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Mississippi Studies Final Exam

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Refusing to buy a product or service
a)
Boycott
b)
Integration
c)
Ghetto
d)
Affirmative action
2.
The first black student at the University of Mississippi
a)
Earl Warren
b)
James Meredith
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Jackie Robinson
3.

Define Sharecroppers

a)

Native American term for whiskey.

b)

A crop that is shared over a big feast.

c)

Hippies that live on a commune to grow organic veggies.

d)

Farmed someone else's land for a share of the crop.

4.

Who did La Salle name the Louisiana Province after?

a)

Queen Louisa VIX

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

Edward Louisiana

d)

Lucy Lawless

5.

A "black code"; a special group of French laws regulating slavery.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Black Regulations

d)

Code Noir

6.

In what county did we currently live in?

a)

Jackson

b)

Jefferson

c)

Stone

d)

Harrison

7.

What Native Americans did Andrew Jackson fight against?

a)

Natchez

b)

Chickasaw

c)

Choctaw

d)

Creek

8.

The natural vegetation in a region.

a)

Flora

b)

Fluoride

c)

Florish

d)

Fauna

9.
The man who invented the cotton gin was...
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Michael Rodriguez
c)
Francis Weber
d)
Eli Whitney
10.

Which of the following was impeached shortly after the Civil War?

a)

President Lincoln

b)

President Roosevelt

c)

President Grant

d)

President Johnson

11.

What was a voting requirement of the Constitution of 1890?

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

A special handshake

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Swearing an oath to the constitution

12.
The Great White Chief
a)
Theodore Bilbo
b)
Henry Whitfield
c)
Mike Conner
d)
James K. Vardaman
13.
The attack of this made it difficult to grow cotton in Mississippi
a)
Mosquito
b)
Boll weevil
c)
Locust
d)
Honeybee
14.
The mass movement of African Americans from the South to larger cities in the North
a)
Great Depression
b)
Great Immigration
c)
Great Migration
d)
Great Divide
15.
Started the sales tax in MS
a)
Henry Whitfield
b)
Theodore Bilbo
c)
Mike Conner
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
16.
Supreme Court case established the separate-but-equal concept
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Tyson v Ali
d)
Wallace v Claxton
17.
Supreme Court case declared separate-but-equal unconstitutional
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Wallace v Claxton
d)
Tunberg v Buck
18.
He was a teenager from Chicago who was killed for speaking to a white woman
a)
Medgar Evers
b)
Malcolm X
c)
James Cheney
d)
Emmett Till
19.
He was the field secretary for the NAACP who was murdered in his own driveway
a)
Medgar Evers
b)
James Meredith
c)
Michael Schwerner
d)
Malcolm X
20.
She was arrested, jailed, and beaten in Winona, MS for registering black voters
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Fannie Lou Hamer
c)
Ruby Bridges
d)
Viola Greg Liuzzo
21.
Name given to the summer when over 1,000 volunteers came to Mississippi to help register black voters
a)
Freedom Summer
b)
Summer of Freedom
c)
Emancipation Summer
d)
Summer of Joy
22.

Wrote "Black Boy" & "Native Son"

a)

Eudora Welty

b)

Richard Wright

c)

Willie Morris

d)

Tennessee Williams

23.

King of Rock & Roll

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Jimmie Rodgers

c)

B.B. King

d)

Robert Johnson

24.

Blues musician who played his guitar Lucille & sang "The Thrill is Gone"

a)

B.B. King

b)

Muddy Waters

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

Jimmie Rodgers

25.

What U.S. Supreme Court case determined that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional, even if the schools were otherwise equal in quality?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

26.

Who was the NAACP leader that organized sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts in Jackson? He became the face of the Civil Rights movement when he said on television that the NAACP would use every legal means available to bring about racial and social justice in Mississippi.

a)

James Meredith

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr

27.

What happened to Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman?

a)

They were arrested and then murdered and their bodies were hidden

b)

They run out of town by the Ku Klux Klan and returned home to New York

c)

They went missing while on a drive and no one knows what happened to them

28.

Who was killed in January 1966 when the Ku Klux Klan firebombed his home in Hattiesburg?

a)

Medgar Evers

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Vernon Dahmer

29.

Which battle in Mississippi was fought over a town on the Mississippi River known as the "Key to the Confederacy??

a)

Siege of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Corinth

c)

Battle of Champion Hill

30.

Which Union general captured Vicksburg?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

John C. Pemberton

c)

David Porter

31.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Said all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states were now free

b)

Said all slaves in the United States were now free

c)

Said all slaves in the loyal Union states were now free

32.

Which law officially ended slavery in all of the United States?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

33.

What was the consequence of the invention of the cotton gin?

a)

It took fewer slaves to process cotton and therefore slavery decreased

b)

More cotton was grown and therefore slavery increased to keep up

c)

Machines could do the work and therefore slavery was no longer needed

34.

Who was the one and only president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Breckinridge

35.

What game was known as “the little brother of war” because it was very violent and used to settle disputes?

a)

Chunkey

b)

Stickball

c)

Field Hockey

d)

Scrabble

36.

What law forced the Choctaw and Chickasaw to leave their land in Mississippi?

a)

Trail of Tears Act

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Native American Relocation Act

d)

Mississippi Tribe Movement Act

37.

