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Worksheets2021 SC History Final Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which three crops were known as the “Three Sisters” of Native American agriculture?
Corn, pumpkins, and tobacco
Gourds, tobacco, and beans
squash , corn, and tobacco
Corn, beans, and squash
What is NOT a reason that Native Americans go to war?
To gain more land and become a larger tribe
To gain hunting rights
To avenge a murder
To gain respect
How did the geography of South Carolina impact the Eastern Woodlands tribes in the area before the arrival of the Europeans?
The arid (dry) climate caused them to be nomadic rather than settle in one place.
The proximity to the ocean caused all the tribes to live in the southeast part of the state and fish for food.
The geography and good climate made it possible for them to stay in one place and farm.
The rockiness of the mountains prevented any tribes from settling in one place
What do historians believe was the main purpose of the large mounds by Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands?
to store food and supplies for the winter
to bury important tribe members when they died
to communicate with other tribes who came to trade
to serve as a jail for tribe members who broke rules
What impact did the introduction of farming have on the Eastern Woodlands tribes?
It forced them to travel to new places to seek out fertile land.
It caused them to settle in more permanent villages than their ancestors.
It resulted in malnutrition as they did not have a wide variety of foods.
It made their lifestyle very similar to that of the Plains Indians.
The first Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands were nomadic. What does this mean?
They farmed corn and beans.
They built large structures.
They wandered from place to place in search of food.
They lived in large villages
How did the Cherokee shift their political structures to respond to times of war?
Every member of the tribe was given a vote to decide whether they would go to war.
A leader who was specially chosen for times of war took control of the tribe.
Women were given control of the tribe as all men were required to fight in the war.
Cherokee leaders left the tribe during times of war as they reached out to their allies.
What characteristic did the Eastern Woodland tribes of South Carolina have in common?
They refused to allow women to participate in governing the tribe.
They were nomadic and moved from place to place.
They lived in the mountains and avoided settling near the coast.
They farmed crops using tools made from rocks and bones.
Which Native American tribe’s was nicknamed “People of a Different Speech?”
Catawba
Cherokee
Woodlands
Yemassee
____________________ is the time period before written language.
Olden Times
Prehistory
Ancient History
Dark Ages
Which Native American tribe’s heavy reliance on nearby rivers led them to be nicknamed the “People of the River?”
Catawba
Cherokee
Woodlands
Yemassee
Which best explains the differences between the northern and southern colonies?
Southern colonies had slaves; northern colonies did not have slaves
Southern colonies made finished goods; northern colonies farmed cash crops
Southern colonies had many large cities, northern colonies had small villages
Southern colonies had large plantations; northern colonies had small farms
Many settlers from England stayed in the New World to grow what crop?
Squash
Beans
Corn
Tobacco
Which country set up encomiendas after they could not find gold?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
The French traded mainly with the Native Americans for ______________.
Tobacco
Corn, beans, squash
Fur
Pottery
Many settlers from England arrived in the New World because they were fleeing _______________.
Disease
Religious persecution
Slavery
The Crusades
Why did Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain?
To trade for fur
To find the New World
To find a shorter route to Asia
To enslave Native Americans
In exchange for passage to the New World, indentured servants agreed to…
Sign the Mayflower Compact
Work a certain number of years
Obey all laws
Spread Christianity
What European disease killed the biggest number of Native Americans?
Mumps
Chicken pox
Measles
Smallpox
What was the first permanent settlement in South Carolina?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Charles Town
Santa Elena
What was the main purpose of English colonies established in New England?
To start plantations
To act as safe havens for persecuted religions
o act as a penal (prison) colony for British criminals
To establish contact with Native Americans
Which historic document, signed in 1620, set the foundations for American democracy?
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
. ________________ was the time when settlers in Jamestown resorted to cannibalism because they were out of food?
The Hard Time
The Sad Time
The Cannibal Time
The Starving Time
What caused the settlement of Jamestown to be successful?
The establishment of the House of Burgesses
The introduction of tobacco farming
Support from other colonies
Help from the Native Americans
Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important document in American history?
It established the idea of self-government and democracy in America
It encouraged religious tolerance in America
It set up a plan to overthrow the British government
It was a charter for the establishment of South Carolina
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Charles Town
Pennsylvania
Jamestown
Santa Elena
Which king and queen financed (paid for) Columbus’ expedition?
King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
King Edward and Queen Isabella
King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What was the main reason European nations competed for land in the New World?
To build their knowledge of science and geography
To distract themselves from colonial competition already going on in Africa
To use Native Americans as a cheap labor force
To obtain wealth and power for the mother country
_______________ were a group of religious dissenters who believed that everyone had an “inner light.”
Puritans
Separatists
Pilgrims
Quakers
How did the French profit in North America?
