WorksheetsChristmas Smackdown!
Total questions: 103
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Define Propaganda
Incoming money
Information made to influence public opinion
volunteer army (colonial army)
refuse to buy goods in a protest
Define Militia
Incoming money
Information made to influence public opinion
volunteer army (colonial army)
refuse to buy goods in a protest
Define Proclamation of 1763
Tax on western expansion
Did not allow colonists to go west of the Appalachian Mountains
Closure of Boston Harbor
Declaration of Independence
Define Boston Massacre
A monopoly for the East India Company on tea
A tragic encounter between Boston soldiers and Bostonians
The closure of Boston Harbor because of the Boston Tea Party
Protesting the Tea Act by throwing tea into Boston Harbor
The Intolerable Acts
A monopoly for the East India Company on tea
A tragic encounter between Boston soldiers and Bostonians
The closure of Boston Harbor because of the Boston Tea Party
Protesting the Tea Act by throwing tea into Boston Harbor
Massachusetts militia, also known as __________________, had to be ready in a minutes notice and took on the British at Lexington/Concord.
minutemen
loyalists
patriots
preamble
Many colonists supported Great Britain during the American Revolution and were called ______________________________________.
minutemen
loyalists
patriots
preamble
Colonists who supported the Revolution were called ______________________________________.
minutemen
loyalists
patriots
preamble
Boston Tea Party
Bostonians protesting Tea Act
Bostonians protesting the Declaration of Independence
Bostonians protesting the rebellion
Bostonians protesting the British
George Washington
Supreme Commander of Patriot Forces
Leader of Patriot forces at Lexington/Concord
British tax collector
King of the United States
Battle of Lexington/Concord
First Battle of the American Revolution
Patriot victory freeing Bostonians from British occupation
Site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Southern city where the British occupied until all the tea was paid for
Which of the following were reasons for Americans declaring war on Great Britain? (mark all that apply)
Increase in taxes
Believed their rights were being violated
The Boston Massacre/Closing Boston Harbor
Proclamation of 1763
How were boycotts an effective way of getting the British to repeal many of their acts? (mark all that apply)
British businesses were hurt economically
It unified the colonists against the British
Colonists (Daughters' of Liberty) began making their own products instead of relying on products made by Britain
Boycotts forced colonists to use violence to solve their issues
Which of the following are reasons why the British and Patriots opened fire at Lexington and Concord? (mark all that apply)
The British were looking for rebel leaders
The British were looking for the militia weapons stash
The colonists were still angry about the closure of Boston Harbor
Winning the French and Indian War
Samuel Adams
Leader of the Sons' of Liberty
Smuggler from Barbados
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
General in the Battle of Lexington/Concord
The Sugar Act
Tax on coffee
Tax on tea
Reduced price of sugar but allowed authorities to arrest smuggler without a warrant
Tax on paper
The Stamp Act
Tax on coffee
Tax on tea
Reduced price of sugar but allowed authorities to arrest smuggler without a warrant
Tax on paper
Townshend Acts
Tax on glass
Tax on tea
Reduced price of sugar but allowed authorities to arrest smuggler without a warrant
Tax on imported goods: glass, tea, and paper
Define Boycott
Incoming money
Information made to influence public opinion
volunteer army (colonial army)
refuse to buy goods in a protest
Define Revenue
Incoming money
Information made to influence public opinion
volunteer army (colonial army)
refuse to buy goods in a protest
Define Mercenary
hired soldiers
A continuous rise in the price of goods and service
Private merchant ships with weapons
A surprise attack
Define Blockade
hired soldiers
A continuous rise in the price of goods and service
Private merchant ships with weapons
warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area
Define Ambush
Private merchant ships with weapons
A continuous rise in the price of goods and service
A surprise attack
warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area
Define Inflation
hired soldiers
A continuous rise in the price of goods and service
A surprise attack
warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area
South Carolina was the only state not to ________ African American soldiers.
recruit
ratify
siege
Privateers
The Continental Congress had to _____________ the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War.
recruit
ratify
siege
Privateers
Patriot forces held Yorktown under ___________ not allowing supplies or troops in or out of the town.
recruit
ratify
siege
Privateers
To help break the British blockade the Patriots used _______________ to attack and capture British ships.
recruit
ratify
siege
Privateers
Loyalists supported which side?
