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Combined Quiz

Total questions: 179

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?

a)

Ethan Allen

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Gorge Greenville

d)

Jessica

2.

What act provided that British troops be housed not only in taverns and deserted buildings but also in occupies dwellings?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

3.

Who became the prime minister of Britain in 1763 and was determined to help bring the colonies into subjection?

a)

William Pitt

b)

Charles Townshend

c)

George Grenville

d)

Lord North

4.

Name one who rode on horses to spread the word that the British were marching to Lexington.

(a)  

5.

When did George III became king of England?

a)

1763

b)

1755

c)

1777

d)

1760

6.

Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?

a)

Jessica Chen

b)

Hawn Hancock

c)

John Winthrop

d)

John Hancock

7.

What act canceled colonial America's western land claims?

a)

Quebec Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Navigation Act

d)

Boston Act

8.

What was a fort captured by the Green Mountain Boys just days after they captured Ticonderoga?

(a)  

9.

Who wrote " The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved."

a)

Paul Revere

b)

James Otis

c)

New York

d)

Thomas Gage

10.

What is the name of the event in which a British ship was burned by the colonists in 1772?

a)

New York Stamp Party

b)

Gaspee Incident

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Quartering Crisis

11.

Thomas Jefferson's presidency is called "Nordenian Era"

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The military academy is called Hogwarts

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The president sent James Magnum to purchase Lousiana

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark was Sakurasama

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The best known hero of Tripolitan War was Stephen Decatur

a)

True

b)

False

16.

British forcing American seamen into the Royal Navy is called impressment

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun are War Hulks

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Shawnee chief who tried to drive settlers from their land was Tecumseh

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Oliver Harry Potter fought the Battle of Lake Erie

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Martin Luther nailed ninety-five theses in 1517.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

By 1588, Philip II sent the Invincible Armada to invade England.

a)

false

b)

true

23.

The French claimed Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley as New France.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

The oldest road in U.S. was El Camino Real.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal founded a navigation school.

a)

false

b)

true

26.

Serfs were the peasants who farmed the land and shared their produce with the lord of the manor.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

The German printer Johann Gutenberg introduced the movable-type printing press in Europe around 1440.

a)

false

b)

true

28.

The Crusades were to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land.

a)

false

b)

true

29.

The most advanced civilizations in Western Hemisphere were the empires of Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

In 1500, Pedro Cabral landed on the coast of Brazil and claimed that land for Portugal.

a)

false

b)

true

31.

Richard Henry Lee prepared the most important human statementpolitical principals in history?

a)
True
b)
False
32.

American Independence was virually won at Jamestown?

a)
True
b)
False
33.

Marquis de Lafayette helped Wathington drill his troops into disciplined his troops.

a)
True
b)
False
34.

Sir William Howe attacked Hessian troops at Trenton.

a)
True
b)
False
35.

Those who opposed to independence were called Patriots (or Whigs).

a)
True
b)
False
36.

Commentaries on the Laws of England provides the best-known history of English Law.

a)
True
b)
False
37.

Those who favored independence called themselves Loyalists ( or Tories).

a)
True
b)
False
38.

Declaration of Independence on 7/6/1776/.

a)
True
b)
False
39.

Thomas Paine published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense.

a)
True
b)
False
40.

George III issued a Proclamation of Rebellion declaring that the Americans were in "Open and avowed Rebellion" and calling upon all military and civil officers and subjects to aid and assist "in the Suppression of such Rebellion."

a)
True
b)
False
41.

William Tyndale gave England forst printed English New Teatament.

a)

true

b)

false

42.

Sir Francis Drake founded “New-found-Land".

a)

true

b)

false

43.

divine right of kings is the theory taht kings have the right to vote

a)

true

b)

false

44.

virginia is for elizabeth 1

a)

true

b)

false

45.

jamestown is the first permanent european settlement in the new world.

a)

true

b)

false

46.

john smith saith,".......to live without eating"which save the economy situation in jamestown

a)

true

b)

alse

47.

strangers is name for separatists in mayflower

a)

truw

b)

false

48.

maryland is named by charles1 to honor his queen henrietta maria

a)

true

b)

false

49.

company would grant large tracts of land along a navigable river to individuals called patroons

a)

true

b)

false

50.

city of savannah is found by year 1734

a)

true

b)

false

51.

