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Cumulative Review 8.1-8.43

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first permanent English colony?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Roanoke

c)

Jamestown

d)

New Amsterdam

2.

What were the struggles of Jamestown?

a)

They lacked skilled laborers-only gentleman

b)

Couldn't produce food

c)

Clean, fresh water source

d)

Disease

e)

Bison trampling the crops

3.

What was the cash crop that saved Jamestown?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Wheat

d)

Corn

4.

Why did the Pilgrims come to America?

a)

To find gold

b)

To practice their religion freely and without persecution.

c)

To start fresh and have economic opportunities

d)

To start their own theocratic government.

5.

What was the first written plan for a democratic government in North America?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

Common Sense

d)

Mayflower Compact

6.

What are 3 things that Squanto did to help the Pilgrims?

a)

Introduced the Pilgrims to other tribes of Natives.

b)

Showed them where to find gold.

c)

Served as an interpreter with other tribes of natives.

d)

How to plant crops in the sandy soil.

e)

How to worship freely the Native American way.

7.

What colony did the Salem Witch trials take place?

a)

Virginia

b)

Georgia

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

d)

New Jersey

8.

What colony did Roger Williams form in order worship freely and have separation of church and state?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

9.

Who was a female religious leader who was kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and moved to Rhode Island?

a)

Wilma Rudolf

b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

Catherine Wilson

10.

What colony did Thomas Hooker establish for less restrictive political atmosphere?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Georgia

c)

Connecticut

d)

New York

11.

What colony did the Dutch establish? They had huge financial success & the greatest diversity in population?

a)

Virginia

b)

New Netherlands

c)

Maryland

d)

Delaware

12.

What colony did the Quakers establish in order to worship freely?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New York

d)

Maryland

13.

What colony was set up so that debtors could repay their debts?

a)

Georgia

b)

Maryland

c)

Virginia

d)

Delaware

14.

James Oglethorpe established this "buffer" colony?

a)

Georgia

b)

Maryland

c)

Virginia

d)

Delaware

15.

Choose 3 characteristics of the New England colonies.

a)

Timber

b)

Fishing

c)

Shipbuilding

d)

Cash Crops

e)

Long hot summers

16.

Choose 3 characteristics that describe the Middle Colonies.

a)

Rich farmland

b)

Warm summers & mild winters

c)

Thin rocky soil

d)

Cash crops

e)

Grows grains to feed livestock

17.

Choose 3 characteristics of the Southern colonies.

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Thin rocky soil

c)

Fertile soil

d)

Hot, humid summers

e)

Shipbuilding

18.

What were the goals of Spain settling in North America? Choose 3.

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Glory

d)

Fur

19.

What goals did the British have in settling in North America? Choose 3.

a)

Power & glory

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Religious freedom

d)

Fur

e)

Trade with Natives

20.

What was the goal of the French to coming to North America? Choose 3.

a)

Northwest Trade Route

b)

Gold

c)

Fur

d)

Religion

e)

Power

21.

With the rise of plantations, what was an effect?

a)

Rise of debtors

b)

Rise of shipbuilding

c)

Rise of slavery

d)

Rise of factories

22.

Where did the Slave Trade travel. Choose 3.

a)

Europe to Africa carrying items to trade.

b)

Africa to India carrying items to trade.

c)

Africa to America carrying slaves

d)

Africa to India carrying slaves

e)

America to Europe carrying raw materials

23.

What were trade laws that limited colonists from selling their products to countries other than Great Britain?

a)

Trade Laws 1700

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

Shipping Acts

d)

Middle Passage Act

24.

What was the impact of the First Great Awakening on America?

a)

Division in the church's in America

b)

Division among people

c)

Led to more religious tolerance & religious revival

d)

Let to more churches forming and more people involved.

25.

What groups were fighting over the Ohio River Valley? Choose 2.

a)

French & Indians

b)

German and Greeks

c)

British & Colonists

d)

Spanish & Indians

26.

What is the location of the place where the Cherokee promised the colonists they could leave their fort, but later killed them? Hint...it's in Tennessee.

a)

Fort McHenry

b)

Fort Polaski

c)

Fort Raleigh

d)

Fort Loudoun

27.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?

a)

You can not sail back to Britain

b)

You can not cross the Appalachian Mountains

c)

You can not go down the Mississippi River

d)

You can not go north to Canada

28.

Which one of these were acts to repay the debt after the French & Indian War? Choose 3.

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Embargo Act

e)

Treasury Act

29.

What political cartoon did Benjamin Franklin create to inspire the colonies to work together?

a)

Fight and Kill

b)

Work or Die

c)

Join or DIe

d)

Follow or Die

30.

What was the "Shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Battle of Loudoun County

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

31.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

William Wright

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

32.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

William Wallace

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

33.

Someone who lived in America and still had strong feelings towards Great Britain is known as a _____________________.

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalists

34.

Someone who wanted independence from Great Britain is known as a ______________.

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalists

35.

Who used guerrilla warfare in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Patriots

b)

British

36.

