WorksheetsU.S. History Final- Fall 25
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Union military commander who wouldn’t fight despite President Lincoln’s orders to do so. Ran against Lincoln for President
a)
writ of habeas corpus
b)
copperheads
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
George McClellan
e)
Anaconda Plan
2.
court order that requires authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed
a)
writ of habeas corpus
b)
copperheads
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
George McClellan
e)
Anaconda Plan
3.
Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the South, not victory
a)
writ of habeas corpus
b)
copperheads
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
George McClellan
e)
Anaconda Plan
4.
freed all slaves in the U.S.
a)
writ of habeas corpus
b)
copperheads
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
George McClellan
e)
Anaconda Plan
5.
Northern strategy that included splitting the South in half
a)
writ of habeas corpus
b)
copperheads
c)
Thirteenth Amendment
d)
George McClellan
e)
Anaconda Plan
6.
a draft that forced men to serve in the military
a)
conscription
b)
Ironclads
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Jefferson Davis
e)
Richmond, VA
7.
president of the Confederate States of America
a)
conscription
b)
Ironclads
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Jefferson Davis
e)
Richmond, VA
8.
iron plated battle ships - not wood ships
a)
conscription
b)
Ironclads
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Jefferson Davis
e)
Richmond, VA
9.
capital of the Confederate States of America
a)
conscription
b)
Ironclads
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Jefferson Davis
e)
Richmond, VA
10.
assassinated President Lincoln
a)
conscription
b)
Ironclads
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Jefferson Davis
e)
Richmond, VA
11.
The Civil War began with
a)
a. secession of South Carolina
b)
b. illegal formation of the Confederate States of America
c)
c.attack on the Lawrence, Kansas, a center of free-soiler activity
d)
d. the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
12.
Which of the following was an advantage the North had over the South?
a)
a. more experienced generals
b)
b. more money to spend on war
c)
c. military support from Britain
d)
d. larger population
13.
Which of the following was a strategy of the Confederate government?
a)
a. blockading the North’s Atlantic coast
b)
b. attacking the North by way of the Mississippi River
c)
c. seeking support from Britain and France
d)
d. limiting the upper draft age to 35
14.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
a)
a. all enslaved people living in the United States.
b)
b. enslaved people living in areas controlled by the Confederacy.
c)
c. enslaved people living in the Union states.
d)
d. enslaved people living in the territories.
15.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln
a)
a. condemned the use of total war.
b)
b. promised the nation a new birth of freedom.
c)
c. declared that slavery was moral.
d)
d. offered forgiveness to the South.
16.
During the Civil War, the South hoped to
a)
a. capture New York City.
b)
b. convince Britain and France to intervene on the Confederate side.
c)
c. form armies of enslaved African Americans.
d)
d. build a huge, modern navy.
17.
Where was the first real battle of the war?
a)
a. Vicksburg
b)
b. Antietam
c)
c. Bull Run
d)
d. Gettysburg
18.
During the early part of the war, Lincoln’s main goal was to
a)
a. reduce the power of the states.
b)
b. preserve the Union.
c)
c. stop the spread of slavery
d)
d. free the slaves.
19.
What was the bloodiest battle of the war?
a)
a. Vicksburg
b)
b. Antietam
c)
c. Bull Run
d)
d. Gettysburg
20.
President Lincoln refrained from taking action to emancipate slaves until the Civil War had been in progress for almost two years because
a)
a. he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states.
b)
b. slavery still existed in most Northern states.
c)
c. Congress had not granted him the authority.
d)
d. he was preparing a plan to send all of the slaves to Liberia.
21.
Where did General Lee surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865?
a)
a. Richmond
b)
b. Washington D.C
c)
c. Appomattox Court House
d)
d. Gettysburg
22.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after which Union victory?
a)
a. Fort Sumter
b)
b. Antietam
c)
c. Bull Run
d)
d. Gettysburg
23.
