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WorksheetsChapter 2: Americans and Their History
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is a constitution?
a plan of government
a plan of action
a plan of improvement
a plan of independence
What is a depression?
when time passes slowly
a period of time when all people are sad
to break away or formally withdraw
a period of time when the economy slows down and people lose their jobs
What is an archeologist?
people who study arches
people who study the theory of time
people who study the artifacts of ancient cultures
people who study the economy
Define secede:
to break
to break away or formally withdraw
to succeed
to prove military success in a battle
How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., help pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a union of farm workers.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality by leading nonviolent protests.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to give his seat up on a segregated bus in Montgomery.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served on the Supreme Court.
The South was largely a farming region that used enslaved Africans to work in cotton fields. How were the states in the North different?
The North used enslaved workers in its factories.
The North was also a farming region, but used free labor.
The North had factories in its cities and used free labor.
The North did not have any farms.
Why was the Soviet Union threatened by the United States after World War II?
The United States did not want to adopt communism.
The United States put two men on the moon in 1969.
The United States did not want communism to spread.
The United States was a superpower with atomic bombs.
What year did Japan attack the United States naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?
1938
1939
1941
1945
Historians and archeologists believe the first Americans came from Asia. How did these people travel to the Americas?
Thousand of years ago, they walked on land that connected Asia to the Americas.
They sailed on ships from Asia to the Americas.
They walked on land that connected Asia to South America.
Hundreds of years ago, they walked on land that connected Asia to the Americas.
Why did Native American groups move to reservations in the 1800s?
The government forced Native American groups to move to reservations.
Native American groups sold their land to settlers.
Native American groups were tired of running from the government.
Native American groups moved to reservations because they did not want to share land with settlers.
What did President Thomas Jefferson buy from Napoleon in 1803?
Spanish Florida
Spanish Mexico
Northwest Territory
Louisiana Territory
Which is true about the Louisiana Purchase?
The French kept control of the Missouri River.
It doubled the size of the United States.
Land sold to the U.S. became parts of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana.
Sacajawea played an important role in the sale of the land to the U.S.
Which Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Why did many Americans move west in the 1840s?
The West was easy to get to from the East Coast.
The East was becoming too crowded for new settlers.
Settlers and Native American groups were not able to live together in the East.
Settlers moved west in search of land and gold.
Which New Deal program still exists today?
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Social Security
Why were colonists in North America angry with Great Britain?
Colonists felt Great Britain was taking away their rights.
Great Britain ignored the colonists.
Colonists wanted to vote in the next election in Great Britain.
Great Britain would not let colonists form a new government.
What is communism?
a country that doesn't like the United States
a country where the government controls everything
a country where the government does not control anything
an organization that helps countries avoid war
Why did communism cause tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?
the United States did not want communism to spread and the Soviet Union did want communism to spread
the United States did want communism to spread the Soviet Union did not want communism to spread
communism always causes tension
communism causes countries to fight over missiles
Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
men who played an important role in the writing of the Declaration of Independence
explorers who led an expedition to find a route to the Pacific Ocean
important men who fought in the American Revolution
explorers who led an expedition to find a route Europe
What was the purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Coast? Choose 2.
to find a river route to the Pacific Ocean
to explore the river in the United States
to scout the Louisiana Territory
to make contact with the Native Americans in the region
What is an expedition?
a journey made to discover oceans
a journey made to find food
a journey made for a special purpose
a journey made to find states
Why were Southerners angry when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?
Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery
Lincoln was a bad choice for president
Lincoln wanted to keep slavery
Lincoln wanted to build more factories
How did Southern states respond to President Lincoln’s election?
the Southern states created a new amendment
the Southern states built more factories
the Southern states ignored Lincoln
many Southern states seceded from the Union
What did the Southern states name their new nation?
the Confederate States of America
the Constitutional States of America
the Land of the Free
the Home of the Brave
Who did the Southern states elect to be their first president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Why were some Americans unhappy about the groups of immigrants who came to the United States in the 1800s? Choose 2.
Americans were afraid immigrants would take their jobs
they were nervous about people whose religions and customs were different
the immigrants believed in communism
Americans were afraid immigrants would start a depression
The Southern economy depended on:
plantations being built all the time
slave labor on the plantations
communism
the Louisiana Purchase
Why did large American cities need immigrants?
businesses were failing and people were losing money
the large industries growing in the United States needed workers
there were many empty apartments that needed to be rented
electricity was invented
Definition:
the planting and growing of crops for food
Find the vocabulary term:
culture
agriculture
hunter-gatherers
tradition
Definition:
someone who represents a group of people
Find the vocabulary term:
delegate
amendment
ratify
congress
Definition:
an area that is governed by a country but is not a state
Find the vocabulary term:
amendment
congress
the west
territory
Definition:
the period of time when the South was rebuilt
Find the vocabulary term:
segregation
Reconstruction
abolitionist
reservation
Definition:
when a leader has complete control over a country
Find the vocabulary term:
Hitler
facism
depression
communism
Definition:
when the government controls the economic and political systems
Find the vocabulary term:
Cold War
communism
fascism
Civil Rights
What does this mean:
believing in the ideas of freedom, equality, and improving living conditions for all people
basic values of communism
basic values of facism
basic values of the United States
basic values
Definition:
the way things stay the same
Find the vocabulary term:
continuity
sameness
interdependent
Civil Rights
The growing United States was known as a...
"land of opportunity"
"land of diversity"
"land of choices"
"land of immigrants"
The word diverse means...
immigrant
new
economy
varied
Who was Robert E. Lee?
a Union general
President of the Confederacy
an abolitionist and newspaper publisher
a Confederate general
Some Americans were afraid immigrants to the United States would take their jobs.
true
false
Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery in the United States.
true
false
Southerners were angry when Lincoln was elected president.
true
false
The Civil War was fought over slavery. The Northern states wanted to abolish slavery and the Southern states wanted to keep slavery.
true
false
The Soviet Union was a communist country that wanted to spread communism in the world.
true
false
The cold war was (Country A) versus (Country B).
United States vs Soviet Union
United States vs Russia
United States vs Japan
United States vs Communism
