confederate capital
54.
The "Double V" campaign during World War II referred to victory
a)
in Europe and in the Pacific
b)
against Hitler and also against Stalin
c)
in the war abroad and against discrimination at home
d)
on both the western and eastern fronts in Europe
55.
Who headed the NAACP legal team that challenged the constitutionality of school segregation before the Supreme Court?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
George McLaurin
d)
Earl Warren
56.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
a)
The United States refused to join the Axis powers in the war.
b)
The United States interfered with Japan's expansion efforts.
c)
The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
d)
The United States evacuated and interned Japanese Americans.
57.
The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, led to —
a)
economic sanctions against Saudi Arabia
b)
the United States severing relations with Israel
c)
a decrease in the federal budget deficit
d)
a major shift in American foreign policy
58.
In 2000, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from —
a)
Africa
b)
Asia and Oceania
c)
Europe
d)
the Americas
59.
What did the term "McCarthyism" become a catchword for?
a)
U.S. foreign policy during the 1950s
b)
A provable charge of communist activity
c)
The act of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union
d)
False accusations based on rumor or guilt by association
60.
The 1963 March on Washington —
a)
was well televised but poorly attended
b)
was important symbolically but had little effect on civil rights legislation
c)
was the setting for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
d)
erupted into violence and launched a series of riots nationwide
61.
Who pledged that the United States would "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty"?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Abraham Lincoln
62.
The Tuskegee Airmen were —
a)
African Americans
b)
Japanese Americans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
63.
Which Civil War battle turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union?
a)
The Battle of Fredericksburg
b)
The Battle of Gettysburg
c)
The Battle of Chancellorsville
d)
The Battle of Petersburg
64.
Which group experienced the greatest increase in annual earnings between 1990–2003?
a)
Blacks
b)
Asians
c)
Hispanics
d)
Whites
65.
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that —
a)
people who violated other people's voting rights could be prosecuted
b)
the military had to desegregate
c)
all citizens have equal voting rights
d)
communities could not segregate students by placing them in different schools
66.
Which of the following limited the amount of certain goods that Americans could buy during the war?
a)
The war bond program
b)
Rationing
c)
The Double V campaign
d)
The Selective Service Act
67.
The Allied strategy for winning the war gave priority to
a)
defeating Germany
b)
defeating Japan
c)
liberating death camps
d)
starting a second front in France
68.
The Geneva Convention was concerned with the treatment of
a)
Nazi war criminals
b)
Japanese internees
c)
Holocaust survivors
d)
prisoners of war
69.
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany after Germany
a)
took over Czechoslovakia
b)
invaded Poland
c)
bombed Britain
d)
attacked Pearl Harbor
70.
The Persian Gulf War took place under which President?
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
George W, Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
George H.W. Bush
71.
How did Ronald Reagan contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
a)
By asking NATO to bomb the Soviet Union
b)
By proposing perestroika
c)
By placing an embargo on trade with the Soviets
d)
By stepping up U.S. military production
72.
The Marshall Plan helped rebuild the economy of —
a)
Eastern Europe
b)
Western Europe
c)
Japan
d)
China
73.
The Truman Doctrine was concerned with —
a)
fighting terrorism
b)
ending the Cold War
c)
containing communism
d)
ending the nuclear arms race
74.
The alliance formed at the beginning of the Cold War by the United States and ten other nations is called —
a)
NATO
b)
the Warsaw Pact
c)
the League of Nations
d)
NAFTA
75.
In a 1961 speech, President John F. Kennedy pledged that America would —
a)
fight terrorism around the world
b)
end Jim Crow laws
c)
increase military spending
d)
put a man on the moon
76.
What act is aimed at fighting terrorists in the United States?
a)
The Patriot Act
b)
The Strategic Defense Initiative
c)
The Sherman Act
d)
The Immigration Act of 1990
77.
Which practice is controversial because it is accused of taking jobs away from Americans? (also known as outsourcing)
a)
telecommuting
b)
offshoring
c)
distance learning
d)
connectivity
78.
The collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in part from Gorbachev's policy of —
a)
isolationism
b)
nationalism
c)
imperialism
d)
perestroika
79.
The "Reagan Revolution" emphasized —
a)
higher tax rates
b)
higher spending for social programs
c)
a smaller central government
d)
a reduction in defense spending
80.
Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells all fought for equality for —
a)
African Americans
b)
Native Americans
c)
women
d)
Japanese Americans
81.
The United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War because —
a)
Vietnamization had failed and there was growing dissent in the United States
b)
the North Vietnamese threatened to start using nuclear weapons
c)
the South Vietnamese government asked the United States to withdraw its troops
d)
U.S. losses were too high when North Vietnam captured Saigon
82.
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced measures that —
a)
moved the Soviet Union away from a communist economy
b)
increased secrecy within the Soviet government and society
c)
strengthened control of the Soviet republics
d)
increased communist control of Eastern Europe
83.
The Battle of Stalingrad —(WWII)
a)
led to German domination of southern Russia
b)
convinced Joseph Stalin that a German victory was inevitable
c)
turned the tide against Germany in the east
d)
marked the Soviet army's worst defeat of the war
84.
Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female —
a)
head of the Federal Reserve Board
b)
chairperson of the Republican Party
c)
candidate for the vice presidency
d)
Justice of the Supreme Court
85.
Which of the following best explains the increase in voter registration in 1968?
a)
The Fifteenth Amendment
b)
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
c)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
d)
The Voter Rights Act of 1965
86.
Most of the concentration camps used during the Holocaust were located in —
a)
France
b)
Germany and Poland
c)
Hungary and Romania
d)
Czechoslovakia
87.
In 1992, the United States signed NAFTA, an agreement to —
a)
outlaw U.S. trade with Libya, Iran, and Iraq
b)
improve trade among the United States, Canada, and Mexico
c)
increase trade between the United States and the European Union
d)
impose heavy tariffs on goods imported from China
88.
The 1963 March on Washington
a)
erupted into violence and launched a series of riots nationwide
b)
was the setting for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
c)
was important symbolically but had little effect on civil rights legislation
d)
was well televised but poorly attended
89.
President Bush's war on terrorism led to —
a)
the Persian Gulf War
b)
the elimination of weapons of mass destruction
c)
military action by the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq
d)
military action by the United States in Iran and Libya
90.
What was the purpose of Ellis Island?
a)
To help immigrants settle in the United States
b)
To prevent immigrants from moving to certain areas of the country
c)
To prevent immigrants from moving to certain areas of the country
d)
To process immigrants to make sure they were acceptable
91.
President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan to —
a)
save American lives
b)
prolong the war
c)
test the bomb
d)
prove an ethical point
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