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WorksheetsSocial Studies DCA 3 Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following statements from the Preamble of the US Constitution states that one of the document’s purposes is to defend the US against all enemies?
“...a more perfect union...”
“...provide for the common defense...”
“...secure the blessings of liberty...”
“...promote the general welfare...”
The Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution to protect the rights of –
citizens
Federal Government
State Government
Britain
In the Preamble to the US Constitution says:
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union. Establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.”
Which ofthe following words is a synonym for liberty?
Freedom
Restraint
Control
Available
Bill of Rights: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
- 1st Amendment
Which of the following does the first amendment protect?
printing lies about people
criticizing the government
making students pray in school
falsely shouting “fire” in a crowd
Which of the following statements describes the idea of Manifest Destiny – a belief that led many people to move west?
Land in the West originally belong to the ancestors of US citizens and not to the Native Americans.
Native Americans had ruined the land in the West and needed to be removed.
The US would grow to become a world power once gold was discovered in the West.
It was the mission of the US to expand throughout the continent.
The Homestead Act in 1862 persuaded many people decided to move out West because –
Settlers were offered 160-acre plots of land free if they agreed to farm the land for five years.
Settlers in western states were allowed to decide to use slave labor on their land.
Settlers were promised housing and food for a year if they relocated to the growing cities in the West.
Settlers no longer had to deal with raids by Native Americans.
What led the “forty-niners” to travel west?
They were settlers who established communities in California in 1849 seeking to escape persecution.
They were settlers who learned that gold had been discovered in California and traveled there in 1849 in hopes of becoming rich.
They were explorers who found large amounts of coal upon reaching Oregon in 1849.
They were workers on the Transcontinental Railroad who settled in California in 1849 when the railroad was completed.
Which of the following best explains why controlling Louisiana was important for President Thomas Jefferson and led him to make the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
Gold had been discovered by the French in Louisiana.
The French controlled the Port of New Orleans that was connected to the Mississippi River.
The French had begun to organize raids into Texas in order to seize control of that area.
Jefferson feared that Spanish forces in Florida intended to claim land in the United States.
The North and South were very different. People were local to their part of the country. This feeling is called –
State’s rights
Slavery
confederated
sectionalism
One of the causes of the Civil War was related to the use of slaves. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
The South wanted slaves to be free.
The South believed slaves were a resource for their businesses.
The North wanted slaves to be free.
The businesses in the North did not require the use of slave labor.
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln to free the slaves. Which amendment to the constitution was this?
12th amendment
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
Eli Whitney invented the concept of interchangeable parts which changed how products were made forever. The Latin root “inter-“ means among or between. What does interchangeable parts mean based on this information?
Parts that cannot be changed
Parts that can be changed
Parts that are able to be changed with each other
Parts that are between other parts
