WorksheetsSocial Studies UIL Texas
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 39mins
What effect occurred because both European nations wanted to control lands in North America?
World War I
French and Indian War
War of the Roses
Spanish American War
Which laws were enacted by the British to punish the colonists for the pictured event?
Plymouth Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Acts
Townshend Acts
Where was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
Saratoga
Lexington
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Which Patriot that was hung as a spy by the British in 1776 is famous for this quote?
Nathan Hale
Lewis Latimer
Benedict Arnold
James Monroe
Who is the political leader in the description below?
* Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses at the age of 26
*Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776
Elected as the third President of the United States in 1800
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Morris
Richard Henry Lee
Who was a Patriot and writer, whose pamphlet Common Sense convinced many Americans it was time to declare independence from Britain?
Benjamin Rush
George Wythe
Thomas Paine
Josiah Bartlett
The Mayflower Compact is a __________.
Law offering free land to pioneers willing to start farms on the Great Plains
Grant given by the King of Spain to wealthy settlers in New Spain
Plan of government written by the Pilgrims
Policy warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
Which function finishes the sentence below about the United States Government.
*Legislative Branch - Makes the laws
* Judicial Branch - Decides the meaning of laws
* Executive Branch - ____________________
Determines prices and standards of products
Carries out the laws
Leads the Church
Establishes rules of education
Who is the leader of the judicial branch?
President
Chief Justice
Speaker of the House
The Pope
What new industry created a growing demand for products made from oil?
Electric light bulb
Typewriter
Automobile
Mechanical Reaper
How did these new inventions change life on the Great Plains?
* New steel plow that could cut through the tough prairie sod.
* Special windmills designed to pump water from deep beneath the ground.
Allowed industry to grow and prosper
Focused the economy on mining
Enabled cities to flourish
Improved farming efforts helped homesteaders to survive.
Which of these is an example of a right of an American citizen?
Freedom of speech
Get involved
Freedom to go to school
Obey the laws
What are responsibilities of a democratic citizen?
Benefits and protections guaranteed to you by law
Duties that you owe to your fellow citizens to make sure the government continues
Political agreement between countries to support each other in disputes with other countries
Practice handed down from the past
How did Abraham Lincoln, in the Gettysburg Address, describe the nation that he thought was intended by our Founding Fathers?
Everyone is entitled to a job
All men are created equal
Church attendance is mandatory
Seek assistance from foreign countries.
Who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War, was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield", and founded the American Red Cross?
Jane Adams
Clara Barton
Mary Hanes
Lucretia Mot
Which monument is a reminder of the Texas victory in the last battle of the Texas Revolution?
Statue of Liberty
San Jacinto Monument
Come and Take it Cannon
Eiffel Tower
What bird imitates the calls of other birds with songs and is the state bird of Texas?
Sparrow
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Mockingbird
Which title fills in the blank ?
_____________
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler
Dictators prior to and during World War II
Religious leaders during the Great Awakening
Leaders of Allied Nations
Judges at the Hague
Where did Japanese planes bomb the United States fleet on December 7, 1941?
Sheppard Field, Texas
Fort Benning, Georgia
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Who is this political leader?
Joe Biden
Greg Abbott
Ted Cruz
Beto O'Rourke
Why were so many battles in Texas during the Civil War fought along the Gulf Coast?
There were no major settlements inland.
Most of Texas' industries were along the coast.
To keep Confederate ships from carrying goods into and out of the ports.
Seat of government was in the area.
1. African Americans had to find jobs and housing
2. Farmers had to learn to grow crops without labor
3. Anger over new found African American rights
These were characteristics of a time of rebuilding called ___________________.
Reconstruction
Enlightenment
Prohibition
Progressivism
What principle of government is illustrated in the diagram?
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
Limited Government
Checks and Balances