Which battle did George Washington sneak up on the British on Christmas after crossing the Delaware River?

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Lexington & Concord

c)

Trenton & Princeton

d)

Yorktown

37.

What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Yorktown

d)

Trenton & Princeton

38.

What was the first national government after the Revolutionary War?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Embargo Act

d)

Bill of Rights

39.

What 2 events displayed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation? Choose 2

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Lost State of Franklin

d)

Nat's Rebellion

40.

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

41.

What are the first 3 words of the Constitution?

a)

"Our citizens will"

b)

"In order to"

c)

"We must see"

d)

"We the people"

42.

To make sure no branch of government becomes more powerful than another, the framers of the Constitution established the principle of __________.

a)

Checks & balances

b)

Confederation

c)

Democracy

d)

Federalism

43.

Was the Bill of Rights originally in the Constitution?

a)

Yes

b)

No

44.

There were some farmers in Pennsylvania who were angry over a tax and began to protest. George Washington stopped them. What was this called?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Whiskey Rebellion

c)

Shays' Rebellion

d)

Brady's Rebellion

45.

Name 3 precedents set by George Washington.

a)

2 terms

b)

"So help me God"

c)

Mr. President

d)

Large navy

e)

Large army

46.

Who believed the Constitution should be read "strictly" and word for word?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

47.

Who was the 2nd president?

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

48.

What country did the XYZ Affair take place?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

Austria

d)

France

49.

What act increased the number of years it took to be a citizen and made it easier to deport people from other countries?

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Alien and Sedition Act

c)

Naturalization Act

d)

Impressment Act

50.

What road did Daniel Boone lead settlers through the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee?

a)

Winding Road

b)

Warrior Road

c)

Wilderness Road

d)

Williams Road

51.

Who was the election of 1800 between?

a)

Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams & George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson & John Adams

d)

George Washington & Benjamin Franklin

52.

What was the drama that played out during the Election of 1800?

a)

There was a tie between Jefferson & Burr and the House of Representatives have vote to break the tie.

b)

John Adams refused to leave office and stayed locked up in the White House.

c)

Burr had a duel with Hamilton. Burr died.

d)

The Senate had to vote 24 times to decide the winner.

53.

Marbury vs Madison set what precedent for the Supreme Court?

a)

Senate review

b)

Presidential review

c)

Congressional review

d)

Judicial review

54.

Click 3 events that occurred during Jefferson's presidency.

a)

Embargo Act

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

Lewis & Clark Expedition

d)

Whiskey Rebellion

e)

Louisiana Purchase

55.

What did the Embargo Act do?

a)

Ended trade with Spain.

b)

Ended trade with England.

c)

Ended trade with all foreign countries.

d)

Ended trade with France.

56.

Who the governor of Indiana who fought Native Americans at the Tippecanoe River?

a)

William Smith

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

Franklin Harrison

d)

Wilson Lewis

57.

Who was the Native American who tried to gather all the Native American tribes together in a confederation to order to gain more power with the U.S. government?

a)

Walking Bull

b)

Tiawanda

c)

Tecumseh

d)

Pohantan

58.

Who became a popular hero after to Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Aaron Burr

59.

What did the Treaty of Ghent do?

a)

End the Revolutionary War

b)

End the War of 1812

c)

Create peace with the Spanish

d)

Create peace with the French

60.

There was a rise in Nationalism after the War of 1812. What is Nationalism?

a)

Pride in your country

b)

Pride in your state

c)

Anger against your country

d)

Anger against your state

61.

What state did the U.S. get with the Adams-Onis Treaty?

a)

Missouri

b)

New Jersey

c)

Alabama

d)

Florida

62.

What foreign policy said the U.S. will stay out of Europe's business and Europe needs stay out of Central and South America?

a)

Adams-Onis Treaty

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Treaty of Ghent

d)

Paris Doctrine

63.

What city is known as the "King of Cotton"?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Nashville

c)

Natchez

d)

Memphis

64.

What was the negative impact of the cotton gin?

a)

It increased the number of slaves

b)

It increased the amount of cities with factories in the south.

c)

It decreased the number of slaves

d)

It caused the south to become dependent on the north.

65.

Which statement is true?

a)

Most people in the south owned at least 100 slaves.

b)

Most people in the south owned 10 slaves.

c)

Most people in the south did not own slaves.

d)

Most people in the south worked in factories.

66.

Click 3 items that illustrate slave resistance.

a)

Poisoning their owners

b)

Stealing items from owners

c)

Breaking the machinery

d)

Pretending not to understand

67.

What were the laws the south established to maintain slavery?

a)

Slave laws

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Code laws

d)

Slave lessons

68.

Click 2 things that Eli Whitney did.

a)

Invent the washing machine

b)

Invent the cotton gin

c)

Invent movable parts

d)

Invent interchangeable parts

69.

Which factory mill had mostly girls working long hours for small wages?

a)

Long Mill

b)

Brady Mill

c)

Lowell Mill

d)

Cannon Mill

70.

