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Studies Weekly #24: Impact on Families

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A blockade is __________

a)

a large lego

b)

a bridge

c)

something that stops people from entering or leaving an area

2.

As food and basic goods became ___________, merchants raised the prices.

a)

sacrificed

b)

rotten

c)

abundant

d)

scarce

3.

Which woman left valuable primary sources as she wrote letters to her husband?

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Deborah Sampson

c)

Abigail Smith Adams

4.

Who owned a large plantation and spent time helping sick or injured soilders?

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Deborah Sampson

c)

Abigail Smith Adams

d)

Phyllis Wheatley

5.

What was Mercy Otis Warrens contribution to the fight for independence?

a)

she wrote letters to her husband

b)

She dressed up as a man and fought

c)

She wrote plays and poems that had strong political messages

6.

Molly Pitcher is known for.......

a)

writing plays

b)

singing to the soilders

c)

taking her husbands place in battle

d)

helping the injured soilders

7.

What woman, who was also a slave, became famous for writing poems?

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Phillis Wheatley

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Martha Washington

8.

What was the name of the woman who pretended to be a male soilder so she could fight in the war?

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Deborah Sampson

d)

Abigail Adams

9.

When someone tried to make money on food or goods that were hard to find they were called a ________________?

a)

soilder

b)

slave

c)

general

d)

profiteer

10.

What does inflation mean?

a)

when prices rise over a period of time

b)

making money

c)

very small supply

11.

Which young woman made a similar ride like that of Paul Revere to help warn and gather the militia?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Marthat Washington

c)

Sybil Ludington

d)

Mercy Otis Warren

12.

What THREE things did Congress do purposefully in order to solve their money problems after the war?

a)

raise taxes

b)

print $240 million extra dollars

c)

become profiteers to make money on scarce good

d)

sold debt certificates

13.

When someone tries to make money on food or goods that were scarce, they were called a

a)

merchant

b)

pirate

c)

businessman

d)

profiteer