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The Final Happy Fun Time Activity

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Jamestown settlers found a way to make a profit for their investors by planting

a)

maize

b)

tobacco

c)

wheat

d)

cotton

2.

Who wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution?

a)

William Penn

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Sir George Carteret

d)

Peter Stuyvesant

3.

Which group maintained the friendliest relations with the Native Americans

a)

English

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

German

4.

Because their journey had a religious purpose, the Separatists called themselves

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Anglicans

c)

Puritans

d)

strangers

5.

Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and found their own churches were called

a)

Protestant reformers

b)

Anglicans

c)

Separatists

d)

Puritans

6.

Which colony was created so debtors and poor people could start over?

a)

Georgia

b)

Carolina

c)

Delaware

d)

Maryland

7.

How did England view its North American colonies?

a)

as an economic drain

b)

as a land of savages

c)

as an economic resource

d)

as a place to put criminals

8.

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies is called

a)

a militia

b)

an army

c)

a confederacy

d)

a commando

9.

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the the

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

Appalacian Mountains

c)

Ohio River valley

d)

Great Lakes

10.

What act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Iron Act

d)

Hat Act

11.

One of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Crispus Attucks

12.

Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as

a)

a call to war

b)

a reason to tax Great Britain

c)

propaganda

d)

a reason to trust the British

13.

"The shot heard 'round the world" refers to the actions of the minutemen at

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunder Hill

c)

Breed's Hill

d)

Boston

14.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

15.

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jeffeson

16.

Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American Independence?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Separatists

d)

Nationalsists

17.

What was America's first constitution called?

a)

American Constitution

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Republic Plan

18.

A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases is called

a)

inflation

b)

depression

c)

a slowdown

d)

a deficit

19.

The Supreme Court reviewing and ruling on acts of other branches of the governments is called

a)

supremacy

b)

law review

c)

Supreme ruling

d)

judicial review

20.

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Spiain

d)

Louisiana

21.

Where did he Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?

a)

Valley Forge

b)

Saratoga

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Yorktown

22.

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives is called a

a)

Monarchy

b)

republic

c)

theocracy

d)

sovereignty

23.

What keeps one branch from gaining too much power?

a)

voting on a bill

b)

the executive branch

c)

vetoing

d)

checks and balances

24.

Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

25.

The French announced support for the United States after the American victory at

a)

Boston

b)

Saratoga

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Valley Forge

26.

The major elements of free enterprise are competition, economic freedom, private property, and

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

motivation

c)

inventions

d)

profit

27.

The revolution that changed the way people worked was the

a)

Technology Revolution

b)

Modern Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Machinery Revolution

28.

Which president's popularity with the "common man" changed politics?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

William Henry Harrison

29.

Which 1824 president was the son of a former president?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William H. Craword

d)

John Quincy Adams

30.

Some southerners wanted to break away form the United States, or to

a)

nullicy

b)

caucus

c)

secede

d)

expand

31.

Which group took the law into their own hands in Gold Rush society?

a)

merchants

b)

Mormons

c)

miners

d)

vigilantes

32.

What did the United States insist was the border between the United states and Mexico

a)

Mexico City

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Nueces River

d)

The Alamo

33.

Who constructed the first mechanical reaper?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

John Deere

34.

Women fighting to end slavery recognized their own oppression and formed the

a)

temperance movement

b)

education movement

c)

suffrage movement

d)

women's rights movement

35.

The first women' rights convention was held in

a)

Georgia

b)

New York

c)

Virginia

d)

Ohio

36.

Southerners justified secession with the theory of

a)

constitutional rights

b)

federal rights

c)

the Union's errors

d)

states' rights

37.

Who vowed to "strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery people"?

a)

Andrew P. Butler

b)

Preston Brooks

c)

Charles Sumner

d)

John Brown

38.

After the Civil War, the period of rebuilding the South was called

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Reorganization

c)

Rebuilding

d)

the River Conquest

39.

What grants full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States?

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment