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History Unit Study Guide

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eyewitness reports, letters, and diaries are examples of...

a)

primary sources

b)

secondary sources

2.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 angered the (a)   because it limited the ability to expand to the west.

3.

"No taxation without representation" means...

a)

Independence from Great Britain

b)

No more taxes if colonists can't have a seat in Parliament

c)

The colonists are angry

4.

The Adena and Hopewell Native Americans built (a)   by cooperating and working together as a team.

5.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are identified as main goals of our government. Which document states these things?

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Bill of Rights

6.

The Declaration of Independence stated the basis for America's government, including...

a)

People are born with basic rights

b)

Governments are created to protect those rights

c)

Citizens have the right to change their government if it fails

d)

Slavery is banned

7.

A person who wanted to end slavery was called...

a)

a warrior

b)

an abolitionist

c)

a conductor

8.

Who are famous Ohio abolitionists?

a)

John Rankin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Leivi Nash

9.

Admiral Oliver Perry led an American fleet of ships to defeat British ships. The U.S. now gained control of a specific body of water. What is the name of the battle?

a)

Battle of Tippecanoe

b)

Battle of Lake Erie

c)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

10.

What is one cause of the War of 1812?

a)

The creation of the Northwest Ordinance

b)

Impressing US sailors into the British navy

c)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

11.

What does impressment mean?

a)

American sailors pressing against the British navy

b)

British navy forcing American sailors to fight with them

12.

A deserter is...

a)

a delicious treat

b)

an American sailor seized at sea by the British

13.

The Northwest Ordinance helped territories become states. Once a territory reached a population of 5,000 it could...

a)

become a state

b)

Elect their own representative

14.

Check all the democratic ideals of the Northwest Ordinance

a)

ended slavery

b)

voting rights

c)

equality of states

d)

public education

e)

individual rights

15.

Why were so many African Americans living in the South?

a)

they wanted to live in the U.S. for the democracy

b)

they wanted farmland

c)

their ancestors were forced to come to the U.S. as enslaved people