WorksheetsLocal History Final Exam Review
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What Indian Nation were the Susquehannocks a part of?
a)
the Iroquois
b)
the Cherokee
c)
the Sioux
d)
the Cheyenne
2.
What family member was the leader in an Iroquois family?
a)
the eldest Male
b)
the eldest Female
c)
the youngest child
d)
the father in each family
3.
What type of homes did the Susquehannocks live in?
a)
Tipis
b)
Longhouses
c)
Wigwams
d)
Plankhouses
4.
Who was the first European trader that met with the Susquehannocks?
a)
Samuel D. Champlain
b)
Captain John Smith
c)
Etienne Brule
d)
Jedediah Smith
5.
What sickness killed off much of the Susquehannock population?
a)
Smallpox
b)
Cholera
c)
Measles
d)
Typhus
6.
For how many days would one walk with the Iroquois in order to decide how much land would be exchanged within a "walking purchase"?
a)
4 days
b)
2 days
c)
3 days
d)
5 days
7.
What position did William Penn Sr. hold that led to the King of England offering him land for his service?
a)
An Admiral in the King's Military
b)
A Lord Spiritual in the House of Lords
c)
An Army General responsible for establishing control of the Irish
d)
A Diplomat serving the King in France
8.
What year was William Penn given the land that is today Pennsylvania?
a)
1681
b)
1675
c)
1741
d)
1736
9.
What was the most significant principle that William Penn believed in and dedicated his colony to?
a)
the Freedom of Religion
b)
Sovereignty
c)
Property Rights
d)
the Freedom of Speech
10.
Which of the following was NOT one of the main principles that William Penn set down for the colony of Pennsylvania?
a)
the Freedom of Religion
b)
Sovereignty (Self-Government)
c)
Property Rights
d)
Prohibition
11.
What year was Yorktown established after a petition was granted by Thomas Penn?
a)
1681
b)
1675
c)
1736
d)
1741
12.
What town did the York Rifles go to in order to assist the Massachusetts Militia at the start of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Boston
b)
New York
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Saratoga
13.
How many miles per day did the York Rifles travel in order to get to Boston in the beginning of our Revolution?
a)
16
b)
12
c)
22
d)
26
14.
Who was the Commander that was in charge of all of the American forces, including the York Rifles, once they reported to Bunker Hill?
a)
George Washington
b)
Benedict Arnold
c)
Michael Doudel
d)
Horatio Gates
15.
At what battle outside of Philadelphia did Washington give up his right flank and continue the trend of losing open-field battles?
a)
Brandywine
b)
Valley Forge
c)
Long Island
d)
Bunker Hill
16.
Where did Washington's forces, including the York Rifles, spend the winter of 1777-1778?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Brandywine
c)
York
d)
Lancaster
17.
At what Pennsylvania town did the Continental Congress attempt to meet in first after they fled Philadelphia?
a)
Lancaster
b)
Reading
c)
Harrisburg
d)
York
18.
Why couldn't the Continental Congress remain in and meet in Lancaster?
a)
The State Congress had already occupied the courthouse
b)
York provided a much more established city than Lancaster
c)
York had two courthouses to meet in
d)
Washington claimed he could not protect the Congress if they remained in Lancaster
19.
What great benefit did the Continental Congress have due to staying in Yorktown?
a)
The Susquehanna River
b)
A guard of Washington's Regulars
c)
English Church Services
d)
A stockaded village
20.
What governmental document was the Continental Congress working on during their time in York?
a)
the Constitution
b)
the Articles of Confederation
c)
the Bill of Rights
d)
the Declaration of Independence
21.
While the Articles of Confederation were not perfect, what did they achieve for the U.S.?
a)
They united us as one country
b)
They formed a strong central government
c)
They allowed the central government to directly tax people
d)
They established a presidency
22.
Who was the French dignitary that saved George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army with a toast in York, Pa.?
a)
Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Benedict Arnold
c)
Baron Von Steuben
d)
Horatio Gates
23.
