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WorksheetsEOY - Quiz - Class Questions
Total questions: 103
Worksheet time: 52mins
Topic 1 - Who was Ponce De Leon?
A Native American
A military general
An explorer
A president
Topic 1 - Where did the first Americans come from?
Serbia
Japan
Mexico
Great Britain
Topic 1 - Which crops were essential to native American agriculture?
Beans, cotton, and squash
Corn, indigo, and pumpkin
Beans, squash, and corn
Rice, squash, and corn
Topic 1 - What was the primary reason why the Native American population decreased rapidly in the 1400s-1600s?
Starvation/Loss of Food
War between tribes
Natural Disasters
Diseases brought by Europeans
Topic 1 - Which of the following best explains why Native Americans in South Carolina were upset by the continued settlement of Europeans?
The local Native American tribes were denied trade by the European settlers.
Local Native American tribes were unable to win a war against rival tribes because European settlers declined to assist them.
When more European immigrants arrived in South Carolina, they started to colonize land that had previously belonged to Native Americans.
When the European settlers arrived, they resorted to violence against the local Native American tribes
Topic 1 - What part of the Columbian Exchange that hurt Native Americans was caused by Europeans?
diseases that Native Americans were not immune to
bad crops
lack of transportation
loss of land
Topic 1 - What did native Americans have to do in order to survive?
Kill enemies
Give up
Adapt to their environment
Surrender
Topic 2 - Which of the following was one of the 13 colonies?
Virginia
California
Florida
Texas
Topic 2 - The 3 types of colonies in early America were North, Middle, and South Colonies.
True
False
Topic 2 - The main reason early settlers moved to Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island were?
To get better jobs
Find religious freedom
To buy cheap farmland
Profit from fur trade
Topic 2 - What were the 13 colonies?
Montana, Alabama, Connecticut, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Maine, Delaware, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, Idaho
Topic 2 - Plantation economics became common in the southern colonies. This meant they owned vast farms and produced crops for export. Which of the following exports is most likely to have developed in a Southern colony?
cotton, indigo, tobacco
fish, rum, iron
textiles, spices, iron
fish and fur products
Topic 2 - Which of the following is a state included in the New England Colonies?
North Carolina
New York
Rhode Island
Georgia
Topic 2 - Which of the following was a colony founded by Calvert for Catholics to be free to worship?
Indiana
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
Topic 3 - The Great Awakening helped bring religion back to the colonies, True or False?
True
False
Topic 3 - New York was a middle colony
True
False
Topic 3 - What did the magna carta do in England?
Limit the power of the king
Established a bill of rights
Allowed parliament to tax
Made a democratic government
Topic 3 - Which is the BEST description of the Slave Trade Triangle from Africa to the New World to Europe?
Slaves --> Money --> Sugar, tobacco, and cotton
Migrants --> Boats --> Land
Slaves --> Sugar, tobacco, and cotton --> Textiles, rum, and manufactured goods
Topic 3 - What was the key reason for the economic disparities between New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
The people's language in the region
The region's natural resources
The nationality of those who settled in the area
The people in the area's education.
Topic 3 - What was one of the first religious movements in the colonies?
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
The Great Awakening
Topic 3 - What was the middle passage/triangular trade route mostly used for?
To trade slaves
To trade clothing
To trade food
To trade cultural items
Topic 4 - Who was George Washington?
A European explorer
A Founding Father
A Scientist
A Dictator
Topic 4 - What state did not attend the First Continental Congress?
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Topic 4 - What were the colonists who supported independence for England called?
Fence sitters
Loyalists
Patriots
Neutralists
Topic 4 - Who was the first person to sign the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Hancock
John Adams
Topic 4 - Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
John F. Kennedy
Samuel Adams
Topic 4 - What important event did colonists make propaganda for?
Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
The Civil War
The French and Indian War
Topic 4 - Who did the colonist accuse of Tyranny?
Patriots
Fence Sitters
The King
Loyalists
Topic 5 - Why did the Colonies want to separate from Britain?
For better fishing
Canada had better resources
The King was a tyrant
Spain paid them for their land
Topic 5 - The colonists’ complaints were called “complications”
True
False
Topic 5 - Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Topic 5 - The Intolerable Acts lead to which War?
French & Indian War
War of 1812
Revolutionary War
Civil War
Topic 5 - Which battle did the British win?
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Topic 6 - Which battle was the first of The American Revolution?
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Topic 6 - Washington crossed the Delaware River in the Battle of Yorktown.
True
False
Topic 6 - What did the first congressional congress want to avoid?
High Taxes
Peace
Native American Attacks
War with Great Britain
Topic 6 - When did the Revolutionary War end?
