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Benchmark DA3 review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did so many move to California after 1850?

a)

Trains

b)

Factories in the South

c)

Gold discovered in the West

d)

Because the Government said so

2.

The Northwest Ordinance was about adding new states, and it encouraged education to maintain an orderly society.

a)

False

b)

True

3.

Lincoln said he wouldn't get rid of slavery which influence which states to not leave the Union?

a)

Confederate States

b)

He owned slaves so was cool with it

c)

Border States

d)

Free States

4.

What are the 5 freedoms protected by the 1st amendment?

a)

Religion

Speech

Music

Marriage

Assembly

b)

Press

Petition

Religion

Avengers

Speech

c)

Assembly

Speech

Due Process

Jury

d)

Religion

Assembly

Press

Petition

Speech

5.

What did Washington warn in his Farewell Address?

a)

We need political parties and foreign alliances

b)

About the dangers of political parties and foreign alliances

c)

Only have alliances with Britain and France

d)

Using trains and steamboats could kill people

6.

Do you think adding new territories made sectionalism worse?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Choose 2 things that are tied to the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolution?

a)

It made the war last longer

b)

George Washington defeated British General Lord Cornwallis

c)

It was the last major battle of the war.

d)

Led to the Civil War

8.

The Bill of RIghts were influenced by Colonial America because Quakers and Catholics in Colonial America were used to the idea of protecting religious freedom.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which region had the biggest mixture of agriculture, trade, lumber and fishing?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

10.

What is the name of this territory that caused arguments over free states and slave states?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Oregon Territory

11.

The Fourth Amendment prevents you from being frisked without a good reason.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The colonies questioned authority because of the focus on equality in religion following ...

a)

the Second Great Awakening

b)

the First Great Awakening

c)

new factories

d)

the hate of church officials believing in monarch

13.

The legislative branch can be BEST traced back to which development of representative government in the 13 Colonies?

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Magna Carta

14.

Which list is most correct when describing the contribution factories had on economic growth in the US?

a)

Lower class people made so much money in factories

Government controlled all factories

b)

Powered Machines made more goods

Women could work in factories

c)

Land was plentiful

California discovered Gold

15.

Why would these numbers drastically increase in America during the 1800s?

a)

Abraham Lincoln's Orders

b)

Alien and Sedition Acts

c)

Labor needed for Industrialization

d)

Southern Slavery

16.

What era is associated with events like the Intolerable Acts and the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Exploration and Colonization

b)

American Revolution

c)

Early Republic

d)

Age of Jackson

17.

Can the government force the people to be silent in protesting the government?

a)

Yes, 1st Amendment

b)

No, 10th Amendment

c)

No, 3rd Amendment

d)

No, 1st Amendment

18.
  • Rioters burned the property of Irish immigrants.

  • Nativists attacked Catholic churches.

  • Dozens of people were killed.

  • City police and the U.S. Army and Navy intervened to end the violence.

Things like this happen because citizens violate religious freedom sometimes.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Who was for the National Bank because he thought the country needed to manage debts better, and collect federal taxes?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

20.

Who did the Know-Nothings and Nativists Hate and why? (Choose 2)

a)

US would be Influenced by Immigrants Negatively

b)

Too many Cash Crops reliance with Slaves

c)

Slaves

d)

Immigrants

21.

Which of the following was an influence of the Virginia House of Burgesses on our Government?

a)

Judicial Branch with the power to Impeach

b)

Representative Gov with Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism with A King in England

22.

Protecting the rights of businesses through little government interference is called what?

a)

Hostile Takeovers

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Free Enterprise

23.

Which amendment would be tied to the Colonists being denied fair trials in British Courts?

a)

6th Amendment

b)

1st Amendment

c)

3rd Amendment

24.

The Federalist Papers supported a strong central government.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Why did the South depend on slavery so extensively prior to the Civil War?

a)

Shipping Trade

b)

Growth of Wheat Crops

c)

Cotton Cash Crop

d)

Industry in Southern States

26.

Ralph Waldo Emerson founded this group that loved nature, and desired utopias

a)

Transcendentalists

b)

Abolitionists

27.

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution allows defendants to refuse to testify in court?

a)

Tenth

b)

First

c)

Fifth

d)

Sixth

28.

Which one is an early colonial government devoted to the idea of majority rule, created in 1620?

a)

3 branches of government

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

FOC

29.

William Lloyd Garrison used which newspaper to spread the news of the abolition movement?

a)

The Liberator

b)

The North Star

c)

The Daily Abolitionist

d)

The People's Slave News

30.

Which is the best reason for Immigrants from all European Countries moving to America?

a)

To own slaves

b)

To start factories in the south

c)

To find Gold in California

d)

The chance to own cheap land or make money

31.

What law did Andrew Jackson plan do with Native Americans, leading to the court case Worcester v Georgia?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Corruption Act

d)

Nullification Crisis

32.

How did John Paul Jones contribute to the American Navy?

a)

Inventing the submarine

b)

Designing the American flag

c)

Being a founding father of the U.S. Navy

d)

Writing the national anthem

33.

What was the primary reason for the formation of the Whig Party?

a)

Opposition to the War of 1812

b)

Support for the Second National Bank

c)

Opposition to Andrew Jackson

d)

Support for Andrew Jackson

34.

Anti-Federalists were in favor of:

a)

The Constitution including protection of individual rights.

b)

A strong Central Government.

c)

A Monarchy (King & Queen) to rule over the country.

d)

a powerful National Government

35.

What was the first component of the Supreme Court Decision?

a)

Dred Scott Is Free & A Citizen with a right to courts

b)

Dred Scott Is A Slave But also A Citizen

c)

Dred Scott Is A Slave & Not allowed a voice in courts

d)

Dred Scott Is Free But Not A Citizen