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WorksheetsGED Social Studies: Lesson 1 and 2-U.S. History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A person who explores new or unfamiliar areas
Explorer
Runner
Animator
A member of any of indigenous peoples of North and South American Caribbean
Chinese
African American
Germans
Native American
A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country
State
Colony
Country
A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
Pilgrim
Indian
German
These individuals searched for sea route to Asia so they could trade for Asian gold and spices
colonist
civilizations
pilgrims
explorers
This is also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the 13 colonies which became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774-1789 in three incarnations.
American colonies
Explorers
Continental Congress
American Revolution
Many of these individuals were put to work on the plantation system in the Southern Colonies.
pilgrims
explorers
African Americans
Europeans
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
Bill of Rights
The Constitution
Pledge of Allegiance
Declaration of Independence
This was published on July 4, 1776
American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
A war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain
Vietnam War
World War II
World War I
American Revolution
In 1783, the final treaty to end the war resulted in the recognition of American independence. The new nation initially formed a weak national government through this
Articles of Confederation
Amendments
Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress
This document was ratified in 1788
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
This promised many individuals freedoms, such as freedom of speech and assembly.
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Pilgrims
Bill of Rights
The economy of the South was based on?
Voting Rights
Slavery
Jobs
Land Ownership
The Northern economy was based on?
Paid Labor
Marital Status
Race
Voting Status
What lead to the Civil War?
conflict over who gets to vote and who does not
conflict over the amount of money people owned
conflict over whether slavery should be allowed in the nation's new western territories.
conflict over healthcare
Who won the war and ended slavery?
The North
The South
The East
The West
The Southern economy was based largely on
(a)
This was created in 1854. This allowed Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
Kansas Act
Kansas Nebraska Act
Nebraska Act
The Rights Act of 1854
The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
Sharecroping
Seceded
Abolshed
Reconstruction
What does the term seceded mean?
remove your individual thoughts from idea of joining
withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
stay apart of something
Most slave states seceded from the United States and set up their own government called
Confederacy
Union
Sharecroping
The Civil War ended slavery, but it did not end
sharecroping
racism
immigrants
This system kept black farmers enslaved economically
Sharcroping System
Voting System
Pay System
By April of 1861 the United States and the Confederacy were at war. What was the United States called during this time?
Union
Confederacy
Sharecropers
