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U.S. History CFE Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Southern colonies, what was the economy mostly based on?

a)

Shipbuilding

b)

producing iron and textiles in factories

c)

whaling and fishing

d)

producing cash crops on large farms called plantations

2.
What do you call a large farm that grows crops for profit?
a)
farm
b)
industrialize
c)
plantation
d)
acres
3.

How did European colonization change life for Native Americans in North America?

a)

Native Americans began working in factories.

b)

Use of slave labor decreased

c)

The Native Americans were not adapt to the New World diseases

d)

Native Americans were pushed off their lands.

4.

The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.

a)

native Americans

b)

slaves

5.

What was important about the Treaty of Paris 1783 that ended the American Revolution?

a)

forced native Americans to Canada

b)

forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation

c)

forced Britain to surrender in 1865

d)

allowed Americans to continue living under British Rule

6.
What were the three G's that motivated most people to come to the "new world"?
a)
Gold, God, and Glory
b)
Gifts, Gadgets, and Generosity
c)
Gratitude, Guidance, and Goodwill
d)
Goodness, Grace, and Growth
7.
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
a)
King George
b)
Native Africans
c)
Malachi the Great
d)
Native Americans
8.
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Africans
c)
Pacifists
d)
Conquistadors
9.
What was the Colonists' economic motivation for the American Revolution?
a)
Escape Persecution
b)
Religious Freedom
c)
Political Liberty
d)
Taxation Without Representation
10.
Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Hancock
d)
Benjamin Franklin
11.
What are our Unalienable Rights according to the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Speech, Assembly, and Bearing Arms
b)
Expression, Petition, Religion
c)
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
d)
Voting, Citizenship, and Serving on a Jury
12.
What organization was a network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives and escaped slaves?
a)
Joint Occupation
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Minifest Destiny
13.
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803 (which is considered by many to be the greatest real estate deal of all time)?
a)
The Florida Pan Handle
b)
The Louisiana Territory
c)
The Texas Territory
d)
New Mexico
14.
The revolution in the late 1700s and early 1800s that changed the way that people worked was the ___________________.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Modern Revolution
c)
Technology Revolution
d)
Machine Revolution
15.
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the __________________, which was a decree freeing all enslaved people in "rebel territory".
a)
Free Slave Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
16.
Some Southerners wanted to break away from the United States, or to ____________________.
a)
nullify
b)
secede
c)
caucus
d)
expand
17.
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
War of 1812
d)
World War II
18.

These sisters grew up in a Southern, slave-holding family, and eventually freed their former slaves:

a)

Harriet and Catherine Stowe

b)

Isabelle and Sophia Hartunian

c)

Olivia and Madison Rooney

d)

Angela and Sarah Grimke

19.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote:

a)

Walden

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

War and Peace

d)

The Outsiders

20.

William Lloyd Garrison was the first white abolitionist to call for this:

a)

the immediate employment of recently emancipated slaves

b)

the immediate and complete emancipation of enslaved people

c)

the immediate and complete relocation of enslaved people

d)

the immediate sale of enslaved people

21.

This former enslaved African American woman was very eloquent and attracted huge crowds to hear her speak:

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sarah Grimke

d)

Sojourner Truth

22.

Seneca Falls, New York was the location of the first:

a)

LGBT parade

b)

Abolitionist rally

c)

Ku Klux Klan rally

d)

Women's Rights convention

23.

The Temperance Movement called for the use of little to no:

a)

drugs

b)

alcohol

c)

soap

d)

tobacco

24.

She was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad:

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Isabella Baumfree

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Dorothea Dix

25.

This was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls convention:

a)

slavery

b)

jobs

c)

suffrage

d)

fashion

26.

The image above best represents which U.S. history era

a)

Reform Movements

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Colonial Period

27.

