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VUS.2-15 SOL Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year was Jamestown Established?

a)

1619

b)

1615

c)

1607

d)

1629

2.

Indentured Servants were people from England, Scotland, or Ireland who agreed to work a period of how many years?

a)

4-7

b)

5-8

c)

3-7

d)

3-5

3.

What are the names of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

b)

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

c)

New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

4.

The First African Americans were brought against their will to Jamestown in what year?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1615

d)

1620

5.

Great Britain and France each wanted to control all of North America

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The British looked to pay off their debt for the war by increasing taxes on American colonists

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In what year was the Bill of Rights established?

a)

1776

b)

1786

c)

1789

8.

The Great Compromise states that...

a)

The new constitution made the Federal Government the supreme law of the land

b)

Each state has two members of the Senate and House of Representatives based on population

c)

For every five slaves, three would count towards the population of the state

d)

Each branch has their own powers and ways to "check" or limit the other branches

9.

In what year did Thomas Jefferson the Louisiana Territory from France?

a)

1803

b)

1802

c)

1804

d)

1807

10.

The North was the more agricultural region while the South was the more Industrial region

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Ft. Sumter

12.

In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected President?

a)

1862

b)

1864

c)

1861

d)

1860

13.

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave up 150 acres of free land to people who agreed to settle and farm the land for a period of 3 years

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Prior to 1871 most immigrants to America came from Northern and Western Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

In what year was Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated?

a)

1913

b)

1916

c)

1912

d)

1914

16.

In what year did the United States enter the war?

a)

1916

b)

1917

c)

1914

d)

1918

17.

Which Amendment prohibited the sale of Alcohol

a)

17th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

18.

In what year was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President?

a)

1932

b)

1933

c)

1937

d)

1931

19.

The Soviet Union invades Poland and the Baltic countries from the East during World War II

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In 1942 Germany launched a sneak attack on the Soviet Union and the Non-Aggression pact was ended

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What year did World War II end?

a)

1941

b)

1944

c)

1945

d)

1947

22.

In what year did the United States enter World War II?

a)

1941

b)

1942

c)

1945

d)

1940

23.

What is the definition of Capitalism?

a)

The idea that all business and land are owned by the government and ultimately the people

b)

A political philosophy that supports private ownership of businesses and land

24.

In what year did North Korea invade South Korea and attempt to make the whole country communist?

a)

1952

b)

1953

c)

1950

d)

1955

25.

The Brown case was one in four cases from different parts of the country that argued for the desegregation of schools

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer from Richmond who led the NAACP Legal Defense team in Virginia

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The Civil Rights movement of the 1940's, 50's and 60's provided a model that other groups have used to extend civil rights and Promote equal justice

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The United States Supreme Court consists of 9 judges who are appointed to lifelong terms

a)

True

b)

False