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U.S. History Semester Review (Fall 2020)

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a reason the Battle of Gettysburg was important?
a)
It was a turning point in the war.

b)
It was the site of the Gettysburg Address.
c)
It was a key victory for the Confederate Army.
d)
All of the above are reasons the Battle of Gettysburg was important.
2.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
3.
What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?
a)
Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
b)
the election of Lincoln as President
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
the annexation of Texas
4.

At the start of the Civil War, what was the primary goal of the Union?

a)

end slavery

b)

increase taxes

c)

expand American territory

d)

preserve the Union

5.

Which of the following best describes how the Emancipation Proclamation addressed the issue of slavery effective January 1, 1863?

a)

It freed enslaved people in all United States territories.

b)

It freed enslaved people in the border states.

c)

It freed enslaved people in all territories in rebellion against the Union.

d)

It freed all enslaved people in the world.

6.

This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. even if they were previously a slave.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

4th

7.

This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

8.

This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

9.

This amendment granted suffrage (the right to vote) to men who are black.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

9th

10.
The major causes of the __________________________ were disputes between the French and British over _______________ of the Ohio River Valley.
a)
British, money
b)
French war, trade
c)
French and Indian War, trading
d)
Native American War, bonds
11.
The colonist protested against ______________________ without _____________________.
a)
Paying without money
b)
taxation without representation
c)
talking without voice
d)
taking without asking
12.
The colonist protested British taxes by ____________________ British goods.
a)
ignoring the British
b)
buying more
c)
nothing
d)
boycotting
13.
The reasons for declaring independence as listed in the Declaration of Independence include; forcing colonist to _________ British troops, for cutting off colonial ________, and for ________ the colonies without their consent.
a)
housing, trade, and taxing
b)
taxing,trade,and house
c)
trade,taxing,housing
d)
trade, housing, taxing
14.
A major belief included in the _____________________________________ is that all men are created equal with certain rights.
a)
Declaration of Indpendence
b)
Consistution
c)
President
d)
Treaty of 1783
15.
The British lost their will to fight after the Patriot victory at __________________.
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Cowpens
d)
Charleston
16.
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was __________________.
a)
Ben Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
17.
The __________________ put a tax on all printed material.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Intolerable Act
d)
Townshed Act
18.
The ___________________ was the killing of five colonist by British soldiers.
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Midnight Ride
c)
Yorktown
d)
Townshed Act
19.

Who wrote Common Sense during the American Revolution?

a)

John Paul Jones

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Benjamin Franklin

20.
Who was the volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Francis Marion
c)
Marquis de Lafeyette
d)
Thomas Pain
21.

Which president purchased the Louisiana Territory?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

22.

How was the Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?

a)

The Constitution gave more power to the national government.

b)

The Constitution allowed each state to have one vote in Congress.

c)

The Constitution allowed only two branches in the national government.

d)

The Constitution did not allow slavery.

23.

At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled a debate about –

a)

Judicial powers

b)

The presidential elections

c)

Big and small state representation

d)

The amendment process

24.

Which of the following are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Strong government

b)

5 branches of government

c)

Everyone gets equal votes

d)

No power to tax, Weak national government, no common currency

25.

What was the first form of government of the new United States?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Constitution

d)

Northwest Ordinance

26.

An uprising of debt ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes.

a)

Whiskey Rebellion

b)

Farewell Address

c)

Shays Rebellion

d)

Land Ordinance

27.

Agreement to establish a two house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on it population in the other house.

a)

Land Ordinance

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Limited Government

d)

Great Compromise

28.

The Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three fifths of a states slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.

a)

Three Fifths Compromise

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Northwest Ordiance

d)

Limited Government

29.

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

a)

Hamiltons Financial Plan

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Separation of Powers

30.

The provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Checks and Balances

31.

A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay.

a)

Political Parties

b)

Federalists Papers

c)

Hamilton's Financial Plan

d)

Bill of Rights

32.

Supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government.

a)

Anti Consitution

b)

Constitutionalist

c)

Anti Federalists

d)

Federalists

33.

