Comprehensive Study Session

Which of the following was an outcome of the French & Indian War?
1. Britain defeated France and its Indian allies.
2. Britain gained a large amount of new territory.
3. Britain ended up with huge debts.
4. All of the above.
Why did Britain create the Proclamation of 1763?
1. to protect American settlers from attacks by Native Americans
2. to punish the colonists for not helping during the French & Indian War
3. to make money to pay their debts from the French & Indian War
4. to reward Native Americans for helping the British in the French & Indian War
Which of the following statements is not true about the Boston Tea Party?
1. It was a protest against the Tea Act, which said colonists could buy tea only from British East India Company.
2. Colonists dressed like British soldiers and climbed aboard British ships in Boston Harbor.
3. Colonists threw thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
4. People in England were shocked and angered by the Boston Tea Party.
Which of these acts passed by the British Parliament forced colonists to provide British soldiers with food and housing?
1. the Proclamation of 1763
2. the Quartering Act
3. the Stamp Act
4. the Intolerable Acts
Which of the following statements best describes how colonists reacted to the Stamp Act?
1. They didn’t like it, but most went along with it.
2. They thought it was fair that they pay taxes on all printed goods.
3. They protested the Stamp Act in different ways until it was repealed.
4. They ignored the Stamp Act until Britain forgot about it.
What was the decision of the Stamp Act Congress?
1. to encourage all colonists to pay the Stamp Tax
2. to encourage all colonists to buy stamped goods and refuse to pay the Stamp Tax
3. to encourage all colonists to write letters to the British king
4. to encourage all colonists not to buy stamped goods.
Which person would have been most likely to refer to the events of March 5, 1770, as “the Boston Massacre”?
1. a British soldier
2. King George III of England
3. an American colonist from Boston
4. a visitor from another country
Britain passed laws after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists. What did the colonists call these laws?
1. the Quartering Act
2. the Boston Massacre
3. the Intolerable Acts
4. the Stamp Act
What was the name of the first colonial legislature that was started in the Virginia colony?
1. British Parliament
2. Committees of Correspondence
3. Continental Congress
4. House of Burgesses
What is the term for the group of colonists that fought against the British government in the Revolutionary War?
1. Loyalists
2. Minutemen
3. Pacifists
4. Patriots
What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?
1. to punish the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party
2. to persuade colonists to become Loyalists
3. to pass news from colony to colony about protests against the British
4. to try to get Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act
What were members of the Massachusetts militia who were always ready to defend the colony referred to as?
1. Loyalists
2. Minutemen
3. Pacifists
4. Patriots
What was the name for the group of people in Britain elected to be leaders, to speak for British citizens, called?
1. Bishops
2. Burgesses
3. colonial legislatures
4. Parliament
Who made laws for the British people?
1. British Parliament
2. colonial legislatures
3. George Washington
4. the Queen of England
By the 1750's, who made most laws for the colonies?
1. church officials
2. colonial legislatures
3. Continental Army
4. royal governors
What is democracy?
1. a form of government in which people take part.
2. a form of government in which people do not take part
3. a form of government in which the King makes all the rules
4. a form of government in which the King makes some of the rules
What is a monarchy?
1. a form of government in which people take part.
2. a form of government in which people take part some of the time
3. a form of government in which the King makes all the rules
4. a form of government in which the King makes none of the rules
How did the Continental Congress decide to react to Britain and their laws and taxes?
1. Decided to assassinate the king
2. Decided to continue trading with Britain
3. Decided to ask forgiveness for their previous actions
4. Decided to stop trading with Britain
Due to the cost of the French & Indian War, Parliament decided that the colonists should help pay. What act did they decide to pass to pay for this war?
1. Quartering Act
2. Stamp Act
3. Sugar Act
4. Tea Act
What did the colonists mean when they said, “no taxation without representation”?
1. They did not want a say in laws that were made in the colonies.
2. They did not want taxes.
3. They did not want laws about taxes made without having colonists involved in voting on those laws.
4. None of the above.
What is the term for British colonists that sided with the British government and believed that colonists should be grateful to the king and Parliament?
1. Loyalists
2. Minutemen
3. Pacifists
4. Patriots
What did the North base their early plan for fighting the war on?
1. invading the border states
2. having Indian allies capture the Confederate capital
3. cutting off Southern trade by setting up a blockade
4. invading Georgia and Alabama by sea
What did President Lincoln do in the Gettysburg Address?
