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Spring Super Quiz and CBA

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jamestown is associated with this year -

a)

1215

b)

1607

c)

1620

d)

1776

2.

John Rolfe helped Jamestown become successful by -

a)

planting cotton

b)

planting indigo

c)

planting tobacco

d)

planting corn

3.

South Carolina threatened to secede because they didn't want to pay federal tariffs. This was -

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Compromise of 1850

4.

John Jay and Alexander Hamilton wanted to ratify the Constitution as it was written and supported a strong federal government. They were -

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Federalists

d)

Federalisms

5.

This was the first self-government -

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Articles of Confederation

6.

This was the first representative government -

a)

Declaration of Sentiments

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

House of Burgesses

7.

The first political parties disagreed mostly about -

a)

the power of the federal government

b)

the power of the state banks

c)

the power of the people

d)

the power of the veto

8.

Why is Thomas Hooker's Fundamental Orders of Connecticut significant?

a)

Abolished slavery

b)

Extended voting rights

c)

Limited the king's power

d)

Nullified federal taxes

9.

This man won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War:

a)

William Carney

b)

Haym Solomon

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

John Paul Jones

10.

Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia is known for -

a)

being the home of the abolitionist movement

b)

being the birthplace of the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

being the place where the Confederacy surrendered

d)

being the place where the Union surrendered

11.

The initial battle of the Civil War was at:

a)

Saratoga

b)

Lexington

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fort Sumter

12.

This court case ruled that Native Americans could stay on their lands-

a)

Dred Scott v Sandford

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Gibbons v Ogden

d)

Worcester v Georgia

13.

This president violated the Supreme Court ruling of Worcester v Georgia -

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Monroe

14.

What issue did the 3/5 Compromise resolve?

a)

Where Native Americans could move

b)

Where slavery could expand into the Louisiana Territory

c)

How slaves count towards the population

d)

How women count towards the population

15.

This document inspired limited government:

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

16.

This president warned Americans to stay neutral and to not divide into political parties

a)

John Adams

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

James Madison

17.

Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address warned to-

a)

keep the Union together

b)

keep fighting so the dead did not die in vain

c)

end slavery in the Confederacy

d)

destroy Southern property

18.

Slaves in the Confederacy rejoiced when this document was created:

a)

Lincoln's Inaugural Address

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Lincoln's Farewell Address

19.

This speech encouraged Union forces to continue fighting the war -

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

I Have a Dream

20.

This battle was the Confederacy's failed attempt to invade the North:

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Fort Sumter

21.

This document listed grievances with England and unalienable rights:

a)

Constitution

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Declaration of Independence

22.

Unalienable rights are given to -

a)

anyone who is born as a human

b)

anyone who serves in the military

c)

anyone who gains citizenship legally

d)

anyone over the age of 18

23.

This caused people to reform their communities and be more religious:

a)

1st Great Awakening

b)

2nd Great Awakening

c)

Temperance Movement

d)

Urbanization

24.

This court case strengthened the federal government by saying only the national gov. can regulate interstate commerce -

a)

Marbury v Madison

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Gibbons v Ogden

d)

Worcester v Georgia

25.

Marbury v Madison is significant because it established:

a)

necessary and proper clause

b)

judicial review

c)

suffrage

d)

sectionalism

26.

McCulloch vs. Maryland revolved around -

a)

the national bank

b)

the treatment of Native Americans

c)

the nullification of federal tariffs

d)

the first amendment

27.

Andrew Jackson ignored this court case by creating the Indian Removal Act:

a)

Scott v Sandford

b)

Marbury v Madison

c)

Gibbons v Ogden

d)

Worcester v Georgia

28.

This was the turning point in the American Revolution:

a)

Lexington

b)

Concord

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Saratoga

29.

This was the turning point of the Civil War:

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Fort Sumter

30.

Better military leadership and the home field advantage belonged to -

a)

the Union

b)

slaves

c)

the Confederacy

d)

abolitionists

31.

The Quartering Act, taxation without representation, & writs of assistance were all considered -

a)

rights of American citizens

b)

colonial grievances with England

c)

causes of the Nullification Crisis

d)

effects of Manifest Destiny

32.

