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10th Grade First Semester Warrior Exam

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

the trade route in which manufactured goods were carried from England to the Americas

b)

the trade route in which tobacco was carried in the middle section of the boat from the Americas to Africa

c)

the trade route in which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas

d)

the trade route in which slaves were carried from the West Indies to the United States

2.

The first permanent English colony in America was

a)

Quebec

b)

Jamestown

c)

Roanoke

d)

Montreal

3.

What were the 2 main reasons for the French and Indian War?

a)

Control of land and trade with Native Americans

b)

Land and Slaves

c)

Gold and Silver

d)

Claim to land in Europe

4.

The area that France and Great Britain were fighting over during the French and Indian War was the

a)

Delaware River Valley

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Ohio Valley

5.

Which Indian tribe (nation) became one of Britain’s most important Native American allies during the French and Indian War?

a)

The Blackfoot

b)

The Crow

c)

The Cherokee

d)

The Iroquois

6.

What officially ended the French and Indian War?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Treaty of Ghent 1783

c)

Treaty of London 1753

d)

Treaty of Tortuga 1773

7.

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from

a)

Selling goods

b)

Settling West of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Going to war with Native Americans

d)

Selling goods to Britain

8.

Congress approved the _____________, which proclaimed that the colonies were free from British rule.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Constitution

9.

__________ drafted the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

10.

The Declaration of Independence was written to ________.

a)

assert the colonies' desire to follow Parliament.

b)

explain why colonists were angry with British rule.

c)

encourage freedom and equality for slaves and women.

d)

support the British king but not Parliament.

11.

Direct tax imposed on the colonies that was applied on all printed materials and documents.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townsend Act

12.

Location of Washington's winter encampment in 1777 and 1778.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Lexington

d)

Concord

13.

Final major battle of the Revolution,

where a large British army was forced to surrender

in October 1781

a)

Richmond

b)

Yorktown

c)

Trenton

d)

Saratoga

14.

Farmers' uprising in protest of high taxes, foreclosures, and debt penalties.

a)

McDonald's Rebellion

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

d)

Sears' Rebellion

15.

The first constitution of the United States

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

16.

What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create?

a)

a strong, centralized government

b)

an alliance of weak and dependent states

c)

a loose confederation of strong state governments

d)

a federal system with a bicameral legislature and a President

17.

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on _______.

a)

population of each state.

b)

number of state delegates.

c)

one state, one vote

d)

delegates appointed by the president.

18.

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation based on _______.

a)

population of each state.

b)

number of state delegates.

c)

one state, one vote

d)

delegates appointed by the president.

19.

The Three-Fifths Compromise...

a)

abolished slavery in the North.

b)

outlawed the slave trade while allowing slavery to continue in the South.

c)

guaranteed the freedom of any enslaved person who moved to the North.

d)

required all states to return fugitive slaves to their owners.

20.

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are also known as ____________.

a)

Preamble

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

21.

A system in which government power comes from the people

a)

dictatorship

b)

monarchy

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

communism

22.

Incident in which French

officials demanded bribes to stop French

seizures of American shipping

a)

ZIP Affair

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

USA Affair

d)

WJC Affair

23.

Federalist Chief Justice who established the Court’s power of judicial review

a)

Perry Mason

b)

Jackson Hewitt

c)

John Marshall

d)

Phillip Rivers

24.

1803 Supreme Court case that established the Court as the final judge of the constitutionality of congressional actions.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

25.

Land between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains bought by the U.S. from France in 1803.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Neutral Zone

c)

Demilitarized Zone

d)

Louisiana Purchase

26.

“Corps of Discovery” sent by Jefferson to explore

the Louisiana Territory

a)

Abbott and Costello Crew

b)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

c)

Batman and Robin Crusade

d)

Laurel and Hardy Handshake

27.

A government order suspending trade, usually to force some action.

a)

referendum

b)

embargo

c)

endictment

d)

reform

28.

During their invasion of the United States, British forces

a)

captured and burned Washington, D.C.

b)

won an important victory at Baltimore.

c)

blundered in their attack on Maine.

d)

defended their occupation of Detroit.

29.
"The American continents must never again by colonized by Europeans" is the main idea of 
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
The Monroe Doctrine
c)
The Era of Good Feelings
d)
Washington's Farewell Address
30.

The inventor of the electric telegraph...

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Samuel Douglas

31.
What was the most far-reaching development in the transportation revolution of the early 1800s?
a)
the arrival of railroads 
b)
Road construction
c)
Canal Building
d)
the invention of the steamboat
32.

The ________ made it easier to separate seeds from fibers.

a)

mass production

b)

cotton gin

c)

assembly lines

d)

shredder

33.

As agriculture became entrenched in the South, ....

a)

planters built plantation schools to educate enslaved workers.

b)

the South became too dependent on one crop, limiting development.

c)

southern whites began to doubt the benefits of slavery.

d)

entrepreneurs built new factories to meet rising consumer demand.

34.

Policy promoting protective tariffs and internal improvements...

a)

American System

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Federalism

d)

Exceptionalism

35.

Which election is known as "The Corrupt Bargain" where Andrew Jackson won the popular vote against John Quincy Adams, but lacked the electoral vote to win so the House of Reps decided it and chose Adams?

a)

Election of 1824

b)

Election of 1828

c)

Election of 1830

d)

Election of 1834

36.

