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The Early Republic - 5th Grade

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a president's cabinet?

a)

The people who make up Congress.

b)

A group of people who the president advises regarding national concerns.

c)

A group of people who advise the president regarding national concerns.

d)

The judicial branch of the government who determines the constitutionality of the law.

2.

O’er the ramparts we wanted were so gallantly streaming. What is this line from?

a)

George Washington's Inaugural Address

b)

Yankee Doodle

c)

Star-Spangled Banner

d)

Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural address

3.

The Star-Spangled Banner was written during which war?

a)

The French-Indian War

b)

The War of Maryland

c)

The American Revolution

d)

War of 1812

4.

What did the Louisiana Purchase do?

a)

It gave the U.S. all the land to the Pacific Ocean.

b)

It halved the size of the United States.

c)

It doubled the United States in size.

d)

It put the U.S. into deeper debt.

5.

Who made friendly contact with Native Americans across what is known today as the United States?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Lewis & Clark

d)

James Madison

6.

Who helped Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery as they traveled across the continent for almost two years?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Shoshone

7.

Which one is NOT the quality of a leader?

a)

communication

b)

inspiration of others

c)

impatience

d)

confidence

8.

What evidence do we have that President Washington believed in communication?

a)

His inaugural address

b)

His stepping down after 8 years in office

c)

His Presidential Cabinet

d)

The Battle of Yorktown

9.

Increased national pride, growth of manufacturing, and weakened Native American resistance are all a result of what?

a)

The Louisiana Purchase

b)

An impressment of soldiers

c)

The Battle of Maryland

d)

The War of 1812

10.

When US soldiers were forced onto British ships to work for them in the early 1800s, what was this called?

a)

anthem

b)

patriotism

c)

impressment

d)

interference