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
a)
a. Texas
b)
b. Virginia
c)
c. South Carolina
d)
d. Louisiana
24.
General Sherman's capture of which city probably ensured that Lincoln was reelected?
a)
a. New Orleans
b)
b. Memphis
c)
c. Savannah
d)
d. Atlanta
25.
In what speech did Lincoln dedicate a battlefield in honor of the Union Troops
a)
a. Gettysburg Address
b)
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c)
c. inaugural address
d)
d. Gettysburg Proclamation
26.
What made freeing the slaves a new focus for the Civil War?
a)
a. The Battle of Vicksburg
b)
b. The Battle of Bull Run
c)
c. The Emancipation Proclamation
d)
d. The Fugitive Slave Act
27.
What technological advance contributed most to the Civil War's high casualty rate?
a)
a. the ironclad ship
b)
b. the minie ball
c)
c. the land mine
d)
d. the camera
28.
All of the following statements about the African American soldiers are true EXCEPT
a)
a. African Americans soldiers initially earned less than whites
b)
b. African Americans soldiers served in segregated units
c)
c. African Americans soldiers risked being enslaved or murdered if caught by the Confederate military
d)
d. African Americans soldiers made up of just one percent of U.S. troops
29.
Which battle allowed the U.S. to gain control of the Mississippi, thus splitting the South in two and gaining control of the main Confederate supply line?
a)
a. Vicksburg
b)
b. Antietam
c)
c. Bull Run
d)
d. Gettysburg
30.
If Grant’s army could gain control of the Mississippi River, the Confederacy
a)
a. defeated.
b)
b. assured of victory.
c)
c. forced to invade the North.
d)
d. split into two parts.
31.
Who did Lincoln appoint as the General-in-Chief of the Union army in 1864?
a)
a. Lee
b)
b. McDowell
c)
c. McClellan
d)
d. Grant
32.
Virginia commander who turned down Lincoln to fight for the Confederate army
a)
a. Lee
b)
b. McDowell
c)
c. McClellan
d)
d. Grant
33.
Why was the Monitor and Merrimack battle so significant?
a)
a. the battle was a huge military success for the Confederates
b)
b. the battle was a huge military success for the Confederates
c)
c. showed that the weight of ships made with iron armor could easily sink
d)
d. ships made from just wood were now obsolete
34.
Who were the Union and Confederate commanders at the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
a. U.S. Grant and Lee
b)
b. Beauregard and Anderson
c)
c. Beauregard and McDowell
d)
d. Hooker and Jackson
35.
Some criticized General Sherman’s, “March to the Sea” because
a)
a. he freed slaves along the way
b)
b. he focused his attacks on churches
c)
c. he attacked civilian homes and farms
d)
d. he lost almost every battle in his path
36.
What was the period that lasted thousands of years where the earth was covered by ice and glaciers?
a)
Middle Ages
b)
Renaissance
c)
Ice Age
d)
None of the above
37.
Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of _________________.
a)
Mali
b)
Songhai
c)
Ghana
d)
West Africa
38.
Which of the following options were present in the Middle Ages?
a)
Absence of an effective centralized government
b)
Constant threat of famine and disease
c)
Foreign invasion
d)
All of the above.
39.
Which group of European explorers killed the Aztec ruler Moctezuma?
a)
French
b)
British
c)
Spanish
d)
Italian
40.
What was the name of the monk that started the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
John Cabot
c)
Vasco De Gama
d)
Martin Luther
41.
What is the name of the water route to Asia through present day Canada?
a)
Northeast Passage
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
French Passage
d)
Canadian Passage
42.
What was the name of the first permanent European settlement in Canada
a)
Quebec
b)
Vancouver
c)
Ontario
d)
Montreal
43.
A trader of French origin.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Conquistadors
e)
Coureur de bois
44.
Encircled the entire globe from 1519-1522.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Conquistadors
e)
Coureur de bois
45.
