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2018 history review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who helped Jamestown going with his policy “you don’t work, you don’t eat” .

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Samuel Adams

2.

What was the first major battle of the American Revolution

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Mexico

3.

Where were the first shots of the Civil war fired

a)

The White House

b)

Fort Louden

c)

Fort Henry

d)

Fort sumter

4.

What is a tax on goods brought into the country called

a)

A good

b)

A tax

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Tariff

5.

What is a good or service that is produced in a home country and then sent abroad (to another country) to be sold

a)

Export

b)

Debt

c)

Credit

d)

Import

6.

What was the major passage through the Cumberland Mountains (Appalachian Mountain chain) where Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee come together.

a)

Northwest passage

b)

Cumberland gap

c)

Trail of tears

d)

None of the above

7.

What was the period of time in the U.S., after the Civil War, in which the federal government attempted to rebuild the economy & political structures of the South

a)

2nd Great awakening

b)

Great awakening

c)

Manifest destiny

d)

Reconstruction

8.

What was the system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.

a)

Checks and balances system

b)

Judicial review

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

None of the above

9.

What is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not

a)

Supreme Court law

b)

Judicial review

c)

Legislative branch

d)

Executive branch

10.

What is the 1st 10 Amendments of Constitution, detailing protection of individual rights

a)

Bill of rights

b)

1/2 constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Monroe Doctrine

11.

What was the compromise that divided the rest of the unorganized Louisiana Territory into the Kansas territory & the Nebraska territory. It would also allow citizens in each territory to decide if they would be a free or slave state (called popular sovereignty)

a)

None

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Kansas Nebraska act

d)

Northwest ordinance

12.

What was the amendment that protects an accused person from having to testify against him/herself

a)

1

b)

6

c)

5

d)

2

13.

What was the amendment that guarantees the right of states to organize militias and the right of individuals to bear arms

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

14.

What was the 1803 Supreme Court decision that gave the Court the right to review & determine whether a law violates the Constitution. Set up principle of judicial review

a)

Marbury vs Madison

b)

Gibbons vs Oggens

c)

William vs Brownlow

d)

None of the above

15.

What was the decision reinforced Federal power is greater than State power

a)

Marbury vs Madison

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

McCulloch vs Maryland

d)

None of the above

16.

Who was the person who invented the cotton gin & introduced the process of “interchangeable parts”

a)

James K Polk

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

17.

Which president was from Tennessee

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

James K Polk

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

All of the above

18.

What was the amendment that gives us freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, & petition gov’t.

a)

7

b)

1

c)

3

d)

4