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3rd 9W DA

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which person is described in the list below?

  • went to prison for calling a slave trader a robber

  • wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator to end slavery everywhere

  • used The Liberator to bring attention to the plight of slaves and sway public opinion

  • argued for a complete and immediate end to slavery, with no compromises

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

2.

What does freedom of the Press lead to?

a)

a more informed society

b)

higher profits for corporations

c)

a decrease in readers

d)

increased church attendance

3.

What was George Washington's advice on Foreign Policy?

a)

The Nation should remain neutral and avoid permanent alliances

b)

The Nation should end slavery

c)

The Nation should expand from East to West

d)

The Nation should colonize Latin America

4.

This region was known for mining, agriculture, and ranching.

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

5.

Economy of the South

a)

Plantation agriculture, slavery

b)

Manufacturing and Industry

c)

Farming and Mining

6.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

7.

Why is the battle of Saratoga important

a)

It was the first time an American army surrendered to a British army

b)

It was the turning point in the war

c)

It ended the Revolutionary war

8.

True or false After the Battle of Saratoga, the French decided to help the Americans in the war.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Canals made ________ easier and quicker.

a)

transportation

b)

communication

c)

industry

10.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

encourage manufacturing in the west

c)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

11.
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 
12.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

c)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

13.

Why was the Seneca Falls Convention so important to the struggle for Women’s Rights?

a)

It is where Stanton read her "Declaration of Sentiments".

b)

Laws for Women’s Right to Vote were passed here.

c)

This meeting was the final meeting between leaders, and eventually led to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

14.

What was Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments"?


Check all that apply.

a)

How she felt about the slavery in the South.

b)

A list of abuses that women suffered under men.

c)

A list of demands.

d)

It stated that women were equal to men and they should be allowed to vote.

15.

What is the definition for supply?

a)

How many people want or need the good.

b)

How much of the good there is for people to buy.

c)

The money it costs to run a business.

d)

The money left over after a business pays all its expenses.

16.

What is the definition for demand?

a)

How many people want or need the good.

b)

How much of the good there is for people to buy.

c)

The money it costs to run a business.

d)

The money left over after a business pays all its expenses.

17.

A free enterprise system means __________.

a)

The government DOES NOT tell the people what they can make or sell.

b)

The government DOES tell the people what they can make or sell.

18.

What is the definition of scarcity?

a)

The prices go down.

b)

The supply of a good or service is more than the demand.

c)

There is more demand for something than there is a supply.

d)

Scarcity makes it easy for people to live.

19.

In the marketplace, producers are looking to

a)

buy goods for personal use

b)

earn a profit

c)

find incentives

d)

find the latest fad

20.

Turkeys for Thanksgiving are raised on poultry farms. If the Bird Flu hits and kills most of the turkeys, ​ (a)   and the ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
supply goes down
price goes up
supply goes up
demand goes down
demand goes up
price goes down
21.
Cold weather in Florida has damaged this year’s orange crop. Farmers have only half of the usual amount of oranges to sell. What will happen to the price of oranges?
a)
The price will go up.
b)
The price will go down.
22.

Which territory was ceded to the US after the Mexican-American war?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
23.

Thoreau's view of the war with Mexico is best described as

a)

He was not interested in the war.

b)

He supported the United States military

c)

He was against it.

d)

He wanted to fight in the war.

24.

What was Thoreau's primary act of civil disobedience in his own life?

a)

Public rallies and protests

b)

Refusal to pay taxes

c)

Boycotting the cotton industry

d)

Writing humorous satire against the government.

25.

How did the Gold Rush impact immigration?

a)

Less immigrants were coming to America

b)

More immigrants were in the East

c)

Immigrants were attracted to the American West

26.

Which immigrant group was responsible for much of the railroad building in the American west?

a)

Irish

b)

Chinese

c)

German

d)

Polish

27.

Which branch enforces the laws?

a)

The Legislative Branch

b)

The Executive Branch

c)

The Judicial Branch

d)

Checks and Balances

28.

Which branch makes the laws?

a)

Judicial Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

The Preamble

d)

Legislative Branch

29.
Which branch of government evaluates laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
30.
Can declare a law unconstitutional.
a)
Judicial Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Legislative Branch
d)
All 3 branches
31.
Formally declares war.
a)
Judicial Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Legislative Branch
d)
All 3 branches
32.

Choose the correct definition:

COMMANDER IN CHIEF

a)

Made up of 100 members, two elected from each state

b)

In charge of reviewing laws and interpreting the Constitution

c)

Name given to the president for being in control of the Armed Forces

d)

Makes new laws

33.

Which of the following statements about Walt Whitman (transcendentalist) is best?

a)

He believed in adhering to strict Christian tradition, such as regular church services and male clergy.

b)

He claimed that art and literature distracted individuals from religious spirituality.

c)

He was positive about the possibility of human beings.

34.

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke

35.

John Locke believed that all people had:

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Individual rights

c)

Some rights

36.
The division of power between a central government and state governments is called
a)
The United States
b)
the Supremacy Clause
c)
the Necessary and Proper Clause
d)
federalism
37.
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.
38.