1. issued the Emancipation Proclamation and freed the slaves
2. honored the soldiers who had died fighting for liberty and equality
3. named Ulysses S. Grant to lead the Union army
4. created the Freedmen’s Bureau to help Africans in the South
Which of the following happened when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
1. Great Britain and France were allowed to buy Southern cotton.
2. Most of the border states switched sides and joined the Confederacy.
3. The Union fought against both the Confederacy and slavery.
4. All the slaves in the United States were freed.
Why was General Grant’s victory in the siege of Vicksburg so important?
1. It was the first battle won by the Union army.
2. It strengthened the Confederate army.
3. It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
4. It caused the South to surrender and end the Civil War.
Which of the following statements about African American soldiers in the Civil War is correct?
1. Fewer than 1,000 African Americans served in the Union army.
2. African Americans bravely served and died in many battles.
3. Many African Americans served in the Confederate army.
4. The Emancipation Proclamation prevented African Americans from serving in the army.
Which group would be best described as not having enough food, nearly starving, and their clothes were dirty & torn?
1. Confederate troops just before General Lee surrendered
2. Union troops at the end of the siege of Vicksburg
3. Confederate troops after they captured Savannah, Georgia
4. Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg
What ended slavery in the U.S. forever?
1. First Amendment
2. Fourteenth Amendment
3. Freedmen’s Bureau
4. Thirteenth Amendment
Which of these events happened last?
1. President Lincoln was assassinated.
2. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.
3. The Civil War ended.
4. General Sherman destroyed the city of Atlanta.
What were the black codes?
1. laws that limited the freedom of African Americans
2. laws that gave African Americans their own land to farm
3. laws that made African Americans citizens of the United States
4. laws that allowed African Americans to travel freely throughout the United States
Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau established after the Civil War?
1. to return plantations to their former owners
2. to give African Americans the right to vote
3. to encourage African Americans to move North
4. to build schools and educate former slaves
Who led Union soldiers through Georgia on the March to the Sea?
1. Clara Barton
2. Stephen Douglas
3. Andrew Johnson
4. William T. Sherman
Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
1. Clara Barton
2. Stephen Douglas
3. Andrew Johnson
4. William T. Sherman
Which of the following is true about the Confederate states?
1. they hoped to keep the war only in the South
2. they hoped that Britain and France would help them fight the war
3. they had more people, factories, and railroads than the Northern states
4. they welcomed all women who wanted to become soldiers
Who helped sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War?
1. Clara Barton
2. Stephen Douglas
3. Andrew Johnson
4. William T. Sherman
What did the First Battle of Bull Run demonstrate about the South?
1. They had very poor military leaders.
2. They could only win battles fought on their own territory.
3. They were more powerful than the North had expected.
4. They had difficulty getting enough soldiers for their army.
Why did many members of Congress want to change President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?
1. They wanted to be more fair to the Southern states than Johnson had been.
2. They agreed with the black codes.
3. Johnson had been impeached.
4. Former slaves in some Southern states were being treated harshly.
What were states that remained in the Union after the Civil War started and that still allowed slavery referred to as?
1. slave states
2. rebel states
3. Confederate states
4. border states
What is sharecropping?
1. a system where one gets paid with a share of the crops in order to sell at harvest time
2. a system where several farmers work together to raise crops
3. a system where farmers would raise two crops in the same field
4. a system where two farmers raise crops separately, but share the profits
What was Reconstruction?
1. time after the Civil War when the U.S. had to “rebuild” the country, especially the south
2. time after the Civil War when the U.S. had to punish the south
3. time after the Civil War when the U.S. had to rebuild Washington, D.C.
4. time after the Civil War when the U.S. had to rebuild the Oregon Trail
What did scalawags and carpetbaggers have in common?
1. They were both from the north.
2. They were both from the south.
3. They were both trying to help with Reconstruction.
4. They were both well-respected by the south.
What new state was formed out of a slave state by people who were against slavery and wanted to remain in the Union?
1. North Carolina
2. North Dakota
3. West Vermont
4. West Virginia
Why did Robert E. Lee turn down Lincoln’s offer to lead the Union army?
1. The Union had very poor military leaders.
2. The Union was fighting against his home state of Virginia.
3. The Union army was not as powerful as he had expected.
4. The Union had difficulty getting enough soldiers for their army.
Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln?
1. John Wilkes Booth
2. Kevin Booth
3. Lee Harvey Oswald
4. James Earl Ray
Why did the first group that went to Roanoke give up and return home?
1. They were unable to find the gold for which they were searching.
2. They ran short of supplies.
3. They began fighting among themselves over land.
4. They were angry with the way they were being ruled.
What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?
