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Worksheets11/27 Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 44mins
Why would a country want to own and maintain colonies?
Colonies provided a place for their citizens to move, alleviating overpopulation.
Colonies provided the mother country with cheap raw materials.
Colonies provided the colonial ruler with cheap labor to ship back to the mother country.
Colonies were often rich in gold, provided wealth to the colonial ruler.
Which 2 reasons started the French & Indian War?
Wanting to control beaver fur and trading
The British started a rumor
The French did not like the American Indians
Wanting to control the land
Where was the French and Indian War fought?
In England
In France
On the ocean
In the Ohio River Valley
Who won the French & Indian War?
French
British
American Indians
The colonists were mainly angered by the French and Indian War because...
They lost so many soldiers in the war.
The war caused the Indians to turn against the colonists and increase attacks against them.
They were expected to help pay for the war through new taxes.
They would have preferred to have France as a colonial ruler.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A new tax on the colonists.
It was an announcement that said that each colonist would receive 4 acres of land.
It was an announcement that said that colonists could not settle on the new land they got.
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
Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
The Battles of ____________________ and __________________ sparked the Revolutionary War.
Lexington; Concord
Concord; Bunker's Hill
Lexington; Saratoga
Concord; Camden
What are the 3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Injustice
Liberty, Life, and No taxation without representation
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Who was the British king during the American Revolution?
George Washington
King George III
King Henry VII
King Edward
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
Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away.
Unalienable Rights
Human Rights
Natural Rights
Bill of Rights
The Patriots knew that if they could gain control of Breed’s Hill, they could use cannons to fire down on the British in Boston. The Patriots lost the battle but successfully killed many British soldiers.
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker's Hill
On Christmas Day 1775, Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise Hessian soldiers. The Continental Army defeated the British at the ________________________.
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bunker's Hill
Battle of Yorktown
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
What were the advantages the South had in the war? (Check all that apply).
Military leadership (better generals)
Larger army
Fighting in familiar territory
More money
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War?
To overthrow the government and set up a monarchy
To become independent
To spread slavery to the North
To eliminate slavery in the border states
The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:
Appomatox
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Which major battle had the most casualties and was the turning point of the Civil War?
Anteitem
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
What are the 3 main reason for the civil War?
Slavery
Sectionalism
Hatred of Lincoln by the south
Unfair rights
North
Union
South
Confederate
North
factories/manufacturing
South
Plantation/ Farms + slavery
Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:
they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life
they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery
he wanted northern states to secede from the Union
he had a plan to raise taxes
This was the main economy of the Union
Agriculture
Industry
Shipping
Trade
What event signalled the start of the American Civil War?
The Death of George Washington
Attack on Fort Sumter
South Carolina Seceding
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Emancipation is the act of being freed from what?
Employment
Slavery
Jail
Volunteer Work
The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in what year?
1881
1863
1865
1868
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people in what region?
States in Rebellion
Across the Union
In Union held territory
Ohio
What major Union victory would lead to Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fort Donelson
1st Battle of Bull Run
What major Union victory marked the turning point in the Western Theater?
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Cedar Creek
What speech was given by President Lincoln at the dedication of the first federal cemetery and helped redefine the nation's purpose and gave the Civil War a new meaning for the Union?
"I Have a Dream" Address
"The Purple Tomb" Address
Gettysburg Address
"Liberty and Freedom" Address
