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WorksheetsUnit 1: Establishing an American Republic, 1492-1896
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 42mins
2. Direct Democracy for men only.
3. People met at town meetings to discuss issues and vote on solutions. (Established the tradition of town hall meetings.
4. Resulted in majority rule.
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, spoke about the colonies becoming independent from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Olive Branch Petition
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775.
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
Committees of Correspondence
Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.
Common Sense
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Jefferson's political ideas were influenced by the ______________________, a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly.
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Great Awakening
French Revolution
Jefferson was inspired by Enlightenment thinker ___________ _____________, who believed that people have natural rights—rights that belong to them simply because they are human.
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. Due to this victory, France agreed to help the Americans with ships, soldiers, supplies and money against their long-time enemy, Britain.
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker's Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle in the American Revolution. Nathaneal Greene army came up from the south, while George Washington’s army came down from the north, and the French navy blocked the harbor by sea. In 1781, this American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Charleston
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
American intellectual, inventor, and politician was sent to France to ask for military aid and a loan during the American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
John Adams
Which of the following is true regarding Jackson’s spoils system?
He spoiled the American people by reducing federal taxes and making the common man wealthier
His top supporters during the campaign received government positions once Jackson won
He spoiled the presidency of John Quincy Adams by beating him in the election
None of these
How did Jackson respond to South Carolina threatening to secede from the Union?
Made a secret deal with Calhoun to convince them to change their mind
He held a press conference to explain why secession would not be wise
He threatened to call out the army to stop them
As a southerner himself, he liked the idea of secession
Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from
the rich and well-born.
Native Americans.
the common people.
states' rights supporters.
Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?
the rich and well-born
Native Americans
the common people
states' rights supporters
The Trail of Tears refers to
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
the idea that the common people should control their government
the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812
The nullification crisis occurred when
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
How did the market revolution change the US economy?
transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a bartering system of exchange
transformed the US economy from a manufacturing system of production to a crafts (by hand) system of production
transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a manufacturing system of production
transformed the US economy from a market based system of exchange to a bartering system of exchange
The steamboat's impact on the US economy was most similar to ...
Railroads because both opened new areas of the American interior to western settlement
Toll roads because both traveled over water
Canals because both significantly reduced the speed and cost of shipping in the United States
Shunpikes because both enabled travelers to avoid expensive toll roads
How did railroads impact the US economy?
sped up trading on the nation's waterways
provided free alternatives to state sponsored toll roads
increased access between the east and the west and significantly lowered food prices along the eastern seaboard
opened vast new areas of the American interior to settlement
Was the North or South more ready to field large armies during the Civil War? Why?
The North was most ready to do so because it industrialized while the South remained agricultural, giving the North better access to the cash needed to fund the war.
The North was most ready to do so because it remained primarily agricultural while the South industrialized, making the North better able to feed its soldiers.
The South was most ready to do so because it industrialized while the North remained agricultural, giving the South better access to the cash needed to fund the war.
The South was most ready to do so because it remained primarily agricultural while the North industrialized, making the North better able to feed its soldiers.
How did the Missouri Compromise maintain the balance of power between northern and southern states in the United States?
The compromise maintained an equal balance of power in the Senate by allowing Missouri to become a slave state and allowing Maine to become a free state.
The compromise maintained an equal balance of power in the Senate by allowing Maine to become a slave state and allowing Missouri to become a free state.
The compromise maintained an equal balance of power in the House of Representatives by allowing Missouri to become a slave state and allowing Maine to become a free state.
The compromise maintained an equal balance of power in the House of Representatives by allowing Maine to become a slave state and allowing Missouri to become a free state.
How did the election of 1860 contribute to the Civil War?
Southern states believed that Abraham Lincoln intended to prohibit slavery and started to secede from the Union
Northern states were emboldened by the victory of Abraham Lincoln and passed a Senate bill outlawing slavery.
Southern states believed that the election was too close to call and that John Breckenridge received the most votes.
. Northern states were emboldened by the apathy of southern voters and proposed an amendment outlawing slavery.
Bleeding Kansas illustrated
that the North and the South were preparing to battle.
that giving the states a choice caused division.
that people can get along and ignore differences.
that the slave rebellion was about to start.
The Anaconda Plan was
based on the fact that South had a large industrial factories.
to blockade the South and have their supplies bleed dry.
to block the North and have their supplies bleed dry.
to ambush the North during night time when no one would expect them.
This battle was the last major attempt from the SOUTH
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of the Bull
Battle of Richmond
Battle of Gettysburg
Which statement is true for the North?
The North were fighting on their home turf.
The North had little resources but great Generals.
The North had material advantages like RR and industry.
The North had a smaller population compared to the South.
The 1860 election sparked
the North to secede.
the South to secede.
a slave riot.
the 14th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment
abolished slavery.
granted citizenship to American born people.
gave colored men the right to vote.
gave women the right to vote.
This famous court case ruling said that segregation was legal if it was separate but equal.
Brown vs Board of Education
Plessy vs Ferguson
Marbury vs. Madison
State vs Federal
The renter would have to work the land and then the master could sell the goods whenever and for whatever price they chose. This is a description of:
The White League
crop rotation
sharecropping
Jim Crow laws
After Reconstruction, the Republicans could not agree about
how to free the slaves.
how severe to punish the Union.
how severe to punish the Confederates.
when to free the slaves.
POTUS Lincoln's first major goal was to
unify the nation.
make the South pay.
create and support the Freedmen's Bureau.
go to the theater.
Who is this Civil War personality?
US Grant
Jefferson Davis
Fredrick Douglas
Stephan Douglas
What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?
Secessionist
Lincolnist
Abolitionist
Whig
This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory
Reconstruction
Popular Sovereignty
Secede
Congress
The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere
Uncle Tom
Tony Stark
Dred Scott
Brown v Board
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?
More factories
Larger population
Better railroads
Most of the nation's best generals
What were the major causes of the Civil War? (List all that apply)
Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws
Slavery
Lincoln winning the election of 1860
Westward Expansion
All of the above
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming is:
A policy that gave Freed Slaves who helped the North during the war 40 acres and a mule
A system of farming that left freed slaves and poor whites in debt to wealthy land owners and tied to the land
A system from the Freedmen's Bureau to allow economically disadvantaged people in the south the opportunity to own land
Allowing Freed Slaves the ability to work land without having to buy it or pay for their supplies to help them get ahead after Slavery ended
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
William Tecumseh Sherman
"Stonewall" Jackson
Ullysses S. Grant
James Longstreet
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.
Carpet Baggers
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
