WorksheetsUnit 5 IFA - US History (CSUSA)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
"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"
This passage is part of the...
Declaration of Independence
Gettysburg Address
Preamble to the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?
Realism
Humanism
Enlightenment
Existentialism
Based on this chart, colonial forces would have had an advantage...
recruiting large amounts of soldiers.
in training their armies to fight the British.
planning where to engage British forces in battle.
in blocking British ships from the American coast.
According to the Founding Fathers, the United States was founded on the idea that all people are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In which document would you find this phrase?
The United States Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers
The Bill of Rights
How did the Federalists convince the Anti-Federalists to ratify the United States Constitution?
The Federalists promised to add a bill of rights.
All trading ties to England and France were broken.
State governments would equal the federal governments.
The Anti-Federalists would select the first president.
While the federalists wanted a strong executive branch led by a President, the Anti-Federalists feared a President because...
the Constitution did not limit the powers of the President.
they believed the President would be weak as in the Articles of Confederation.
they feared the President would become just like the King that they had fought against in the Revolution.
they wanted Patrick Henry to be the first President while the Federalists wanted George Washington to be the first President.
One of the major conflicts between northern and southern states in the writing of the new Constitution centered on...
whom would be allowed to vote.
how best to choose the President.
how to count enslaved people in the census.
the western boundary of the United States.
Why did plantation owners MOST prefer to use enslaved people rather than indentured servants?
Enslaved people could be used to do more difficult jobs.
Enslaved people could be made to work their whole lives.
Enslaved people could be fed and clothed cheaply and easily.
Enslaved people could be purchased for less money than servants.
Alexander Hamilton based much of his financial program on his belief that...
land was the most important source of wealth.
speculation in government securities had to be prevented.
the states should be discouraged from depending on the federal government.
the success of the new government required the support of the upper class.
Economically, why was slavery common in the Southern states but not the Northern states?
The South used enslaved people to grow labor-intensive tobacco, cotton, and rice.
The North needed a population of enslaved people to manufacture industrial goods in factories.
The climate of the North was too cold for a population of enslaved people to thrive.
The topography of the South was similar to the conditions in Africa.
Which is the BEST description of the economic crisis facing the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government did not regulate the national bank, which led to widespread inflation.
America piled up a huge national debt during the Revolutionary War, but the Federal government was unable to collect taxes to pay off the debt.
America entered a period of recession following the American Revolution because of conflict between northern industrialists and southern plantation owners.
Several new territories were added to the nation because of the Articles of Confederation and the federal government began to collect income taxes to fund acquisition of the land.
The cotton gin was an important invention because...
it inadvertently led to the spread of slavery.
it made cotton much easier for slaves to pick.
it prevented insects from damaging the cotton.
it caused people to stop needing so much cotton.
How did the climate of the South, as opposed to the North, contribute to the widespread use of slavery?
The topography of the South was similar to the conditions in Africa.
The climate of the North was too cold for the an enslaved population to thrive.
Tobacco, cotton, and rice could be grown in the temperate climate of the South.
It was too hot in the South for factory work, so agriculture was the primary activity.
The blue line on this map represents what river?
Colorado
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Based on the map shown, what practical purpose was MOST LIKELY served by founding the colony of Georgia?
growth of the lucrative fur trade
furthering the western boundaries of colonial America
protecting the southern colonies from Spanish attacks
connecting the British colonies with the Gulf of Mexico
adding additional trading ports along the Atlantic coast
What would be the BEST title for this mental map of 19th century United States History?
"The Middle Passage"
"Escaping the Civil War"
"The Emancipation Proclamation"
"Reasons for Westward Expansion"
As a result of the westward expansion of the United States,
industrial production in the north decreased.
agricultural production in the south increased.
laws were passed to limit immigration from Europe.
Native Americans were forced to relocate to new territories.
The main purpose of the route seen here was to...
make new roads in a new land.
help Indians relocate to western lands.
explore the newly-acquired U.S territory.
make routes to newly discovered gold in California.
The map shown is suggesting that...
the majority of Native Americans live in urban areas.
nearly a majority of the people in California are Native American.
more Native Americans live in the American West than anywhere else.
Native Americans have been driven from the Midwest in the past century.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803...
was a major cause of the Spanish-American War.
resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France.
resulted in the removal of all British military forces from North America.
almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.
As cities expand and push their boundaries into agricultural lands, what economic change might occur?
Imports would likely decrease.
Imports would likely increase.
There would be a decrease in human resources.
There would be an increase in natural resources.