Why were most factories originally in New England?

a)

Slow moving rivers to power the factory

b)

Fast moving rivers to power the factory

c)

Rocky soil to build the factory

d)

Wind to power the factory

71.

After awhile they were able to build factories anywhere because of the new power they used. What was this new power?

a)

Steam power

b)

Solar power

c)

Wind power

d)

Water power

72.

Why did many Irish come to America?

a)

Religious persecution

b)

Too many jobs in Ireland

c)

Green bean famine

d)

Potato famine

73.

Click 3 new ways of transportation in the early 1800's.

a)

Canals

b)

Steamboats

c)

Railroads

d)

Cars

e)

Airplanes

74.

Many Americans felt a religious revival that led them to do good deeds and make a difference in society. What was this called?

a)

1st Great Awakening

b)

3rd Great Awakening

c)

2nd Great Awakening

d)

2nd Religious Revival

75.

What is women's suffrage?

a)

Women's right to own a house

b)

Women's right to vote

c)

Women's right to go to college

d)

Women's right to work

76.

Women got together in a convention to discuss social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women. What was this convention called?

a)

Renegade Falls

b)

Niagara Falls

c)

Brady Cannon Falls

d)

Seneca Falls

77.

Which women worked to get women the right to vote?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Susan B Anthony

d)

Wilma Flintstone

e)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

78.

Who were abolitionists who fought for slavery to end? (4 people)

a)

Winston Russell

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Elihu Embree

e)

William Lloyd Garrison

79.

In the Declaration of Sentiments, what was stated?

a)

All women are created equal

b)

All men and women are create equal

80.

Why did the workers in factories in the 1800's want trade unions? (2 answers)

a)

Fair wages

b)

Fair hours

c)

Extra pay

d)

Vacations

81.

What did the 1st Great Awakening believe that people should be responsible for?

a)

Listening to their pastor

b)

Their own salvation

c)

Giving money to the church

d)

Being nice to people

82.

In early America, where did they do fur trading?

a)

Along the coast of the Atlantic

b)

Florida

c)

Along the Gulf of Mexico

d)

In the middle of the country in the Ohio River Valley

83.

Benjamin Franklin made a political cartoon of a snake broken into pieces. What plan was he saying we needed to have?

a)

Philadelphia Plan of Union

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

Unification policy

d)

Stay United policy

84.

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense. What did he suggest that Americans should do?

a)

Remain loyal to the King

b)

Remain loyal to Spain

c)

Declare independence from Britain

d)

Declare independence from France

85.

Which happened first? Lexington & Concord or the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

86.

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Expressing the dream of America

b)

Protecting the natural rights of people

c)

Protecting the rights of men

d)

Declaring independence from France

87.

What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War AND where was the battle?

a)

Bunker Hill/Massachusetts

b)

Lexington & Concord/Massachusetts

c)

Yorktown/Virginia

d)

Fort Loudon/Tennessee

88.

In the Constitutional Convention, what did the large states want & what did the small states want?

a)

Representation based on population & equal representation

b)

Representation based on population & 3 representatives per state

89.

In George Washington's farewell address, what did he warn against?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Spain

c)

Political Parties

d)

Obeying the law

90.

What kind of government did they have in Tennessee in 1796 when they became a state?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Dictator

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Direct democracy

91.

Think about a map of the 13 colonies. What is the order along the southern Atlantic coast?

a)

MA, MD, VA, NY

b)

PA, RI, CT, MD, VA

c)

MD, VA, SC, NC, GA

d)

MA, CT, NY, PA, NH

92.

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

a)

Trade laws that kept colonies from selling their products to any other country besides England.

b)

Laws to limit where ships sailed.

c)

Trade laws the made the colonies sell their products to France.

d)

Laws make U.S. ships to only sail along the coast of Africa.

93.

What the first battle of the American Revolution and the "shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

Yorktown

b)

King's Mountain

c)

Saratoga

d)

Lexington & Concord

94.

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania and what religion did he practice?

a)

William Smith/Catholic

b)

James Oglethorpe/Methodist

c)

William Penn/Quaker

d)

Roger Williams/Baptist

95.

What was the first permanent English colony and where was it located?

a)

Jamestown/Virginia

b)

Plymouth/Massachusetts

c)

New Amsterdam/New York

d)

Massachusetts Bay Colony/Massachusetts

96.

What is the economic policy whereby the goal for a country is to export more goods to foreign countries than it imported?

a)

Trade balance

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Economic opportunity

97.

What did the Lost State of Franklin and Shays Rebellion show the new country?

a)

The Articles of Confederation were strong enough

b)

The Articles of Confederation were not strong enough.

98.

Alexander Hamilton believed the Constitution should be interpreted loosely...read between the lines.

a)

True

b)

False

99.

Thomas Jefferson believed the Constitution should be read loosely...read between the lines.

a)

True

b)

False

100.

What were 4 things that occurred during Thomas Jefferson's presidency?

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Barbary Pirates

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Lewis & Clark Expedition

e)

Louisiana Purchase

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