The trade routes which ships sailing from New England colonies to Africa and stopped at two distinct ports is called Triangular Trade Routes.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Cotton Mather is perhaps the best known American scientist of the colonial era.

a)

false

b)

true

53.

Investor is a group of businessmen, professionals and plantation owners who were noted not for noble blood but for wealth

a)

false

b)

true

54.

Quitrent is a small fixed annual fee

a)

false

b)

true

55.

The Philadelphia Academy later became the University of Pennsylvania

a)

True

b)

false

56.

public libraries are for those who contributed to their support could borrow books

a)

true

b)

false

57.

The first privately published American newspaper was the New-England Courant

a)

true

b)

false

58.

The Quartering Act was the act which required all towns of at least 50 families to hire a teacher

a)

true

b)

false

59.

The Blue-Back Speller is a paddle-shaped board to which was attached a printed sheet containing the alphabet.

a)

false

b)

true

60.

James Boone helped connect the Wilderness Road.

a)

true

b)

false

61.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the entire Northwest Territory into townships.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Alexander Hamilton is the Father of Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

William Paterson present the New Jersey Plan.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

James Madison presented the Virginia Plan.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

upper house is the House of Representative.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

unicameral is one-house

a)

Ture

b)

False

67.

tariff are taxes on imported goods

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Virginia is the first state ratified Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

elastic clause is the unnecessary and appropriate

a)

True

b)

False

70.

Isaac Backus influenced the Puritan for religious freedom.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

The absolute monarchy of King Louis XIV was overthrown in 1789

a)

False

b)

True

72.

In 1798, it created the Apartment of the Navy to build up American sea power.

a)

True

b)

False

73.

The Republicans chose Aaron Burr to be Jefferson's running mate

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Tennessee became the sixteenth state in 1794

a)

True

b)

False

75.

Alexander Hamilton stood for loose construction of the Constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Samuel Osgood was appointed postmaster general

a)

True

b)

False

77.

The nation had incurred a debt of nearly $12 million to foreign creditors. Hamilton proposed that this debt be paid immediately to restore America's credit abroad.

a)

True

b)

False

78.

New York City, the nation's temporary capital in early 1789.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

Edwards Randolph was appointed attorney general

a)

False

b)

True

80.

In August of 1794, forces under the command of General Anthony Wane decisively defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill

a)

False

b)

True

81.

Halfway Covenant provided that unconverted descendants of church members could be admitted as members with full privileges.

a)

True

b)

False

82.

The Methodist Revival after the Methodist denomination are founded by Jude and Charles Wesley.

a)

True

b)

False

83.

The Great Awakening was especially prevalent during the 1730s and 1740s.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Jonathan Edwards preached what has become the most famous sermon in American history :"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

a)

True

b)

False

85.

George Whitefield is remembered as the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening.

a)

True

b)

False

86.

The best-known missionary to the Native Americans was Daniel Brainerd.

a)

True

b)

False

87.

Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

In the French and Indian War, the British advantages were: (1) superior manpower, (2) agriculture, trade, and industry, (3) control of the high seas

a)

True

b)

False

89.

In the British and French War, the French advantages were the following: (1) a centralized colonial government, (2) the well-fortified city of Quebec, enabling them to defend the strategic St. Lawrence River, (3) an alliance with most of the Native American tribes

a)

True

b)

False

90.

The French and Indian War was officially concluded by the Treaty of France of 1763

a)

True

b)

False

91.

The Father of American Music is Stephen Foster.

a)
True
b)
False
92.

Form notes was a system that made learning new songs easier for church choirs and musicians.

a)
True
b)
False
93.

Thomas Cole painted The Peaceable Kingdom.

a)
True
b)
False
94.

George Bancroft was the Father of American History.

a)
True
b)
False
95.

Moby Dick, considered America's only great epic, was written by Herman Melville.

a)
True
b)
False
96.

The most popular American poet of the 19th century was John Greenleaf Whittier.

a)
True
b)
False
97.

