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History final of How Our Nation Grew

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who fought in the War for Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

General Eisnehower

c)

Marshal Foch

d)

General Lee

2.

Who was George Washington and the frontiersmen fighting in the War for Independence?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Dutch

d)

German

3.

What is a Capital?

a)

City where government is carried on.

b)

Building where laws are made.

4.

What is a "Cabinet" in the Government?

a)

a desk

b)

a group of men who help the President.

5.

What is the Capital City of United States?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Lincoln, NE

c)

Phoenix, AZ

d)

Santa Fe, NM

6.

What are the Legislative sections of the Government?

a)

Congress

b)

Senate

c)

House of Representatives

d)

Supreme Court

7.

What are the Executive sections of the Government?

a)

President

b)

Vice President

c)

Cabinet

d)

Senate

8.

What are the Judicial Sections of the Government called?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Other Federal Courts

c)

Cabinet

d)

Senate

9.

What is Congress?

a)

A newspaper

b)

men who make laws for the people of all the States

c)

A building

d)

A rule book

10.

What is that part of the Constitution called which lists our freedoms?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Congress

c)

Senate

11.

What was the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

Confederate Army fired on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Sherman took Atlanta

12.

How many States Ceded from the Union in the Civil War?

a)

10

b)

13

c)

9

d)

11

13.

Who was the Confederate General in the Civil War?

a)

General Lee

b)

General Grant

c)

General Sherman

14.

What was the capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Washington, DC

15.

Which States were the ones who ceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy?

a)

Texas

b)

Louisianna

c)

Mississippi

d)

Georgia

e)

Ohio

16.

Which of these States joined the Confederate States?

a)

Virginia

b)

Tennessee

c)

Florida

d)

Pennsylvania

e)

New York

17.

What were major battles of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Capture of Vicksburg

c)

Atlanta destroyed by Sherman

d)

Pearl Harbor bombed

18.

Which Countries were known as the Allies in World War I?

a)

England and France

b)

Italy and Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

e)

Bulgaria

19.

Why did Americans declare War and to go to fight World War I?

a)

The Germans sunk 5 of our ships with their submarines

b)

Everyone else was fighting

c)

The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor

d)

The Confederates fired on fort Sumter

20.

Which side were we on in World War I

a)

Allies

b)

Central Powers

21.

In the Great Depression:

a)

stock market crashed

b)

people lost their jobs

c)

Social Security was started

22.

What started World War II?

a)

Hitler attacked Poland

b)

Hitler attacked England

c)

England attacked France

d)

America attacked Japan

23.

Who were the Axis powers in World War II? (Make sure you get all of them!)

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

Russia

e)

England

24.

Why did America enter World War II?

a)

Because of the attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Because the Germans were bombing submarines

c)

Because England asked for help

d)

Because Americans knew it was the right thing to do

25.

America joined the:

a)

Allies

b)

Axis

26.

Who dropped the atom bomb that ended the war? Who did they drop it on?

a)

America dropped the atom bomb on Japan

b)

England dropped the atom bomb on Germany

c)

Germany dropped the atom bomb on England

d)

Japan dropped the atom bomb on America

27.

Who won World War II?

a)

England, America, France - the Allies

b)

Germany, Italy, Japan - the Axis