Spanish soldiers sent in to conquer native lands.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Conquistadors
e)
Coureur de bois
46.
Italian mariner sent by Spain to find a new trade route and to revive Christianity against the struggle against Islam.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Conquistadors
e)
Coureur de bois
47.
Explored enough of South America's coast to deem it a continent.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Conquistadors
e)
Coureur de bois
48.
People who wanted to purify the church.
a)
Puritans
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
49.
Factors that attract people to a new location.
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
50.
The first representative body in colonial America.
a)
House of Burgesses
b)
Virginia Company
c)
Royal Colonies
d)
Proprietary Colonies
e)
Puritans
51.
Colonies that belonged to the crown
a)
Royal Colonies
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Proprietary Colonies
e)
Puritans
52.
People who separated themselves and began their own religion.
a)
Separatists
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
53.
A corporation of great merchants based in London.
a)
Virginia Company
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
Royal Colonies
d)
Proprietary Colonies
e)
Puritans
54.
Colonies that belonged to powerful individuals or companies.
a)
Proprietary Colonies
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Puritans
55.
Factors that motivate people to leave their own country.
a)
Push Factors
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
56.
A document guaranteeing a number of freedoms and restating many of the rights granted in the Magna Carta.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
57.
Part of the triangular trade where shippers carried the enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the American colonies.
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
58.
A three part voyage between Europe, Africa, and the colonies where manufactured goods, slaves, and colonial goods were traded.
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Virginia Company
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Royal Colonies
e)
Proprietary Colonies
59.
Which act required colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed materials, including newspapers, books, court documents, contracts, and land deeds?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Quebec Act
60.
What do we call the German soldiers who fought for hire?
a)
Militia
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continentals
61.
Which act extended Canada’s southern border, cutting off lands claimed by several colonists?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Quebec Act
62.
What were the Patriot militia who responded quickly to calls for soldiers called?
a)
Militia
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continentals
63.
Which act levied new import duties on everyday items such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Quebec Act
64.
What is paper money issued by the Continental Congress called?
a)
Militia
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continentals
65.
Which act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for the British troops stationed there after the French and Indian War?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Quebec Act
66.
What are full-time farmers and part time soldiers called?
a)
Militia
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continentals
67.
On the night of December 16, 1773, Boston Patriots boarded three British ships laden with tea and dumped the tea into the harbor.
a)
Second Continental Congress
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Shay’s Rebellion
d)
Boston Tea Party
68.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Preamble
c)
Amendments
d)
Articles of Confederation
69.
What is a unicameral legislature?
a)
One with a single house, whose members are elected by the people
b)
One with a single house, whose members are appointed.
c)
One with two houses, whose members are elected by the people.
d)
One with two houses, whose members are appointed.
70.
Government's in which people get to elect their own representatives.
a)
Democracy
b)
Republics
c)
Theocracy
d)
Oligarchy
71.
What is a Confederation?
a)
A group of states in conflict
b)
An alliance of states in the process of becoming a country.
c)
An state, or group of states, declaring independence.
72.
This proposed a bicameral legislature.
a)
Connecticut Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
New Jersey Plan
d)
Pennsylvania Plan
73.
What is a bicameral legislature?
a)
One with a single house, whose members are elected by the people
b)
One with a single house, whose members are appointed.
c)
One with two houses, whose members are elected by the people.
d)
One with two houses, whose members are appointed.
74.
Proposed a unicameral legislature representing the states as equals, no matter how large or how small.
a)
Connecticut Plan
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
New Jersey Plan
d)
Pennsylvania Plan
75.
Roger Sherman of Connecticut put forth a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
a)
Great Compromise
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
76.
This prevents misuse of power by any of the three branches
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Limited Government
d)
Checks and Balances
e)
Antifederalists
77.
All government power comes from the people.
a)
Popular sovereignty
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Limited Government
d)
Checks and Balances
e)
Antifederalists
78.
Designed to prevent one branch from seizing too much power.