Romantic era literature emphasized man's emotions, ideals, and appreciation for beauty.

a)
True
b)
False
98.

The Germans immigrated to America because of economic problems at home and to escape persecution after the failure of a revolutionary uprising.

a)
True
b)
False
99.

The Scots immigrated to America because of a potato famine in their home country.

a)
True
b)
False
100.

A corporation is a company that is mutually owned by investors who buy stock in the company.

a)
True
b)
False
101.

Matthew Maury laid the transatlantic telegraph wire.

a)
True
b)
False
102.

Matthew Maury is called the Pathfinder of the Seas.

a)
True
b)
False
103.

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.

a)
True
b)
False
104.

America's greatest contribution to the history of sailing vessels was the packet ship.

a)
True
b)
False
105.

Much credit for the Erie Canal goes to Governor William Henry Harrison.

a)
True
b)
False
106.

Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont traveled 150 miles upstream in 30 hours, showcasing the practicality of the steamboat.

a)
True
b)
False
107.

Macadam roads were designed by John Loudon McAdam.

a)
True
b)
False
108.

The Cumberland Road connected Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia, eventually running all the way to Vandalia, Illinois.

a)
True
b)
False
109.

James Watt became the first American to develop a high-pressure steam engine.

a)
True
b)
False
110.

James Watt invented the first practical steam engine.

a)
True
b)
False
111.

Elias Howe invented the power loom.

a)
True
b)
False
112.

Samuel Slater is remembered as the Father of the American Factory System.

a)
True
b)
False
113.

Francis Cabot improved the sewing machine, making it a practical tool for the home.

a)
True
b)
False
114.

After the Industrial Revolution, the dominant manufacturing system in America was the domestic system.

a)
True
b)
False
115.

Cotton was the only crop grown in the South.

a)
True
b)
False
116.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

a)
True
b)
False
117.

John Deere invented the steel plow.

a)
True
b)
False
118.

Cyrus McCormick invented the thresher.

a)
True
b)
False
119.

The Erie Canal played a major role in connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, boosting trade and transportation.

a)

True

b)

False

120.

Henry Clay was known for his contributions to American poetry during the 19th century.

a)

False

b)

True

121.

The first newspaper to gain a national readership was the New York Tribune.

a)
True
b)
False
122.

Josiah Holbrook founded the first lyceum in Millbury, Massachusetts.

a)
True
b)
False
123.

Colleges were organizations that conducted discussions and established libraries and public schools.

a)
True
b)
False
124.

The rapid growth of public education was largely the work of Horace Mann.

a)
True
b)
False
125.

American schoolchildren used the Eclectic Readers written by Noah Webster.

a)
True
b)
False
126.

Noah Webster wrote the first American English dictionary.

a)
True
b)
False
127.

Progressive education is concerned with passing on to new generations the knowledge and traditions of the past.

a)
True
b)
False
128.

Robert Owen founded a utopian community in Indiana called New Harmony.

a)
True
b)
False
129.

Nathaniel Hawthorne praised the experiment at Brook Farm.

a)
True
b)
False
130.

One of the most outspoken proponents of Darwinism and religious unbelief in the 19th century was Robert Green Ingersoll.

a)
True
b)
False
131.

Henry David Thoreau wrote a collection of poems entitled Leaves of Grass, which portrayed his attempts to commune with nature.

a)
True
b)
False
132.

Henry David Thoreau wrote a book Walden on his experiences living in a small cabin at Walden Pond.

a)
True
b)
False
133.

Henry David Thoreau created the philosophy of transcendentalism.

a)
True
b)
False
134.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony were all proponents of women's suffrage.

a)
True
b)
False
135.

YMCA stands for Young Men's Catholic Association.

a)
True
b)
False
136.

Phoebe Palmer founded the Five Points Mission settlement house.

a)
True
b)
False
137.

Phoebe Palmer worked to promote more humane treatment of the mentally ill after investigating several asylums.

a)
True
b)
False
138.

The abolition movement supported slavery.

a)
True
b)
False
139.

King Kamehameha II united all but two of the Hawaiian islands under his rule.

a)
True
b)
False
140.

