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Chapter 4, the History and Economy of the Southeast

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In what event were the Cherokee forcibly removed from Georgia?
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Green Corn Ceremony
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Treaty of Indian Springs
2.
Native Americans got what they needed to survive from ________________________.
a)
Stores
b)
American settlers
c)
Nature
d)
Walmart
3.

The Cherokee's written language uses a system of symbols called a ______________.

a)

Tahlequah

b)

Echota

c)

syllabary

d)

Sequoyah

e)

Trail of Tears

4.

What did Sequoyah create?

a)

Cherokee Language

b)

Indian Syllabary

c)

Cherokee Syllabary

d)

Cherokee Alphabet

5.
The capital of the colony of Virginia was
a)
Jamestown
b)
Williamsburg
c)
England
d)
Roanoke
6.
The House of Burgesses gave the colonists in Virginia the opportunity to control _______________
a)
their own government
b)
the First Americans
c)
the Royal Governor
d)
the King of England
7.
In 1619, only __________ were considered citizens and could elect burgesses. 
a)
men and women
b)
adult white men
c)
male slaves
d)
First Americans
8.
Thomas is best remembered for writing the ______________.
a)
Constitution
b)
Declaration of Independence
9.

Thomas wanted the colonies to be what?

a)

Part of England

b)

rich

c)

independent of England

d)

free from France

10.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
11.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
12.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
13.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
14.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --
a)
United State's freedom from Great Britain
b)
an end to the Civil War
c)
freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
d)
the beginning of Reconstruction
15.
War between people of the same country
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
civil war
d)
slavery
16.
Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.
a)
plantations
b)
villages
17.
What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?
a)
As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
b)
As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
c)
As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
d)
As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.
18.
What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?
a)
As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
b)
As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
c)
As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
d)
As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.
19.
A complete end to slavery
a)
abolition
b)
abolitionist
c)
emancipation
d)
dehumanization
20.

What is a slave?

a)

Someone that is owned by the government

b)

Someone that is owned by someone else

c)

Someone that is paid for their work

d)

Someone that moves from place to place

21.

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

22.

Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

a)

Mary Washington

b)

Jackie Kennedy

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Rosa Parks

23.

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

March on Washington

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

15th Amendment

24.

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

a)

segregation

b)

racism

c)

oppression

d)

facism

25.
Which state is highlighted?
a)
Texas
b)
South Carolina
c)
Florida
d)
Mississippi

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