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Antifederalists
79.
The official approval of.
a)
Ratification
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
80.
Those who oppose the ratification of the Constitution.
a)
Antifederalists
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
81.
Lays north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River.
a)
Northwest Territory
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
82.
The Constitution specifically states what powers the government has.
a)
Limited Government
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Checks and Balances
e)
Antifederalists
83.
Divided government power between the federal government and the state governments.
a)
Federalism
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
84.
Those who favor the ratification of the Constitution.
a)
Federalists
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
85.
A group of person's chosen from each state who indirectly elect the President.
a)
Electoral College
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Limited Government
e)
Checks and Balances
86.
Hamilton's national debt plan includes which of the following?
a)
Selling government bonds
b)
Proposing new taxes and high tariffs
c)
Chartering a Bank of the United States
d)
All of the above
87.
The Alien and Sedition Acts did which of the following?
a)
Authorized the President to arrest and deport non-citizens who criticized the federal government
b)
Made it a crime to produce conspiracies about the federal government
c)
Made it a crime for citizens to publicly criticize the federal government.
d)
Both A and C
e)
Both A and B
88.
Native American leaders ceded most of the present state of Ohio to the U.S. government in which treaty?
a)
Jay Treaty of 1794
b)
Treaty of Greenville
c)
Adams-Onis Treaty
d)
Treaty of Ghent
89.
How many Cherokees were forced to walk from their lands in the Trail of Tears
a)
4,000
b)
8,000
c)
16,000
d)
20,000
90.
Taking American sailors from their ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy.
a)
Impressment
b)
Cabinet
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
War Hawks
e)
Turnpikes
91.
Workers that lived in closely supervised boarding houses for a company that enforced strict rules.
a)
Lowell Girls
b)
Cabinet
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Impressment
e)
War Hawks
92.
The group of federal leaders who headed the major departments of the executive branch and advised the President.
a)
Cabinet
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Impressment
d)
War Hawks
e)
Turnpikes
93.
Groups of workers who unite to seek better pay and conditions.
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Cabinet
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Impressment
e)
War Hawks
94.
Using jobs as a reward for loyalty.
a)
Spoils System
b)
Cabinet
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Impressment
e)
War Hawks
95.
The U.S. obtained the territory from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Cabinet
c)
Impressment
d)
War Hawks
e)
Turnpikes
96.
When was gold first discovered in California?
a)
1829
b)
1848
c)
1849
d)
1850
97.
What was the greatest impact of John Brown’s raid?
a)
a. Northerners and Southerners reached a temporary “cease fire”
b)
b. the raid deepened the division between North and south
c)
c. the raid caused the decline of the Whig Party
d)
d. the federal government agreed to let state governments decide all slavery issues
98.
Which of the observations about the Dred Scott decision is true?
a)
a. It stated that black people were not citizens of the United States.
b)
b. It upheld the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise.
c)
c. It upheld the principle of popular sovereignty.
d)
d. It freed Scott, but not other slaves in circumstances similar to Scott’s.
99.
The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act both
a)
a. continued the Missouri Compromise line.
b)
b. applied the doctrine of popular sovereignty to parts of the west.
c)
c. included the policy of free soil for pans of the west.
d)
d. repealed the Missouri Compromise line.
100.
In 1860 and 1861, seven Southern states seceded from the Union in protest of the
a)
a. Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott
b)
b. Lincoln’s handling of Fort Sumter
c)
c. election of Abraham Lincoln as president
d)
d. Bleeding Kansas
101.
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, causing many whites to question slavery
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
e)
Harriet Tubman
102.
responsible for leading slaves to freedom from the South
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
e)
Harriet Tubman
103.
wrote the decision that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
e)
Harriet Tubman
104.
abolitionist who planned for a slave revolt
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
e)
Harriet Tubman
105.
senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Roger Taney
d)
Stephen Douglas
e)
Harriet Tubman
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