Who was John Ross?

a)

a military leader who enforced the Indian Removal Act

b)

a warrior in the Black Hawk War

c)

a Supreme Court justice who ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

d)

the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation

37.

Which was a key element of Jacksonian democracy?

a)

the expansion of voting rights to men without property

b)

the expansion of voting and other rights to women

c)

policies that would defend the rights of Native Americans

d)

policies that would minimize changes in government

38.

Why was President Jackson accused of instituting the spoils system?

a)

He ignored the promises made during his campaign.

b)

He appointed friends to Cabinet positions.

c)

He overturned the policies of the previous president.

d)

He increased the pay of Cabinet members.

39.

a law that ended the U.S. government’s earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native Americans to remain on their land.

a)

Indian Removal Act

b)

Native American Adjustment Act

c)

Indian Relocation Plan

d)

Native American Assimilation Law

40.

the area of land in present day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were forced to migrate

a)

Indian Territory

b)

The Badlands

c)

Nativeland

d)

Cherokeeville

41.

the route the Cherokee and other Native Americans took during their forced migration from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma.

a)

Segment of Sorrow

b)

Road of Sadness

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Turnpike of Termoil

42.

the term used by southerners to refer to the Tariff of 1828 because it stirred feelings of disgust and hatred.

a)

Treaty of Taxation

b)

Tariff of Abominations

c)

Tariff of Assimilation

d)

Tax of Terror

43.

The Second Great Awakening inspired people to ....

a)

work for a variety of social reforms

b)

return runaway slaves

c)

look to the past rather than the future

d)

stay home from organized church services

44.

In the 1800s, laws were most likely to favor members of which religious sect?

a)

Protestant (Christian)

b)

Catholic (Christian)

c)

Jewish

d)

Mormon

45.

Transcendentalists were known for

a)

being loyal to the Pope

b)

making high-quality crafts

c)

using nature as a teacher

d)

following organized religions

46.

Which reformer is associated with prison issues and the mentally ill?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Catharine Beecher

c)

Neal Dow

d)

Horace Mann

47.

Which movement was based on the idea of moderation?

a)

the penitentiary movement

b)

the women's movement

c)

the temperance movement

d)

the abolition movement

48.

The Liberator was known for appealing to its readers' sense of

a)

moral correctness

b)

modern convenience

c)

economic concern

d)

social status

49.

The ______ was a time of renewed enthusiasm for religious feeling.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Revolution

c)

Antebellum

d)

Second Great Awakening

50.
Who was a leader of educational reform?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Charles Finney
c)
Theodore Weld
d)
Lyman Beecher
51.

Former slave who lectured on his life

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Malcom Blevins

c)

Rufus R. Jones

d)

Frederick Douglas

52.

Slave who led a revolt

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. Dubois

53.

Boston publisher of an anti-slavery paper

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

William Edwart Gladstone

d)

William Jefferson Clinton

54.

The French came to the Americas primarily to ....

a)

profit from the fur trade

b)

look for gold and riches

c)

convert the Indians to Christianity

d)

challenge Spanish domination

55.
Which American industry first used machines to do work previously done by hand?
a)
Guns
b)
Textiles
c)
Cotton farming
d)
Shoe making 
56.

__________ drafted the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

57.

American colonists valued which British principle of government?

a)

the tradition of a monarchy

b)

the right to representation

c)

the freedom to protest

d)

the influence of an aristocratic class

58.

Thomas Jefferson's political party affiliation was ...

a)

Whig

b)

Socialist

c)

Federalist

d)

Democratic-Republican

59.

Which Southeastern group refused to sign a removal treaty and led an armed resistance for more than five years after 1835?

a)

the Seminole

b)

the Creek

c)

the Cherokee

d)

the Choctaw

60.

At what battle of the War of 1812 did Jackson distinguish himself?

a)

Battle of Frenchtown

b)

Battle of Baltimore

c)

Battle of New Orleans

d)

Battle of Tippecanoe

61.

Conflict in which occupying British soldiers killed five protesting colonists.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

First Continental Congress

c)

Committees of Correspondence

d)

Boston Tea Party

62.

Which of the following groups led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Parliament

d)

Green Mountain Boys

63.

French aristocrat who provided military expertise to the Continental Army.

a)

Peppe Lepue

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Jacque Ferera

d)

Enrique Casanova

64.

The Enlightenment was influenced by the _____________________ which began in Europe around 1550.

a)

Great Awakening

b)

American Revolution

c)

Punk Movement

d)

Scientific Revolution

65.

A reviving religious movement led by many Protestant ministers' stirring and emotional sermons became known as the ________________________.

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Authority Movement

d)

Salvation Summer

66.

One of the most effective preachers of the Great Awakening was _______________________, who spoke calmly and made few movements.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

Jason Bourne

c)

John Bartrum

d)

John Locke

67.

_______________________ was a very dramatic and loud preacher who held his meetings in open fields.

a)

George Whitefield

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

John Collet

d)

George Jetson

68.

______________ was the policy of the British government to not strictly enforce its colonial policies.

a)

salutary neglect

b)

silent contempt

c)

solitary confinement

d)

conscientious objection

69.

The most successful Mormon settlements were in __

a)

New York

b)

Ohio

c)

Missouri

d)

Utah

70.
What is another name for the shot heard around the world?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Pew Pew Battle 
c)
The Battle of Valley Forge
d)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord