WorksheetsEOY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which law would be considered unconstitutional on the basis of First Amendment guarantees?
A ban on the publication of classified information by the government
A requirement that church employees pay income tax
A requirement that churches get a permit
A prohibition on electing religious leaders to government office
Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?
African American families that were divided by slavery were reunited
Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
African men voted in the 1872 presidential election
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?
His opposition to the ratification of the 13th amendment
His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the union army during the civil war
His opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states
His refusal to use the homestead act to redistribute land to former slaves
A renewed sense of nationalism is a characteristic of which era?
westward expansion
era of good feelings
colonization
civil war
Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?
The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures
Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor
The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia
The king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful
Bonds and currency with little to no value
Bank failures and bankrupt businesses
Destroyed railroads, farms, and homes
High food prices and widespread crop failures
This list describes conditions found in —
California following the Gold Rush
Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812
western territories after the U.S.-Mexican War
southern states at the beginning of Reconstruction
BERWYN, Pennsylvania: A new mosque recently opened in this ... suburb of Philadelphia... [The] leaders... did not seek publicity for the happy occasion, only continued peace with their neighbors: a Jewish synagogue next door and Baptist church across the street.
—Kathy Matheson, Associated Press, September 10, 2010
This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?
The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
The Fifth Amendment protects the rights of the accused.
Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?
African Americans in the North could vote.
State governments were required to protect individual rights.
Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.
June
The Continental Congress appoints a committee to prepare a document.
The committee selects Thomas Jefferson to compose a draft.
The draft is reviewed and revised by the committee.
July
Congress debates and revises the document.
Congress officially approves the document.
This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —
Articles of Confederation
Bill of rights
Treaty of paris
Declaration Of independence
this political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the -
Reconstruction era
Age of Jackson
Second Great Awakening
War of 1812
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt was a long-term consequence of -
the sharecropping system
the thirteenth amendment
tariffs imposed on the south
the work of the freedmen’s bureau
• The Mayflower Compact
The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?
The opportunity for trade with American Indians
The distance of the colonies from Great Britain
The doctrine of the Church of England
The economic system of mercantilism
Which of these is a guarantee in the First Amendment?
States have the power to regulate public education.
The government cannot dictate religious practice.
Persons accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Citizens have the right to be judged by a jury of their peers.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment
A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article focuses on the Reconstruction era of U.S. History. What would you most expect to read about in this article?
A spiritual revival and need for social reforms
The use of reason and scientific theory
The First Continental Congress meeting
The division of the South into military districts
The Fourteenth amendment was ratified in order to -
protest the voting rights of African American males
free African Americans from slavery
allow African Americans women equal rights
grant citizenship and legal rights to African Americans
• Providing food, shelter and clothing
Negotiated and enforced labor contracts
Established school
The list was part of the work done by -
The freedmens bureau
the sons of liberty
the radical republicans
the federalist
• Distance from Great Britain
Mayflower Compact
Town hall meetings
The factors listed above contributed most to the —
creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
election of British colonists to Parliament
growth of representative government in the British colonies
expansion of British trade in the Americas
The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted -
spiritual revival and the need for social reform
the use of reason and scientific theory
states' rights and governmental reform
mercantilism and the development of global trade
• Passing laws to aid a religious institution
• Requiring individuals to attend religious services
• Punishing individuals for their religious beliefs
• Levying taxes to support religious institutions
Which amendment prohibits the federal and state government from carrying out these actions?
The first amendment
The second amendment
the fifth amendment
the tenth amendment
