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USVA Mid Year Review Units 1-6

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the French and Indian War, the colonists wished to settle in the area marked on the map above (Appalachian Mountains). What prohibited them from doing so?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Townshend Acts

c)

The Tea Act

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

2.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Paul Revere
3.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
4.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
The route taken by slaves to the New World.
b)
The route taken by raw materials to Europe.
c)
The route taken by refined materials to the New World.
d)
The route taken by refined materials to Africa.
5.
Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?
a)
To work on Sugar Plantations
b)
To seek Religious freedom
c)
To work on tobacco plantations
d)
To fight against American Indians
6.

New England's economy was based on:

a)

Ship building, fishing and lumbering

b)

Plantations and slavery

c)

Art and music

d)

Farming grains, wheat, and corn.

7.
Originally from England and other parts of Europe
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
8.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
9.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
10.
Which word means a person in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain?
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Neutral
d)
Colonist
11.

Why is important to know about the Appomattox Courthouse's location for the Civil War?

a)

This is where Lee surrender and it ended the Civil War.

b)

The Confederates open fired on the fort, which began the Civil War.

c)

Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address here.

12.
The US received what territory from the Adams-Onis Treaty?
a)
Texas
b)
Missouri
c)
Alabama
d)
Florida
13.

What is the belief in the possibility of improving the human population by discouraging reproduction by individuals presumed to have "undesirable" traits?

a)

Darwinism

b)

Genocide

c)

Eugenics

d)

Nationalism

14.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans

15.
Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Alcatraz
d)
Angel Island
16.

Why did many Southerners, especially African-Americans, move westward after the Civil War?

a)

to escape poverty and injustice

b)

to expand interstate trade

c)

to mine gold

17.

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that

a)

Jim crow laws were constitutional

b)

The Homestead Act was constitutional

c)

Jim crow laws were unconstitutional

18.

Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

Northern VA

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Fredericksburg

19.

What was it called when the Cherokee were forced to leave their homeland by soldiers, and at least 4,000 died due to harsh weather?

a)

Jackson's Journey

b)

March to the Sea

c)

Trail of Tears

20.

Which President of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act, and supported western expansion?

a)

John Ross

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Andrew Jackson

21.

Chief Justice John Marshall strengthened the role of the U.S Supreme Court by establishing the court as

a)

a separate branch of National government

b)

the most powerful branch of national government

c)

an equal branch of national government

d)

the least powerful branch of national government

22.

Which war resulted in an American victory and the adding of territory that is now present day California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican- American War

d)

Spanish American War

23.

In the Monroe Doctrine, who is James Monroe trying to protect?

a)

Latin America

b)

Greenland

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

24.

What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Congress had no power to tax the states

b)

The central government was powerful

c)

There was no common currency

d)

There were no executive or judicial branches

25.

Who is known to be the founder of the modern day Democratic Party?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

26.

Who was elected President in 1860 that led to the secession of 11 southern states?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

27.

Which statement BEST explains President Abraham Lincoln's original reason for fighting the Civil War?

a)

President Lincoln wanted to end all slavery everywhere in the US

b)

President Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union

c)

President Lincoln wanted to punish the South for their rebellion

28.

What's important about Fort Sumter?

a)

This is where Lee surrender and it ended the Civil War.

b)

The Confederates open fired on the fort, which began the Civil War.

c)

Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address here.

29.

The Emancipation Proclamation truly freed slaves in ALL parts of the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

30.
  • Invention of the cotton gin
  • opening of lands along the Mississippi river
  • growing demand for cheap labor

Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments?

a)

reduction in skilled workers in the north

b)

expansion of manufacturing into the west

c)

reduction of trade with European countries

d)

expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories

31.
A "muckraker" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes 
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
32.
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
33.

Which amendment allowed women to vote?

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

13th

34.
American reformer and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women’s suffrage movement.
a)
Jane Addams 
b)
Susan B. Anthony 
c)
Ida B. Wells 
d)
Ida Tarbell