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US History Key Facts Pt 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _____ is a tax on goods brought into a country.

a)

rebate

b)

tariff

c)

embargo

d)

lottery

2.

The turning point of the American Revolution was the ___.

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Battle of OK Corral

3.

_____ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.

a)

Torie

b)

Whig

c)

Federalist

d)

Abolitionist

4.

The first permanent English settlement was __________ founded in 1607.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth Rock

d)

Boston

5.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at _____ in South Carolina.

a)

Fort Davis

b)

Fort George

c)

Fort Defiance

d)

Fort Sumter

6.

The Civil War was fought from ___.

a)

1940 - 1945

b)

1812 - 1820

c)

1861 - 1865

d)

1775 - 1779

7.

_____ is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country.

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Patriotism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Abolitionism

8.

______________ was signed on July 4, 1776.

a)

The Manifest Destiny

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Bill of Rights

9.

____ was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Federalism

c)

Alcoholics Anonymous

d)

Manifest Destiny

10.

The capture of ______ by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. 

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

d)

Appomattox Courthouse