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ULTIMATE QUIZ: HISTORY EOC

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which region would you find plantations?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
2.

How were the experiences of indentured servants different from those of enslaved people?

a)

Indentured servants were rarely granted their freedom.

b)

Indentured servants worked in the fields to grow and harvest cash crops.

c)

Indentured servants were forced to follow strict laws that controlled their behavior.

d)

Indentured servants worked without pay for a certain number of years; then they were free.

3.

The FIRST (1st) colony founded in America was

a)

Georgia

b)

Carolina

c)

Jamestown

d)

Maryland

4.

The Southern colonies' economy depended on

a)

factories

b)

fishing

c)

trade

d)

agriculture

5.

An individual who signed a contract to work for 4-7 years in exchange for a trip from England to America

a)

Slave

b)

Indentured Servant

6.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Mid-Atlantic
d)
Back Country
7.
Why did the Puritans decide to leave England in the 1630’s?
a)
To escape the wrath of Kahn.
b)
To escape bad treatment by King James and religious freedom.
c)
To find riches and much gold.
d)
To escape the Pilgrims who were their sworn enemy
8.
Why did people come to this New England region?
a)
religious freedom
b)
money
c)
trade
d)
gold
9.
Legal contract calling for fair laws to protect the general good.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Mayflower Law
c)
U.S. Constitution
d)
Plymouth Laws
10.
Enslaved Africans crossed a brutal voyage across the Atlantic called the ________________
a)
Gullah
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Atlantic Crossing
d)
Columbian Exchange
11.
The trade route among the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean and West Africa was called_________________________. 
a)
the Middle Passage
b)
triangular trade 
c)
trade code
d)
Navigation Act
12.
What continents were involved in the triangular trade?
a)
Europe, Asia, and North America
b)
Europe, Asia, and South America
c)
Europe, Africa and North America
d)
Europe, Antarctica, Australia
13.

The Thirteen Colonies were ruled by what country?

a)

Great Britain (England)

b)

Spain

c)

The United States

d)

Portugal

14.

What did the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies have in common?

a)

They were all seeking religious freedom.

b)

They were all seeking economic opportunity.

c)

They all believed in democracy.

d)

They were all in search of a better life.

15.

What was the main issue that got colonists talking about revolution?

a)

Crop failures

b)

Taxes

c)

An unpopular British king

d)

A tea shortage

16.

England's main motivation for establishing colonies in the New World was to:

a)

Defend its homeland

b)

Gain wealth

c)

Spread democracy

d)

Abolish slavery

17.

After the French and Indian War, England imposed new taxes on the colonies in order to:

a)

Punish them for siding with France

b)

Share the costs of the war

c)

Encourage them to defend themselves

d)

Prevent them from trading with native peoples

18.

crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas. Examples are cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and cotton

a)

slavery

b)

indentured servant

c)

cash crops

d)

Triangular Trade

19.

System used in the southern colonies to hold people of African heritage in bondage, mostly to work on cash crop plantations without freedom and without any promise of freedom

a)

indentured servant

b)

cash crops

c)

charter

d)

slavery

20.

A cycle of trading goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

a)

charter

b)

slavery

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

indentured servant

21.

What is the Magna Carte?

a)

Puritans' Book of Laws

b)

Document which limited a Monarch's power

c)

Constitution

d)

Bill of Rights

22.
Parliament passed these trade laws between 1650 and 1696 that required the English colonies to trade items like sugar only with Great Britain.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Toleration Acts
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
English Bill of rights
23.
to refuse to buy (a form of protesting)
a)
boycott
b)
treason
c)
heresy
d)
represent
24.
This secret society led the Boston Tea Party, a protest against the Tea Act
a)
Daughters of Liberty
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Redcoats
d)
Colonists for Freedom
25.
The _____ was a series of laws meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party protest
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Stamp Act
26.
The British monarch who reigned during the American Revolution
a)
King George 
b)
King James
c)
King George III
d)
Queen Elizabeth 
27.
Law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Paper Act
28.

