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US History in Film Winter Exam Pt I

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 3605secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of Mel Gibson's character in the Patriot?
a)
Gabriel Martin
b)
Douglass Martin
c)
Nathan Martin
d)
Benjamin Martin
2.

Who was this man, the overall commander of British forces in the film?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

William Tavington

c)

Leroy Jenkins

d)

Benedict Arnold

3.

Many of the real-life Patriot military leaders, as well as Mel Gibson's character, fought in which conflict before engaging in the Revolutionary War?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Iraqi Freedom

d)

Spanish American War

4.

What is the definition of a militia?

a)

A formal, organized full-time military unit representing a state or country.

b)

a military force that is raised from civilian population with minimal training as opposed to a regular army

c)

part of the British Army that was raised from Canadian volunteers

d)

a formal, regular meeting of political leaders and representatives to determine future action of a state.

5.
Which colonist were called Patriots?
a)
those who obeyed the laws
b)
those who were willing to fight
c)
those who wanted independence
d)
those who were loyal to the king
6.

Benjamin Martin did not trust Major Jean Villeneuve because Martin had a bad of people from which country:

a)

Belgium

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Spain

7.

The Civil War began in ______.

a)

1865

b)

1845

c)

1861

d)

1941

8.

Who was commander of the 54th Massachusetts?

a)

Cabot Forbes

b)

John Rawlins

c)

Jupiter Sharts

d)

Robert Gould Shaw

9.

Which army is the 54th Massachusetts a part of?

a)

Union Army

b)

Confederate Army

c)

Empire Army

d)

Western Army

10.

True or False: The federal government paid black soldiers the same as white soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is to secede?

a)

to separate from a group

b)

to disagree with

c)

success

d)

to end something

12.

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

a)

a plantation owner

b)

a protester

c)

an abolitionist

d)

pro-slavery

13.

Based on population, factories, and economics...

a)

The south and north were roughly equal

b)

The north had a small advantage in the Civil War

c)

The south had a large advantage in the Civil War

d)

The north had a large advantage in the Civil War

14.

What new bullet technology increased the deadliness of the Civil War?

a)

Cluster Bomb

b)

Mini Ball

c)

Cannon Ball

d)

Bottle Rocket

15.
How was the railroad Mr. Lincoln’s most important weapon?
a)
It could transport Union Soldiers and supplies more quickly
b)
Trains are faster than horses
c)
Lincoln liked to vacation
d)
Trains would run over enemy soldiers
16.

What crop that was grown in the south made some southerners very wealthy? Troops could not eat it though.

a)

Corn

b)

Green Beans

c)

Soy Beans

d)

Cotton

17.
What is one advantage the Union had over the Confederacy?
a)
railroads
b)
factories
c)
telegraph
d)
all of the above
18.
The new system of long distance communication is known as _____.
a)
email
b)
telegraph
c)
walkie talkie
d)
telephone
19.
President of the Union/USA during the Civil War
a)
Lincoln
b)
Davis
c)
Reagan
d)
Jefferson
20.
Clara Barton was a battlefield nurse who started the ________ after the war, and it still helps people today.
a)
Red Cross
b)
St. Vincent's Hospital
c)
hospital movement
d)
Democratic Party
21.
War strategy used by General William Sherman in which the enemy's civilian population ( people not in army), become targets.
a)
blockade
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
Total War
d)
Duck and Cover
22.

Huge 3 day battle in the North that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

The Atlanta Campaign

d)

The Wilderness

23.
The 1st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
24.

What Indian tribe is the enemy of the Lakota people led by Chief Ten Bears?

a)

Kiowa

b)

Navajo

c)

Apache

d)

Pawnee

25.

After Dunbar is given orders to be stationed at Fort Sedgewick, the Major who issued the order:

a)

Kills himself

b)

Burns the copy of orders

c)

Yells at LT Dunbar

d)

Predicts that he will die alone in the fort

26.

The native group that John Dunbar visits with and learns about is part of which tribe?

a)

Pawnee

b)

Mohawk

c)

Sioux

d)

Blackfeet

27.

