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demises kills

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

something handed down to a new generation

a)

dominate

b)

legacy

c)

republic

d)

catastrophic

2.

a form of government where people vote for leaders

a)

dominate

b)

legacy

c)

republic

d)

catastrophic

3.

causing great damage or many deaths

a)

dominate

b)

legacy

c)

republic

d)

catastrophic

4.

to have to take a commanding, controlling position

a)

dominate

b)

legacy

c)

republic

d)

catastrophic

5.

In 1971, some Native Amercians protested and occupied Mount Rushmore which is a (a)   place for them.

6.

Which president has NOT been represented on Mount Rushmore?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Washington

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Jackson

7.

In response to Mount Rushmore, what statue pays tribute to Native American war leader Crazy Horse ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the (a)  

9.

It was a law in the United States that was passed in 1830. It gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River. It was ...

a)

the homestead act

b)

the second amendment of the constitution

c)

the removal act

d)

the recovery act

10.

Approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians were massacred by United States Army troops at

a)

the battle of Little Big Horn

b)

the battle of Gettysburg

c)

Wounded Knee

d)

Mount Rushmore

11.

It marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War.

a)

the battle of Little Big Horn

b)

The battle of Gettysburg

c)

Wounded Knee

d)

Mount Rushmore

12.

Would you recommend this article for students to read to understand the events that led to the end of slavery?

article " The Demise of Slavery"

a)

It was helpful

b)

It was difficult to read

c)

I had to look up a lot of the words but I understood

d)

the article was very informative

13.

Why were white southerners outraged at the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

held white's personally responsible for slaves fleeing

b)

held white's personally responsible for the capture and return of slaves

c)

held them responsible for the lives of slaves

d)

all of the above

14.

“How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?” Even before 1776, some Americans denounced slaveholding. Which revolutionary stated this?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Lord Dunmore

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Samuel Johnson

15.

The first wave of emancipation was prepared by new ideas and convictions from both secular ____and ______ sources in the eighteenth century.

a)

Enlightenment and Thinking

b)

Religion and Enlightenment

c)

Conviction from secular thinking

d)

Emancipation

16.

The term demise most likely means

a)

dying

b)

destroy

c)

desolve

d)

dead

17.

The institution of slavery was central to the economy and politics of the United States from the colonial era to the Civil War,

a)

Colonial Era to the Civil War

b)

Civil War

c)

Emancipation

d)

Colonial Era and Beyond

18.

White southerners claimed that abolitionist agitation would do nothing but produce slave insurrections (uprisings)—like the one led by ___________ in Virginia in 1831, which took the lives of about 60 whites.

a)

Kevin Thompson

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Nat Turner

19.

According to the article, not until the American Revolution was there any actual movement to___ or _______slaves.

a)

outlaw the figitive slavery act

b)

hunt down John Brown

c)

to outlaw slavery or emancipate slaves

d)

answer a and b

20.

Quaker John Woolman became convinced that holding slaves _________________; his concern for slaves spread first to other Quakers.

a)

serious in sin

b)

necessary evil

c)

pray

d)

all of the above

21.

The institution of slavery was central to the economy and politics of the United States from the colonial era to the Civil War,

a)

Colonial Era to the Civil War

b)

Civil War

c)

Emancipation

d)

Colonial Era and Beyond

22.

The term demise most likely means

a)

dying

b)

destroy

c)

desolve

d)

dead

23.

The first wave of emancipation was prepared by new ideas and convictions from both secular ____and ______ sources in the eighteenth century.

a)

Enlightenment and Thinking

b)

Religion and Enlightenment

c)

Conviction from secular thinking

d)

Emancipation