WorksheetsU.S. Midterm Prep D
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which statement below BEST describes how railroads stimulated the economy?
They connected Native American tribes
The were an efficient way to move products around the country.
They put horses out of work which increased unemployment of barnyard animals
Railroads were the best way to move goods over and under the ocean
Most of the new immigrants around the turn of the 20th century came from
Southern and Eastern Europe
Asia
New Zealand
Kansas
Which document below ensured American Independence after the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Declaration of Independence 1776
British surrender at Yorktown
The idea of "natural rights," used by the
American colonies in declaring independence
from Great Britain, was based in large part on the
writings of which person?
Thomas Jefferson
Baron von Steuben
John Locke
Aristotle
Which set of people were opposed to a weak central government and opposed to the Bill of Rights?
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Loyalists
Economists
William Penn's belief in tolerance of others led to
the Pennsylvania colony having good relations with Native Americans
wars between Pennsylvania and other colonies
a lack of religious freedom in Pennsylvania
more slavery in Pennsylvania
What is the best explanation for the importance of Vicksburg during the Civil War?
It was the site of the single bloodiest day in U.S. History
Vicksburg was the most important Northern city in the North.
It was located on the Mississippi River which was an important supply route.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Vicksburg.
Match the following
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States..."
13th amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
14th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition servitude."
15th Amendment
The camel who was assassinated at Vicksburg
Douglas
