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US History EOC Review 2

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was the first permanent English settlement in America.

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Roanoke

d)

Salt Lake City

2.

In this document the US stated their freedom from British control.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Paris

3.
In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?
a)
make money
b)
better soil
c)
economic opportunity
d)
religious freedoms
4.
What was the document that the men signed aboard the ship in the New World which intended to be an agreement for a democratic set of laws?
a)
The Jamestown Compact
b)
The Mayflower Compact
c)
The Jamestown Agreement
d)
The Mayflower Agreement
5.
What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies?
a)
The Breadbasket Colonies
b)
The Midlings
c)
The Potbelly
d)
The Topnotcher
6.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
Water Route Through North America
b)
European slave trade with India
c)
European Slave trade with North America
d)
European slave trade with the Americas
7.

Prohibited (stopped) settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mnts. in hope that it would stop conflict with Native Americans.

a)

FRENCH & INDIAN WAR (1754 – 1763)

b)

PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763

c)

BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)

d)

THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS (1689)

8.

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

a)

a decline in colonial maufacturing

b)

the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

c)

a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

d)

the development of independent colonial trade practices

9.
According to the Land Ordinance of 1785, one section of each township was to be used to support ????
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
schools
d)
farmers
10.
The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--
a)
Representation in the Senate
b)
How slaves should be counted for representation
c)
How states should be represented
d)
Borders of states
11.
Which court case establishes Judicial Review?
a)
Mculloh V Maryland
b)
Marbury V Madison
c)
Plessy V Ferguson
d)
Hamilton V Jefferson
12.
All of the following are true of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan  except 
a)
The Federal Government would create a Bank of the United States 
b)
The Federal Government would assume the debt of each of the states  
c)
Hamilton did not want any taxes on the general population 
d)
There would be tariffs on imports 
13.
Which of the following stopped European colonization in America.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Watauga Compact
d)
Convention of 1818
14.
Why were many more people allowed to vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency?
a)
A man didn't have to own property anymore to vote
b)
tariffs were lowered
c)
women gained the right to vote
d)
African Americans were allowed to vote
15.

Jacksonian Democracy

a)

an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

b)

The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

c)

The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

d)

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

16.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
17.
The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
a)
permitted, prohibited
b)
prohibited, permitted or allowed
c)
sometimes prohibited, never allowed
d)
cheap, expensive
18.
The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Gadsen Purchase
19.
In this treaty, the U.S. promised to protect the freedom of Mexicans living in the lands gained from Mexico. 
a)
Mariano Vallejo
b)
Guadalupe Hidalgo
20.
This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers 
a)
Missouri Compromise 
b)
Summer if 1856
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
21.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
22.

What is popular sovereignty?

a)

Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

b)

Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide

23.

Which Of The Following Was In The Final Ruling in the Dred Scott Decision?

a)

Slavery ended in Kansas

b)

Slaves Were Property And Not Citizens And Could Not Sue In Court

c)

Slavery Helped The Economy

d)

Slaves Were Essential To A Healthy Life

24.

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry led to?

a)

The Battle of Atlanta

b)

Publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

The passage of the 19th amendment

d)

Increased tensions between the North & South

25.
What state was first state to secede from the union?
a)
Georgia
b)
Alabama
c)
South Carolina
d)
North Carolina
26.
What is the subject/main idea of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Freedom 
b)
Self-Reliance
c)
Voting Rights 
d)
Equality
27.

According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg

a)

to hallow the ground.

b)

so that the nation might live.

c)

to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania.

d)

so that slavery would be abolished.

28.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumpter
d)
Manassas
29.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
30.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
31.

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

32.

This Reconstruction plan was meant to punish the south for the war.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Military Reconstruction Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reconstruction

33.

The 13th Amendment

a)

gave former slaves citizenship

b)

gave former slaves the right to vote

c)

gave slaves their freedom

d)

gave women the right to vote

34.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ...

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave former slaves their citizenship

c)

gave former slaves the right to vote

d)

gave women the right to own property

35.

Roads, skyscrapers, prisons, sewers, schools, railroads, etc, are all examples of what?

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Rural Expansion

c)

Assimilation

d)

Nativism

36.

Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-

a)

Bootlegger

b)

Monopolies

c)

Communists

d)

Nativists

37.

New __________________ like the light bulb made manufacturing processes more efficient.

a)

Innovations

b)

Manufactoring

c)

Ideas

d)

Infrastructure

38.

Cities populations grew in the West, expand in communication and commerce, and growth in settlers are due to-

a)

The Transcontinental Railroad

b)

The Klondike Gold Rush

c)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

The Telegraph

39.

The Populist party was most attractive to

a)

Business people

b)

Farmers

c)

Teachers

d)

Whigs

40.

The last battle between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army in the United States was called?

a)

Battle of Wounded Knee

b)

Battle of Nooksack

c)

Battle of White Mountain

d)

Battle of Antietam

41.

Georgia was created as a __________________ colony to block the Spanish in Florida

a)

Tax

b)

Buffer

c)

Religious

d)

Farming

42.

After the Battle of Antietam Lincoln?

a)

Gave his 2nd Inaugural Address

b)

Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Gave the Gettysburg Address

d)

Suspended Habeas Corpus

43.

The Kansas Nebraska act overturned which piece of legislation?

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Dred Scott Decision

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

44.

The Carnegie Steel company would have contributed most to what industry?

a)

Shipping

b)

Railroads

c)

Farming

d)

Oil

45.

What was the purpose of the labor unions?

a)

To force workers to work in dangerous conditions

b)

To protect workers rights

c)

To make big business more profitable

d)

To expand businesses overseas

46.

Who created the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Samuel Gompers

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Henry Clay

47.

Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus to ?

a)

free the slaves in the border states

b)

put confederate sympathizers in jail

c)

convince the Union army to keep fighting

d)

convince the British to back in Union in the Civil War

48.

What is the significance of the Pullman Strike?

a)

it turned violent and the president was forced to call in the army

b)

it was peaceful and the RR industry increased pay

c)

it turned violent and the police officers were called in

d)

it was peaceful and the workers gained vacation days.

49.

Sherman and Grant used this strategy, which the goal was make the Confederacy give up or lose the will to win?

a)

Anaconda Plan Warfare

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Guerrilla Warfare

d)

Total War