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Jefferson to Civil War

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

U.S. Supreme Court Case that established "judicial review"

a)

Roe v Wade

b)

Marbury v Madison

c)

McCulloch v Maryland

d)

Obergfell v Hodges

2.

U.S. Supreme Court case that solidified the supreme court as the highest court in America

a)

Marbury v Madison

b)

Dred Scott decision

c)

McCulloch v Maryland

d)

Miranda v Arizona

3.

Who was the third president of the United States?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Aaron Burr

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

Which president negotiated for the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

James Monroe

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

James Madison

5.

Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Hiawatha

c)

Sacagewea

d)

Shoshona

6.

Who was the fourth president of the United States?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Adams

7.

Which war was nicknamed "Mr. Madison's War"

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Mexican-American War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Civil War

8.

What was the nickname given to the USS Constitution?

a)

Old Ironsides

b)

Rough and Ready

c)

The great ship

d)

Ole Ironclad

9.

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

Oliver Hazard Perry

d)

Francis Scott Key

10.

What officially ended the War of 1812?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Ghent

d)

Peace of Westphalia

11.

Who was the fifth president of the United States?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Martin Van Buren

12.

Who invented the cotton gin

a)

John Deere

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Isaac Singer

13.

Inventor of the revolver pistol

a)

James Smith

b)

Matthew Wesson

c)

Samuel Colt

d)

Davy Crockett

14.

Battle cry for the Texans at the battle of San Jacinto

a)

Remember the Maine

b)

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

c)

We shall never forget

d)

Remember the Alamo

15.

Which state was known as the "Lone Star Republic"

a)

Missouri

b)

Oregon

c)

Texas

d)

California

16.

Who invented the telegraph machine

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Samuel F. B. Morse

c)

Samuel Colt

d)

John Deere

17.

Which of these was written by Washington Irving

a)

Last of the Mohicans

b)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

c)

The Scarlett Letter

d)

The Tell Tale Heart

18.

Which of these was written by Edgar Allen Poe

a)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

b)

The Last of the Mohicans

c)

The Scarlett Letter

d)

The Tell-Tale Heart

19.

Which of these was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

a)

The Scarlett Letter

b)

The Last of the Mohicans

c)

The Tell-Tale Heart

d)

The Raven

20.

Who was the "conductor" of the Underground Railroad

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Thomas Jefferson

21.

Union General nicknamed "Fighting Joe"

a)

Joseph Grignon

b)

Joseph Hooker

c)

Joseph Brant

d)

Joseph McClellan

22.

Confederate general nicknamed "Stonewall"

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Dale

c)

Thomas Jackson

d)

Thomas Jackman

23.

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

24.

Who was the commander in chief of the Confederate Army?

a)

Joseph Hooker

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Jefferson Davis

25.

Sideburns were named after which Union general

a)

Joe Hooker

b)

George McClellan

c)

Ambrose Burnsides

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

26.

Thomas Jackson was mortally wounded in which battle

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Chancellorsville

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Shiloh

27.

What was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Chancellorsville

d)

Battle of Vicksburg

28.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

a)

Sir Humphrey Davy

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

James Earl Ray

29.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Battle of Chancellorsville

30.

Which Union general was in charge of the destruction of Atlanta?

a)

George B. McClellan

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Ambrose Burnsides

31.

Who delivered the Gettysburg Address

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

32.

What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Chancellorsville

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Battle of Bull Run

33.

"Angel of the Battle Field"

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Louisa May Alcott

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Carol Danvers

34.

The first battle between two ironclad ships

a)

Maine vs Arizona

b)

Titanic vs Constitution

c)

Merrimack vs Monitor

d)

Queen Mary vs Lusitania

35.

"Young Napoleon"

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George B. McClellan

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Ambrose Burnsides