1775
1803
1792
1783
Topic 6 - The__________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Topic 7 - The Three-Fifths compromise was used to ratify states rights, True of False?
True
False
Topic 7 - African-American people were considered as property in the Constitution.
True
False
Topic 7 - Which is not a weakness of the articles of confederation?
Couldn’t collect taxes
All states had one vote
Supreme court had too much power
No executive branch
Topic 7 - Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Democrat and Republican ideologies mushed together
People who opposed a strong national government and a Constitution
People who agreed with a strong national government and a Constitution
People who were against slavery
Topic 7 - What was the name of the document that gave every state, regardless of size, one vote?
Monroe Doctrine
Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Topic 7 - Why were the Federalist papers written?
To convince the states to ratify
To make anti-federalist angry
To support anti-federalists
For entertainment of the people
Topic 8 - What did Washington tell the country in his Farewell Address?
Be loyal to your political party
Don't make treaties with foreign countries
Stop the expansion of slavery
Burn the White House
Topic 8 - Alexander Hamilton was in favor of the National Bank.
True
False
Topic 8 - Which act criminalized making false statements that were critical to the government?
Alien Act
Pickney’s Act
Criminal Act
Sedition Act
Topic 8 - Which branch of movement writes laws?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Topic 8 - What were the first 3 cabinet positions established?
Secretary of State, War General, Vice President
Banker, Peacemaker, Lawmaker
Department of Defense, Treasury Department, Department of Justice
Department of War, Secretary of State, Department of Treasury
Topic 8 - Who won in the War of 1812?
The U.S.
The British
Canada
Neither/Nor
Topic 8 - In his Farewell Address in 1796, President Washington advised Americans of…..
his wish that the president be given more power
his fear of a British invasion
the nation's need for a national bank
the dangers of ties with foreign nations
Topic 8 - All of the following are true about the Era of Good Feelings except?
re-established national bank
one political party in power
good and healthy relationships with native American tribes
national pride after the "victory" in the War of 1812
Topic 9 - What was one reason Austin was allowed to colonize Texas with Americans?
He got a lot of money
Mexico told him he could live there with nothing in return
Him and the people who colonized had to become Mexican citizens
He took Texas forcefully
Topic 9 - What country did America buy the Louisiana Territory from?
Spain
Great Britain
France
Russia
Topic 9 - What made the Louisiana Purchase so cheap?
French Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Napoleon Conquers France
France Does Not Need It
Topic 9 - Why did thousands of people rush to California in 1849?
Gold Rush
New land
To escape wars
Lowered taxes
Topic 9 - What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Mexico gives up Texas and the Mexican Cession, the United States agrees to pay Mexico 15 million and promises to protect the Mexicanos living in Texas and the Mexican Cession
The Spanish government agrees to yield Florida to the United States in exchange for $5 million and to honor Spain's longtime claim to Texas
Established intentions of friendship between the US and Spain, and defined America’s western boundaries & guarantees American right to the Mississippi River
John Adams sends three agents (XYZ) to request tribute in exchange for the boats and men captured by the French
Topic 9 - True or False: In order to build a Transcontinental Railroad, The Gadsden Purchase was made in 1863.
True
False
Topic 9 - What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?
Civilization Act
Manifest Destiny
Indian Removal Act
Indian Territory Act
Topic 9 - Americans believed that the United States had a duty to extend the blessings of democracy to new lands and peoples. What is this known as?
Monroe Doctrine
American Destiny
Noble Bargain
Manifest Destiny
Topic 10 - Why was the Election of 1824 known as a "Corrupt Bargain"
Another candidate convinced people to pick Adams and got rewarded with a job for it
Adams cheated by buying votes from Senators
Jackson called Adams a "Sabbath-breaker"
Adams threw mud at Jackson
Topic 10 - Andrew Jackson’s nickname was “Old Hickory”.
True
False
Topic 10 - President Andrew Jackson and VP John C. Calhoun got along?
True
False
What is the spoils system?
The House of Representatives choosing the president
Political party leaders choose candidates for president
Elected officials rewarding supporters with government jobs
Supporters pay others for their preferred candite to be elected
Topic 10 - Why was Andrew Jackson known as “Old Hickory”?
He was a tough man
He was arrogant
He was difficult to work with
All of the above
Topic 11 - Who replaced the Lowell Girls?
Freed Slaves
Children
Immigrants
Men
Topic 11 - The North was in favor of slavery.
True
False
Topic 11 - The South’s economy was based on cotton and crops while the North was based on...
Military
Food
Industrial Factories
Slavery
Topic 11 - In 1860 most northerners
Moved to the south
Lived on farms
Settled in cities
Moved to England
Topic 11 - Why were Southerners opposed to bills in Congress that would have enabled the federal government to finance internal improvements?
They didn't think it was a good idea to make it easy to get to the south.
They believed it would be much more beneficial to the North than to the South.
They were concerned that it would necessitate an excessive amount of natural resources.
They believed locomotives would devastate their world.
Topic 11 - Where were interchangeable parts introduced?
North
East
South
West
Topic 11 - What are the competing economies of the North and South
North - industry, South - slavery
North - cash crops, South - slavery
North - slavery, South - industry
None of the above
Topic 12 - Who led the Prison Reform Movement?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Dorothea Dix
Henry Clay
Topic 12 - Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave and abolitionist speaker.
True
False
Topic 12 - What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?
Churches shifted their attention away from politics and toward religious matters.
Religious leaders lobbied legislators to give women the right to vote.
Instead of promoting federal unity, politicians were encouraged to support state rights.
People were encouraged to become involved in reform movements in order to solve social problems.
Topic 12 - Which of the following is not an abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Abraham Lincoln
Angelina Grimke
Topic 12 - Horace Mann is known for which Reform Movement?
Abolitionists
Prison Reform
Education Reform
Suffrage Movement
Topic 13 - The 36'30" line banned states from having slavery north of the line EXCEPT Missouri, True or False?
True
False
Topic 13 - True or False : Dread Scott won his court case and was declared a Freed Person.
True
False
Topic 13 - Which of the following states was added as a free state after the Compromise of 1850?
California
Delaware
Arizona
New Mexico
Topic 13 - What was the Supremes court's decision for the Dred Scott case?
African Americans didn’t have the right to sue in court
African Americans rights were protected by the constitution
Slavery was abolished
Dred Scott was arrested
Topic 13 - Which of the following is true about Lincoln?
He was a Federalist
He wanted to stop slavery
He wanted to eliminate the South completely
He wanted to stop the expansion of slavery
Topic 13 - Why did Frederick Douglass say that the 4th of July was hypocritical?
It didn’t apply to slaves, who were considered as property
It didn’t apply to anyone unless if they were rich or white
He didnt
Topic 13 - Slavery would have been prohibited on lands acquired as a result of the Mexican- American War under a proposed law.
The Missouri Compromise
The Wilmot Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act
Topic 13 - When was Harriett Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published?
1867
1884
1863
1852
Topic 13 - Why did southern states secede from the United States?
They wanted the expansion of slavery
They believe originally Lincoln wanted to help grow slavery
Lincoln died
They wanted slavery abolished
Topic 14 - What was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Sherman's March to the Sea
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Topic 14 - Soldier life in the Civil War was rough, with it being the hardest for black soldiers on both sides of the war.
True
False
Topic 14 - What event marked the start of the Civil War?
Lincoln’s Inauguration
Civil Rights Movement
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Topic 14 - What was the north called?
Confederacy
Union
Unwanted
Revolters
Topic 14 - Approximately 500,000 people died in the Civil War.
True
False
Topic 14 - Which of these are all events that took place during the Civil War era?
The Gettysburg Address, Battle of Bull Run and the Emancipation Proclamation
Jackson Presidency, South Carolina secedes and Battle of Saratoga
Lincoln Presidency, Missouri Compromise and the Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh and Battle of Concord and Lexington
Topic 14 - Which battle was claimed to have one of the bloodiest battles in American history?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Bottle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Topic 14 - What is true about the south in the civil war. Select all that apply.
The south had more advantages
The south had less advantages
The south had great military leadership
The South had a strong plan called the anaconda plan
Part of the south’s plan was to cut off trade with others
Topic 15 - Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Topic 15 - Who replaced Lincoln after he was assassinated?
Ulysses S Grant
Rutherford Hayes
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Topic 15 - What laws were passed to control former slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Black Codes
Freedmen Laws
Slavery Act
Topic 15 - Which amendment abolished slavery
13th
14th
15th
16th
Topic 15 - What does the images below represent? There may be more than one answer.
Segregation
Fascism
Equal Rights
“Separate but Equal”
Fair Play
Topic 15 - Which better describes the post-Civil War economic situation of many African Americans in the South?
Opportunities in the South outnumbered those in the North.
Agricultural labor was phased out due to technological advancements.
Through sharecropping, slavery was replaced by a cycle of poverty.
Mining provided the best opportunities.
Topic 15 - What amendment extended the right to vote to all men, regardless of race?
13th
14th
15th
16th
Topic 15 - What was the reason for Lincoln‘s assassination?
Equal rights
Save the Union
Help the movement of slavery
The belief that it would save the Confederacy
Topic 15 - What amendment granted citizenship to all?
12th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment
