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Missouri History

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the state tree?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Flowering Catstone
c)
Walnut
d)
Lebanon Cedar
2.
What do the bears symbolize on the state seal?
a)
Missouri's status and growth
b)
strength and citizen bravery
c)
Just wanted to show the Cubs what a real bear looks like
d)
Dangers of westward expansion
3.
Which stripe on state flag represents purity?
a)
White
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Grizzly Bears
4.
What is the state bird?
a)
Cardinal
b)
Blue Bird
c)
Blue Jay
d)
Bald Eagle
5.
How many stars are on the state seal?
a)
50
b)
35
c)
24
d)
16
6.
What is the state insect?
a)
Grasshopper
b)
Honey Bee
c)
Missouri Monarch Butterfly
d)
Queen Bee
7.
What is the state animal?
a)
Missouri Mule
b)
Cardinal
c)
Otter
d)
Deer
8.
What is the state flower?
a)
Flowering Dogwood
b)
Hawthorne
c)
Crysanthemum
d)
Tulip
9.
What is Missouri's Capital city?
a)
Van Buren City
b)
Columbia City
c)
Jefferson City
d)
Kansas City
10.
What year did Missouri OFFICIALLY become a state? 
a)
2017
b)
1803
c)
1820
d)
1821
11.
What is the state fish of Missouri?
a)
Blue Catfish
b)
Channel Catfish
c)
Bullhead Catfish
d)
Fish Sticks
12.
Who founded first European settlement in Missouri?
a)
English colonists
b)
French fur traders
c)
Viking explorers
d)
United States soldiers after 1812 war
13.
What does the moon on the state seal symbolize?
a)
Cheshire Cat
b)
Strength
c)
Status and Growth
d)
The Gateway Arch
14.
What year did Lewis and Clark come through Missouri?
a)
180?
b)
1802
c)
1804
d)
1865
15.
Which state also joined the union as part of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Kansas
b)
Mainsylvania
c)
Maine
d)
Arkansas
16.

Who did Jefferson send on the expedition to learn about the land in the West?

a)

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

b)

Stephen Long

c)

George Sibley

d)

Zebulon Pike

17.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
18.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
19.
What is one river that is in Missouri?
a)
Nile River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Clear Creek River
d)
North Platte River
20.

What event nearly doubled the size of the United States?

a)

an expedition

b)

the Missouri Compromise

c)

the Louisiana Purchase

d)

when Missouri became a state

21.

What Shoshone Indian joined Lewis and Clark on the expedition?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Mary Easton Sibley

c)

York

d)

Stephen Long

22.

What number state was Missouri?

a)

21st

b)

11th

c)

50th

d)

24th

23.

Which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Asia

24.

Who was the president of the United States when the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

25.

From which state did Lewis and Clark leave on their journey?

a)

Kansas

b)

Louisiana

c)

Missouri

d)

Montana

26.

A large area of land along the Mississippi River was claimed for France by Robert de la Salle. What did he name this area?

a)

St. Genevieve

b)

Missouri

c)

St. Louis

d)

Louisiana

27.

In 1803 President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for

a)

$15,000

b)

$3 million

c)

$15 million

d)

$100,000

28.

Why were Lewis and Clark sent on an expedition of the Louisiana Purchase? Choose 3 answers.

a)

to find a route for the railroad

b)

to report about the land

c)

to report on the Native Americans

d)

to deliver mail to California

e)

to report about the animals

29.

It was important to Congress to keep the number of free states and slave states even to avoid fighting and conflict.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Congress adopted the Missouri Compromise. Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine would be admitted as a free state.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Missouri Compromise also created an "imaginary" line that divided the Louisiana Purchase. Slavery would not be permitted north of this line, but would be permitted south of the line.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Who was Dred Scott?

a)

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

b)

leader of the Underground Railroad

c)

a slave who brought a case to the Supreme Court to for freedom

d)

a slave owner

33.

The Dred Scott case made things better between the North and the South. It did NOT contribute to the start of the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Who was an author from Hannibal that wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Thomas Hart Benton

35.

