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U.S. Wars 1750-1900

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?

a)

William Dawes

b)

Thomas Gage

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

2.

The American people wanted a declaration of war against Spain after the explosion of which warship?

a)

Maine

b)

Luzon

c)

Lusitania

d)

Philadelphia

3.

Which act stated that Parliament did have the right to tax colonists?

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Stamp Act

4.

What helped Lincoln win the 1864 election?

a)

promotion of Grant

b)

Sherman's capture of Atlanta

c)

Lee's surrender

d)

winning at Gettysburg

5.

Which British practice was a violation of neutral rights?

a)

embargos

b)

impressment

c)

U.S. trading

d)

smuggling

6.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by

a)

Andrew Jackson.

b)

Francis Scott Key.

c)

George Washington.

d)

Thomas Jefferson.

7.

What was the name of the small post that George Washington established in Ohio country?

a)

Fort Albany Union

b)

Fort Duquesne

c)

Fort Monongahela

d)

Fort Necessity

8.

Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Richmond

d)

Shiloh

9.

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

Lincoln inauguration

b)

attack on Fort Sumter

c)

Lincoln-Douglas debates

d)

secession of South Carolina

10.

41. President Lincoln’s address at which battlefield honored soldiers and stated his vision for the country?

a)

Chancellorsville

b)

Shiloh

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

11.

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen Douglas

12.

The man who turned the ragged Continental Army into a more efficient fighting force was

a)

Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

b)

Juan de Miralles.

c)

Friedrich von Steuben.

d)

Casimir Pulaski.

13.

The nation that made an alliance with the revolutionary United States in 1778 was

a)

Canada.

b)

France.

c)

Great Britain.

d)

Spain.

14.

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

a)

Treaty of France and Britain

b)

Adams–Onís Treaty

c)

Treaty of the Ohio River Valley

d)

Treaty of Paris

15.

On October 17, 1777, General John Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans at

a)

Saratoga.

b)

Trenton.

c)

Philadelphia.

d)

Concord.

16.

Which act taxed colonists without their consent?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Declaratory Act

17.

In 1898, the Congress declared war against Spain due to events that occurred in which country?

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Mexico

d)

Cuba

18.

What did President James K. Polk use as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?

a)

a Mexican attack on American forces

b)

annexation of Texas by Mexico

c)

Mexico’s nonpayment of debts

d)

declaration of the border by Mexico

19.

The "Swamp Fox," known for his imaginative war tactics, was

a)

Francis Marion.

b)

Benedict Arnold.

c)

George Washington.

d)

George Rogers Clark.

20.

In which confrontation were more than 200 Lakota Sioux killed?

a)

Sand Creek

b)

Little Bighorn

c)

Wounded Knee

d)

San Carlos

21.

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

a)

Stephen A. Douglas

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Brown

d)

Dred Scott

22.

Southern whites who supported Republican policy throughout Reconstruction were sometimes called

a)

freedmen.

b)

scalawags.

c)

Republican hostages.

d)

carpetbaggers.

23.

Northerners who moved to the South and supported the Republicans were called

a)

freedmen.

b)

Republican scalawags.

c)

carpetbaggers.

d)

sharecroppers.

24.

What was one of the main advantages of the South?

a)

excellent military leaders

b)

a larger population

c)

strong industries

d)

belief in states' rights

25.

The British recognized the United States as an independent nation in the

a)

Treaty of America.

b)

Treaty of Paris.

c)

Treaty of the United States.

d)

Treaty of Great Britain.

26.

What happened to the Texan forces at the Alamo?

a)

They declared Texas independent.

b)

They were defeated.

c)

They won a major victory.

d)

They negotiated a truce.

27.

Which foreign troops helped defeat British forces at Yorktown?

a)

African

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

German

28.

Which type of law required Confederate men between certain ages to serve in the army for three years?

a)

bounty

b)

habeas corpus

c)

draft

d)

corpus

29.

President Abraham Lincoln was shot at

a)

the White House.

b)

Ford’s Theater.

c)

William Peterson’s house.

d)

Samuel Mudd’s house.

30.

The Ku Klux Klan set out to terrorize

a)

Democratic voters

b)

white voters.

c)

African Americans and Republican voters

d)

the “New South.

31.

For the South, what was the primary aim of the war?

a)

to become the center of U.S. trade and commerce

b)

to become a separate, independent nation

c)

to increase its wealth

d)

to build a strong fighting force

32.

Which battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero and, eventually, helped him win the presidency?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Lake Erie

c)

Battle of the Thames

d)

Battle of New Orleans

33.

General Grant led a 47-day siege against which city?

a)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

b)

Atlanta, Georgia

c)

Mobile, Alabama

d)

Port Hudson, Louisiana

34.

Which of the following relates to a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

a)

Harpers Ferry

b)

Lincoln-Douglas

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Dred Scott

35.

Anyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen, according to the

a)

black codes.

b)

Fourteenth Amendment.

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866.

d)

Thirteenth Amendment.

36.

Due to George Washington's strategy, Charles Cornwallis was defeated at the

a)

Battle of New York.

b)

Battle of Chesapeake.

c)

Battle of Boston.

d)

Battle of Yorktown.

37.

Who was the leader of the Lakota Sioux who refused to sell the Black Hills of the Dakotas?

a)

Black Kettle

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Chief Joseph

38.

After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?

a)

Battle of Boston

b)

Battle of Concord

c)

Battle of Lexington

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

39.

Who disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the army?

a)

Margaret Corbin

b)

Betsy Ross

c)

Deborah Sampson

d)

Molly Pitcher

40.

Paul Revere’s engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British

feelings among the colonists?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Liberty Affair

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boston Massacre

41.

Why did the South suffer most of the destruction during the Civil War?

a)

because of its extensive railroad mileage

b)

because schools and churches were used as hospitals

c)

because most of the fighting took place there

d)

because most battles were fought in Georgia

42.

A merchant ship that is privately owned and armed with weapons is called a

a)

merchant warship.

b)

coastal warship.

c)

privateer.

d)

garrison.

43.

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

John Hancock

44.

Who was one of the first Americans to settle in Texas?

a)

Jim Bowie

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Davy Crockett

d)

William Travis

45.

What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Coercive Acts

d)

Boston Massacre

46.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

47.

To keep poor people and African Americans from voting, many Southern states enforced

a)

crop taxes.

b)

poll taxes.

c)

Reconstruction taxes.

d)

Jim Crow laws.

48.

What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

a)

free soil

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Texas-Maine Act

d)

popular sovereignty

49.

The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was called

a)

Reconstruction.

b)

Civil Rebuilding.

c)

amnesty.

d)

war spoils.

50.

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

a)

Richmond

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg Cemetery