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SS U4 Practice Topic 1

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes how the Louisiana Purchase affected the U.S.

a)

The LA Purchase doubled the US land area.

b)

The LA Purchase made France own more land in the US

c)

The LA Purchase allowed the US citizens to fight in wars

d)

The LA Purchase doubled France's land area

2.

How did LA officially become a state in 1812?

a)

When Lewis and Clark returned from their expedition

b)

When the US purchased the Louisiana Territory from France

c)

When congress added Louisiana as the 18th state

d)

When General Wilkinson and Spain signed and agreement deciding on borders

3.

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

This word is another way to say BUSINESS.

b)

To have an effect on someone or something. To change someone or something.

c)

In 1803 when the United States bought Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the USA.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

4.

Who were Lewis and Clark?

a)

To get more of something.

b)

To create or change something over a period of time and make it better.

c)

Explorers and from 1804-1806 their job was to explore the territory purchased by the USA (Louisiana Purchase) and to become friends with the Native Americans.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

5.

A French ruler who wanted to take over the Louisiana Territory

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Robert Livingston

d)

Lewis and Clark

6.
Why was the port of New Orleans so important?
a)
It was the best place to go fishing
b)
It was a party town
c)
It was the Catholic headquaters
d)
It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river
7.
Which direction were Lewis and Clark exploring?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
8.
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
a)
$100,000
b)
$1 million
c)
$15 million
d)
$100 million
9.
When did the United States of America purchase the territory of Louisiana?
a)
1703
b)
1903
c)
1803
d)
1813
10.

What does the word colonist mean?

a)

A person who lives in a colony.

b)

A tax that a government charges for goods coming into or going out of the country.

c)

An agreement or contract between countries.

d)

This agreement was signed on October 27, 1795 and created a friendship between Spain and the USA.

11.

What does the word tariff mean?

a)

A person who lives in a colony.

b)

A tax that a government charges for goods coming into or going out of the country.

c)

An agreement or contract between countries.

d)

This agreement was signed on October 27, 1795 and created a friendship between Spain and the USA.

12.

What does the word treaty mean?

a)

A person who lives in a colony.

b)

A tax that a government charges for goods coming into or going out of the country.

c)

An agreement or contract between countries.

d)

This agreement was signed on October 27, 1795 and created a friendship between Spain and the USA.

13.

What was Pinckney's Treaty?

a)

A person who lives in a colony.

b)

A tax that a government charges for goods coming into or going out of the country.

c)

An agreement or contract between countries.

d)

This agreement was signed on October 27, 1795 and created a friendship between Spain and the USA.

14.

What does the word impact mean?

a)

This word is another way to say BUSINESS.

b)

To have an effect on someone or something. To change someone or something.

c)

In 1803 when the United States bought Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the USA.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

15.

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

This word is another way to say BUSINESS.

b)

To have an effect on someone or something. To change someone or something.

c)

In 1803 when the United States bought Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the USA.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

16.

What does the word negotiation mean?

a)

This word is another way to say BUSINESS.

b)

To have an effect on someone or something. To change someone or something.

c)

In 1803 when the United States bought Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the USA.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

17.

What does the word gain mean?

a)

To get more of something.

b)

To create or change something over a period of time and make it better.

c)

From 1804-1806 their job was to explore the territory purchased by the USA (Louisiana Purchase) and to become friends with the Native Americans.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

18.

Who were Lewis and Clark?

a)

To get more of something.

b)

To create or change something over a period of time and make it better.

c)

Explorers and from 1804-1806 their job was to explore the territory purchased by the USA (Louisiana Purchase) and to become friends with the Native Americans.

d)

When people talk about something that they disagree about so that THEY CAN get along and reach an agreement.

19.

Two explorers sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new territory bought in the Louisiana Purchase

a)

Lewis and Clark

b)

Migrate

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Negotiate

20.

To gain something

a)

Negotiate

b)

Acquire

c)

State

d)

Lewis and Clark

21.

The purchase of the entire Louisiana Territory by the United States from France

a)

Acquire

b)

Migrate

c)

Culture

d)

Louisiana Purchase

22.

The way of life of a group of people, their food, religion, and celebrations

a)

State

b)

Migrate

c)

Culture

d)

Acquire

23.

A territory with its own government and borders within a larger country

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

State

c)

Migrate

d)

Lewis and Clark

24.

To discuss something in order to come to a formal agreement

a)

Negotiate

b)

Acquire

c)

State

d)

Culture

25.

To move from one place to another

a)

Acquire

b)

Migrate

c)

Culture

d)

Louisiana Purchase

26.

Tax on Tea

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Tea Act

d)

Quartering Act

27.

Allowed the British soldiers to take the colonists houses

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Stamp Act

28.

Protest against taxes placed on tea.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

29.

Tax on papers and legal documents

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Massacre

30.

Tax on Sugar

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Act

d)

Sugar Act

31.

A protest that led to the massacre of 5 people

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

American Revolution

d)

French and Indian War

32.

What are the Blue Coats

a)

Americans

b)

British

33.