An opponent of a strong central government.

a)

Anticonstiution

b)

Constiutionalist

c)

Antifederalist

d)

Federalists

34.

The group of adviser's to President Washington (and today) is known as...

a)

The Presidential Cabinet

b)

a team

c)

The Group of 7

d)

Presidential assistants

35.

Which of the following is a focus of Hamilton's plan to eliminate the US debt?

a)

Ask France if they would reduce the amount the US owed them

b)

Create a national banking system

c)

Suggest the US is OK if it only pays off half its debt

d)

Ask Britain to pay for some of the US debt

36.

What is a tariff?

a)

Tax on all exported goods

b)

Discount given to citizens of a country

c)

Restriction designed to keep foreigners out of a country

d)

Tax on all imported goods

37.

Describe the Whiskey Rebellion.

a)

Washington did not like drinking, so he banned alcohol consumption.

b)

John Whiskey, a farmer, led a rebellion against the election of Washington as the President.

c)

Washington placed a tax on whiskey to help pay off the country's debt. This angered many farmers who depended on it for money, so the rebelled.

d)

The colonists rebelled against Great Britain for taxing their whiskey.

38.

Which of the following was a true response to the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

President Washington sent Hamilton with 13,000 troops to stop the rebellion.

b)

Washington told the rebels to obey the law and the rebels followed his orders.

c)

Washington led thousands of armed troops himself to Pennsylvania to put down the rebellion.

39.

What advice did Washington give in his Farewell Address?

a)

Avoid allowing immigrants into the US

b)

Avoid political parties

c)

Keep America focused on its own development and out of foreign issues

d)

America should elect Alexander Hamilton next

40.

Which of the following is a belief of the Federalists?

a)

Government should be ruled by the nation's best people because only they could wisely manage the country

b)

A strong national government has the ability to unite the states

c)

We should be devoted to national power and unity

d)

The common man should have a say in government

41.

Democratic-Republicans believed a federal government should be...

a)

weaker than state's governments

b)

devoted to national power and unity

c)

Ruled by a King

d)

creating a national banking system

42.

Which of the following was a precedent set by George Washington for future presidents to follow?

a)

He ran the country all by himself without consulting anyone

b)

He resigned after 2 terms as President to avoid having too much power

c)

He insisted on using force in order to achieve peace in all situations

d)

He was the first president to declare war on another country

43.
The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:
a)
the Monroe Doctrine
b)
The Louisiana Purchase
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The Jackson Action
44.
What would make the best title for this image?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
The Industrial Revolution
c)
Attack of the 50 foot Woman
d)
Manifest Destiny
45.
To Annex land means to:
a)
take it over
b)
conquer it
c)
give it up to another country
d)
buy it
46.
Which of the following is true about the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
James Monroe bought it
b)
It doubled the size of the U.S.
c)
We bought it from Spain
d)
All of these are true
47.
Which is the only state to have once been an independent country?
a)
Texas
b)
Colorado
c)
Oregon
d)
Arizona
48.
Which of the following is part of an area of the United States that was taken by conquest?
a)
Oregon
b)
Florida
c)
Arizona
d)
All of these
49.

The Mexican Cession is land that the United States took as a result of:

a)

annexation

b)

the Mexican-American War

c)

a treaty with Britain

d)

the Mexican Revolution

50.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
51.
Railroads moved goods faster but were more expensive to use than canal shipping.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
52.

How did the market revolution change the US economy?

a)

transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a bartering system of exchange

b)

transformed the US economy from a manufacturing system of production to a crafts (by hand) system of production

c)

transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a manufacturing system of production

d)

transformed the US economy from a market based system of exchange to a bartering system of exchange

53.

All of the following were technological developments of the Market Revolution EXCEPT

a)

the telegraph

b)

Canals

c)

the Steamboat

d)

the Caravel

54.

How did the Steamboat impact the US economy?

a)

sped up trading on the nation's waterways

b)

provided free alternatives to state sponsored toll roads

c)

increased access between the east and the west and significantly lowered food prices along the eastern seaboard

d)

opened vast new areas of the American interior to settlement

55.

