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WorksheetsUSI End of Year Review
Total questions: 145
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
The Bill of Right are the first _________ amendments to the US Constitution.
5
10
15
100
Which statement BEST represents the agreements reached in the Great Compromise?
A two-house legislature where each state would be represented by population
A one-house legislature where each state has equal representation.
A two-house legislature where states are represented by population AND by equal representation
A one-house legislature where each state is represented by population
TRUE OR FALSE: The Articles of Confederation created a strong national government
True
False
Which president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Lewis & Clark
The Federal Court system was established during the presidency of —
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Donald Trump
The Monroe Doctrine warned European nations NOT to interfere in the —
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
TRUE OR FALSE: The Articles of Confederation allowed the Congress to collect taxes?
True
False
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are part of what document?
Emancipation Proclamation
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing (carrying out) the laws.
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Which two plans were included in The Great Compromise?
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Massachusetts
TRUE OR FALSE: Representation to the House of Representatives is determined by a state's population.
True
False
According to The Great Compromise, representation to the Senate is determined by _____________.
Equal representation (each states gets the same number of votes regardless of population)
Population (bigger states get more votes, smaller states get less votes)
Which of the following is NOT a 1st Amendment freedom?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom of assembly
Right to see a lawyer
Which of the following was a famous abolitionist, who published an anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Thomas Jefferson
Susan B. Anthony
Hundreds of slaves escaped to freedom by traveling the ______________.
Oregon Trail
Underground Railroad
Santa Fe Trail
Trail of Tears
TRUE OR FALSE: The invention of the Cotton Gin DECREASED the need for slave labor.
True
False
The discovery of gold in the southern United States led to the removal of which Native American group?
Cherokee
Lakota
Powhatan
Sioux
Which president signed the American Indian Removal Act into law?
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
The Trail of Tears forced Native American tribes to relocate to which of the following territories?
Texas
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Which group did American settlers MOST believe was standing in the way of progress, during the early 19th century?
Native Americans
Enslaved African Americans
Women
Immigrants
The artwork displayed above best reflects American society during-
the Age of Jackson
Westward Expansion
the Second Great Awakening
Sectionalism
What event had long lasting effects on Californias economy
Discovery of Gold
Discovery of Oil
Trade with Mexico
Shipping to the North
Prior to the Civil War, the South was best known for being a(n) __________________ society.
agricultural
urban
suburban
industrial
Prior to the Civil War, the North was best known for being a(n) _______________________ society.
agricultural
urban
suburban
rural
TRUE OR FALSE: The South believed that the federal (national) government should be stronger than state governments.
True
False
Which of the following states was the FIRST to secede from the Union?
North Carolina
Virginia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Which event caused the South to finally secede from the Union?
Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
Bleeding Kansas
Firing on Fort Sumter
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Choose the correct capital city for the North and South during the Civil War.
Washington D.C.
New York City, NY
Richmond, VA
Philadelphia, PA
Charleston, SC
Which woman is best known for creating the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
TRUE OR FALSE: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves held in the rebellious states of the South.
True
False
John Brown was a radical abolitionist who led a violent raid of the federal arsenal at __________________.
Appomattox Courthouse
Fort Sumter
Harper's Ferry
Gettysburg
The South's economy revolved around which of the following?
slave labor
manufactured goods
trade with foreign nations
inventions like the cotton gin
The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives is known as ______________.
state's rights
popular sovereignty
rule of law
strong central government
___________ was a former slave who served as a Union naval captain and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives after the Civil War.
Robert Smalls
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Choose all the apply: The Compromise of 1850 included _______________.
California enters Union as a free state
Strict fugitive slave law
Missouri enters Union as a slave state
Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
Southwest territories would decide slavery for themselves
The Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision ruled that _______________.
slaves are not American citizens
slaves are free once they enter a free state
slavery is unconstitutional only in northern states
slaves can sue their owner for their freedom
Which of the following events came FIRST?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Abraham Lincoln's election
South Carolina secedes from the Union
Which of the following stated that the slavery issue would be settled by "popular sovereignty"?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Proclamation of 1763
Choose all that apply: Which of the following were border states?
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Georgia
Maryland
Which of the following states was NOT a member of the Confederate States of America?
Alabama
Texas
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address stated the reason for the Civil War was to _______________.
end slavery
expand slavery
preserve (save) the Union
punish the South
What major battle was considered the turning point of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Second Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Which battle was fought over control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Where did Confederate forces surrender to officially end the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
Yorktown
Richmond
Washington D.C.
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
California
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
____________ was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia, who was killed by friendly fire.
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
John Brown
One of the effects of the Civil War was ______________ were left to run businesses in the North, and farms and plantations in the South.
women
slaves
children
prisoners of war
Which event prompted many enslaved African Americans to enlist in the Union Army?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Election of Abraham Lincoln
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Which of the following was NOT a major issue that divided the nation prior to the Civil War?
Slavery
Economic
Cultural
Constitutional
Westward Expansion
