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WorksheetsUSVA Mid Year Review Units 1-6
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 21mins
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?
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Tea Act
The Proclamation of 1763
New England's economy was based on:
Ship building, fishing and lumbering
Plantations and slavery
Art and music
Farming grains, wheat, and corn.
Why is important to know about the Appomattox Courthouse's location for the Civil War?
This is where Lee surrender and it ended the Civil War.
The Confederates open fired on the fort, which began the Civil War.
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address here.
What is the belief in the possibility of improving the human population by discouraging reproduction by individuals presumed to have "undesirable" traits?
Darwinism
Genocide
Eugenics
Nationalism
WEB DuBois
founded the NAACP
worked in a salt mine at age 9
was born in Tennessee
taught job skills to African-Americans
Why did many Southerners, especially African-Americans, move westward after the Civil War?
to escape poverty and injustice
to expand interstate trade
to mine gold
Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that
Jim crow laws were constitutional
The Homestead Act was constitutional
Jim crow laws were unconstitutional
Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Northern VA
Appomattox Courthouse
Fredericksburg
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?
Jackson's Journey
March to the Sea
Trail of Tears
Which President of the United States signed the Indian Removal Act, and supported western expansion?
John Ross
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Chief Justice John Marshall strengthened the role of the U.S Supreme Court by establishing the court as
a separate branch of National government
the most powerful branch of national government
an equal branch of national government
the least powerful branch of national government
Which war resulted in an American victory and the adding of territory that is now present day California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona?
French and Indian War
War of 1812
Mexican- American War
Spanish American War
In the Monroe Doctrine, who is James Monroe trying to protect?
Latin America
Greenland
Australia
Asia
What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Congress had no power to tax the states
The central government was powerful
There was no common currency
There were no executive or judicial branches
Who is known to be the founder of the modern day Democratic Party?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Who was elected President in 1860 that led to the secession of 11 southern states?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Which statement BEST explains President Abraham Lincoln's original reason for fighting the Civil War?
President Lincoln wanted to end all slavery everywhere in the US
President Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union
President Lincoln wanted to punish the South for their rebellion
What's important about Fort Sumter?
This is where Lee surrender and it ended the Civil War.
The Confederates open fired on the fort, which began the Civil War.
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address here.
The Emancipation Proclamation truly freed slaves in ALL parts of the United States.
True
False
I don't know
- 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?
reduction in skilled workers in the north
expansion of manufacturing into the west
reduction of trade with European countries
expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories
Which amendment allowed women to vote?
14th
15th
19th
13th