One of the first missionaries to Japan was Jonathan Goble.

a)
True
b)
False
141.

Townsend Harris was the first American ambassador to Japan and negotiated the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.

a)
True
b)
False
142.

Commodore Matthew Maury was sent to Japan with a fleet of warships to secure a trade agreement with the Japanese emperor.

a)
True
b)
False
143.

The two missionaries to Liberia were Lott Carey and Colin Teague.

a)
True
b)
False
144.

Samuel J. Mills was the Father of American Missions.

a)
True
b)
False
145.

Adoniram Judson was a missionary to the country of Siam.

a)
True
b)
False
146.

The first American foreign missions board is the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

a)
True
b)
False
147.

One of the American Sunday School Union's greatest Sunday school missionaries was Stephen Paxson.

a)
True
b)
False
148.

Phoebe Palmer founded the first Sunday school in New York to educate poor women and children regardless of color.

a)
True
b)
False
149.

The American Bible Society sent out hundreds of missionary-salesmen called colporteurs.

a)
True
b)
False
150.

The greatest American contribution to music was the Negro spiritual.

a)
True
b)
False
151.

John Chavis founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

a)
True
b)
False
152.

The best-known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening was Charles G. Finney.

a)
True
b)
False
153.

The most notable camp-revival meeting took place in 1801 at Lexington, Kentucky.

a)
True
b)
False
154.

The Presbyterian denomination experienced rapid growth through the preaching of circuit riders.

a)
True
b)
False
155.

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled the disputed territory between Maine and Canada.

a)
True
b)
False
156.

All of John Tyler's Cabinet resigned except for Noah Webster.

a)
True
b)
False
157.

John Tyler was the first president to die in office.

a)
True
b)
False
158.

Andrew Jackson introduced the spoils system to federal politics.

a)
True
b)
False
159.

Martin Van Buren's policies caused the Panic of 1837 and the subsequent depression.

a)
True
b)
False
160.

The party formed from a coalition of anti-Jacksonians was the Tory Party.

a)
True
b)
False
161.

Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular in an attempt to stop the extension of credit and speculation using paper money of little value.

a)
True
b)
False
162.

Andrew Jackson instructed his secretary of the treasury, Nicholas Biddle, to deposit incoming government funds to specially chosen state banks.

a)
True
b)
False
163.

The Cherokee's journey to Indian Territory was known as the Trail of Happiness.

a)
True
b)
False
164.

The Indian Removal Act gaveJackson the funding and authority to force Native American tribes to move west.

a)
True
b)
False
165.

Robert Hayne delivered what is generally regarded as the greatest oration heard in Congress in the 19th century.

a)
True
b)
False
166.

Jackson used his Living Room Cabinet for advice on political matters.

a)
True
b)
False
167.

The most important Southern voice against the increasing power of the federal government under Jackson was John C. Calhoun.

a)
True
b)
False
168.

The Tariff of 1828 was called the Tariff of Abominations in the South.

a)
True
b)
False
169.

Andrew Jackson won the "favorite sons election" of 1824.

a)
True
b)
False
170.

The Missouri Compromise brought Missouri into the Union as a free state.

a)
True
b)
False
171.

The Monroe Doctrine pledged that the United States will stay out of European affairs as long as Europeans stayed out of American affairs.

a)
True
b)
False
172.

The Adams-Onis Treaty saw Spain cede Florida to the United States.

a)
True
b)
False
173.

The Rush-Bagot Agreement by Great Britain and the United States saw the two powers agree to disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.

a)
True
b)
False
174.

Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the doctrine of implied powers in the court case McCulloch v. Maryland.

a)
True
b)
False
175.

James Monroe's presidency is known as the "Era of Poor Feelings."

a)
True
b)
False
176.

The Treaty of Paris ended the War of 1812.

a)
True
b)
False
177.

The most important naval engagement of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Baltimore.

a)
True
b)
False
178.

The Battle of Tippecanoe was won by William Henry Harrison.

a)
True
b)
False
179.

One of the reasons the United States went to war with Britain is impressment of sailors to the Royal Navy.

a)
True
b)
False