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Unit Two - The American Revolution and Westward Expansion

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following does NOT describe a section of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

A. a list of injustices committed by the King of England

b)

B. a statement of the American philosophy of government

c)

C. an outline of the structure of a new American government

d)

D. a statement severing connections with the King of England

2.

Why were many people in the Georgia Colony slow to support the American Revolution at first?

a)

A. The colony's economy depended on trade with Great Britain

b)

. B. Colonists thought that the Patriots planned to outlaw slavery. l. D. More British soldiers were stationed in Georgia than any other colony

c)

C. Religious leaders told people they must stay peaceful and neutral

d)

D. More British soldiers were stationed in Georgia than any other colony

3.

What does Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Georgia Walton have in common?

a)

A. They signed the US Constitution from Georgia.

b)

B. They signed the Proclamation of 1763 from Georgia.

c)

C. They signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.

d)

D. They were all from the North.

4.

Which colony was specifically targeted by Britain's Intolerable Acts?

a)

A. Connecticut

b)

B. Georgia

c)

C. Massachusetts

d)

D. New York

5.

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

A. Button Gwinnett

b)

B. Lyman Hal

c)

C. Thomas Jefferson

d)

D. Thomas Paine

6.

What did the Battle of Kettle Creek illustrate?

a)

A. the inability of the Patriots to defeat the British

b)

B. the inability of the British to maintain control of Georgia

c)

C. the importance of African Americans to Britain's success

d)

D. the importance of American Indians to the Patriots' success

7.

In response to the Intolerable Acts, members of the Georgia Colony took all of the following actions EXCEPT

a)

A.T hey joined radical movements such as the Sons of Liberty.. .

b)

B. They sent a representative to the First Continental Congress

c)

C. they established local committees to enforce a ban on trade with Britain

d)

D. they formed a provincial congress to take governance into their own hands.

8.

This historic figure was to believed to have killed some Tories during the Revolutionary War in Georgia.

a)

Nancy Hart

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Austin Dabney

d)

James Oglethorpe

9.

Provided aid to Colonel Elijah Clarke during the Battle of Kettle Creek. In return, the Georgia General Assembly gave him land and his freedom.

a)

George Washington

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Austin Dabney

d)

Thomas Jefferson

10.

Which of the following would NOT have been a legal government action under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

A. Hoping to improve the security of the southern border of the United States, the federal government declares war on Mexico. .

b)

B. Hoping to improve the economy by encouraging spending, the federal government rapidly prints additional currency

c)

C. Hoping to improve trade with France, the federal government sends an ambassador to negotiate a treaty with the French.

d)

D. Hoping to encourage trade between the states, the federal government lifts all tariffs enacted by state governments.

11.

What was the outcome of the Battle of Kettle Creek?

a)

A. The colonists were victorious and Patriot morale improved.

b)

B. The colonists were defeated and Britain recaptured Georgia.

c)

C. The colonists were victorious and the last British forces left Georgia.

d)

D. The colonists were defeated and Georgia declared its loyalty to England.

12.

Who led the American revolutionaries to victory at Kettle Creek?

a)

A. Lyman Hall

b)

B. Elijah Clarke

c)

C. George Walton

d)

D. Button Gwinnett

13.

Which of the following BEST describes an important strength of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

A. It provided for strong state governments. .

b)

B. It limited each state's power in Congress

c)

C. It provided for a strong central government.

d)

D. It provided for a system of checks and balances

14.

Many of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation can be traced back to

a)

A. citizens' refusal to pay taxes of any kind.

b)

B. concerns over states operating autonomously.

c)

C. fears of a central government with too much power.

d)

D. laissez-faire economic policies of the federal government

15.

Which statement about GA regarding the French and Indian War is correct?

a)

Georgia gained new territory.

b)

Georgia’s colonists suffered great losses of life and property

c)

Georgia was a buffer zone in the fighting between the French and Indians

d)

Georgia was the only colony to support the French against the British in the war

16.

Why did Georgia NOT want to fight against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Georgia was friends with Great Britain

b)

Georgia was afraid of Great Britain

c)

Georgia was financially dependent on Great Britain

d)

Georgia would lose land

17.

During the French and Indian War, why did most of the Native American tribes' side with the French?

a)

The Indians were trading partners with the French

b)

The Indians were trading partners with Great Britain

c)

The Indians were trading partners with Spain

d)

The Indians were trading partners with Italy

18.

Which statement BEST describes Georgia’s gains from the French and Indian War?

a)

GA gained lands to the south and east

b)

GA gained lands to the north and west, part of Florida, and water access

c)

GA gained land, naval stores and timber, farm acreage, and new settlers

d)

GA gained the Creek and Cherokee Indian lands and gold mines

19.

Which statement BEST describes how the French and Indian War led to America’s Revolutionary War?

a)

Great Britain gained control of Canada

b)

France lost the Louisiana Territory

c)

France incited rebellion in the colonies and enticed Spain to move into the territory

d)

To get money to repay war debts, Great Britain taxed the colonies

20.

What law forbade colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mts?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Proclamation of 1825

c)

Proclamation of 1732

d)

Proclamation of 1822

21.

Thanks to the Proclamation of 1763, Georgia’s southern boundary was moved to what river?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

St Mary's River

c)

Nile River

d)

Chattahoochee River

22.

What is the opening part of the Declaration of Independence called?

a)

articles

b)

preamble

c)

grievances

d)

amendments

23.

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Lyman Hall

b)

Button Netting

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Walton

24.