What are the Red Coats

a)

Americans

b)

British

34.

Which two countries possessed the majority of North America before the Revolutionary War?

a)

Britain and France

b)

Russia and the US

c)

Britain and Spain

d)

Spain and the US

35.

What did the US gain after the Revolutionary War?

a)

it gained land that was occupied by the British

b)

it gained parts of Canada

c)

it gained Louisiana

d)

it gained all of the land that the British had occupied

36.

What caused the American Revolution

a)

Spanish placing taxes on the American people

b)

the British placing taxes on the American people

c)

the United States placing taxes on the American people

37.

What was the effect of the American Revolution?

a)

War broke out and the British declared their independence

b)

War broke out and the Americans declared their independence

c)

Britain gained more land in North America

d)

The Americans lost their land to the British

38.

What is a tariff?

a)

money given to the colonists

b)

a war between two countries

c)

agreement between two countries

d)

a tax on goods

39.

What is a treaty?

a)

a tax on goods

b)

trade between two countries

c)

agreement between two countries

d)

special prize

40.

What is the difference between the Louisiana Territory and the state we know today?

a)

both are in the middle of the US

b)

both cover the same amount of land

c)

less land is covered now

d)

more land is covered now

41.

Why would different countries, including the US, have wanted to own the Louisiana territory? Choose 3 answers

a)

people liked the name

b)

people liked the central location

c)

people liked it's centers of trade

d)

people liked the dry soil

e)

people liked the fertile soil

42.

A country that is under the control of another country and occupied by settlers is called a ____________.

a)

infuenced

b)

seaport

c)

colony

d)

settlement

43.

People who settle in an area that has no inhabitants

a)

settlers

b)

seaports

c)

immigrants

d)

influenced

44.

What was the significance of the Boston Massacre?

a)

An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people.

b)

A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

c)

This war took place between the British and the French The British won all land east of the Mississippi, Florida and Canada leaving New Orleans and Louisiana to the French and Spain.

d)

laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea

45.

What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party?

a)

An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people.

b)

A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

c)

This war took place between the British and the French. The British won all land east of the Mississippi, Florida and Canada leaving New Orleans and Louisiana to the French and Spain.

d)

laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea

46.
Why were the British taxing everything?
a)
They were in debt and needed to make money
b)
they wanted to make everyone mad
c)
they didn't want anyone else trading
47.
Which event(s) led to the Revolutionary War?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Sugar Act
d)
All of the answers
48.
Which act required colonists to let soldiers stay in their homes?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
49.

What nickname were the British soldiers given?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Rebellion

c)

Redcoat

d)

Loyalist

50.

What nickname were the American soldiers given?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Bluecoat

c)

Redcoat

d)

Loyalist

51.

True or False: The colonists agreed to boycott British goods until the stamp act was repealed.

a)

true

b)

false

52.

True or False: British troops thought they were under attack when colonists in Boston started throwing sticks at them.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Who was France ruled by?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Antonia de Ulloa

54.

Who was Spain ruled by?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Antonia de Ulloa

55.

Who was the United States ruled by?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Antonia de Ulloa

56.

True or False: Diplomacy is an agreement between countries.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

The treaty between Spain and the U.S. that gave Americans the use of the Mississippi River, and the ability to store goods at the port of New Orleans

a)

Treaty of San Iidefonso

b)

Pickney's Treaty

c)

Treaty of Versailles

58.

This was a secret treaty in which Spain gave Louisiana back to France.

a)

Treaty of San Iidefonso

b)

Pickney's Treaty

c)

Treaty of Versailles

59.

True or False: When Napoleon takes Louisiana back from Spain, he opens access to the Mississippi River.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Money coming in (to a business or country) after all expenses are paid.

a)

Population

b)

Port

c)

Profit

d)

Treaty

61.

A town or city with a harbor where ships can load and unload goods.

a)

Port

b)

Profit

c)

Population

d)

Tax

62.

A way that the government can collect money from its citizens

a)

Profit

b)

Tax

c)

Treaty of San Ildefonso

d)

Port

63.

The amount of people living in a certain area

a)

Port

b)

Treaty of San Ildefonso

c)

Treaty of Fontainebleau

d)

Population

64.

A formal agreement between 2 or more countries

a)

Port

b)

Population

c)

Treaty

d)

Tax

65.

The status of being recognized as a state by the US

a)

Treaty

b)

Population

c)

Statehood

d)

Port

66.

Goods being sent out of a country to be sold

a)

Export

b)

Tax

c)

Port

d)

Treaty

67.

A secret treaty in which the Spanish sold Louisiana and Florida back to France in 1800

a)

Pinckney's Treaty

b)

Treaty of San Ildefonso

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Fontainebleau

68.

Ruler of France during the Louisiana Purchase

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

Robert Livingston

69.

President of the US during the Louisiana Purchase

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

Robert Livingston

70.

Treaty between Spain and the US in which the US gained access to the Mississippi River and Port of New Orleans

a)

Pinckney's Treaty

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of San Ildefonso

d)

Treaty of Fontainebleau