Why is Dunbar convinced that he must leave the Sioux/Lakota tribe?

a)

He wants to return to the US Army

b)

He is afraid that he will cause soldiers to always seek the Lakota camp and endanger the whole tribe

c)

He is afraid of losing touch with his family back home.

d)

He is embarrassed of all white men and wants to leave the Natives out of shame

28.

What is the importance of both the suicide of MAJ Fambrough and the murder of Timmons?

a)

Both are close friends to Lt Dunbar

b)

They are the ones who pay Lt Dunbar

c)

They are the only 2 American people who know where LT Dunbar is

d)

They could have stopped the war between Pawnee and Sioux

29.

Ten Bears says "The white men who wore this came around the time of my grandfather's grandfather. Eventually we drove them out. Then the Mexicans came. But they do not come here anymore. In my own time, the Texans. They have been like all the others. They take without asking. But I think you are right. I think they will keep coming. When I think of that, I look at this ______. I don't know if we are ready for these people."

What is he holding and looking at while he talks?

a)

a Spanish Helmet

b)

A European sword

c)

An American flag.

d)

A British helmet

30.

The name of a Spanish ship which landed in New York which had been taken over by slaves was called the ________________.

a)

Captain America

b)

the Slave Ship

c)

Titanic

d)

Amistad

31.

Who became the primary lawyer for the captives from the Amistad and won the first trial at state level?

a)

Bald Roger

b)

Roger Baldwin

c)

Mason Rodgers

d)

Phillip Henry Sheridan

32.

James Covey became invaluable to the defense of the Amistad slaves through his role as:

a)

Lawyer

b)

Cook

c)

Interpreter

d)

Blacksmith

33.

Based on movie scenes alone, why did President Van Buren want the captives to lose their case? Choose more than one correct answer:

a)

He feared re-election, and .

b)

was worried about a civil war

c)

feared retaliation from Spain

d)

He hated black people

34.

The leader of the slave uprising aboard the Amistad, and the leader of the slaves from then on:

a)

Joseph Cinque

b)

James Covey

c)

John Forsyth

d)

Theodore Joadson

35.

What is the biggest barrier for the Amistad slaves and their legal representatives?

a)

language

b)

religion

c)

diet

d)

racism

36.

Did the Amistad incident take place before, during, or after the US Civil War?

a)

After

b)

Before

c)

During

37.

The Salem Witch Trials took place in what century?

a)

1000s

b)

1600s

c)

1900s

d)

1800s

38.
The witchcraft hysteria was started by 
a)
the ministers of the town
b)
the governor of the colony
c)
the courts
d)
a group of young girls
39.
What colony was Salem located in?
a)
New York
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Virginia
d)
Rhode Island
40.

Which European country ruled the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Canada

41.

What event launched the paranoia in Salem, and sent officials hunting for witches in the colony?

a)

Children and some adults were mysteriously abducted for weeks at a time and returned weeks later with no memory

b)

Farm animals started disappearing and turning up miles away

c)

A young girl pretended to be afflicted by a devilish curse, having fits and convulsions to avoid questions about a moonlight dance and fire

d)

Suspicious fires started in the middle of the night, burning down village houses

42.

What is the name of Arthur Miller's play, and the '90s movie we watched, that is based on the Salem Witchcraft Trials?

a)

The Crucifix

b)

The Crucible

c)

The Witches of Salem

d)

The Red Scare

43.

Daniel Plainview is shown in the movie with a son. What happened to the real father of the boy who is claimed as Daniel's son?

a)

He was murdered by gangsters

b)

He was killed in a bar brawl

c)

He was killed in an oil drilling accident

d)

He was abducted by an alien spacecraft

44.

Name the oil company owned by John D. Rockefeller that Daniel was competing with for prime oil country.

a)

Standard Oil

b)

American Oil

c)

Marathon Petroleum

d)

Fairgrove Oil and Propane

45.

Daniel Plainview murders Eli Sunday using what implement?

a)

candlestick

b)

rope

c)

bowling ball

d)

bowling pin

46.

Daniel treats the now grown HW with anger and contempt when HW informs him that:

a)

he has married Mary and had a child

b)

he wants to start his own oil company and dissolve their existing partnership

c)

he has become lost and turned to Eli's church for salvation

d)

he knows Daniel killed the imposter

47.

