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L40 Q4 History Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was a soldier, not a statesman

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

2.

George Washington's Secretary of Treasury

a)

John Adams

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Jackson

3.

George Washington's Secretary of State

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

James Monroe

4.

__________ claimed the Oregon Coast for the U.S.

a)

Junipero Serra

b)

Robert Gray

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

5.

_________ founded 21 missions in California for Spain

a)

Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Junipero Serra

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

Robert Livingston and ________ were sent by Jefferson to France to buy New Orleans from the French

a)

James Madison

b)

William Clark

c)

James Monroe

d)

Meriwether Lewis

7.

French ruler who sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.

a)

Charbonneau

b)

La Salle

c)

Napoleon

d)

L'Ouverture

8.

Name of the group of men (and Sacajawea) led by Lewis and Clark

a)

The Corps of Adventure

b)

The Corps of Discovery

c)

The Corps of Exploration

d)

The Corps of Jefferson

9.

U.S. president during the War of 1812

a)

James Monroe

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Jackson

10.

Mexican priest who was killed by Spaniards in the 1810s

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Junipero Serra

d)

Robert Gray

11.

"The George Washington of South America"

a)

Robert Gray

b)

Junipero Serra

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Simon Bolivar

12.

Hero of the Battle of New Orleans

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William Hull

d)

Robert Gray

13.

U.S. president who supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Jackson

14.

_____________ invented the steamboat

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel F.B. Morse

15.

_____________ invented the cotton gin which pulled seeds out of cotton faster

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel F.B. Morse

16.

____________ invented the telegraph which made communication faster!

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Robert Gray

d)

Samuel F.B. Morse

17.

____________ brought Americans and slaves into Texas after Mexico welcomed Americans to live in their territory

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Stephen Austin

d)

Davy Crockett

18.

____________ became the first president of the Republic of Texas

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Davy Crockett

d)

Andrew Jackson

19.

___________ discovered gold on Sutter's Mill in 1848

a)

James Marshall

b)

John Sutter

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Stephen Douglas

20.

U.S. president during the Mexican War and supporter of Manifest Destiny

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

James K. Polk

d)

James Marshall

21.

____________ Party was formed to stop the spread of slavery

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican

c)

Whig

d)

Federalist

22.

__________ famously debated against Lincoln and came up with the idea of popular sovereignty

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Brown

23.

_________ was described as having magic in his speech

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Andrew Johsnon

d)

Robert E. Lee

24.

___________ president of the Confederacy

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

William Sherman

25.

Commanding general of the Union

a)

William Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Philip Sheridan

26.

Commanding general of the Confederacy

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

William Sherman

27.

The first state to secede from the Union

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

28.

Country that supported the Union beginning in 1863

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Germany

29.

Name of the Union plan to defeat the Confederacy

a)

Cobra Plan

b)

Sherman Plan

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

Blockade Plan

30.

He led a destructive march through Georgia and helped the Union win

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

William Sherman

c)

Philip Sheridan

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

31.

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

a)

Appomattox, Virginia

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

d)

Richmond, Virginia

32.

Who killed Lincoln less than a week after the Civil War ended?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thaddeus Stevens

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Stephen Douglas

33.

Who created the most "forgiving" plan for Reconstruction?

a)

The Radical Republicans

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Northern Democrats

34.

Who was known as the "Veto President"?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Andrew Johnson

35.

________ helped freedmen and poor whites in the South by giving them food, clothing, and access to education

a)

Andrew Johsnon

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Carpetbaggers

36.

__________ traveled to the South and tried to buy votes from freedmen to gain power in office.

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Freedmen

37.

___________ were Southern whites who supported Reconstruction

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Scalawags

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Freedmen

38.

__________ was the leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress

a)

Thaddeus Stevens

b)

Andrew Johsnon

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

39.

The ______ Amendment abolished slavery and made it illegal

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

19th

d)

15th

40.

The ______ Amendment gave freedmen the right to vote

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

19th