They grew tobacco
They set up large plantations
They traded furs with the natives
They stole land from the natives and sold it for a higher price
England’s lost colony was also called _____________.
Jamestown
Charles Town
Massachusetts Bay
Roanoke
Someone who disagrees is called a _______________.
Traitor
Dissenter
Hypocrite
Loyalist
Which is an example of West African culture that Gullah people were able to preserve?
the practice of Christianity
Slave codes
Type of dress
Basket weaving
Which event caused South Carolina to enact the Slave Code of 1740?
Georgia reversed its decision to prohibit slaves.
Spain promised freedom to runaway slaves if they came to Florida.
Georgia and South Carolina attacked Florida to take slaves.
The Stono Rebellion took place in South Carolina.
When South Carolina was first founded, it was a _________________ colony.
Proprietary
Joint-stock
Royal
Loyalist
French Protestants who fled Europe to escape religious persecution were called __________________.
Huguenots
Gullah
Puritans
Separatists
The first English settlers in South Carolina came from __________________.
Barbados
Spain
Haiti
Florida
What major event brought the rival Goose Creek Men and the Dissenters together and encouraged them to ask the king to take control of the colony?
The Stono Rebellion
Blackbeard’s blockade
The Cherokee War
The Yamassee War
What is the main difference between indentured servants and slaves?
Unlike slaves, indentured servants worked for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the New World.
Unlike slaves, indentured servants were brought to the New World against their will.
Unlike slaves, indentured servants were given land when their debts were paid off.
Unlike slaves, indentured servants were treated as equals of the plantation owners
Why was the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina written?
To establish that John Locke was the best philosopher in the colonies
To create promote religious freedom and attract more settlers
To promote the use of slavery
To outlaw dancing and gambling because they were considered evil
How did the use of slave labor affect the economy of South Carolina?
It hurt the economy because buying slaves was very expensive.
The constant threat of slave rebellions led to fewer cash crops being grown and eventually plantations were forced to close
It helped the colony be profitable by making it possible to grow cash crops.
It decreased the need to trade with other countries.
Why did South Carolina have fewer free Africans living in the colony by percentage than other colonies?
Slave owners were not allowed to free their slaves.
Slave owners were charged high taxes to free slaves.
Slaves often refused freedom because they feared for their lives away from plantations.
Slaves who were freed were required to leave the colony or be sold back into slavery.
The British's treatment of their Native American allies during the French and Indian War led to a two-year war with which tribe?
Catawba
Iroquois
Cherokee
Yemassee
After the French and Indian War, what action did the British take that angered the American colonists?
They requested that colonies end the practice of slavery
They taxed the colonists in order to pay for the war
They refused to sell tea and other goods to the colonists
They gave a large amount of land to the Native Americans
Why did the British government stop their policy of salutary neglect after the French and Indian war?
They felt the colonies were not capable of governing themselves
They needed to collect taxes to pay off debt and support the British army
They were angry at the treatment British soldiers received
They wanted to punish the colonists for not helping defeat the French
What action was the catalyst (start) for the French and Indian War?
The Cherokee launched a massive attack on French fur traders
The French moved into the Ohio River Valley
English settlers violated a treaty with French traders
English settlers attacked a Catawba village
Why was rice an exception to the Continental Association which put a ban on all British goods?
Because the British did not ever put a tax on rice
Because South Carolina and other southern states argued that they needed to sell rice to maintain their lifestyles
Because they were never planning on banning all British goods, just sugar
Because the southern colonies had already stopped growing rice, so they did not need to put a ban on something they were no longer growing
After the Boston Tea Party the British Parliament passed what they called the Coercive Acts. What did the colonists nickname these acts?
The Unjust Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Tyranny Acts
The Cruelty Acts
A ____________________ is policy of neglect that ends up being beneficial.
Embargo
Official neglect
Salutary neglect
Colonial neglect
While the _________________________ repealed the Stamp Act, it also claimed that England had the right to tax the colonists whenever they wanted.
The Declaratory Act
Salutary neglect
The Intolerable Acts
The Sugar Act
What was a main motivation behind the colonists' actions during the Boston Tea Party?
To show support for the new tax on tea
To protest British regulations on tea
To celebrate the start of the war
To protest the Stamp Act
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It encouraged better relations between the English settlers and Native Americans
It prohibited English colonists from settling in the newly won territory
It gave all of Georgia to the Spanish kingdom
It prohibited English settlers from trading with Native Americans
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
to announce a boycott of all British goods
to declare the colonies free from British rule and “break up” with England
to set up mercantilism as America's economic system
to set up a government for the new nation
Colonists who supported the Revolution and believed the colonies should gain independence from England were called __________________.
