WorksheetsAct 35 (PA) - US and State History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
All of the following are reasons Europeans colonized America EXCEPT for ___?
Minority rights
Economic opportunity
Religious freedom
Political freedom
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the 13 colonies in _____?
1876
1976
1776
1666
The meeting held in Philadelphia between May and September, 1787 that led to the drafting of the US Constitution was called ___?
The Articles of Confederation Congress
The Second Continental Congress
The Constitutional Convention
The Federal Delegation
Which of the following states was NOT one of the original 13 colonies?
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
Vermont
Who was the first President (and Commander in Chief) of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Hancock
James Madison
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?
France
Spain
Portugal
Great Britain
Which of the following wars was NOT fought during the 19th century (1800s)?
The War of 1812
Mexican-American War
The Civil War
The French-Indian War
The Spanish-American War
Which document, signed by President Lincoln, freed southern slaves during the Civil War?
The 13th Amendment
The Freedman's Bureau
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Federalist Papers, extended version
Who was President of the US during World War I?
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Who was President of the US during the Great Depression and World War II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
Who did the United States declare war against during World War II?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
German, Japan, the Soviet Union
German, the Soviet Union, China
Japan, Germany, Italy
The fight against communism that began after World War II is referred to as the _____.
Domino Theory
Cold War
McCarthyism
Hot Blockade
Individuals were kidnapped from this continuent ____ and transported across the Atlantic to be sold as slaves in North and South America and the Caribbean.
Asia
Central America
Africa
South America
All of the following were reasons the colonists fought the British to gain their independence EXCEPT for:
Quartering and housing soldiers in private homes
Loss of colonial self-government and judiciaries
Taxation without representation in Parliament
British violence against the (American) Bill of Rights
What was one (1) major problem with the Articles of Confederation government?
Unlimited federal court powers
President was able to make laws without Congress
Congress could raise taxes without a vote
Congress need 9 out of 13 states for treaties, taxes and war
The Federalist Papers support ratification of the Constitution. The following were writers of the Papers EXCEPT for:
James Madison
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Stonewall Jackson
Benjamin Franklin was known for all of the following EXCEPT for:
First Postmaster General of the United States
Established free, public elementary schools for children
Writer of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
US Diplomat
Who is commonly credited with passage of the 19th Amendment and voting rights for women?
Susan B. Anthony & Carrie Chapman Catt
Harriet Tubman
Betsy Ross and Molly Pitcher
What convention was held in 1848 to advance women's suffrage and included Frederick Douglass?
The Pennsylvania Quaker Convention
Abolitionists of America
The National Women's Alliance
The Seneca Falls Convention
All of the following were wars fought by the United States in the 20th century (1900s) EXCEPT:
Vietnam War
World War 1
Korean War
The First Gulf War
The Spanish-American War
This group of African-American youths worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for civil and political rights in the South.
The Black Panthers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Black Lives Matter (BLM)
Freedom Riders
What territories were ceded to the United States after the Spanish-American War (1898)?
The Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
Cuba, Vietnam and Puerto Rico
The Philippines, the Panama Canal and Guam
This federal Act led to the dismemberment of Indigenous lands into individual allotments rather than tribal sovereignty.
The Indian Removal Act of 1825
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Dawes Act of 1887
President of the United States during the American Civil War:
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