1. There was a war with Spain, and his ships could not safely leave England.
2. The king sent him to help another settlement.
3. He could not raise the money he needed to repair his ships
4. The English government put him in jail because of his actions in Roanoke.
Which of the following was not a problem with the place settlers chose to build Jamestown?
1. The land was not good for farming.
2. The land was rich with gold, so people refused to farm.
3. The water was dirty and salty.
4. The area swarmed with mosquitoes that carried malaria.
When Captain John White finally returned to Roanoke, what did him and his men find?
1. a ruined fort
2. a carving that read “CROATOAN”
3. no sign of the settlers
4. all of these
Which of the following does not describe why Jamestown survived?
1. Native Americans who lived in the area helped the settlers.
2. The old chief Powhatan died, and his brother became chief.
3. Captain John Smith was a strong leader who demanded that everyone work.
4. The colonists began raising tobacco, which could be used for trade.
Why was Virginia considered more democratic than England?
1. They had a group of representatives, the House of Burgesses, who made the laws for the colonies.
2. All men could be members of the House of Burgesses.
3. Everyone who lived in the settlement could vote for representatives to the House of Burgesses.
4. All of the above were reasons that Virginia was considered more democratic than England.
What was the main crop or "cash crop" that made Jamestown a success instead of a failure?
1. corn
2. wheat
3. tobacco
4. green beans
What was the Mayflower Compact?
1. a pledge of friendship the Pilgrims made with the Native Americans.
2. a promise by the English king to help the Pilgrims
3. a plan of government the Pilgrims drew up
4. the Pilgrims’ promise to grant religious freedom to everyone in Plymouth
What are small communities started by people who are new to an area called?
1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
3. Roanoke
4. settlements
What is the name of the town started in Virginia in hopes of finding gold and other natural riches?
1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
3. Roanoke
4. settlements
What town in present-day Massachusetts was started for religious purposes?
1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
3. Roanoke
4. settlements
Why was the first winter hard for the Pilgrims?
1. Native Americans attacked them.
2. They landed too late to plant crops.
3. Mosquitoes multiplied because of the hot, steamy climate.
4. They lost most of their supplies when their ship crashed on the rocky coast.
Which statement does not describe Squanto?
1. He taught the Pilgrims how to plant, fish, and get syrup from trees.
2. Pilgrims believed that God sent him.
3. He could communicate with the Pilgrims only by sign language.
4. His entire tribe was wiped out by disease.
What was the first English settlement, which today is known as the “lost colony”?
1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
3. Roanoke
4. settlements
What is the name given to the government and people of Great Britain, which includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
1. British
2. English
3. Scottish
4. Welsh
What is the name of a government in which the power lies with the people?
1. democratic
2. monarchy
3. communism
4. socialist republic
What is an economy?
1. a town or settlement
2. a value of property
3. another name for a colony
4. The way in which an area’s goods and services are produced, bought, and sold.
Why did the British want New York?
1. They wanted to keep the Spanish from settling along the Atlantic Coast.
2. They wanted to start large cotton plantations there.
3. The area was rich in gold.
4. They wanted the land so that English settlers could move westward.
Massachusetts was founded to protect which of the following people?
1. Puritans
2. Catholics
3. Quakers
4. debtors
Why was Rhode Island founded?
1. for religious freedom
2. as a trade center
3. as a place for the poor to settle
4. as a place for large tobacco plantations
Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?
1. They frequently received special favors from the king.
2. Their religious beliefs were different from the beliefs of most British people.
3. They refused to pay taxes.
4. They taught that people should use force to get rid of unfair kings.
Why was Georgia founded?
1. to provide a place for poor people to avoid being jailed for their debts
2. for religious freedom
3. to help the original settlers become richer by taxing new settlers
4. to become a center for trade with Spanish colonies in South America
Which of the following statements is true about Maryland?
1. Taxes were higher there than in other colonies.
2. There was no religious freedom.
3. There were many mosquitoes that spread disease.
4. Farming was almost impossible in the rocky soil.
Which colonial region had tobacco and rice grown on large plantations?
1. the Middle colonies
2. the New England colonies
3. the Northern colonies
4. the Southern colonies
Which colonial region had rocky soil, plentiful forests, and easy access to the sea?
1. the Middle colonies
2. the New England colonies
3. the Northern colonies
4. the Southern colonies
Which colonial region had rich soil for raising wheat, available minerals, cold winters, and hot summers?
1. the Middle colonies
2. the New England colonies
3. the Northern colonies
4. the Southern colonies
Why did the Spanish government decide to expand its lands in North America?
