WorksheetsBenchmark Part 1 VUS
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Monroe trying to convey to Congress through the Monroe Doctrine?
a)
Europe should stay out of the Western Hemisphere
b)
European countries can expand territories to Latin America
c)
The US will support European colonization.
d)
European powers could no longer financially support overseas colonies.
2.
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
According to the quote from the Gettysburg Address, what was Lincoln hoping to preserve in the United States?
a)
Democracy
b)
Freedom of Religion
c)
Freedom of the press
d)
Confederacy
3.
"...with malice towards none, with charity for all ... to bind up the nation's wounds."
Based on this quote by Lincoln, how did he believe the South should be treated after it was defeated?
a)
Allow the South to rejoin the nation without being punished.
b)
Give the South a large sum of money to get back on its feet.
c)
Forbid the South from ever having equal representation in Congress.
d)
Force the South to pay damages to those injured during the war.
4.
"Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear. What brother-man and brother-Christian must suffer, cannot be told us, even in our secret chamber, it so harrows up the soul! And yet, oh my country! these things are done under the shadow of they laws! O, Christ! thy church sees them, almost in silence!"
--Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
According to this excerpt, who is the author criticizing for allowing slavery to occur?
a)
Plantation owners
b)
The United States
c)
Slaves
d)
Great Britain
5.
How did the South's view of nationhood differ from Lincoln's beliefs that America was not a collection of sovereign states?
a)
Southerners believed they should join with Mexico and form a new nation.
b)
Southerners opposed State's rights of nullification and secession.
c)
Southerners opposed disallowing the expansion of slavery as the nation grew.
d)
Southerners believed they had freely joined and could therefore leave the Union.
6.
Which choice best describes powers held by the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Provided for a weak judicial system and more power resided with the federation.
b)
Congress has the power to levy taxes, enforce laws, and coin money.
c)
Congress has no power to levy tax, enforce laws, and coin money.
d)
Provided for a strong national government with an effective economic system.
7.
Which colonial region developed major seaport and commercial economies in cities such as New York and Philadelphia?
a)
Southern colonies
b)
New England colonies
c)
Middle colonies
d)
Mid-Western colonies
8.
Under Mercantilism, Virginia and other Southern colonies developed economies based on cash crops for export to --
a)
Europe
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Latin America
d)
New England
9.
To which region of the English Colonies were the first Africans involuntarily brought?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
2
d)
3
10.
What is the correct order of the sequence below:
1. Election of Abraham Lincoln
2. Battle of Gettysburg
3. Emancipation Proclamation
4. Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
a)
4, 2, 1, 3
b)
2, 1, 3, 4
c)
1, 4, 3, 2
d)
1, 2, 3, 4
11.
Which of the following would be the most important to Alexander Hamilton?
a)
Rights of states to control their own militias
b)
Supporting farm bills
c)
Development of small business with government support
d)
Creation of a national bank
12.
Which document most directly served as a model for drafting the Bill of Rights?
a)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Magna Carta
13.
Which geographic feature is associated with colonial settlement limitations established by the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Spanish Florida
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Great Lakes
14.
Which form of direct democratic rule is most closely associated with Puritan New England?
a)
Councils
b)
Legislative assemblies
c)
Town meetings
d)
Joint stock companies
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