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End of the Year Test Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the British tax the colonies so heavily after the French and Indian War?

a)

To get extra tea and sugar

b)

To force the Patriots to surrender

c)

To create anger in the colonies

d)

To pay off war debt

2.

Which answer best describes the Intolerable Acts?

a)

gave colonists more freedom.

b)

a series of laws placed on colonists because of the Boston Tea Party.

c)

acts that the colonists placed on themselves

d)

it only closed Boston Harbor

3.

American Colonists can not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Tea Act

4.
What did one part of the Declaration of Independence list?
a)
The colonists still wanted to be British citizens
b)
The colonists wanted to change the British government
c)
The things the colonists thought the King did wrong
5.

Letter 'E" marks which of the following:

a)

United States in 1783

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Texas

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

6.

Manifest Destiny offered many people...

a)

Economic Opportunity

b)

Nothing

c)

More Factory Jobs

d)

New Technological Innovations

7.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
a)
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
b)
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
c)
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
d)
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
8.

Linked east and west; created markets!; created economic boom

a)

barbed wire

b)

transcontinental railroad

c)

telegraph

d)

steamboats

9.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

10.

Economy of the South

a)

Plantation agriculture, slavery

b)

Manufacturing and Industry

c)

Farming and Mining

11.

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

a)

1) Large farms; 2) Slaves used for labor

b)

1) Cottage industry; 2) Mild weather that attracted immigrants

c)

1) Mining; 2) Metal ores and minerals

d)

1) Ranching; 2) Railroads to transport cattle to market

12.

Religious movement that led to social reforms

a)

Temperance

b)

2nd Great Awakening

c)

Suffrage

d)

Transcendentalism

13.

Leader in education reform; Wanted to make school available for everyone

a)

Dorthea Dix

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

14.

Women's rights movement leader who organized the Seneca Falls Convention

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Dorthea Dix

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

15.

Worked for prison reform and care for the mentally ill

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Dorthea Dix

d)

Susan B Anthony

16.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
17.
Impact on life in the U.S.It turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
a)
Railroads
b)
Steamboat
c)
Telegraph
d)
Mechanical Reaper
18.
Impact on life in the U.S.It allowed parts to be exchanged or repaired.
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
Telegraph
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Railroad
19.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
20.

The first communication system that brought instant communication to the Civil War battlefields and the settlers moving into the west

a)

Use of Morse Code

b)

Telephone

c)

Cell phone

d)

Telegraph

21.

In which area of the United States was the textile industry located?

a)

Detroit

b)

New England/Northeast

c)

The South

d)

Florida

22.

The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?

a)

New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport

b)

New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade

c)

Washington D.C. becoming the cultural and political center of the nation

d)

Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs

23.

A government which uses a free enterprise system of economics, allows its citizens to:

a)

Start their own business

b)

purchase goods wherever

c)

spend their money as they please

d)

all of the above

24.

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

a)

the spoils system.

b)

Jacksonian democracy.

c)

mudslinging.

d)

a corrupt bargain.

25.

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

a)

Old Hickory

b)

The Chosen One

c)

The Kingmaker

d)

Old Reliable

26.

How did the North view tariffs?

a)

neutral

b)

benefit

c)

burden

27.

How did the South view tariffs?

a)

neutral

b)

benefit

c)

burden

28.

Which set of words best describes the "Nullification Crisis"?

a)

tariffs, manufacturing, James K. Polk, Alabama, cotton, nullify

b)

South Carolina, tariffs, unconstitutional, cotton, John C. Calhoun, nullify

c)

Andrew Jackson, Native Americans, Georgia, Cherokee, Supreme Court

d)

Andrew Jackson, tariffs, Mexican Cession, manufacturing, Cherokee, Florida

29.

What event is the subject of this map?

a)

The Alamo

b)

The Oregon Trail

c)

The Trail of Tears

d)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

30.

The potato blight struck which country?

a)

England

b)

Russia

c)

Ireland

d)

France

31.
What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?
a)
Greek
b)
Chinese
c)
British
d)
French
32.

American Identity

● Christmas trees

● marching bands

● kindergarten

Which group was responsible for these contributions to the American identity?

a)

Irish Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

Mexican Americans

d)

German Americans

33.

What river was an important resource during the war?

a)

Missouri

b)

Mississippi

c)

Amazon

d)

Delaware

34.

Occurred because of Manifest Destiny and the Annexation of Texas. the United States wins the war and pays Mexico $15 million for the Mexican Cession.

a)

U.S. - Mexican War

b)

French and Indian War

c)

American Revolution

d)

War of 1812

35.

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

It fought for the social, civil, and religious rights of women.

b)

It fought for the rights of slaves and freedom of slaves.

c)

It fought for the idea that the nation should become more peaceful in light of things like bleeding Kansas.

d)

It fought for the rights of women to stay at home and not be forced to work in factories.