Patriots
Loyalists
Tories
Minutemen
During this battle, Washington snuck his troops across the Delaware river.
Trenton
Saratoga
Concord
Charles Town
What was the Olive Branch petition?
A last ditch effort by the British to end the war
The peace treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
The Peace Treaty that ended the Seven Years’ War
A last ditch effort by the colonists to end the war
Why does South Carolina’s state flag now have a palmetto tree on it?
The palmetto tree was an important export of the colony
The softness of the wood helped stop cannonballs from destroying a fort made from palmetto trees
The mountains of South Carolina are full of palmetto trees
The palmetto tree is unique to South Carolina and cannot be found anywhere else
________________ makes up the Executive Branch.
President
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
________________ makes up the Judicial Branch.
President
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
The Great Compromise combined which two plans?
The Virginia Plan and the Texas Plan
The Virginia Plan and the South Carolina Plan
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan and the Baltimore Plan
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the ______________, and include provisions such as free speech and the right to a trial by jury.
Articles of Confederation
The Virginia Plan
Constitution
Bill of Rights
South Carolina’s capital was moved from Charleston to _____________ to ease tensions between the lowcountry and backcountry.
Columbia
Eutaw Springs
Orangeburg
Santee
. _____________________ were people who supported the ratification of the new constitution.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Democrats
Jeffersonians
What was added to the Constitution to appease those who opposed the Constitution and were worried that it would give the government too much power?
The 3/5 Compromise
The Bill of Rights
The Commerce Compromise
The Judiciary Act of 1789
Why were South Carolinians in support of the 3/5 Compromise?
South Carolinians wanted the government to regulate the slave trade so it would be fair for everyone.
They believed equal representation for all states would promote fairness and cooperation in the new nation.
Counting slaves as part of the population would boost South Carolina's representation in Congress.
South Carolinians thought the North would keep slavery if they could count slaves in their population.
What impact did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin have on the slave population in South Carolina?
The slave population decreased as white workers opened factories that replaced slave jobs.
The slave population increased as more cotton was grown and processed.
The slave population decreased as slave-owners needed fewer slaves to work the machines.
The slave population remained steady as slave-owners did not need to import more slaves.
How did some slaves rebel against their owners without causing a full-scale revolt?
lobbying to local and national politicians
preaching Christian morals to fellow slaves
adapting African culture to influence slave owners
slowing down work and intentionally destroying tools
Which statement best describes the situation for slaves in South Carolina?
All slaves worked on large plantations with more than one hundred other slaves.
Treatment of slaves varied between plantations, but all slaves were denied basic rights.
Slaves had very few rights but were allowed to get legally married if the plantation owner approved it.
Slaves were considered to be valuable property and were rarely mistreated or abused.
What was the goal of the Abolitionist Movement?
to prohibit the sale of alcohol
to gain universal suffrage
to industrialize the economy
to end the practice of slavery
People who supported the War of 1812 were called __________________.
War Mongers
War Hawks
War Followers
War Sparrows
Which compromise established the 36° 30' latitude line as the northern most boundary of slavery?
the Great Compromise
the Missouri Compromise
the Compromise of 1850
the Bleeding Kansas Compromise
What did Calhoun propose South Carolina and other states should do when a federal law appeared to be unconstitutional?
present a lawsuit to the Supreme Court
nullify the law and refuse to follow it
propose new legislation via their senators
secede from the nation
___________________ means before the war.
Abolitionist
Secede
Antebellum
Emancipate
Why did the Louisiana Purchase create tensions between northern and southern states?
Northern states did not agree with buying land from European nations.
Southern states were worried that new territory would be used to expand industry.
Both northern and southern states disagreed on whether the new territory should have slavery or not.
Native Americans refused to let northerners settle westward in the newly acquired territory.
What did Thomas Jefferson ban in 1808?
The international slave trade
Nullification of bills
Secession
The Indian Removal Act
Under the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the Union as a free state?
Missouri
Maine
California
Texas
What prompted the Nullification Crisis?
The government outlawed the international slave trade.
The government outlawed the domestic slave trade.
The government passed a tariff that raised the price of imports.
The government raised the price of cotton.
Why were many South Carolinians unable to read abolitionist newspapers?
The newspapers were not sent to people in South Carolina.
Northern states shut down anti-slavery newspapers before they were able to publish.
