WorksheetsYoung People’s History of the United States Week 5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
A U.S. march on _________ began the War with Mexico.
the Rio Grande
Texas
the Mississippi River
California
(a) is the idea that the U.S. had the God-given right to all of the land in North America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Which of the following states did the U.S. NOT gain following the War with Mexico.
Utah
Oregon
Arizona
California
The refusal to obey certain laws or government demands in order to influence legislation or government policy using non-violent techniques such as boycotting, picketing and nonpayment of taxes is called (a) .
What was the main reason a few members of Congress voted against War with Mexico?
They did not want people to die in war.
They did not believe the U.S. had a right to take this land.
They feared the new territory the U.S. would win in the war would add slave states to the Union.
They feared the war would cost too much money.
Which of the following once enslaved person was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Denmark Veasey
Frederick Douglass
Which law did the U.S. government NOT really enforce?
The law that said no new slaves could be imported to the U.S.
The Fugitive Slave Act that made it more difficult for escaped slaves to remain free.
Reconstruction was a time when newly-freed African-Americans enjoyed political powers with African-American men voting and running for office. What did the federal government do that ended this?
It passed laws limiting African-Americans political freedom.
It pulled out the Union troops who had been ensuring African-Americans freedom.
It passed segregation laws.
It rescinded the Emancipation Proclamation.
(a) is an economic system in which private individuals or companies, rather than the state, own farms and factories, set prices, and compete with each other in the marketplace to accumulate wealth.
Who said: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”
(a)