Which era focuses on the rising sectional difference between the North and South, such as Dred Scott v. Stanford, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Road to Revolution

b)

U.S. Constitution

c)

Road to Civil War

d)

Reconstruction

28.
The original 13 colonies were divided into 3 regions, which were the ____________________.
a)
Northern, Middle, and Southern
b)
Northern, Midwest, and Central
c)
New England, Central, and Southern
d)
New England, Middle, and Southern
29.
What was the name given to Americans who supported the fight with England for our independence?
a)
Patriots
b)
Tories
c)
Separatists
d)
Loyalists
30.

Greatest challenge of the delegates at the constitutional convention

a)

Determine how to elect a president

b)

Determine the balance between large and small state

31.

___________________ is the practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy.

a)

Embargo

b)

Impressment

c)

Involuntary Servitude

32.

Ended the War of 1812:

a)

Treaty of Fort Jackson

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Treaty of Fallen Timbers

33.

Commanded the US forces in the Battle of New Orleans:

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Tecumseh

c)

Andrew Jackson

34.

Shoshone Indian who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition:

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Squanto

c)

Sacagawea

35.

Act that banned trade by the US with all foreign countries:

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Alien and Sedition Acts

c)

Judiciary Act

36.
The main goal of the North at the beginning of that war was to _____________________
a)
reunite the country
b)
end slavery
c)
punish the South
d)
be recognized as independent
37.
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John F. Kennedy
38.

The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:

a)

Appomatox

b)

Bull Run

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

39.

Define : Precedent.

a)

A position of supreme power in the U.S.

b)

An example that becomes standard practice.

c)

Head of the State

d)

Forced military service.

40.

A set of laws that allowed the government to arrest and deport you if you were seen as "dangerous" to the country. The Government can also fine and arrest you for criticizing your country.

a)

Alien & Retribution Acts.

b)

Alien & Sedition Acts.

c)

1st Amendment.

d)

Intolerable Acts.

41.

The event where 3 secret French agents demanded money from the U.S in order to stop the attacks on U.S Ships Is known as… ___________.

a)

X,Y,Z Affair.

b)

A,B,C Affair.

c)

1,2,3 Affair.

d)

Z,Y,X Affair

42.

The president appointed a group of advisors to help do his job, what is this called?

a)

Cabinet.

b)

The Avengers.

c)

Board of Presidency.

d)

Secretary of State.

43.

Why did the Puritans settle in Massachusetts?

a)

great farmland

b)

to set up Catholic Missions

c)

to practice their religion freely

d)

escape debt

44.

Frederick Douglass

a)

A former slave who fought in an African American regiment during the Civil War

b)

A former slave who founded the antislavery newspaper called the North Star

c)

An African slave who served as a spy for the Americans during the Revolution

d)

Wrote an influential pamphlet that made logical arguments for American separation from Britain

45.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

a)

Women’s rights activist who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Wrote propaganda against the British, attacking royal authority and encouraging resistance

c)

A Quaker who received a land grant from King Charles II and established a colony

d)

Wrote an influential pamphlet that made logical arguments for American separation from Britain

46.

Why did the demand for slaves increase during the cotton boom?

a)

More slaves were needed to plant and pick the cotton

b)

More slaves were needed to construct cloth factories

c)

More slaves were needed to transport the cotton to market

d)

More slaves were needed to sell the cotton to cloth factories

47.

In proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas wanted to use the governmental principle of __________ to determine if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

a)

checks and balances

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

republicanism

d)

separation of powers

48.

Which of the following resources was an advantage for the Confederacy?

a)

industrial output

b)

military leaders

c)

population

d)

transportation network

49.

An 800 miles march of the Cherokee nation to new lands in the east.

a)

Emancipation March

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Trail of Tears

50.

The Middle Passage brutally brought millions of slaves from west Africa over the Atlantic ocean to the Americas.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

The "shot heard round the world" was at Lexington and Concord, in what would be the beginning of the American Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Who was president of the United States during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

No one

53.

The treaty that ended the war between Mexico and the United States in 1848.

a)

Treaty of Hernan Cortez

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Treaty of Buena Vista

d)

Treaty of California and Mexico

54.

Sued for his freedom, but lost in the Supreme Court.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Herman Melville

55.

Amendment that made slavery illegal throughout the United States.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

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