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WorksheetsStudies Weekly #24: Impact on Families
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
A blockade is __________
a large lego
a bridge
something that stops people from entering or leaving an area
As food and basic goods became ___________, merchants raised the prices.
sacrificed
rotten
abundant
scarce
Which woman left valuable primary sources as she wrote letters to her husband?
Phillis Wheatley
Deborah Sampson
Abigail Smith Adams
Who owned a large plantation and spent time helping sick or injured soilders?
Martha Washington
Deborah Sampson
Abigail Smith Adams
Phyllis Wheatley
What was Mercy Otis Warrens contribution to the fight for independence?
she wrote letters to her husband
She dressed up as a man and fought
She wrote plays and poems that had strong political messages
Molly Pitcher is known for.......
writing plays
singing to the soilders
taking her husbands place in battle
helping the injured soilders
What woman, who was also a slave, became famous for writing poems?
Martha Washington
Phillis Wheatley
Abigail Adams
Martha Washington
What was the name of the woman who pretended to be a male soilder so she could fight in the war?
Phillis Wheatley
Martha Washington
Deborah Sampson
Abigail Adams
When someone tried to make money on food or goods that were hard to find they were called a ________________?
soilder
slave
general
profiteer
What does inflation mean?
when prices rise over a period of time
making money
very small supply
Which young woman made a similar ride like that of Paul Revere to help warn and gather the militia?
Abigail Adams
Marthat Washington
Sybil Ludington
Mercy Otis Warren
What THREE things did Congress do purposefully in order to solve their money problems after the war?
raise taxes
print $240 million extra dollars
become profiteers to make money on scarce good
sold debt certificates
When someone tries to make money on food or goods that were scarce, they were called a
merchant
pirate
businessman
profiteer