The Union had:

a)

more agricultural production

b)

more industry & technology

c)

stronger military leaders

d)

less manpower

33.

Who is matched with the correct political party?

a)

Thomas Jefferson: Democratic-Republicans

b)

Alexander Hamilton: Democratic-Republicans

c)

John Adams: Democratic-Republicans

d)

George Washington: Democratic-Republicans

34.

Who is matched with the correct side of the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee: Union

b)

Jefferson Davis: Confederacy

c)

Ulysses S. Grant: South

d)

Abraham Lincoln: Confederacy

35.

Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau are best matched with the following group:

a)

Abolitionists

b)

Temperance Society

c)

Labor Reform

d)

Transcendentalists

36.

Natural rights inspired Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Indepedence. Who was the man that believed in natural rights?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Locke

c)

John Rolfe

d)

John Worcester

37.

This was the final battle of the American Revolution:

a)

Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Battle of New Orleans

c)

Yorktown

d)

Saratoga

38.

The Erie Canal helped make ____ more efficient:

a)

communication

b)

industry

c)

transportation

d)

free enterprise

39.

This document officially ended the American Revolution and gave the U.S. more land:

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Constitution

c)

Federalist Papers

d)

Treaty of Paris

40.

Vicksburg helped the -

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Loyalists

d)

Patriots

41.

Poor Irishmen and other factory workers rioted over the Civil War drafts due to -

a)

worry about military pay

b)

worry about freed slaves taking their jobs

c)

worry about transportation issues to the west

d)

worry about lack of freedoms in the military

42.

Women like Lucretia Mott & Susan B. Anthony attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to support:

a)

abolition

b)

temperance

c)

prison reform

d)

women's rights

43.

The Industrial Revolution was a direct effect of:

a)

the War of 1812

b)

the Monroe Doctrine

c)

the Articles of Confederation

d)

the Missouri Compromise

44.

Populations soared in western territories in the mid-1800s due to:

a)

cheap land and factories

b)

the cotton gin and telegraph

c)

gold and cheap land

d)

urbanization and railroads

45.

Causes of the Civil War include:

a)

tariffs, sour patch kids, secession

b)

telegraphs, states' rights, Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

tariffs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, industry v. agriculture

d)

textiles, slavery, election of 1860

46.

The Monroe Doctrine stopped:

a)

immigration from Europe

b)

colonization from Europe

c)

trading with Europe

d)

vacationing in Europe

47.

Impressment of sailors was a cause of:

a)

War of 1812

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Lexington and Concord

48.

John Adams violated ______ with the Alien & Sedition Acts

a)

10th amendment

b)

Worcester v. Georgia ruling

c)

1st amendment

d)

judicial review

49.

This principle of the Constitution gives any powers not taken by the national government to the states:

a)

Limited Government

b)

Republicanism

c)

Checks & Balances

d)

Federalism

50.

Dred Scott v. Sandford said that ________ was illegal:

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

Northwest Ordinance

51.

This colonial region was known for cold weather, rocky soil, and lots of fishing & shipbuilding:

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Northern

d)

Southern

52.

The Northwest Ordinance is one strength of the -

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Constitution

53.

This amendment prevents search and seizure without a warrant:

a)

2nd

b)

4th

c)

6th

d)

8th

54.

Horace Mann is best associated with:

a)

labor reform

b)

temperance movement

c)

prison reform

d)

education reform

55.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was-

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Susan B. Anthony

56.

Chinese immigrants settled in the western part of the U.S. to-

a)

buy cheap land

b)

build railroads and find gold

c)

gain religious freedom

d)

get a public education

57.

This man wrote the Missouri Compromise and calmed South Carolina down during the Nullification Crisis:

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Daniel Webster

d)

John Quincy Adams

58.

This man is best paired with Bleeding Kansas:

a)

John Smith

b)

John Brown

c)

John Rolfe

d)

John Webster

59.

This principle of the Constitution is most closely tied to the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

a)

Limited government

b)

Federalism

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Checks and balances

60.

This land was acquired after defeating the Mexican army:

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

Mexican Cession

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