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WorksheetsHistory 8 Test 6
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
What revived trade in the East?
the Renaissance
The Bubonic Plague
the crusades
the Great Expansion
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Quebec
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Who was the author of History of Plymouth Plantation?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
George Washington
Booker T. Washington
What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?
Webster's Dictionary
the Bible
New England Primer
Blueback Speller
What was the final battle of the War for Independence?
Battle of New Orleans
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Bull Run
What established the first U.S. government after the War for Indpendenec?
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
What type of government did the U.S. Constitution provide for?
a democratic republic
a federal republic
a democracy
a monarchy
Who was the best-known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Adoniram Judson
Billy Graham
Who first promoted public primary school for all children?
George Whitefield
Horace Mann
Miriam Webster
William Bradford
Which abolitionist led a raid at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Phylis Wheatley
Sojourner Truth
Stephen A. Doulgas
Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Who founded Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Stephen A. Douglas
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Which Civil War battle meant the Confederate loss of the Mississippi River?
Antietam
Chattanooga
Vicksburg
Shiloh
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
In which Civil War battle did Stonewall Jackson earn his famous nickname?
Chattanooga
Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Shiloh
What was the most decisive battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
First Bull Run
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Which Civil War battle cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia?
Antietanm
Chattanooga
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single day of the war?
First Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Shiloh
Which colony set a precedent for religious freedom in America?
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut
Who is remembered as the most powerful voice of the First Great Awakening?
David Brainerd
Jonathan Edwards
John Wesley
George Whitefield
What was the government policy that prevented European colonization of the Western Hemisphere?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Greenville
Adams-Onis Treaty
Who invented the reaping machine?
Robert Fulton
Francis Lowell
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Who founded Five Points Mission as the first settlement house in New York City?
Dorothea L. Dix
Susan B. Anthony
Phoebe Palmer
Sojourner Truth
Who was the author of the Blue-Backed Speller?
William H. McGuffey
Horace Mann
Noah Webster
Stephen Paxson
Who established a large settlement in Texas?
Stephen Austin
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
Winfield Scott
Who was the nationally famous Tennessee frontiersman, marksman, and former Congressman that fought at the Alamo?
Stephen Austin
Davy Crockett
Sam Houston
Winfield Scott
Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States?
James Gadsden
Stephen Kearney
John Slidell
John C. Fremont
Who presented the Compromise of 1850?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Whom did Abraham Lincoln debate during his Illinois senatorial campaign?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Stephen A. Douglas
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
What law divided the former Confederacy into five military districts with military officers to govern them?
Amnesty Act
Compromise of 1877
Black Codes
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Whose presidency officially ended Reconstruction in the South?
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
In what year was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty written?
1814
1842
1858
1865
What year was the Treaty of Paris created?
1620
1783
1803
1814
In what year did the Civil War end?
1814
1842
1858
1865
In what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?
1803
1814
1842
1858
In what year was the Treaty of Ghent created?
1620
1783
1803
1814
In what year was the Pilgrim landing at New Plymouth?
1620
1783
1803
1814
Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?
It abolished slavery in the Union.
It established that any state added to the Union would be a free state.
It stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would be a free state.
It provided a balance by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Why was the Civil War fought?
The South upheld states' rights; the North completely ignored states' rights.
The South supported the high tariffs; the North disagreed with the high tariffs.
The South wanted to preserve states' rights and slavery; the North south to preserve the Union.
The South supported Henry Clay to be president; the North supported Abraham Lincoln.
How did the North and South compare to each other during the Civil War?
The South fought in familiar territory for most of the war, but the North had more manpower for their military.
The South had better rail systems for transportation, but the North had the sympathy of several European nations.
The South had a large naval fleet, but the North had access to more port cities.
The South had more factories to provide supplies, but the North had a head start in preparation.
When was the Constitutional Convention?
1765
1774
1787
1820
When was the Missouri Compromise?
1774
1787
1820
1849
When did the Stamp Act Congress convene?
1765
1774
1849
1863
When was the California Gold Rush?
1787
1820
1849
1863
When was the Emancipation Proclamation made?
1787
1820
1849
1863
Who captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson for the Union?
George B. McClellan
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Union general that led the Peninsula Campaign?
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
George G. Meade
Who was the Union general that led the March to the Sea from Atlanta?
Thomas J. Jackson
Robert E. Lee
George G. Meade
William Tecumseh Sherman
Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
George G. Meade
William Tecumseh Sherman
Who defeated the Confederate army at Gettysburg?
George G. Meade
George B. McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas J. Jackson
What did Christopher Columbus name the island he first landed on?
Mexico
Maui
San Salvador
Plymouth Rock
What Battle was a major turning point of the War for Independence?
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Mill Springs
Saratoga
What was the name of the Cherokee forced relocation?
Trail of Tears
Movement West
Reservation Road
Operation Relocation
Who developed the first successful steamboat?
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
John Deere
Thomas Edison
What is the name given to a person to risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas?
risk-taker
inventor
businessman
entreprener
Who is known as the Father of American Missions?
Adoniram Judson
George Whitefield
Billy Graham
Jim Elliot
Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas?
Santa Anna
Daniel Boone
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
What was the name given to the largest wagon train ever to go west?
Great Gravy Train
Great Migration
Oregon Trail
Westward Expansion
What was the half-million square miles of land granted to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo known as?
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
What was the name given to the series of escape routes for slaves escaping the South?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Underground Railroad
Emancipation Proclamation
Underground Tunnel
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Phoebe Palmer
Clara Barton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Phylis Wheatley
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Who was remembered as the Angel of the Battlefield?
Phylis Wheatley
Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale
Phoebe Palmer