British
American Independence
Patriots supported which side?
British
American Independence
Washington was in desperate need for troops and asked Congress to begin to allow which group to join the Patriot forces?
African Americans
Native Americans
German immigrants
French Canadians
After the Battle of Saratoga, what European countries agreed to help the Americans? (Mark ALL that apply)
France
The Netherlands
Mexico
Spain
Where did the Patriots spend their winter of terrible suffering, but by spring developed into a well trained military force?
Trenton
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Yorktown
What role did Friedrich von Steuben play in assisting the Patriot army?
Help train Patriot forces
Discover new medical treatments
Served as a Calvary officer
Was assistant to George Washington
Why did the British move the war to the South? (Mark ALL that apply)
Hoped for loyalist support
Use their sea power to their advantage
Have slaves join the British army
Continue their fight with Spain
How did guerrilla warfare (hit and run tactics) hurt the British?
The British were well prepared for fighting small units
The British lost many allies from the attacks
It caught the British off-guard forcing them to retreat to Yorktown
It furthered their will to fight
What was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Charleston
Battle of Vincennes
Siege of Yorktown
Why did General Washington change his plan of attacking New York?
General Clinton had too many forces in New York
Washington wanted control of the South
General Cornwallis could be easily trapped on the Yorktown Peninsula
Washington did not get along with General Rochambeau
Which of the following was agreed to by the British in the Treaty of Paris?
To give Canada to the United States
To recognize the United States as an independent nation
To keep troops in the United States after the war
To be allies of the United States and France
Battle of Saratoga
Was the King of England during the Revolutionary War
Battle won by the Patriots that led France to joining the American cause
Final battle of the Revolution
Name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
Who won the American Revolutionary War?
The United States and its allies
Great Britain
Juan de Miralles
From Spain, helped raise funds for the Americans
Battle won by the Patriots that led France to joining the American cause
Final battle of the Revolution
Name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
From Spain, helped raise funds for the Patriot cause
Battle won by the Patriots that led France to joining the American cause
Final battle of the Revolution
Name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
George Washington
British general who lost the war at Yorktown
American General who turned traitor on his country
Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
British general who was forced to resign after failing to provide reinforcements at Saratoga
General William Howe
British general who lost the war at Yorktown
American General who turned traitor on his country
Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
British general who was forced to resign after failing to provide reinforcements at Saratoga
General Cornwallis
British general who lost the war at Yorktown
American General who turned traitor on his country
Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
British general who was forced to resign after failing to provide reinforcements at Saratoga
Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower, settled in this region.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Rice and tobacco became major exports from this region.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Colonists from this region fought several wars with Native Americans between 1636-1675.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Shipbuilding was very important in this region.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Slave labor was used to grow rice.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Plantations were usually found on the tide water areas along the coast.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
William Penn settled Pennsylvania establishing freedom of religion and self-government.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Plantations in Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas included slave labor, which are in this region.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
They built ships that were used to bring slaves from Africa to the colonies.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Indentured servants and slaves were used to raise tobacco.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Fishing and whaling were important areas of commerce.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Swedish settled Delaware looking for good farmland and rights of self-government.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
The Dutch settled New Amsterdam before the English took over changing it to New York
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
What is Colony "B"?
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
What is Colony "D"?
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
What is Colony "E"?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
What is Colony "F"?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
What is Colony "J"?
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Production in the Northern factories increased with the use of new...
