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Test 2 Study Practice

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Because yes.

b)

He wanted independence from England.

c)

He wanted land.

d)

He wanted to end slavery.

2.

Which war was the bloodiest in US history?

a)

Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

3.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

building a house for a cat

b)

building a new school

c)

rebuilding the South after the Civil War

d)

because no.

4.

Where were MOST immigrants from in the late 1800s?

a)

Africa

b)

Mexico

c)

Europe

d)

El Salvador

5.

What was the Ghost Dance?

a)

a ritual where the Native Americans thought the land would return to them.

b)

a dance to worship something.

c)

a dance to scare people.

d)

none of the above.

6.

What three ways did the US expand Westward?

a)

life, liberty, happiness

b)

1, 2, 3

c)

gold, railroads, treaties

d)

war, treaties, money

7.

Which amendment gives freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

8.

What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?

a)

a political party

b)

A racist terrorist group

c)

a group of slaves

d)

none of the above

9.

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

A law that prohibited Chinese people from entering the United States.

b)

a law that forced Chinese to build the railroad.

c)

A law that gave Chinese immigrants citizenship.

d)

All of the above.

10.

Why did the US government want Native American land?

a)

to put in a mall

b)

to have plantations

c)

Gold, railroads, racism

d)

to rebuild the South after the Civil War

11.

What is assimilation?

a)

Becoming similar to something.

b)

The plan for Native Americans to be like white people.

c)

When you arrive in a new country and learn a new language.

d)

ALL of the above.

12.

What were the American Colonies comprised of?

a)

Northern/New England, Middle, Southern

b)

Eastern, Western, Southern

c)

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala

d)

North America, South America, Europe

13.

What was the Declaration of Independence?

a)

a document officially separating the colonies from England.

b)

the Constitution

c)

the government of the United States.

d)

State laws.

14.

What was a major reason for the American Revolution?

a)

happiness

b)

liberty

c)

taxes

d)

because yes

15.

What are the three branches of government?

a)

life, liberty, happiness

b)

gold, treaties, war

c)

1, 2, 3

d)

executive, legislative, judicial

16.

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

a large area of land Thomas Jefferson bought from France.

b)

money the US gave to Louisiana.

c)

A statue that France sold to the US.

d)

none of the above.

17.

What was the first time the US government systematically killed the Native Americans?

a)

Trail of Tears.

b)

This never happened.

c)

War of 1812

d)

Thanksgiving.

18.

What difference between the North and South caused the Civil War?

a)

Economy - slave versus wage labor.

b)

Food - none versus plenty.

c)

Music - rock n roll versus soul.

d)

Computers - dell versus mac.

19.

What was the 13th Amendment?

a)

slavery started.

b)

slavery ended.

c)

Slavery never existed.

d)

What is slavery?

20.

What was the 14th Amendment?

a)

Freed slaves/African Americans were citizens now.

b)

Freed slaves/African Americans could vote.

c)

no more slavery.

d)

slavery began.

21.

What was the 15th Amendment?

a)

Freed slaves/African Americans were citizens now.

b)

Freed slaves/African Americans could vote.

c)

no more slavery.

d)

slavery began.

22.

What was used to stop African Americans from voting?

a)

Poll taxes

b)

Reading tests

c)

KKK

d)

All of the above.

23.

What was a sharecropper?

a)

a freed slave that became famous.

b)

a freed slave that returned to Africa.

c)

A freed slave that worked for previous owner again.

d)

None of the above.

24.

What were the Black Codes?

a)

Racist laws.

b)

You could only wear black.

c)

Secret messages written in black ink.

d)

All of the above.

25.

Why were the buffalo important to Native Americans?

a)

They used buffalo for food.

b)

They used buffalo for clothing.

c)

They used buffalo for tools.

d)

All of the above - the whole buffalo was respected and used.

26.

What happened when immigrants arrived at Ellis Island?

a)

They were given money.

b)

They were given food.

c)

They were inspected for being sick.

d)

They were inspected for candy.

27.

What was the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

a)

Over 300 Native American people were killed.

b)

The final fight between the government and Native Americans.

c)

An event at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, 1890

d)

ALL of the above.