Reporters for the newspapers refused to share their writings with slave owners.
The postmasters in South Carolina removed all anti-slavery materials from the mail and banned abolitionists
Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln convince South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Lincoln had threatened to send troops to occupy Charleston.
Lincoln promised to increase taxes on cotton when he took office.
South Carolinians were concerned Lincoln would outlaw slavery.
South Carolinians believed Lincoln was a weak leader and would not accomplish any of his goals.
How did events such as the nullification controversy, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision affect South Carolina and the nation?
They prevented the expansion of slavery outside of southern states.
They stopped the growth of the Abolitionist Movement in the North.
They resulted in government placing strict regulations on the spread of slavery.
They led to increased sectionalism as slavery became a dominant issue in the country.
Which of the following best describes “Bleeding Kansas?”
A raid led on a nearby arsenal, with the sole purpose being to start a slave revolt
A period of fighting in Kansas, brought about by the new policy of popular sovereignty in the territories
A period in Kansas when disease swept the territory, wiping out ⅓ of the population
A series of revolts in Kansas against the election of Abraham Lincoln
What was Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery when he campaigned in 1860?
He was a strict abolitionist.
He was a strong supporter of slavery.
He was a free-soiler who did not want to see slavery expand into new territories.
He wanted to end slavery and create new colonies for ex-slaves in Africa.
Which was NOT a provision (part) of the Compromise of 1850?
California would enter the Union as a free state
The remaining territories from the Mexican Cession would be divided equally as slave and free states
The slave trade in Washington DC would end
The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened
What document announced South Carolina’s secession from the Union?
Articles of Secession
Ordinance of Secession
Laws of Secession
South Carolina Exposition
Which event would a slave-owning South Carolinian most likely support?
the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
the protests against the Fugitive Slave Law
the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford
the election of Abraham Lincoln
Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union?
California
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Santa Ana
Kansas Nebraska Act
Which event occurred last?
Abraham Lincoln was elected.
South Carolina seceded.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was announced.
The Dred Scott decision was announced.
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Anaconda Plan?
Blockade southern ports
Split the Confederacy into two
Fight a defensive war and wait for the south to become worn down
Attack the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia
What declaration did President Lincoln make in the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves living in the Confederacy in areas not controlled by the Union army were free.
All slaves living in the United States were freed and granted full citizenship in the nation.
Southern states that allowed slavery had to pay a fine to the government.
Slaves living in areas controlled by Union troops could serve as soldiers.
After President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, what was true about the status of slaves in South Carolina?
They were immediately granted freedom.
They were given land to start their own farms.
They remained slaves until the Union army came through and freed them.
They were freed after they swore a loyalty oath to the Union.
Which event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?
The presidential election of 1860
The firing on Fort Sumter
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
A tariff placed on all southern goods
What was Sherman's motivation for his "March to the Sea" campaign?
to escape surrounding southern armies and flee to the north by sea
to take the Civil War to civilians and punish them until they surrendered
to provide support to Union forces trapped at the port of Charleston
to end southern dominance of trade by destroying their most important port, Charleston
What was the South's main strategy for fighting the Civil War?
Split the north into two sections
Blockade northern ports
Fight a defensive war until the north was worn down
Destroy the railroads and telegraph networks of the north
The first military unit of all African-American men was called the ___________________.
54th Massachusetts
12th Massachusetts
Sherman’s Men
Fort Wagner Men
Lincoln’s original goal at the start of the Civil War was to….
End slavery
Make the south suffer for seceding
Preserve the Union
Enact total war on the citizens of Georgia and South Carolina
What was one reason that many African Americans were elected to the state legislature in South Carolina throughout Reconstruction?
African Americans were the minority within the state of South Carolina.
Many white citizens wanted to support the newly established rights of African Americans.
African Americans typically had the best educations and the most political experience.
Many white citizens boycotted the elections in protest of equal rights.
How did South Carolina's Constitution of 1868, the first one following the Civil War, impact the role of African Americans?
It led to African Americans being elected to every political office except governor.
It prevented former slaves from serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.
It denied voting rights to anyone who had formerly been classified as a slave.
It prevented the establishment of sharecropping contracts.
What is true about the national and state elections in South Carolina in 1876?
Both elections resulted in continued Republican control of the government.
Both elections were not resolved.
Both elections were marred by violence and assassinations.
Both elections were marked by voter fraud and irregularities.
Even though the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were added to the Constitution, why did African Americans continue to experience discrimination?
The amendments did not address voting rights
State governments did not know about the new amendments
State legislatures in the South passed black codes
Southern governors declared the amendments to be illegal
