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Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Englightenment Era was
an educational experience
an intellectual and philosphical movement that focused on human reason
a fun life changing experience
a spiritual and philopshical movement focused on human rationality.
The Enlightenment can be said to be political, the First Great Awakening was what kind of philosophical movement?
revolutionary
spiritual
economic
cultural
Mercantilism was the colonial eocnomic policy which favoured
English colonies only purchased from England.
imports should exceed exports
only colonial markets should purchase from the Mother Country.
exports should exceed imports
What was the MAIN reason the Navigation Acts were introduced in the American colonies?
To increase taxes to the Colonies.
To prevent smuggling
To attack the Pirates of the Caribbean.
To encourage smuggling
A form of colonial labor system which contracted labor to work in the American colonies for a period of time.
Artisans
Enslavement
Apprenticeship
Indentured Servitude.
Enslavement in the American colonies became a part of a trading system called?
Galleons Passage
Triangular Trade
Northwest Passge
Middle Passage
The French and Indian War and the Seven Years War is the same conflict. The French and Indian War took place in the Colonies, the Seven Years War took place in
India
Great Britian
France
Europe
The animal in the political cartoon "Join, or Die" (1754) is
Iguana
Snake
Lizard
Alligator
Which of the Thirteen colonies was NOT identified on the "Join, or Die" (1754) political cartoon?
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Georgia
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1875
1863
1854
1867
What law outlaws segregation and discrimination on the basis of race?
14th Amendment
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Who was the first black person to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era?
Adam Jones
Andrew McCutchen
Jackie Robinson
David Price
What does impeachment mean?
Removal from office.
Conviction of a crime.
Formal accusation of wrongdoing.
Sentenced to prison.
Which section of government has the power to begin the process of impeachment?
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
The President's Cabinet
Who votes on if a president should be removed from office during an impeachment trial?
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Any U.S citizen that can vote
Who was the first President to be Impeached?
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Why was Johnson impeached?
Lying under oath.
Ignoring Congress' law.
Hiring criminals.
Pressuring another country.
Who was never really impeached, despite everyone thinking he was?
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Donald Trump
Bill Clinton
What was Nixon in trouble for?
Kidnapping a woman.
Threatening his rivals.
Pressuring another country.
Hiring criminals to win an election.
Who was the second President to be Impeached?
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Donald Trump
Andrew Johnson
What was Bill Clinton impeached for?
Cheating on his wife.
Committing adultery.
Lying about cheating under oath.
Sleeping with an intern.
Who is the third President to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Donald Trump
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by:
creating a system of dams for crop irrigation
providing free land to settlers
removing all restrictions on immigration
moving Native American Indians to reservations
Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should:
prevent unfair business practices
restrict immigration to the US
reduce the number of small farms
abolish private property ownership
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the US saw the need to build the Panama Canal because:
new colonies had be acquired in Africa
Spanish opposition to the canal had ended
the US navy could move more quickly between oceans
US railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods
What was a major reason the US entered WWI?
Japanese forces had occupied Manchuria
German troops had landed on American soil
The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium
Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare
The "dust bowls" described by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath had the greatest impact on:
residents of urban slums
plantation owners in the rural south
workers in factory sweatshops
farmers on the Great Plains
The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 sparked
the Cold War with the US
Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe
disarmament discussions between the Suprepowers
American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological superiority
What was Roosevelt's goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
stimulate economic growth
increase the government's tax revenue
provide jobs for the unemployed
restore the public's faith in financial institutions