Machines
People
Electricity
Computers
Making a large number of products faster and cheaper is called
being smarts
craftsmanship
mass production
agriculture
As a result of Industrialization and to increase levels of production, workers in the northern factories were generally given...
the task of making an entire product start to finish
specialized jobs
heft pay raises
2 weeks paid vacation
Transportation was made faster with what invention?
the bullet train
flying car
steam engine
rockets
Faster communication was made faster with what new invention
Printing Press
Iphone
Telegraph
Performance Enhancing Medication
What agricultural invention, designed to increase production, increased the ability to process cotton by 50x's?
Can opener
Potato Peeler
Cotton Gin
Plow
Faster communication was made faster with what new invention
Printing Press
Iphone
Telegraph
Performance Enhancing Medication
ALL those who lived in southern states owned slaves.
True
False
Large farms, generally located in the South, were known as...
plantations
co-ops
cash crops
agricultural utopia
What farming implement, used to farm hard-packed prairie soil, is John Deere credited with inventing?
mechanical reaper
a more efficient thrasher
a steel-tipped plow
the combine
The economic base of the Northern states was...
Industry
Agriculture
Service based
Telecommunications
The economic base of the Southern states was...
Industry
Agriculture
Service based
Telecommunications
Prior to switching to cotton many Southern states grew tobacco, indigo & rice as cash crops.
True
False
The transition to cotton as the primary cash crop of the Deep South led to an increased need for what?
Land
Slaves
Fresh water sources
Factories to process cotton
Heading into the 1860's and the Civil War the Northern states had, compared to the Southern states, 3x's as much what?
People
Cotton
Railroads
Horses
Southern states mostly relied on what to transport goods?
Railroads
Natural waterways
Interstate highways
Canals
Letter 'E" marks which of the following:
United States in 1783
Mexican Cession
Texas
The Louisiana Purchase
Why was the area marked by letter "C" added to the U.S.?
The U.S. needed to flat terrain to build the Transcontinental Railroad
The U.S. won the area after the border disputes were settled
Mexico just gave the land to the U.S. in order to preserve peace
The U.S. had always owned the land
Which area of land was added in 1803?
A
C
E
D
Which area of land was acquired in 1848 after a conflict with Mexico?
A
B
C
E
When the U.S. acquired land area "A" it had reached it's goal of....
Taking over all of Spain's Territory
Taking over all of Mexico's Territory
Pushing French out of North America
Reaching the Pacific Ocean
What state was given to the U.S. as part of the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819?
Texas
California
Florida
Oregon
All of the following were causes of the U.S.-Mexico War EXCEPT:
The Annexation of Texas
The U.S. claims to Oregon
Border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico
What land area was acquired after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
A
B
C
D
The Homestead Act offered free land in hopes to encourage what?
western settlement of the U.S.
nothing
people from the west to move back east
people from the South to move to the North
What group of people settled in present day Utah after leaving the east coast because of religious persecution?
The Catholics
The Mormons
The Forty-Niners
Spanish Settlers
The Homestead Act offered free land in hopes to encourage what?
western settlement of the U.S.
nothing
people from the west to move back east
people from the South to move to the North
Manifest Destiny offered many people...
Economic Opportunity
Nothing
More Factory Jobs
New Technological Innovations
What state boomed in 1849 due to the Gold Rush?
Texas
Florida
Oregon
California
Which of the following was not a reason to support Manifest Destiny?
It was an opportunity to embrace different cultures
Economic Opportunity
To open new markets of trade
To spread the U.S. style of government (Democracy)
What was the start point for most trails west?
St. Louis/Independence Missouri
Salt Lake City Utah
San Francisco California
Boston Massachusetts
What year did the most miners rush to California?
1848
1849
1852
1853
Manifest Destiny was the belief that...
It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
All people in the United States should have the right to vote.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?
The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
A slave on a southern plantation
A Native American
A farmer wanting to obtain new land
What people group is most abused in the American movement to the West?
African Americans
French Immigrants
Native Americans
Irish Immigrants