The steamboat's impact on the US economy was most similar to ...

a)

Railroads because both opened new areas of the American interior to western settlement

b)

Toll roads because both traveled over water

c)

Canals because both significantly reduced the speed and cost of shipping in the United States

d)

Shunpikes because both enabled travelers to avoid expensive toll roads

56.

How did railroads impact the US economy?

a)

sped up trading on the nation's waterways

b)

provided free alternatives to state sponsored toll roads

c)

increased access between the east and the west and significantly lowered food prices along the eastern seaboard

d)

opened vast new areas of the American interior to settlement

57.

How did the Market Revolution impact westward expansion?

a)

increased the rate of westward expansion

b)

decreased the rate of westward expansion

c)

had no impact on the rate of westward expansion

58.
What conceptual breakthrough, used by Eli Whitney to produce rifles and the cotton gin, was vital to the 1st Industrial Revolution in the United States?
a)
The Factory System 
b)
The Bessemer Process
c)
Interchangeable Parts
d)
Hydroelectric Power
59.
The market revolution can best be summed up by which of the following: 
a)
The economic change to an industrial north and an agricultural south
b)
The government was overthrown through rebellion because of market taxes
c)
The revolution that changed out country to incorporate free enterprise
d)
People bought what they needed instead of made everything
60.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

61.

The long walk for many Native Americans who were forced out of their homelands was called the --

a)

Native Walk

b)

Trail of Natives

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Removal Trail

62.

Americans relocated many Native Americans for the purpose to obtain more --

a)

Land

b)

Money

c)

Taxes

d)

Tariffs

63.

The act, or law, was created in order to remove Native Americans from their homelands and force them West.

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

No More Natives Act

c)

Citizens Only Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

64.

President Andrew Jackson appealed (was liked) mostly by the --

a)

Richest Americans

b)

Poorest Americans

c)

The common man

65.
Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as
a)
the spoils system.
b)
Jacksonian democracy.
c)
mudslinging.
d)
a corrupt bargain.
66.

The colonists in Jamestown ultimately survived by

a)

learning to cultivate tobacco, which became popular in Europe

b)

negotiating with Native Americans for more land.

c)

establishing more colonies along the eastern coast of North America.

d)

joining with Nathaniel Bacon to drive out Native Americans.

67.

Which of the following is NOT a PUSH factor that caused Europeans to leave Europe?

a)

the desire for land and wealth

b)

oppressive British laws

c)

religious freedom

d)

the ability to rise in social status

68.

Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?

a)

The spread of disease killed millions of people.

b)

Agriculture spread to more regions.

c)

The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.

d)

Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.

e)

Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.

69.
The land that once was under water became exposed and created a long land bridge that connected
a)
Asia/Africa
b)
Asia/Europe
c)
North America/South America
d)
North America/Asia
70.

The pathway created by the frozen water in the Bering Strait is called a....

a)

strait

b)

land bridge

c)

nomads

d)

theory

71.

Why do historians think the Native Americans walked over the land bridge into North America?

a)

They were following their food

b)

They wanted to move

c)

They were looking for people

72.

The Mayflower Compact was written and agreed upon by the Pilgrims in order to

a)

establish the basis for a new colonial government

b)

establish a trade agreement with the colony of Jamestown

c)

establish a treaty between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans

d)

establish a new church in the colonies

73.

What did John Winthrop believe the people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were expected to do?

a)

Live a life of virtue, setting an example for other colonies to follow

b)

Destroy all people that are not Christian

c)

Spread Christianity to the Natives

d)

Work hard to succeed

74.

Southern colonists were more successful in producing crops in comparison to their New England counterparts for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

a)

The Southern colonies were able to produce cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo

b)

Fertile land in the Southern colonies was more abundant

c)

Life expectancy in the Southern colonies was longer because of the mild climate

d)

The Southern colonies had much longer growing seasons and milder winters

75.

Which of the following distinguished the Middle Colonies from New England and the Southern Colonies?

a)

representative government

b)

peace treaties with Native Americans

c)

ethnic and religious diversity

d)

prohibition of slavery

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