WorksheetsUnited States History Semester 1 Final Exam Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay negotiated for the Americans. Britain recognized the United States as an independent country
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Independence
Treaty of Paris
The "Shot Heard 'Round The World" was a phrase that originated from which battle in the American Revolution?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Lexington & Concord
What was a result of the French and Indian War that eventually led to the American Revolution?
Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.
Colonists were not offered aid during the war but were still expected to serve British interests.
The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.
Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.
Which event was inaccurately named and was really a riot. However, this led to 5 unarmed colonists being killed by British soldiers.
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre was...
an event that led to thousands of colonial deaths.
the result of the Intolerable Acts.
the turning point in the Revolutionary War.
used by colonists to increase support for the Revolution.
What did the Quartering Act tell colonists to do?
Quarter or house British soldiers
Coin money
Declare independence from England
Dump British tea into Boston Harbor
in response to Boston Tea Party, this law closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for; suspended townhall meetings in Boston; implemented quartering act; tried British officials in English courts
coercive acts; intolerable acts
townshend acts; intolerable acts
declaratory act
quartering act
What was a main argument of common sense?
The colonists were petty in their complaints about the king.
The colonies should declare immediate independence from the king.
Taxes are a natural part of life.
A council should be created to work with the king.
How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?
People are born with natural rights.
People can vote to choose natural rights
Natural rights are given only to citizens.
Natural rights come from the government.
John Locke wrote that people have "natural rights". What are natural rights that he described?
The right to life and religion
The right to life, liberty and property
The right to own slaves
The right to choose your own religion
each branch of gov't is subject to certain restraints by the other two
checks and balances
limited government
Great Compromise
Veto
What is the Supremacy clause?
It says the constitution is the supreme law of the US
It says that the President is the supreme leader of the US
It says that laws are supreme by the year they were written
It says that the local laws are the most important laws for the country
What is the supreme law of the land in the United States
the Declaration of Independence
the Articles of Confederation
the US Constitution
the Federalist Papers
What are the three branches of US Government?
House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court
President, Senate, Supreme Court
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Judicial, House of Representatives, Senate
Which of these is a similarity between the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?
They list the rights of those accused of a crime.
They divide powers of government among three branches.
They list the grievances of American colonists against Great Britain.
They stress the importance of individual freedom.
The Louisiana Purchase
did not occur until Congress passed an amendment approving it
doubled the size of the US
offered the US an opportunity to expand its commercial and manufacturing industries
tripled the size of the US
Allow all Immigrants into the United States
Which is the best description of how economic factors impacted westward expansion?
As the region became more and more populated, the way of life of the Native Americans changed.
People could use the land for its resources and make a living through ranching, mining, or farming.
New land policies such as the Homestead Act of 1861 allowed “squatters” to claim land and keep it.
Travelers to the West had to cross not only the plains, but also major rivers and the Rocky Mountains
Treaty of the West
What were the economic factors people moved west for?
Check ALL that apply
cheap fertile land
opportunities for freedom
steamboats and locomotives
farming
logging
At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to
break the South's economic ties to Great Britain
enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850
uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union
punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union
Based on the table. why might the North have been better equipped than the South to fight a long war?
The North had a greater population from which to draw soldiers.
The North had a better transportation system to move soldiers and equipment.
The North had more financial resources and greater manufacturing ability to produce war resources.
The North had more cotton production and exports.
The North had more money and factories.
Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.
Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.
Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
All of the above.
One of the first African-American regiments organized to fight for the Union in the Civil War
Confederate Army
Emancipate
Emancipation Proclamation
54th Massachusetts Regiment
These are states that joined the Union during the Civil War despite being slave states?
Free States
abolitionist states
Border States
Confederate States
What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?
to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far
to argue why the Union will win the war
to seek money for the families of those who died in battle
to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us –
What is the great task before Lincoln in 1863?
winning the war to obtain freedom from Great Britain
stop the war now even if slavery continues
keep fighting for democracy and freedom
becoming a You tube star
Laws passed during Reconstruction that severely limited the freedom of African Americans
Freedman's Bureau
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
Black Codes
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
a violent post-Civil War secret society founded in Tennessee in 1866 to upend the Black political and social power that was being established during Reconstruction
an agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people, freed from slavery by emancipation, in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
a group of people who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
abolished slavery in the entirety of the United States.
secured voting rights for Black men, making it illegal to refuse them the right to vote on account of race or previous condition of servitude
allowed the federal government to guarantee equal rights, and challenge state governments when they [tried to restrict the] rights of citizens on the basis of race
Which three Amendments where designed to protect the civil rights of African Americans?
What were the consequences of Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
He was found guilty and sentenced to prison.
He resigned before the impeachment trial.
He was removed from office immediately.
He was acquitted by one vote in the Senate and remained in office until the end of his term.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
laws that aided in the education of African Americans
laws of segregation against African Americans
laws that helped African Americans get better jobs
laws that helped African Americans vote
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” What important ideas does this language express?
Popular sovereignty/social contract
Natural rights/unalienable rights
Social contract/natural rights
Unalienable rights/popular sovereignty
This amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition government.
1st
4th
9th
10th
What is the main job of the Legislative Branch
Enforce the Laws
Judge the Laws
Create the Laws
None of the above
Who was the abolitionist that wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a book that attacked the cruelty of slavery?
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
What was the decision made in Dred Scott v. Sandford? Choose all that apply.
Slaves were not citizens and could not sue due to not having citizenship.
Slaves were property not people.
Congress had no right to take away a slaveholders property.
All bans on slavery were unconstitutional.
Congress create laws to stop the spread of slavery in the new territories.
Which of the following directly led to bloodshed between abolitionist and pro-slavery forces?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Case
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the
(a) and caused many Northerners to (b) .
Runaway (free) slaves could be recaptured and returned to their owners!
Fugitive Slave Act
Auction Law
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Harper Ferry's Raid