DECISION: The Federal government has the power over the states to regulate interstate commerce. Federal ferry license prevails over a State Ferry License (no NY monopoly)

a)

Gideon v Wainwright

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Marbury v Madison

d)

Gibbons v Ogden

39.
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about the cruelty of slavery.
a)
"Harriet Beecher Stowe"
b)
"John Brown"
c)
"Harriet Tubman"
d)
"William Lloyd Garrison"
40.

What did Dorothea Dix do?

a)

She helped the mentally ill.

b)

She was an abolitionist.

c)

She saved slaves.

d)

She helped the poor.

41.

What did the women’s suffrage movement in America do?

a)

It gave women the ability to be citizens.

b)

It gave women the right to vote.

c)

Nothing.

42.

Which two women helped to secure women's rights to vote?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B Anthony and Dolly Madison

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

d)

Susan B Anthony and Sojourner Truth

43.

Match the following eras in US History

a)

Era in which people discovered new land

1.

Exploration & Colonization

b)

Era in which colonists fought against Britain to become their own country

2.

Revolutionary Period

c)

Era in which Americans got more land to populate

3.

Westward Expansion

d)

Era in which America built factories

4.

Industrial Revolution

e)

Era in which people wanted change in America

5.

Era of Reform

44.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
45.
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Appomattox
b)
Bull Run
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Vicksburg
46.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

47.

Some results of the Great Awakening were:

Stimulated ​ (a)   of new ​ ​ (b)  

Preached ​ (c)   for all

Encouraged people to think for themselves when it came to ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
growth
churches
salvation
politics
decline
colonies
damnation
science
48.
Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress couldn't collect taxes
b)
Weak central government
c)
Provided for no common currency
d)
All of the these
49.
Which of the following weaknesses  in the Articles of Confederation does  this picture represent?
a)
no common currency (money)
b)
no executive branch
c)
no power to tax
d)
one vote for each state
50.

Which hotspot represents where the Pilgrims landed in 1620?

51.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the significance of the mill built by Samuel Slater?

a)

It revolutionized the agricultural industry by introducing advanced farming techniques.

b)

It inspired the development of the first automobiles.

c)

It initiated the Industrial Revolution in the United States.

d)

It played a role in the American Civil War.

52.

Select the 3 physical barriers faced by pioneers when exploring the West.

a)

Deserts

b)

Rivers

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

53.

document that legalized

slavery in the Kansas territory

a)

Lecompton Constitution

b)

insurrection

c)

Dred Scott

d)

American Party

e)

Republican Party

54.

“He has refused his Assent (approval) to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” Who is the HE that this grievance in the Declaration of Independence is referring to?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

King George III

d)

Jimothy Tentacles VI

55.

Which TWO ideas were stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

American Indians could have land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

Settlers could build their homes on any land they wanted.

c)

American Indians could not attack British forts.

d)

Settlers could not move to the area west of the Appalachian Mountains.

56.

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

a)

The British government wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

b)

The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

c)

The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.

57.

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on were...

a)

Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and playing cards

b)

Tea and bread

c)

Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

58.

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

a)

They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate

b)

They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors

c)

They were really bothered and just did nothing.

59.

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

a)

Colonists thought that everyone should be taxed except themselves

b)

Colonists thought they shouldn't be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament

c)

Colonists thought they were being picked on.

60.

Which of these were "grievances" the colonists had with the British Government?

a)

They were taxed without representation in Parliament

b)

The British Government required colonists to house troops against their will

c)

Not allowing the colonists to trade with other countries (Mercantilism)

d)

Suspending the right to a trial by jury

e)

Suspending Colonial Legislatures

61.

The Spanish established colonies in order to look for gold and______

a)

Spread the Catholic religion

b)

Establish the slave trade

c)

Trade with the Native Americans

d)

Start a new religion

62.

Which country's motive to explored North America was to find gold?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

63.

In the South huge harvests of cash crops were grown on special pieces of land called

a)

farm

b)

ranch

c)

Plantation

d)

company

64.

Which group of colonies had a combination of a warm climate and rich soil that supported plantations?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

65.
The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--
a)
population
b)
equality for every state
c)
state size
d)
money
66.
The New Jersey Plan wanted representation in government based on--
a)
population
b)
equality for every state
c)
state size
d)
money
67.
What kind of congress did the Great Compromise establish?
a)
1 House that controls everything
b)
2 Houses that have no power
c)
2 Houses that both vote on laws
d)
2 Houses that take turns being in charge
68.
Which kind of state is happy with the House of Representatives (based on population)?
a)
Small State
b)
Large State
69.

Which kind of state is happy with the Senate (equal votes in each state)?

a)
Small State
b)
Large State
70.
What led President Andrew Jackson’s opponents to call him “King Andrew”?
a)
his experience as a lawyer
b)
his wealthy family
c)
his intention to expand presidential powers
d)
his achievements in the War of 1812
71.

Which freedom protects your right to choose your own faith and follow it how you choose?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Religion

c)

Freedom of the Press

d)

Freedom of Assembly

e)

Freedom to Petition the Government