At the end of the movie, why does Daniel no longer care about the Bandy tract of land in Little Boston?

a)

his company has already secretly drained it dry

b)

he has so much oil money that he no longer cares

c)

he hates Eli with such passion that he won't give him money for anything

d)

he knows the Bandy tract never had any oil on it anyway

48.

During Daniel and Eli's climactic scene, Daniel forces Eli to say a specific statement. What is it?

a)

"You are a better man than I am!"

b)

"I do not love God, I love money!"

c)

"I am a false prophet God is a superstition!"

d)

"I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"

49.

Why does Daniel agree to Bandy's demand that "You should be washed in the blood of Jesus Christ."

a)

He wants Bandy's land

b)

Bandy shows him the pistol used by Daniel in Henry's murder

c)

Daniel is attracted to Bandy's daughter

d)

Daniel honestly wants to be baptized in the local church

50.
As far as Rockefeller was concerned, the --- part of the oil business basically consisted of gambling.
   
a)
a. transport 
b)
b. pumping
c)
c. drilling
d)
d. selling
51.

According to Rockefeller, the way to get rich from the oil business was to do what?

a)

a. Compress it

b)

b. Fry food in it and then sell the food

c)

c. Recycle it

d)

d. Refine it

52.
What did Rockefeller name his company?

a)
a. Radiant Oil 
b)
b. Standard Oil 
c)
c. Explosive Oil 
d)
d. Holy Oil 
53.
What did the name of Rockefeller’s company suggest about the product he was selling? 
a)
a. It couldn’t cause fires. 
b)
b. It was of a uniform quality. 
c)
c. It had been blessed by the church. 
d)
d. It produced the best light. 
54.
By the time he was finished, Rockefeller controlled --- of the North American oil supply.
a)
a. 20% 
b)
b. 50%
c)
 c. 70%
d)
d. 90%
55.

Based on what we saw in The Men Who Built America, which phrase best summarizes Rockefeller’s personal philosophy about business?

a)

a. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”

b)

b. “Government interventionism”

c)

c. “You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold”

d)

d. “Survival of the fittest”

56.

The Free state of Jones took place in the Confederate state of

a)

Mississippi

b)

Arizona

c)

Florida

d)

Virginia

57.

Newton Knight was a medical corps soldier in the which army?

a)

Union

b)

French

c)

American Expeditionary Force

d)

Confederacy

58.

During the Salem Witch Trials, the court permitted witnesses to testify that they had seen the accused as

spirits or in visions that only they could see. This is called

a)

Utter tripe

b)

Spirit writing

c)

Spectral evidence

d)

solid evidence

59.

The events in colonial Salem influence us even today, as we call condemning people based on false or unverified accusations a:

a)

Witch Hunt

b)

Red Herring

c)

Kangaroo Court

d)

Rigged System

60.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1776
d)
2007
61.

This leader in Jamestown said: "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?

a)

Chief Powhatan

b)

Christopher Newport

c)

Lord De La Warr

d)

Captain John Smith

e)

Mr. Beauvais

62.

What was the name of the Native girl who told the Powhatan they should get along with the Jamestown settlers and help them survive?

a)

Belle

b)

Ariel

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Rapunzel

63.

The colony of Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

Florida

d)

New York

64.
Why did Jamestown need tobacco to survive?
a)
Because the American Indians would not help them.
b)
Because they never found any real gold.
c)
Because they were addicted to smoking.
d)
Because people in England would not buy anything else.
65.

What charges were levied on the Amistad slaves?

a)

rape and theft

b)

perjury and murder

c)

piracy and kidnapping

d)

murder and piracy

66.

What country's Navy destroyed the slave fortress at Lomboko at the end of the movie Amistad?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

United States

d)

Portugal

e)

Latveria

67.

The ethnic group in Africa that Cinque and most of the Amistad slaves were from. Also the language they spoke:

a)

Tamarind

b)

Middow

c)

Mende

d)

Swahili

68.

The 2 countries that brought almost 12 million slaves into the New World were:

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

France and Denmark

c)

Britain and Poland

d)

Britain and France

69.