What is included in the middle part of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Amendments

b)

Preamble

c)

Grievances

d)

Statement of Separation

25.

Aided heavily in passing the Georgia Constitution of 1777

a)

George Walton

b)

Button Gwinnett

c)

Lyman Hall

26.

Elected governor in 1783

a)

George Walton

b)

Button Gwinnett

c)

Lyman Hall

27.

After the war, served as Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court

a)

George Walton

b)

Button Gwinnett

c)

Lyman Hall

28.

When was the Declaration of Independence approved

a)

July 4th, 1776

b)

August 9th, 1865

c)

January 1777

29.

Also called Tories

a)

loyalists

b)

patriots

c)

whigs

30.

also called Whigs

a)

Patriots

b)

Whigs

c)

Tories

d)

Loyalist

31.

Elijah Clark led the fight in which war?

a)

Battle of kettle Creek

b)

Siege of Savannah

32.

Which Battle did the Patriots win?

a)

Battle of Kettle Creek

b)

Siege of Savannah

33.

This attack made Georgia the only colony officially retaken by the British

a)

Battle of Kettle Creek

b)

Siege of Savannah

34.

A group of black soldiers from Haiti fought in this attack

a)

Battle of Kettle Creek

b)

Siege of Savannah

35.

America's first written Constitution?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Dependence

c)

Constitution of 1850

d)

Stamp Act

36.

The US Constitution was actually signed by only TWO of the Georgia’s four delegates. Who are they?

a)

William Few, Abraham Baldwin

b)

George Walton, Lyman Hall

c)

William Few, Lyman Hall

d)

George Walton, Abraham Baldwin

37.

Who was the black soldier who was seriously wounded at the Battle of Kettle Creek?

a)

Austin Dabney

b)

George Washington

c)

George Walton

d)

Elijah Clark

38.

who was sided with cherokee

a)

Ali A

b)

elijah clarke

c)

john marshall

d)

thomas jeferson

39.

what was john marshall

a)

the supreme court owner

b)

the supreme court justice

40.

which president was andrew jackson

a)

he was the seventh president

b)

he was the fifth president

c)

he was not a president at all

d)

he was the best man in america

41.

how long did the trail of tears travel

a)

80 miles

b)

700 miles

c)

800 minutres

d)

800 miles west

42.
Who was the leader of the militia in the Battle of Kettle Creek?
a)
Austin Dabney
b)
Button Gwinnet
c)
Patriot
d)
Elijah Clarke
43.

The first state sponsored public university in the United States; founded in 1785.

a)

University of Georgia

b)

Creek Indians

c)

Headright System

44.

American Indian tribe that lived in Southern Georgia.

a)

Creek Indians

b)

Headright System

c)

Land Lottery

45.

Land allocation approach that provided the head of a family up to 200 acres of free land in the Georgia frontier.

a)

Headright System

b)

Land Lottery

c)

Yazoo Land Fraud

46.

Land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar.

a)

Land Lottery

b)

Yazoo Land Fraud

c)

Railroad

47.

An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar.

a)

Yazoo Land Fraud

b)

Railroad

c)

Cherokee Indians

48.

One of the major technological advances in the 19th century.

a)

Railroad

b)

Cherokee Indians

c)

Dahlonega Gold Rush

49.

Native American tribe that lived in Northwestern Georgia.

a)

Cherokee Indians

b)

Dahlonega Gold Rush

c)

Trail of Tears

50.

Site of America's first gold rush in 1828.

a)

Dahlonega Gold Rush

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Worcester v. Georgia

51.

Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838.

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Worcester v. Georgia

c)

French and Indian War

52.

Landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States.

a)

Worcester v. Georgia

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Proclamation of 1763

53.
Georgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta to
a)
avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast
b)
meet federal government requirements
c)
follow the growing population
d)
open eastern lands to the American Indians
54.
What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?
a)
Make education available to all people, not just the wealthy
b)
educate GA's slave population
c)
educate GA's militia
d)
establish a women's only school
55.
What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?
a)
It established a method of counting the population
b)
To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
c)
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
d)
It administered voting and election districts
56.
Why was the land lottery more successful than the headright system?
a)
More land was distributed to settlers
b)
It sold all open lands to the government
c)
it created peace with American Indians
d)
More settlers moved to the eastern coast.
57.
Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?
a)
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
b)
 The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
c)
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.
d)
They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.
58.
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies 
a)
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
b)
took land from the American Indians by force.
c)
made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.
d)
llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.
59.
The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on __________.
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
December 25, 1776
c)
September 17, 1787
d)
September 25, 1791
60.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a)
To stop taxes from the British Empire.
b)
To make a United States army.
c)
To gain independence from the British Empire
d)
To install their own king in America
61.
Which U.S. President strongly supported Indian removal from the southeast U.S.?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Adams
c)
James Madison
62.

Which of the following does NOT describe a section of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

A. a list of injustices committed by the King of England

b)

B. a statement of the American philosophy of government

c)

C. an outline of the structure of a new American government

d)

D. a statement severing connections with the King of England

63.

What does Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Georgia Walton have in common?

a)

A. They signed the US Constitution from Georgia.

b)

B. They signed the Proclamation of 1763 from Georgia.

c)

C. They signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.

d)

D. They were all from the North.

64.

Many of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation can be traced back to

a)

A. citizens' refusal to pay taxes of any kind.

b)

B. concerns over states operating autonomously.

c)

C. fears of a central government with too much power.

d)

D. laissez-faire economic policies of the federal government