What battle did the York Rifles fight at in Virginia which was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Cowpens
c)
Trenton
d)
Princeton
24.
Which of the following battles were the York Rifles NOT involved in during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Saratoga
b)
New York (Long Island)
c)
Yorktown
d)
Brandywine
25.
What terrible location did the York soldiers fight at during the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War?
a)
Bloody Lane
b)
Burnside Bridge
c)
The Cornfield
d)
Dunker Church
26.
During the Civil War, York County surrendered itself to the South without a fight. Who was the York County farm machinery businessman that surrendered York?
a)
A.B. Farquhar
b)
Phillip Albright Small
c)
Samuel Small
d)
Jacob Laucks
27.
Who was the Confederate General that was ordered to take over York just before the Battle of Gettysburg?
a)
Jubal Early
b)
Jeb Stuart
c)
John Gordon
d)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
28.
Who was the Confederate General who received a bouquet of roses from a little York girl and then went onto attack the Union militia in Wrightsville?
a)
John Gordon
b)
Jubal Early
c)
Jeb Stuart
d)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
29.
From what York family was the 12 year-old girl that gave John Gordon the bouquet of roses which showed the Confederates a route to Wrightsville?
a)
Small
b)
Farquhar
c)
Wright
d)
Loucks
30.
What did the Union militia in York do in Wrightsville in order to make sure the Confederates could not make it to Harrisburg?
a)
They burned down the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge
b)
They built trenches and put up a defense
c)
They retreated to Camp Hill and repositioned for defense
d)
The militia worked with the Navy to shell the Confederates with cannon
31.
At what York town did Jeb Stuart fight a battle which delayed his movement to Gettysburg?
a)
Hanover
b)
York
c)
Wrightsville
d)
Dallastown
32.
Where were the Confederate forces heading when they vacated York County on June 29, 1863?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Harrisburg
c)
Wrightsville
d)
Back down into Virginia
33.
The 30th Pennsylvania, including many Yorkers, were placed at the bottom of what hill at the beginning of the Day 2 fighting at Gettysburg?
a)
Little Round Top
b)
Devil's Den
c)
Big Round Top
d)
Culp's Hill
34.
What terrible Southerner Prisoner of War Prison were 15 York men held at between 1864-1865 at the end of the Civil War?
a)
Andersonville
b)
Elmira
c)
Ford
d)
Douglas
35.
Where would a runaway slave have to reach in order to truly be free?
a)
Canada
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Lancaster
36.
Who was the main York conductor (the most helpful Yorker) on the Underground Railroad?
a)
William Goodridge
b)
William Whipper
c)
Thaddeus Stevens
d)
William Parker
37.
At what location would bounty hunters post themselves in order to have the best chance possible to catch fugitive slaves in York County?
a)
The town market
b)
At the courthouse
c)
Right on the Mason-Dixon line
d)
At the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge
38.
Who was the Lancaster House of Representatives member and important Lancaster helper on the Underground Railroad?
a)
Thaddeus Stevens
b)
William Whipper
c)
Abraham Hiestand
d)
William Goodridge
39.
Who was the runaway slave from Maryland that dedicated the rest of his life to protecting fellow fugitive slaves in Christiana?
a)
William Parker
b)
William Goodridge
c)
William Whipper
d)
William Wright
40.
What is the name of the Maryland slave-owner that came up to Christiana in order to find his four fugitive slaves?
a)
Edward Gorsuch
b)
Thomas Cresap
c)
John Digges
d)
James Smith
41.
How many people were convicted of murdering Edward Gorsuch in the Christiana Riot trial?
a)
0
b)
38
c)
4
d)
100
42.
Who was the rookie York City Police Officer that was shot at the corner of Penn Street and College Avenue on the evening of July 18, 1969?
a)
Henry Schaad
b)
Gregory Neff
c)
Bobby Messersmith
d)
Charlie Robertson
43.
Who was the 27 year-old female that was killed on July 21, 1969, while simply driving down the wrong street on the way to go get some ice cream for her kids?
a)
Lillie Belle Allen
b)
Hattie Dickson
c)
Gladys Dickson
d)
Debra Allen
44.
What Newberry Street Boy claimed to his friends that he killed the person in the white Cadillac following the shooting of Lillie Belle Allen?
a)
Charlie Robertson
b)
Bobby Messersmith
c)
Artie Messersmith
d)
Donnie Altland
45.
What year did the murder trials finally take place in the Henry Schaad and Lillie Belle Allen cases?
a)
1969
b)
2002
c)
2009
d)
1970
46.
Who was the York City cop that became our mayor in the 1990's and was claimed to have supplied the Newberry Street Boys with weapons and ammunition?
a)
Charlie Robertson
b)
John Messersmith
c)
Artie Messersmith
d)
Ron McCoy
47.
Who was Dallastown named after?
a)
George Dallas
b)
Korben Dallas
c)
Steve Dallas
d)
Dallas Winston
48.
George Dallas was the Vice President under...
a)
James K. Polk
b)
John Tyler
c)
Zachary Taylor
d)
William Henry Harrison
49.
What year did Dallastown become a borough?
a)
1866
b)
1841
c)
1898
d)
1958
50.
What types of businesses brought to settle and live in Dallastown in the late 1800's?
a)
Cigar
b)
Limestone
c)
Apple Orchards
d)
Slate Mining
51.
Who was the President that visited York on its 100th anniversary?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
52.
Which of the following countries would NOT have been one that destroyed our cigar business?
a)
Dominican Republic
b)
Honduras
c)
Cuba
d)
Brazil
53.
Who was the York Farm Machinery business owner that created tractors, tillers, and planters?
a)
A.B. Farquhar
b)
P.A. Small
c)
J.A. Dempwolf
d)
P.H. Glatfelter
54.
Who was the freedman who owned a barber shop, a candy shop, a hotel, and a line of rail cars?
a)
William Goodridge
b)
Milton Martin
c)
Max Grumbacher
d)
Louis Appell
55.
Who was York County’s famed architect and builder of York County’s most iconic buildings, such as Central Market, York's Center Square, and the Kuhner Funeral Home?
a)
J.A. Dempwolf
b)
P.H. Glatfelter
c)
P.A. Small
d)
A.B. Farquhar
56.
What York brothers were the railroad men of York in the 1800’s and gave back greatly to York?
a)
Charles and Ferdinand Durang
b)
P.A. and Samuel Small
c)
Charles and George Heathcote
d)
P.H. and Arthur Glatfelter
57.
What paper mill in Spring Grove basically established the town and still pumps out paper today?
a)
Glatfelter
b)
Anstadt
c)
Strine
d)
Lamar
58.
Who was the U.S. Weightlifting Coach in the 1930's and 1940's that opened up York Barbell?
a)
Bob Hoffman
b)
S. Forry Laucks
c)
Milton Martin
d)
S. Morgan Smith
59.
What York construction company owner started his business out of the back of his pickup in 1963?
a)
Bob Kinsley
b)
Louis Appell
c)
Milton Martin
d)
Mahlon Haines
60.
Who was the longtime President of Pfaltzgraff and later Susquehanna Advertising (now part of Lamar) and was one of the biggest donators in York County history?
a)
Louis Appell
b)
Bob Kinsley
c)
Scott Wagner
d)
Tom Wolf
61.
What York company produces turbines for hydroelectric power plants, employs around 170 Yorkers, operates out of East York, and has a yearly revenue of $54 Million per year?
a)
BAE Systems
b)
American Hydro
c)
Voith Hydro
d)
Gichner Shelter Systems
62.
What York military defense company produces the Bradley fighting vehicle and operates out of West York?
a)
BAE Systems
b)
Gichner Shelter Systems
c)
Voith Hydro
d)
American Hydro
63.
What warehouse engineering company operates out of North York and has created warehouses for Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Lowes, and many other retailers around the nation?
a)
St. Onge
b)
Gichner Shelter Systems
c)
BAE Systems
d)
Murphy and Dittenhafer
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