Christian Bale's character was named ________________. He married Pocahontas and later brought her back to England with him.

a)

John Rolfe

b)

Alfred Borden

c)

Bruce Wayne

d)

Patrick Bateman

70.

The Powhatan were the local native inhabitants of what area of the English Colonies:

a)

Jamestown

b)

Salem

c)

Plymouth

d)

Roanoke

71.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
72.

The leader of England during the US Revolutionary War was

a)

George III

b)

John Hancock

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

73.

The American colonists felt that the English government made them...

a)

work too hard for no pay

b)

follow unfair laws with no say in correcting them

c)

buy too much tea and crumpets from England

d)

buy too many clothes from shoddy companies

74.

The Revolutionary War ended when the Patriots surrounded the British troops and Cornwallis had no choice but to surrender.

a)

True

b)

False

75.

What is the time period of the U.S. Revolutionary War?

a)

1751-1780

b)

1774-1790

c)

1775-1783

d)

1861-1865

76.

Who was the commander of the Continental Army in the US revolution?

a)

Joseph Brant

b)

George Washington

c)

James Forteen

d)

John Paul Jones

77.

Name given to a colonist who supported the King and Great Britain?

a)

patriot

b)

neutralist

c)

loyalist

d)

philosopher

78.

The name given to people who supported the Revolution, and wanted independence from the British?

a)

patriot

b)

neutralist

c)

loyalist

d)

philosopher

79.
What was one of the most important natural resources for the Plains people?
a)
fish
b)
buffalo
c)
trees
d)
whale
80.
Why did having horses make hunting easier for Western Plains people?
a)
The horses were friendly with the buffalo
b)
The horses made hunting faster and easier
c)
The horses did tricks that confused the buffalo
d)
The horses were strong enough to carry 3 Indians. 
81.
Federal land set aside for Native Americans
a)
Reservation
b)
Vigilantes
c)
Battle of Little Big Horn
d)
Gold standard
82.

Native Americans used what part of a killed buffalo?

a)

hide

b)

bones

c)

meat

d)

All of these are correct

83.

Historical movies can be described best as:

a)

A faithful, very accurate portrayal of real events as they happened

b)

Documentaries, but ones that use actors

c)

Semi-accurate, but useful, entertainment that can convey life during a time or event

d)

an utter waste of time, man

84.

When Daniel lets Eli in on the fact that his company had long ago slant-drilled for the oil on the Bandy tract, he uses this quote:

a)

I'm finished!

b)

You're an imbecile Eli, and I hate you!

c)

I drink your milkshake!

d)

My milkshake brings all the boy to the yard!

85.

What does Dunbar decide to call his wolf friend?

a)

Jake

b)

White Socks

c)

Two Socks

d)

Grey Tail

86.

Stands with a Fist came to live in the village with Kicking Bird after

a)

Her family was killed by Sioux

b)

Her family was killed by Pawnee

c)

She wandered away from her family and they were never able to find her

d)

She ran away from the wagon train she was on

87.

Lt. Dunbar was awarded with what in exchange for his "courage" during the Civil War battle?

a)

a horse

b)

a sword

c)

his choice of his next assignment

d)

a pet wolf

88.

After the main buffalo herd is located by a group of Sioux warriors and Lieutenant Dunbar, what device does Dunbar produce that fascinates his friend Kicking Bird?

a)

camera

b)

rifle

c)

telescope

d)

compass

89.

What does LT Dunbar do to avoid having an amputation?

a)

Knocks the doctor unconscious and steals a train

b)

Steals a scalpel and holds a nurse hostage

c)

Sneaks away while doctor is on a break and goes back to his unit on the frontline

d)

Plans an escape with Wind in His Hair

90.

Who was this man, the overall commander of British forces in the film?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

William Tavington

c)

Leroy Jenkins

d)

Benedict Arnold

91.

In The Free State of Jones, Newton Knight is assigned what duty in order to avoid killing other men?

a)

Clerk/ secretary

b)

medical orderly

c)

musician

d)

blacksmith

92.

Newton Knight utilizes his skills as a former ________ to help free a fellow freedom fighter from his slave collar:

a)

blacksmith

b)

magician

c)

soldier

d)

thief

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