This river forms Mississippi’s western border…

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Pearl River

c)

Leaf River

d)

Yazoo River

38.

Who were the three biggest Indian tribes in Mississippi when the Europeans finally arrived?

a)

Choctaw, Apache, and Hebrew

b)

Aztec, Mayan, and Inca

c)

Cherokee, Creek, and Seminoles

d)

Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez

39.

"In the momentous step which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course.

Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world."

A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union

The first paragraph if the Mississippi's Secession Declaration makes it clear that this issue was the principal cause of their attempt to leave the union.

a)

Slavery

b)

States' Rights

c)

Tariffs

d)

Northern Aggression

40.

Indians were forced to leave their homeland and travel to Oklahoma. This journey was called

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

Chisolm Trail

d)

Trail of Tears

41.

Who was the Spanish conquistador that was the first European to see the Mississippi river?

a)

La Salle

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Jay-Z

42.

In what year did Mississippi become a state?

a)

1800

b)

1817

c)

1815

d)

1820

43.

The first capital of Mississippi was

a)

Natchez

b)

Jackson

c)

Tupelo

d)

Greenwood

44.

The current capital of Mississippi is

a)

Greenwood

b)

Tupelo

c)

Jackson

d)

Biloxi

45.

Battle which made Andrew Jackson a national hero

a)

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

b)

Battle of New Orleans

c)

Battle of the Creeks

d)

Battle of Fort Mims

46.

Southerners who wanted to secede from the Union

a)

fire-eaters

b)

free soilers

c)

abolitionists

d)

free masons

47.

people who wanted to end slavery

a)

abolitionists

b)

free soilers

c)

fire-eaters

d)

free masons

48.

famous Supreme Court Case which ruled slaves were property, not people

a)

Loving v. Virginia

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

49.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
50.
What states are colored grey on the map?
a)
Union States
b)
Confederate States
c)
Border States
d)
Neutral States
51.
Which set of laws controlled every bit of a slave's life?
a)
Slave Codes
b)
Plantations Codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Mason Dixon Codes
52.
What was the first Public University in Mississippi?
a)
Mississippi State University
b)
The University of Southern Miss
c)
University of Mississippi
d)
Jackson State University
53.

First A&M college for blacks in the country

a)

Mississippi State

b)

Ole Miss

c)

Jackson State University

d)

Acorn State University

54.

The crop lien law required

a)

planters could not grow crops if it was not growing season

b)

sharecroppers to remain on the land until their debts were paid

c)

planters could not borrow money

d)

sharecroppers could leave the land but were mandated to pay their debt

55.

With a Morrill Land Grant by congress, which of the following colleges was established?

a)

Tougaloo College

b)

Jackson College

c)

Misssissippi A&M

d)

Alcorn A&M

56.

What were poll taxes?

a)

Money given to the former slaves to vote

b)

Money given to politicians for their vote

c)

Money paid to be able to own property

d)

Money paid to the poll worker before blacks could vote

57.

A large variety of animals in an area

a)

fauna

b)

flora

c)

species

58.

Period in Mississippi, that started from its establishment in 1798 to the beginning of the Civil War

a)

Antebellum Period

b)

Slavery Period

c)

Renaissance Period

d)

Reconstruction Period

59.

Who is the Governor of the Mississippi?

a)

Phil Bryant

b)

William Truly

c)

Tate Reeves

d)

Haley Barbo

60.
In the United States, this is the supreme law of the land.
a)
State Constitutions
b)
Writ of Man
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
U.S. Constitution
61.
This ensures citizens’ rights; it is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
a)
Preamble
b)
Article I
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Article II
62.
This is system that the U.S. government uses to limit the power of its three branches of government.
a)
Electoral college
b)
Eminent domain
c)
Checks and balances
d)
Enumerated powers
63.
Article I of the U.S. Constitution established this branch of government. The branches’ duty is to make laws.
a)
Judicial Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Legislative Branch
64.
This term is used to describe the two houses in Congress.
a)
Bi-electoral
b)
Dual assembly
c)
Dos houses
d)
Bi-cameral
65.
How many members are in the U.S. Senate?
a)
50
b)
75
c)
80
d)
100
66.
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
a)
435
b)
500
c)
550
d)
475
67.
This branch of government enforces the laws. It is made up of the president, vice president, and the cabinet.
a)
Judicial Branch
b)
Legislative Branch
c)
Executive Branch
68.
This is the method that is used to elect the President. Under this system each state is given a certain number of votes. The citizen of each state votes to decide which presidential candidate gets their state’s vote.
a)
Electoral committee
b)
State electoral commission
c)
Electoral commission
d)
Electoral college
69.
This is the form of municipal government in which voters elect a mayor and a council, which employs a city manager. It is the type of government in Gautier and Pascagoula.
a)
Council-Mayor
b)
Mayor’s Council
c)
Council-Manager
d)
Mayor only
70.
Mississippi state government has ____ Senators that are elected from districts throughout the state.
a)
50
b)
52
c)
60
d)
100
71.
Mississippi state government has ____ House of Representatives that are elected from districts throughout the state.
a)
52
b)
435
c)
122
d)
100

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