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A Young People's History of the USA Week 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these was a reason that people were against the war in Mexico?

a)

Because it was an excuse to add slave states.

b)

Because it was an excuse to end slavery.

c)

Because it was necessary to protect Native Americans.

d)

Because they supported the idea of manifest destiny.

2.

Who wrote the poem Civil Disobedience?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

Dred Scott

3.

One of the largest slave revolts, perhaps the largest in the U.S., happened in 1811 near what city?

a)

New Orleans, La.

b)

Atlanta, Ga.

c)

Richmond, Va.

d)

Nashville, Tn.

4.

Abraham Lincoln said he entered the Civil War to end slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What was formed to give people more power in the workplace?

a)

A draft

b)

Contracts

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Political parties

6.

Why were Irish immigrants fleeing to the United States in the 1830s?

a)

For religious freedom

b)

To join the American army

c)

Because of a potato famine

d)

To become farmers in the American west

7.

Eight anarchists were hanged following the ...

a)

The Pullman Strike

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Civil War

d)

Haymarket Affair

8.

An economic system in which the government or the people as a whole own the means of production is called ...

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Anarchism

9.

Who wrote to a friend, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Grover Cleveland

10.

Which of the following rose up in revolt of the US in 1899?

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Hawaii

d)

Philippines