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WorksheetsEarly American History
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
The Preamble is...
in the beginning of the Declaration...
the conclusion.
in the middle.
not in the Declaration.
What are our natural rights according to Jefferson? (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)
Freedom of speech, religion, and press
Life, liberty, and property
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Voting, rebelling, and health
Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?
Common Sense was published.
The Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III.
The American Revolution ends.
The Declaration of Independence is signed.
What product made money for Jamestown?
Tobacco
Fur
Gold
Ships
What was the significance of the Election of 1800?
It was a peaceful transfer of power from one party to another.
It was the end of George Washington's time in the government.
It was the first election that did not involve one of the Founding Fathers.
It was the first president who did not own slaves.
To keep any one branch of the U.S. Government from becoming too powerful, the Constitution established a system called checks and what?
Loans
Votes
Balances
Compromises
This word means "the right to vote".
Liberty
Expedition
Suffrage
Expansion
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson purchased 828,000 square miles of land in North America from
Manifest Destiny
France
Andrew Jackson
Robert Fulton
In the U.S. the cotton gin revolutionized industry in the
North
South
The gold rush in California began in _____
1776
1812
1849
1860
People who worked to end slavery were called _____.
Jim Crows
steamboats
abolitionists
common men
Which is NOT a means of transportation that transformed life in the United States during the period from 1800-1870?
railroads
the National Road
the airplane
steamboats
Which is NOT TRUE about the American Civil War?
It was fought from 1861-1865.
It was the deadliest war in American history.
One of its causes was slavery.
One of its causes was the Jim Crow system.
What is a tariff?
A tax on a foreign product you pay to your government
A tax on foreign products paid by one country to another
A discount on products made in another country
A tax credit you get if you buy local instead of foreign
