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Practice Exam Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most important to the survival of the American Indians? 
a)
home ownership
b)
trading with other tribes for needs
c)
ability to use natural resorces
d)
warm and mild climate
2.

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 declared that?

a)

Slaves in the U.S. territories were free

b)

Slaves in Confederate states were free

c)

Slaves throughout the North American Continent were free

d)

Slaves in the Union were free

3.

Which was Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Sugar Acts

c)

Quartering Acts

d)

Stamp Acts

4.

It was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced readers that independence was the key to a brighter future.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Common Nonsense

c)

Federalist Papers

d)

Articles of Confederation

5.
What was the first Battle of the American Revolution 
a)
Saratoga 
b)
Valley Forge 
c)
Lexington and Concord 
d)
Yorktown
6.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

The document signed giving us our independence from Great Britain.

b)

The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.

c)

The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.

d)

The first 11 amendments added to the Constitution.

7.
The idea that the common people should control the government
a)
Spoils system
b)
Corrupt Bargain
c)
American system
d)
Jacksonian Democracy
8.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
Monroe Doctrine 
c)
Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
9.

Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?

a)

wounds

b)

disease

c)

frostbite

d)

starvation

10.

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

a)

to abolish slavery

b)

to provide citizenship to former slaves

c)

to allow freedmen to run for office

d)

to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

11.

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

to give all citizens the right to vote

b)

to provide education for all citizens

c)

to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

d)

to protect the voting rights of African American men

12.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

13.
The Olive Branch Petition was written as a last attempt at …
a)
Freedom 
b)
Peace 
c)
Loyalty 
d)
Rebellion 
14.

What document ended the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Treaty of France

b)

The Treaty of England

c)

The Treaty of America

d)

The Treaty of Paris

15.

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was...

a)

The Battle of Yorktown

b)

The Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

The Battle of Saratoga

d)

The Battle of Trenton

16.

What event is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

17.

When was the Declaration of Independence approved?

a)

July 4, 1775

b)

July 4, 1776

c)

July 4, 1777

d)

July 4, 1778

18.
The three branches of government are ________________
a)
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
b)
Legislative, Judicial, and National
c)
Executive, Principle, and Judicial
d)
Judicial, National, and Legislative
19.
The idea that the common people should control the government
a)
Spoils system
b)
Corrupt Bargain
c)
American system
d)
Jacksonian Democracy
20.

The Colombian Exchange refers to:

a)

the military conflict between Old and New World

b)

the transfer of peoples, plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New World

c)

the control of the Caribbean basin by Christopher Columbus and members of his family

d)

the exchange of scientific knowledge from the New World to the Old.

21.
Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
22.
The Trail of Tears refers to
a)
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
b)
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
c)
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
d)
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
23.

What event is the following Paul Revere engraving referring?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massace

c)

Proclamation 1763

d)

French and Indian War

24.
What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?
a)
Constitution
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Articles of Confederation
25.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a)
to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
b)
the start the American Revolution
c)
to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.
d)
to instruct how a county wins its freedom.
26.

A change to the constitution is called a(n)

a)

law

b)

bill

c)

amendment

d)

compromise

27.

Which of these events is referred as the "Trail of Tears"?

a)

the 1828 presidential campaign

b)

the final battle of War of 1812

c)

Black Hawk War

d)

the forced removal of Cherokees from Georgia

28.

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?

a)

a conflict between factory owners in cities

b)

a shift of handmade products to machine-made products

c)

a decrease in immigrant labor and increase in slave labor

d)

a change from private to government owned businesses

29.

These colonies largely depended on slave labor because of cash crops

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

30.

Which state did the U.S. gain from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

Oregon

d)

Missouri

31.
Appomattox Court House is important because....
a)
This is where the South got new weapons
b)
this is where the South kidnapped President Lincoln
c)
this is where the Civil War ended and the South surrendered.
d)
This is where both sides enjoyed a concert in the park
32.

What event is the following Paul Revere engraving referring?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massace

c)

Proclamation 1763

d)

French and Indian War