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Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins
What is amendment 1?
Refuse to go to court when summoned
Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, petition
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.
The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.
The Legislative branch includes
The House of Representatives and the President
the House of Representatives and the Senate
Who determines if a law is unconstitutional?
The Congress
The Supreme Court
Which part of Congress is based on state population?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
What does veto mean?
Law is unconstitutional
President does not approve the law
Which is NOT a branch of government?
Tyranny
Legislative
What is the job of the Legislative branch?
to enforce the laws
to write the laws
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
to veto the laws
to judge the laws
What does the Executive Branch do?
enforce the laws
judge the laws
What land did Thomas Jefferson buy in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
Midwest Territory
How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
$15 million
$10 million
Who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Sacagawea
Pocahontas
Who led the Corps of Discovery?
Adams and Grant
Lewis and Clark
How did the United States acquire the land explored by Lewis and Clark?
They bought it from the kingdom of France
They took it from Spanish conquistadors
The United States _____________ in size with the Louisiana purchase.
doubled
tripled
In June 1812, Congress declared war on Great Britain.
True
False
What does Embargo mean?
To tax traded items
prohibits trade with another country
What were 2 important buildings in Washington that were destroyed during the War of 1812?
the statue of liberty and the library
the White House and the Capitol
What does "neutral" mean in 'The United States tried to stay neutral'?
prohibits something
not taking sides
True or False: The War of 1812 ended in 1823.
True
False
What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?
¿Cuál fue el propósito de la Ley de Remoción de Indios?
To enjoy the new colonies.
To settle new American farmers.
Where were the Native Americans sent?
¿Adónde fueron enviados los nativos americanos?
West
North
Why was it called the "Trail of Tears"?
Many Native Americans died during the journey.
They couldn't take their families.
Slaves were captured from _____.
Africa
France
Slaves worked on large farms called ______.
plantations
villages
Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the
slave auction
slave trade
This is the forced migration of millions of enslaved people from Africa to the Americas.
Slave Trade
Gold Trade
Most slaves in history have been taken from this continent:
North America
Africa
If a mother was a slave, her child was:
Free for life
A slave for life
What was the status of slaves in the United States?
property
dependents
End to slavery
abolition
emancipation
What issue was feared by abolitionists when the USA was adding territory?
Spread of slavery
Environmental damage
Who is this abolitionist?
William Lloyd Garrison
Abraham Lincoln
What group helped slaves escape to freedom?
Northern Lights
Underground Railroad
Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?
The Civil War
Slavery
Abolitionists saw slavery as...
bad but necessary
cruel and inhumane
Slavery happened mostly in the
South
West
Who is this abolitionist?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
What was John Brown's goal with his raid on Harper's Ferry?
To start a major slave rebellion in the South
To rob the federal arsenal for personal gain
Who came from Washington to arrest John Brown?
President Abraham Lincoln
Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee
What happened to John Brown after the raid?
He was elected to Congress
He was tried and sentenced to hang
Who is John Brown?
A Violent Abolitionist
A Peaceful Abolitionist
How did John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry end?
He was captured by Robert E. Lee
He withdrew
How many defenders were killed at the Battle of the Alamo?
All
38
What was the impact of the Battle of the Alamo?
Loss of many Mexican soldiers
Mexico ran out of ammo
How many days did the Mexican troops lay siege to the Alamo?
12
13
The Alamo becomes a symbol of heroism and inspires Texans to fight. This phrase becomes a future battle cry:
Remember the Alamo
Texas is Free!!
The Alamo was a __________.
Field
Mission
Who led the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
William B. Travis
Why did Texas' population of African Americans grow before the Civil War?
Many were looking for jobs in the cities of Texas.
Freed slaves stayed in Texas to raise families.
Southerners who moved to Texas brought slaves with them.
Better nutrition due to a better economy.
What is this concept?
Manifest Destiny
Survival of the Fittest
Universal Expansion
Divine Nature
Law with harsh punishments for people who helped escaped slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Judiciary Act
Hawley-Smoot Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A key reason Southern states seceded from the Union?
The right of citizens in each state to be treated equally
The right of citizens to travel freely
The right of citizens to own property
The right of citizens to own slaves
The South left the United States to form their own country called the Confederate States of America. What is the word to leave a country?
Popular Sovereignty
Secede
Abolish
Emancipate
In the beginning of the war, what was the main aim of the North?
to save the slaves
to save the Confederacy
to save its way of life
to save the Union
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
It freed the slaves in the United States.
It changed the Constitution.
It freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
It saved the Union.
Slaves in the _________ States were freed when President Lincoln issued the ______________.
Northern, allegiance
Southern, Emancipation Proclamation
Northern, Emancipation Proclamation
Southern, allegiance
A group of six Southern states were the first to __________ from the _______.
Secede, West
secede, South
Secede, East
Secede, Union
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Secede
Tariffs or taxes
Slavery
States' rights
__________, mostly in the _________, wanted to abolish slavery.
Democrats, North
Democrats, South
Republicans, North
Republicans, South
Several states in the _______ threatened to ________, or withdraw, from the U.S.
South, Secede
North, Secede
West, Secede
East, Secede
How did the Civil War end?
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Grant
Confederate President Jefferson Davis met with President Lincoln
The southern states each erected a white flag over their capitols
Soldiers surrendered on the battlefield in Virginia
2. True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?ve
True
False
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Northern most battle in the civil war.
Antientam
Gettysburg
Bullrun
Vicksburg
Where did Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
At Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
At the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
Near the city of Gettysburg.
What was the name of the document that freed slaves in many states?
Emancipation Proclamation
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
What happened to Abraham Lincoln?
he lived forever
he was killed by an angry man
he died of old age
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Benjamin Wilkes Booth
Liam Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Lucas Wilkes Booth
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
