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Case Test #3 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

a)

George Harrison

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Thomas Singleton

d)

Matthew Pershing

2.

What did the Cotton Gin do?

a)

It picked cotton a lot faster than a person could.

b)

It sowed cotton seeds a lot faster than a person could.

c)

It spun cotton into thread a lot faster than a person could.

d)

It removed the seeds from cotton a lot faster than a person could

3.

How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?

a)

Plantation owners needed less slaves.

b)

It didn't affect it.

c)

Plantation owners needed more slaves.

d)

Plantation owners no longer needed slaves.

4.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
5.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
6.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
7.
What does abolish mean?
a)
to get rid of
b)
to make shiny
8.
Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?
a)
YES
b)
NO
9.

What was the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

A group of freedmen who wanted to farm

b)

A group of people against freedmen

c)

A government organization created to help freedmen

d)

A government organization created to help former slave owners

10.

What was the goal of the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

to educate freedmen

b)

to provide housing and food for freedmen

c)

to provide medical treatment for freedmen

d)

all of the above

11.
Which one of these states was a border state during the Civil War?
a)
Delaware
b)
Ohio
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Kansas
12.
Which one of these states was a border state during the Civil War?
a)
Texas
b)
Ohio
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Kentucky
13.

The president has the power to _____________ a bill before it becomes law.

a)

complain about

b)

rewrite

c)

veto

d)

compliment

14.

What are the powers of the legislative branch?

a)

To decide if laws are just and constitutional

b)

To create new laws

c)

To meet with other countries

d)

To make new laws for other countries

15.

What are checks and balances?

a)

The ability for different branches to stop each others actions.

b)

The ability for different branches to help each other make laws.

16.
How long is the president’s term?
a)
2 years
b)
4 years
c)
6 years
d)
8 years
17.
What does the executive branch do?
a)
elect the president
b)
make the laws
c)
carry out the laws
d)
count the votes
18.
.  The ________________ contains the supreme laws of the land of the United States of America.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Constitution
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Magna Carta
19.
Role of the judicial branch
a)
make laws
b)
interpret laws
c)
enforce laws
d)
impeach a president
20.
How many branches of government are there?
a)
Five
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
21.
What was Lincoln’s primary purpose for delivering the Gettysburg Address? 
a)
to commemorate a great Union victory
b)
to dedicate a cemetery
c)
to launch his reelection campaign
d)
to consecrate the ground
22.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
23.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
24.
The event held at this location encouraged the start of the civil war and rallied both sides to build up their armies.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Yorktown
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Appomattox 
25.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
26.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
27.
This was the main economy of the Confederacy
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industy
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
28.
This was the main economy of the union
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
29.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
30.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
31.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
32.
The Underground Railroad was safety routes that led slaves from the south to safety in the north. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
33.
Abolitionists are people who think slavery is a good idea. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
34.
What is Harriett's role in the Underground Railroad?
a)
passenger 
b)
engineer 
c)
conductor 
35.
What is the name of the document that Abraham Lincoln which promised freedom to slaves in the south? 
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Declaration of Independence 
c)
Mayflower Compact 
d)
Emancipation Proclamation 
36.
Which amendment ended slavery? 
a)
12
b)
13
c)
14
37.

A system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop...

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Segregation

c)

Border States

d)

Jim Crow's Law

38.

Which of the following is TRUE about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

39.

The rising tensions in the British colonies of North America les to an increase in popularity for which concept?

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

constitutional monarchy

c)

democratic government

d)

unlimited government

40.
What doubled the size of the US?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada Purchase
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
California Purchase
41.

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on were...

a)

Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards

b)

Tea and bread

c)

Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

42.

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

a)

Colonists thought that everyone should be taxed except themselves

b)

Colonists though they shouldn't be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament

c)

Colonists thought they were being picked on.

43.

What occupation did most of the carpetbaggers have before coming south?

a)

School Teacher

b)

Lawyers

c)

Store Clerks

44.

Where did the scalawags and carpetbaggers come from?

a)

The West

b)

The North

45.

What were three results of the expedition? Select 3.

a)

Lewis and Clark brought back maps of the new land.

b)

People chose to move out west.

c)

Lewis and Clark became the president.

d)

Lewis and Clark were labeled as heroes.