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War of Independence

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War took place in .......... .

a)

(1770–83)

b)

(1775–83)

c)

(1775–85)

d)

(1755–83)

2.

A conflict between mother country and ..... of Great Britain’s North American colonies. As a result last won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

14

3.

What party took place on the 16th December, 1773 ?

a)

October Fest

b)

Boston Beer Party

c)

Boston Coffee Party

d)

Boston Tea Party

e)

Boston Birthday Party

4.

On April 16 ................. rode to Concord, a town 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Boston, to advise local compatriots to secure their military stores in advance of British troop movements.

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Keanu Reeves

c)

Paul McCartney

d)

Paul River

5.

About 700 British troops were spent from Boston with orders to seize the colonial armory at Concord in the evening of April 18, 1775. The lengthy public display ensured that ....... had lost any chance at secrecy

a)

Keanu Reeves

b)

Paul Rever

c)

Thomas Cage

d)

Nicolas Cage

6.

The battle of ......... and .......... . (18-19 april, 1775)

a)

Lexus and Corolla

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Lincoln and Cadillac

d)

Lexus and Chevrolet

7.

The ....................... was the eleven-month period from 19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776 when American militiamen effectively contained British troops within Boston, and after the Battle of Bunker Hill, to the peninsula of Charlestown.

a)

Siege of Concord

b)

Siege of Washington

c)

Siege of Boston

d)

Siege of Lexington

8.

The ................, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

a)

golden statue

b)

copper statue

c)

iron statue

d)

wood statue

9.

......................................... was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.

a)

The New York Tea Party

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Boston Coffee Party

d)

The Boston Beer Party

10.

The copper statue (statue of Liberty), a gift from the people of ............. to the people of the United States.

a)

Russia

b)

Great Britain

c)

Spain

d)

France

11.

The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper ...... River valley was a part of the British Empire

a)

Indiana

b)

Kentucky

c)

Ohio

d)

North Carolina

12.

................, faced with disastrous defeats in the New World, was ready to negotiate a treaty of peace, the signing of which took place in ............. on February 10, 1763.

a)

Germany, Berlin

b)

Spain, Madrid

c)

Great Britain, London

d)

France, Paris

13.

......................... U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

G. Washington

c)

Ulysses S. Grant,

d)

Robert E. Lee

14.

.............., a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865.

a)

World War I

b)

Sivil War

c)

Civil War

d)

World War II

15.

The chief and immediate cause of the American civil war was ............. .

a)

Factories and plants

b)

new amendments

c)

new technologies

d)

slavery

16.

.............................. used slave labor to produce crops, especially cotton. Although slavery was illegal in the ................... states.

a)

Southerners, Eastern states

b)

Northerns, Southerners

c)

Southerners, Northern

d)

Western states, Eastern states

17.

................. surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

George Washington

18.

World War I broke out in Europe in the summer of 1914. The United States declared itself a .............. nation.

a)

interesting

b)

powerful

c)

strong

d)

neutral

19.

In the presidential race of 1916, President ......... won reelection on the campaign slogan “He Kept Us Out of War.”

a)

W. Wilson

b)

B. Franklin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th U.S. President

20.

But German aggression steered public opinion from neutrality to engagement, and the United States prepared for combat. The Selective Service Act, passed in May ....... .

a)

1914

b)

1915

c)

1916

d)

1917

21.

*Impact on the People

*25% Unemployment

*People lost their homes - took to the streets

*People only bought necessities - further led to lay-offs

*people fear losing money and take all their money out of banks.

These are reasons of ......

a)

Great unemployment

b)

Great Depression

c)

Great Patriotic War

d)

Great Divisions