The belief that money equals power, a country should sell more than it buys, and it should have more exports than imports.

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Nativism

d)

Jay's Treaty

29.

Proclamation of 1763

a)

first plan for uniting the colonies; proposed by Ben Franklin

b)

agricultural products grown to be sold

c)

law created by British officials that prohibited colonists from settling in areas west of the Appalachian Mountains

30.

Treaty of Paris

a)

agreement that ended the Seven Years' War in Europe and divided up the land in North America between Britain, France, and Spain

b)

law created by British officials that prohibited colonists from settling in areas west of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

31.

Cash crop

a)

agricultural products grown to be sold

b)

a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

c)

first plan for uniting the colonies; proposed by Ben Franklin

32.

This President purchased the Louisiana Territory ---

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

James Monroe

33.

The Louisiana territory ______ the size of the United States!

a)

Doubled

b)

Tripled

c)

Made Smaller

d)

Quadrupled

34.

What's a treaty?

a)

peace agreement

b)

end to peace

c)

candy-y

d)

something you disagree on

35.

Which President is associated with the Indian

Removal Act?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

36.

Which piece of legislation caused the Trail of Tears?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Great Compromise

c)

3/5 Compromise

d)

Indian Removal Act

37.

Name of the land we gained after the Mexican American War

a)

13 colonies

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

38.

The Treaty of Paris 1783 recognized which geographical feature as the United States border?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

The Appalachian Mountains

d)

The Rocky Mountains

39.

This list describes --

a)

economic motives for Manifest Destiny

b)

reasons for issuing the Monroe Doctrine

c)

reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

d)

economic motives for the Northwest Ordinance

40.

Identify a major political reason for Manifest Destiny.

a)

religious persecution

b)

expanding the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

c)

for adventure

d)

abolishing slavery throughout the United States

41.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
 Monroe Doctrine 
c)
 Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
42.
Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
Mexico
43.
Which ocean did Lewis and Clark reach on their expedition?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
44.
For how much did we purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
$10 million
b)
$5 million
c)
We fought in a war and won it
d)
$15 million
45.

Which Shoshone Indian joined the group as a guide and interpreter?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Nantucket

c)

Black Kettle

d)

Sacagawea

46.
Who did Thomas Jefferson choose to lead the Corps of Discovery? 
a)
Meriwether Lewis
b)
William Clark
c)
Sacagawea 
47.

Lewis and his men were also referred to as what?

a)

Jefferson's Team

b)

The Corps of Discovery

c)

Republicans

d)

Democrats

48.

A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.

a)

agricutlure

b)

industrialization

c)

mathamatics

d)

environmentalism

49.
This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.
a)
Spinning Mule
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Cotton Gin
50.
The economy of the south was based on _________.
a)
manufacturing
b)
agriculture
c)
tourism
d)
trade
51.
The economy of the north was based on ___________.
a)
manufacturing
b)
agriculture
c)
capitalism
d)
tourism
52.

The Confederate States of America were ...

a)

The northern factory states

b)

a country formed by the southern states

c)

United States region that supported slavery

d)

winners of the Civil War

53.
The Emancipation Proclamation... 
a)
ended slavery once an for all 
b)
only applied to Northern states 
c)
only applied to states in the Confederacy that were taken over by the Union Army
d)
made slavery legal in the South 
54.
What led to the Underground Railroad becoming more important and grow? 
a)
the Civil War 
b)
Lincoln being President 
c)
The Amistad 
d)
the fugitive Slave Law of 1850
55.

Which 3-day battle was the turning point of the war for the Union army?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Cold Harbor

d)

Fall of Richmond

56.

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Gettysburg Address

57.

What were the forces in the North called?

a)

the Confederacy

b)

the Union

c)

the English

d)

Abraham Lincoln

58.

What were the forces in the South called?

a)

the Confederacy

b)

the Union

c)

the English

d)

Abraham Lincoln

59.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

the Union

b)

the Onion

c)

the Confederacy

d)

the British

60.

The first “battle” of the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

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