Knowing YOUR
history is easy!
#1
What is significant about the year 1787?
A: It was the end of the
B:
American Revolution
It was the year George
C: Washington became
the first President.
D:
It was the birth of our
governmental system.
It was the year
Benjamin Franklin
died.
B: It was the birth of
our governmental
system.
(The Constitution)
#2
The people who came to Jamestown, Virginia and to the
other parts of the South came for what reasons?
A: Economic
B:
Political
C: Religious
D:
Avoid war
A: Economic
#3
How did Southerners like the ones in Jamestown
Make their livings?
A: Fishing, Whaling, and
B:
Subsistence Farming
Shipbuilding
C: Cash Crops like
tobacco and later
cotton
D:
Trading with Indians
C: Cash Crops like
tobacco and later
cotton.
#4
The practice
of self government originated
in the United
States where?
Georgia Reserves
A: Mayflower Compact
B:
C: The Declaration of
D:
Independence
The Constitutional
Convention
A: The Mayflower
Compact
#5
The Proclamation of 1763 infuriated colonists because
It forbade them to cross which natural barrier and
Helped build up their feelings of resentment
for which war?
The Appalachian
A: Mountains and the
The Mississippi River
B: and the War of 1812
American Revolution
The Rocky Mountains
C: and the War with
Mexico
The Sierra Nevada and
D: the French and Indian
War
A: The Appalachian
Mountains and the
American Revolution
Indian
Removal
Act
Trail of
Tears
#6
What does this chart
represent?
The causes of the
A: Western Wars with the
Sioux in Indian Territory.
The signing of the
C: Iroquois Confederacy’s
peace treaty with Western
settlers in 1763.
The discharge of the
Cherokee and other
B: Southeastern tribes from
their homes.
Andrew Jackson’s
criticism of his opponents
D: and subsequent election.
B: The discharge
of the Cherokee
and other
Southeastern tribes
from their homes.
#7
Which branch of government was responsible for
making the decision that slavery should be legal
everywhere in Scott v. Sanford?
A:
Executive
B:
Judicial
C: Legislative
D:
Senate
B: Judicial
#8
Northerners favored a strong ______ while
Southerners felt that it was unfair to them.
A: Boycott on tea
Restrictions on
C: imports
B:
Export tax
D:
Tariff
D: Tariff
#9
The practice of having citizen _________ and the right
to bear arms comes from which section of
the Bill of Rights?
Militias,
A: Secret Groups,
B:
C: Voters,
Committees of
D: Correspondence,
Amendment I
Amendment 5
Amendment II
Amendment 10
B: Militias and
The 2nd Amendment
(Amendment II)
#10
Which of the following occurred during the Civil War?
A: Saratoga
B:
The Battle of New
Orleans
D:
Vicksburg
The Alamo
C:
D: Vicksburg
#11
Which of the following occurred first?
The Gettysburg
A: Address
B:
C: Lincoln’s
D: Firing at Fort Sumter
Assassination
Lee’s Surrender at
Appomattox
D: The Firing
at Fort Sumter
#12
Which document freed ALL slaves?
A: The Emancipation
B:
The 13th Amendment
D:
The 15th Amendment
Proclamation
C: The 14th Amendment
B: The 13th
Amendment
to the
Constitution
#13
What was the name of the belief most Americans
held that the continent was their gift from God as
well as the inspiration for the Texas Annexation,
travel to the Oregon territory, and the Mexican War.
A: Monroe Doctrine
B:
Nullification
C: Laissez Faire
D:
Manifest Destiny
D: Manifest
Destiny
#14
What was the invention that caused slavery to triple
In the South, and who was its inventor?
A: Cotton gin, Eli Whitney
C: Telegraph, Samuel
Morse
Steamboat, Robert
Fulton
D: Interchangeable Parts,
Eli Whitney
A: Cotton
Gin and Eli
Whitney
#15
In what document can you find the following words:
“We the people of the United States of America in order
to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure
the domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, and secure the blessings of liberty…”?
A: Common Sense
B:
The Constitution
C: The Declaration of
D:
The Gettysburg
Address
Independence
B: The
Constitution
(The
Preamble)
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