Who was a famous scientist that worked with plants and taught farmers about crop rotation?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Thomas Hart Benton

36.

Who was a famous artist that painted murals showing ordinary people doing regular things?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Thomas Hart Benton

37.

Who was a famous author that wrote the Little House on the Prairie series of books?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Thomas Hart Benton

38.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The North (Union)

b)

The South (Confederates)

39.

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

40.

What helped the growth of travel and industry in Missouri?

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Railroad

c)

Factories

d)

Strike

41.

Why was Missouri Chosen to host the 1904 World's Fair?

a)

Most people liked to visit St. Louis

b)

That's where the carnival took place.

c)

Missouri had grown to be one of the largest states in the U.S.

d)

It was popular because the Olympics had been held there the previous year.

42.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

Was not a read railroad, but a network of secret routes that led north to freedom

b)

Was a subway that went to freedom

c)

Was another word for the trail Lewis and Clark took

d)

A river that led slaves to the North.

43.
What does "Missouri" mean?
a)
Land of mighty rivers
b)
Show me
c)
Land of large canoes
d)
Muddy Waters
44.
Which one of these people are from Missouri and was famous?
a)
Yogi Bear
b)
Beyonce
c)
Mark Twain
d)
Donald Trump
45.
What is the Missouri state instrument?
a)
guitar
b)
drums
c)
piano
d)
fiddle
46.
Which answer is not part of the three branches of Missouri government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Federal
c)
Judicial
d)
Executive
47.
What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
a)
interpret the laws
b)
make the laws
c)
enforces the laws
48.
What is the job of the Executive Branch?
a)
interpret the laws
b)
make the laws
c)
enforce the laws
49.
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
a)
interpret the laws
b)
make the laws
c)
enforce the laws
50.
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
a)
interpret the laws
b)
make the laws
c)
enforce the laws
51.
Who are the people appointed by the governor to interpret the laws?
a)
Judges
b)
police officers
c)
committee members
d)
appeals
52.
Who is the head of the executive branch?
a)
governor
b)
attorney general
c)
judge
d)
lieutenant governor 
53.
What is the highest court in the state?
a)
circuit court
b)
small claims court
c)
Supreme Court
d)
county courts
54.
What is another name for a suggested law?
a)
a bill
b)
an amendment
c)
a document
55.
Which branch of government makes the laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Superlative
d)
Judicial
56.
Which branch of government enforces/carries out the laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Superlative
d)
Judicial
57.
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Superlative
d)
Judicial
58.
The governor can veto or sign bills into law.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
The three levels of Missouri's court system are circuit courts, court of appeals, and the supreme court.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
The governor is commander-in-chief of the state militia.
a)
True
b)
False
61.
The legislative branch includes senators and representatives.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
The Senate is in the Legislative Branch.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
The Secretary of State is in the Legislative branch of government.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
Why is the Dissected Till Plain called the Glaciated Till Plain?
a)
There were glaciers. 
b)
The river looked like glass.
c)
They had a lot of grass. 
d)
They had swamps.
65.
What is one river that is in Missouri?
a)
Nile River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Clear Creek River
d)
North Platte River
66.
Why did it flood in the Till Plain?
a)
They lived in a valley (low area). 
b)
They were an island.
c)
The two rivers met in this region. 
d)
They had lots of swamps. 
67.

What was NOT a goal of the expedition to the West?

a)

Find an all water route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean

b)

Meet American Indians and tell them that the people in the U.S. wanted to live in peace

c)

Bring back written notes about new plants and animals

d)

Build a fort to protect people from Native Americans

e)

Make maps of the land

68.

What river did Lewis and Clark sail when they left St. Louis?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Platte River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Pacific

69.

What was the name of Lewis and Clark's expedition?

a)

Corps of Discovery

b)

Corps of Explorers

c)

Lewis and Clark's Corps

d)

Expedition to the Pacific

70.

Which of the following was NOT something Lewis and Clark were asked to do on their expedition west?

a)

learn about trade in the northwest

b)

make maps

c)

record plants and animals they saw

d)

fight off Native Americans

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