36.
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a)
Surfers
b)
Coasters
c)
Forty Niners
d)
Raiders
37.
Transcendentalism is a _______________.
a)
literary movement
b)
social reform movement
c)
philosophical movement
d)
all of the above
38.
Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism?
a)
Thoreau
b)
Whitman
c)
Emerson
d)
Waldo
39.

The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...

a)

landscapes, rivers, countrysides

b)

factories, industry, machines

c)

shipbuilders of the northeast

d)

slavery in the south

40.

How did Southern states justify secession?

a)

argued that they were denied states' rights

b)

argued the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional

c)

The Southern states wanted to show they would keep their slaves no matter what

d)

The Southern states declared the North cheated in the election and Lincoln won by cheating

41.
What is the subject/main idea of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Freedom 
b)
Self-Reliance
c)
Voting Rights 
d)
Equality
42.
Lincoln believes that victory (for the Union) in the war will result in _____.
a)
full devotion of all citizens to the Union.
b)
women, as well as slaves, will have equal rights.  
c)
a proper memorial for those who have died in the war
d)
a new birth of freedom and all men will be created equal
43.

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

a)

the election of Abraham Lincoln

b)

South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter

c)

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

d)

Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner

44.
What did Southerners believe about the role of government? 
a)
Believed in a strong central government
b)
Believed the national government was supreme over the states 
c)
States' Rights - could declare national laws illegal 
d)
Believed the national government should be abolished 
45.

This was the adding of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

a)

Conflict over states rights

b)

Conflict over Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Missouri Compromise 1820

d)

1850 Compromise

46.

This resolved (temporarily) the issue of slavery in the newly acquired territories.

a)

Conflict over states rights

b)

Conflict over Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Missouri Compromise 1820

d)

1850 Compromise

47.

This ACT Divided the remainder of the Louisiana Territory into two new territories

a)

Kansas- Mexico Act

b)

Nebraska - Texas Act

c)

Kansas Nebrask Act

d)

Louisiana Mississippi Act

48.
Why did most Northerners dislike the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
a)
They felt that it was expanding the power and reach of slavery.
b)
They felt that it only benefited Southern slave owners and did not help Northern slave owners.
c)
They felt that it would only delay the Civil War, which they really wanted to happen.
d)
They felt a better solution to the problem would be for Southern slave owners to prevent their slaves from running away.
49.

During which war did the Battle of Antietam take place?

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

U.S.-Mexican War

d)

U.S. Civil War

50.

Antietam was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

51.

Black codes deprived African Americans of (check all that apply)

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to serve on juries

c)

the right to own or carry weapons

52.
What were Black Codes?
a)
Laws made by Lincoln to protect former slaves.
b)
Top secret encoding methods used for messages during the Civil War
c)
Civil Rights laws that made it easier for former slaves to adapt to their new lives.
d)
Laws in the South that made it difficult for black people to get jobs, vote, and go to school.
53.
What was the purpose of Reconstruction in the United States? 
a)
To tax the southern states as punishment for the war
b)
To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

c)
To rebuild the industry of the northern states
d)
To build up the west as a replacement to the south
54.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
the American Missionary Association
b)
the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
the Ku Klux Klan
d)
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP
55.

The Dred Scott decision is referred to as "the Supreme Court case that...

a)

abolished slavery."

b)

declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional."

c)

caused the Civil War."

d)

resulted in the Compromise of 1850."

56.

How did the Dred Scott case (1857) impact the Compromise of 1850?

a)

It overturned the Compromise of 1850 and made it obsolete.

b)

It upheld the Compromise of 1850.

c)

It made the Compromise of 1850 acceptable to all northerners.

d)

ALL choices

57.

Outlaws slavery

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendement

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

58.

Guarantees citizenship and equal rights to all citizens born in the United States except for Native Americans

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

59.

Guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendent

d)

15th Amendment

60.

In his speech, Abraham Lincoln explains a cause of the Civil War. What was this cause?

a)

taking the oath of the presidential office for a second time

b)

asking God’s assistance in wringing bread from other men

c)

conflicting desires to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend an interest in slaves

d)

reading the same Bible and praying to the same God

61.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
Border Dispute
d)
American blood spilled on Mexican soil
62.
Which cause of the U.S.-Mexican War does this image represent
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
Border Dispute
d)
American blood spilled on American soil
63.
The area called "Mexican Cession" was given to the United States by what effect of the U.S.-Mexican War?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
c)
Spread of Slavery
d)
Texas Annexation
64.

This period showed the exploration and colonization of the eastern part of the United States.

a)

Covid Period

b)

Colonial Period

c)

Revolutionary Period

d)

Constitution Period

65.

This period involves the creation of our country following the Revolutionary war when we gained our independence from Great Britain.

a)

Revolutionary Period

b)

New Nation

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Constitution Period

66.

This period involved the growth of our country across the continent to fulfill Manifest Destiny.

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

New Nation

d)

Louisiana Purchase

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