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Chapter 2: Americans and Their History

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a constitution?

a)

a plan of government

b)

a plan of action

c)

a plan of improvement

d)

a plan of independence

2.

What is a depression?

a)

when time passes slowly

b)

a period of time when all people are sad

c)

to break away or formally withdraw

d)

a period of time when the economy slows down and people lose their jobs

3.

What is an archeologist?

a)

people who study arches

b)

people who study the theory of time

c)

people who study the artifacts of ancient cultures

d)

people who study the economy

4.

Define secede:

a)

to break

b)

to break away or formally withdraw

c)

to succeed

d)

to prove military success in a battle

5.

How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., help pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a union of farm workers.

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality by leading nonviolent protests.

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to give his seat up on a segregated bus in Montgomery.

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served on the Supreme Court.

6.

The South was largely a farming region that used enslaved Africans to work in cotton fields. How were the states in the North different?

a)

The North used enslaved workers in its factories.

b)

The North was also a farming region, but used free labor.

c)

The North had factories in its cities and used free labor.

d)

The North did not have any farms.

7.

Why was the Soviet Union threatened by the United States after World War II?

a)

The United States did not want to adopt communism.

b)

The United States put two men on the moon in 1969.

c)

The United States did not want communism to spread.

d)

The United States was a superpower with atomic bombs.

8.

What year did Japan attack the United States naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?

a)

1938

b)

1939

c)

1941

d)

1945

9.

Historians and archeologists believe the first Americans came from Asia. How did these people travel to the Americas?

a)

Thousand of years ago, they walked on land that connected Asia to the Americas.

b)

They sailed on ships from Asia to the Americas.

c)

They walked on land that connected Asia to South America.

d)

Hundreds of years ago, they walked on land that connected Asia to the Americas.

10.

Why did Native American groups move to reservations in the 1800s?

a)

The government forced Native American groups to move to reservations.

b)

Native American groups sold their land to settlers.

c)

Native American groups were tired of running from the government.

d)

Native American groups moved to reservations because they did not want to share land with settlers.

11.

What did President Thomas Jefferson buy from Napoleon in 1803?

a)

Spanish Florida

b)

Spanish Mexico

c)

Northwest Territory

d)

Louisiana Territory

12.

Which is true about the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

The French kept control of the Missouri River.

b)

It doubled the size of the United States.

c)

Land sold to the U.S. became parts of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana.

d)

Sacajawea played an important role in the sale of the land to the U.S.

13.

Which Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

George Washington

d)

Patrick Henry

14.

Why did many Americans move west in the 1840s?

a)

The West was easy to get to from the East Coast.

b)

The East was becoming too crowded for new settlers.

c)

Settlers and Native American groups were not able to live together in the East.

d)

Settlers moved west in search of land and gold.

15.

Which New Deal program still exists today?

a)

Public Works Administration (PWA)

b)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

d)

Social Security

16.

Why were colonists in North America angry with Great Britain?

a)

Colonists felt Great Britain was taking away their rights.

b)

Great Britain ignored the colonists.

c)

Colonists wanted to vote in the next election in Great Britain.

d)

Great Britain would not let colonists form a new government.

17.

What is communism?

a)

a country that doesn't like the United States

b)

a country where the government controls everything

c)

a country where the government does not control anything

d)

an organization that helps countries avoid war

18.

Why did communism cause tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?

a)

the United States did not want communism to spread and the Soviet Union did want communism to spread

b)

the United States did want communism to spread the Soviet Union did not want communism to spread

c)

communism always causes tension

d)

communism causes countries to fight over missiles

19.

Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

a)

men who played an important role in the writing of the Declaration of Independence

b)

explorers who led an expedition to find a route to the Pacific Ocean

c)

important men who fought in the American Revolution

d)

explorers who led an expedition to find a route Europe

20.

What was the purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Coast? Choose 2.

a)

to find a river route to the Pacific Ocean

b)

to explore the river in the United States

c)

to scout the Louisiana Territory

d)

to make contact with the Native Americans in the region

21.

What is an expedition?

a)

a journey made to discover oceans

b)

a journey made to find food

c)

a journey made for a special purpose

d)

a journey made to find states

22.

Why were Southerners angry when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?

a)

Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery

b)

Lincoln was a bad choice for president

c)

Lincoln wanted to keep slavery

d)

Lincoln wanted to build more factories

23.

How did Southern states respond to President Lincoln’s election?

a)

the Southern states created a new amendment

b)

the Southern states built more factories

c)

the Southern states ignored Lincoln

d)

many Southern states seceded from the Union

24.

What did the Southern states name their new nation?

a)

the Confederate States of America

b)

the Constitutional States of America

c)

the Land of the Free

d)

the Home of the Brave

25.

Who did the Southern states elect to be their first president?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Frederick Douglass

26.

Why were some Americans unhappy about the groups of immigrants who came to the United States in the 1800s? Choose 2.

a)

Americans were afraid immigrants would take their jobs

b)

they were nervous about people whose religions and customs were different

c)

the immigrants believed in communism

d)

Americans were afraid immigrants would start a depression

27.

The Southern economy depended on:

a)

plantations being built all the time

b)

slave labor on the plantations

c)

communism

d)

the Louisiana Purchase

28.

Why did large American cities need immigrants?

a)

businesses were failing and people were losing money

b)

the large industries growing in the United States needed workers

c)

there were many empty apartments that needed to be rented

d)

electricity was invented

29.

Definition:

the planting and growing of crops for food


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

culture

b)

agriculture

c)

hunter-gatherers

d)

tradition

30.

Definition:

someone who represents a group of people


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

delegate

b)

amendment

c)

ratify

d)

congress

31.

Definition:

an area that is governed by a country but is not a state


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

amendment

b)

congress

c)

the west

d)

territory

32.

Definition:

the period of time when the South was rebuilt


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

segregation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

abolitionist

d)

reservation

33.

Definition:

when a leader has complete control over a country


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

Hitler

b)

facism

c)

depression

d)

communism

34.

Definition:

when the government controls the economic and political systems


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

Cold War

b)

communism

c)

fascism

d)

Civil Rights

35.

What does this mean:

believing in the ideas of freedom, equality, and improving living conditions for all people

a)

basic values of communism

b)

basic values of facism

c)

basic values of the United States

d)

basic values

36.

Definition:

the way things stay the same


Find the vocabulary term:

a)

continuity

b)

sameness

c)

interdependent

d)

Civil Rights

37.

The growing United States was known as a...

a)

"land of opportunity"

b)

"land of diversity"

c)

"land of choices"

d)

"land of immigrants"

38.

The word diverse means...

a)

immigrant

b)

new

c)

economy

d)

varied

39.

Who was Robert E. Lee?

a)

a Union general

b)

President of the Confederacy

c)

an abolitionist and newspaper publisher

d)

a Confederate general

40.

Some Americans were afraid immigrants to the United States would take their jobs.

a)

true

b)

false

41.

Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery in the United States.

a)

true

b)

false

42.

Southerners were angry when Lincoln was elected president.

a)

true

b)

false

43.

The Civil War was fought over slavery. The Northern states wanted to abolish slavery and the Southern states wanted to keep slavery.

a)

true

b)

false

44.

The Soviet Union was a communist country that wanted to spread communism in the world.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

The cold war was (Country A) versus (Country B).

a)

United States vs Soviet Union

b)

United States vs Russia

c)

United States vs Japan

d)

United States vs Communism