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Module 1 Review (Reconstruction to the Present)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Cortes conquer in South America?

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Mayans

d)

Olmec

2.

What was Cortes looking for when he was exploring/conquering South America?

a)

Sugarcane

b)

Tobacco

c)

Gold

d)

Slaves

3.

What became the main labor force in the southern colonies?

a)

Native Americans

b)

English Colonists

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Natural-born Canadians

4.

How did the British government attempt to eliminate conflict between Native Americans and colonists?

a)

By recruiting French colonists to trade with Native Americans

b)

By stationing British troops along the coastline

c)

By raising taxes on the goods traded with Native Americans

d)

By forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

5.

Why were committees of correspondence established? 

(What were they for?)

a)

To plan military revolts against British soldiers

b)

To communicate with other colonies about threats to liberty

c)

To organize a boycott of British goods

d)

To draft a colonial declaration of rights

6.

Which of the following correctly describes the justification that Thomas Jefferson provided in the Declaration of Independence for revolt by the colonists?

a)

A revolt would allow the colonies to create a society with equal economic opportunities

b)

A revolt would allow the colonies to create a system that would remove the cruelty of the slave trade

c)

A revolt would allow the colonies to trade freely with other nations

d)

A revolt would allow the colonies to form a government that would uphold the unalienable rights of the people.

7.

Which of the following correctly describe the Loyalists?

a)

They wanted to avoid being punished as rebels

b)

They had the support of the Quakers

c)

They made up a majority of the population

d)

They thought the king would protect their rights

e)

They were composed mainly of African Americans

8.

What was the Bill of Rights?

a)

The Legislative Branch of the Constitution

b)

The first 3 Amendments to the Constitution

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

9.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

10.

How was the Monroe Doctrine an expression of nationalism? 

a)

The United States saw a need to expand its economic interests in establishing new trading partners.

b)

The United States made a reasonable claim to acquire new territories from other countries.

c)

The United States depended on other countries for trade and needed to develop those relationships.

d)

The United States asserted its own interests in defying the interests of other countries.

11.

Which branch of the government is the House of Representatives and the Senate?

a)

The Executive

b)

The Legislative

c)

The Judicial

d)

Liberatarian

12.

Which branch of the government is the President?

a)

The Executive

b)

The Legislative

c)

The Judicial

d)

Communism

13.

Which branch of the government is The Supreme Court?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

d)

Republican

14.

How did the cotton gin cause an increase in the demand for slaves? 

a)

Cotton planting moved east as the land became worn out

b)

More land was cultivated as cotton planting became more profitable.

c)

Transportation costs of cotton were lowered with improvements in riverboats.

d)

Textile manufacturing became more profitable with higher cotton costs.

15.

Which of the following were the main objectives of labor unions? Choose the two correct answers.

a)

eliminating child labor

b)

increasing the amount of vacation time

c)

limiting the jobs available to unskilled workers

d)

raising wages

e)

shortening the workday

16.

Which of the following was a belief of the participants in the Second Great Awakening?

a)

The individual was responsible for salvation.

b)

People could do little to improve themselves.

c)

People had no right to try to improve society.

d)

A person’s fate was predetermined.

17.

Why did many northerners oppose the annexation of Texas? Choose the two correct answers. 

a)

There would be more senators from slave states than from free states.

b)

War with Spain would result.

c)

War with Mexico would result.

d)

There would be more congressmen from slave states than from free states

e)

Debt would increase dramatically

18.

What did the United States gain from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Choose the two correct answers.

a)

the Louisiana Territory

b)

a sum of $15 million for expenses during the war

c)

the territories of New Mexico and California

d)

recognition of the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas

e)

a piece of territory south of the Gila River

19.

What were women expected to do in the work force during the early 19th century?

a)

Run for political office

b)

Pick up a job for extra income

c)

Give up their work once they are married

d)

Only work in mining camps

20.

Who was in charge of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Fredrick Douglass

21.

Who requested that Lee and his army be given favorable terms at Appomattox Court House? 

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

22.

What ultimately caused the town of Vicksburg to surrender to General Grant? 

a)

The fear of slave uprisings

b)

The risk of total war

c)

The Mississippi River flooding

d)

Lack of food

23.

Why did the Radicals want to impeach Andrew Johnson?

a)

They felt he was not carrying out his obligation to enforce the Reconstruction Act

b)

They believed he was too strict toward wealthy southern landowners

c)

They disagreed with his loose interpretation of the Constitution

d)

They believed that he provided former slaves with too much protection under the law

24.

Which of these leaders became the next President after Andrew Johnson?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Abraham Lincoln

25.

Which Amendments came from the Civil War?

a)

The first 10 Amendments

b)

The 19th

c)

The 13th, 14th, and 15th

d)

The 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st

26.

How long was the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

3 Hours

b)

3 Days

c)

1 Hour

d)

1 Day

27.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?

a)

All slaves in areas currently under rebellion were freed immediately

b)

All African-Americans are to be enlisted in the Union army immediately

c)

Tennessee was no longer a member of the Union

d)

Ulysses S. Grant is now the leader of the Union Army

28.

What is conscription?

a)

A process for bringing in new states

b)

A draft that forced men to serve in the army

c)

A plan for exporting immigrants to their own countries

d)

A process that helped slaves become citizens

29.

Which of the following was a part of the system of sharecropping? Choose the two correct answers. 

a)

Each worker was allowed to keep the entire harvest to sell for a profit

b)

Each worker was required to give a share of the crops to the landowner at harvest

c)

Each worker was paid a wage by the landowner

d)

Each worker rented the land from the landowner in exchange for cash

e)

Each worker was given a small plot of land by the landowner

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