1. to protect their gold and silver mines from the other European countries that were building colonies in North America
2. to persuade the Indians to become both Catholics as well as loyal Spanish subjects
3. to provide protection for settlers in the borderlands
4. all of these
Which statement does not describe an effect the Spanish had on the Indians living in the borderlands?
1. The Spanish taught the Indians to guide a plow instead of using a stick and hoe in the Indian way.
2. The Indians learned to use many tools & machines the missionaries had brought from Spain.
3. Many Indians became Catholics.
4. The Indians built roads linking the Spanish forts.
What are people that buy goods and services called?
1. consumers
2. teachers
3. entrepeneurs
4. producers
What are people that provide goods and services called?
1. consumers
2. teachers
3. entrepeneurs
4. producers
What type of resources are Capital resources, Human resources, & Natural resources?
1. Consumers Resources
2. Opportunity Resources
3. Scarce Resources
4. Productive Resources
Where do natural resources come from?
1. factories
2. people
3. nature
4. all of these
What do we call the amount of a good or service that is available?
1. demand
2. scarce
3. income
4. supply
What does income minus expenses equal? (Income - Expenses = ? )
1. Proft
2. Loss
3. Either Profit or Loss
4. Neither Profit nor Loss
What is the term for ALL money made from selling a product or service?
1. income
2. expenses
3. profit
4. loss
What is something that you can touch and feel, that satisfies a wants?
1. supply
2. demand
3. good
4. service
What do we call the amount of a good or service that consumers want?
1. demand
2. scarce
3. income
4. supply
What is something that someone does for you that satisfies a want?
1. supply
2. demand
3. good
4. service
What is the best alternative NOT chosen OR second best choice?
1. supply
2. loser
3. scarcity
4. opportunity cost
What are man-made physical resources that are used to make goods are called?
1. natural resources
2. capital resources
3. human resources
4. productive resources
What do we call it when you do not have enough goods and services for everyone?
1. scarce or scarcity
2. demand
3. natural
4. all of these
What do we call goods that are brought to the U.S. from another country?
1. specials
2. locals
3. imports
4. exports
What do we call goods that are sent to other countries from the U.S.?
1. specials
2. locals
3. imports
4. exports
What 3 factors do people look at when buying a product or service?
1. price, quality, size
2. price, quality, features
3. price, size, features
4. size, quality, features
What is the key to a successful business?
1. Producing what the producer wants
2. Producing what consumers want
3. Good Advertising
4. Good Security System
How is the market price of a product that has a high supply and a low demand affected?
1. The market price stays normal or average.
2. The market price goes down.
3. The market price goes up.
How is the market price of a product that has a low supply and high demand affected?
1. The market price stays normal or average.
2. The market price goes down.
3. The market price goes up.
How is the market price of a product that has a high supply and high demand affected?
1. The market price stays normal or average.
2. The market price goes down.
3. The market price goes up.
How is the market price of a product that has a low supply and low demand affected?
1. The market price stays normal or average.
2. The market price goes down.
3. The market price goes up.
What level of our government provides the military?
1. local
2. state
3. federal
4. national
What level of our government provides the Frankfort police & Franklin County sheriff's office?
1. local
2. state
3. federal
4. national
Which is an example of a human resource?
1. teacher
2. custodian
3. doctor
4. all of these
Which is an example of a capital resource?
1. teacher
2. wood
3. screwdriver
4. all of these
Which is an example of a natural resource?
1. teacher
2. wood
3. screwdriver
4. all of these
Which is an example of a scarce resource?
1. wood
2. staples
3. diamonds
4. Expo markers
Which is an example of a good?
1. teacher teaching
2. soccer ball
3. cloud
4. all of these
Which is an example of a service?
1. teacher teaching
2. soccer ball
3. cloud
4. all of these
Which is not an example of a good or service?
1. teacher teaching
2. soccer ball
3. cloud
4. all of these
Who were the first European people known to have visited the Americas?
1. Italians
2. Spanish
3. Portuguese
4. Vikings
What man's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Christopher Columbus
What was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas?
1. Jamestown
2. Vinland
3. Philadelphia
4. Greenland
What was the Northwest Passage?
1. an actual water route that crossed North America
2. an actual Indian trail that crossed North America
3. a water route that crossed North America that actually did not exist
4. a Indian trail that crossed North America that actually did not exist
Who was the European whose descriptions of the riches of China made people want to go to Asia?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Marco Polo
Who were the people who died from hunger, overwork, & diseases after being enslaved by the Spanish?
1. Native Americans
2. Siberians
3. African
4. Japanese
What was the main crop or "cash crop" that made Jamestown a success instead of a failure?
1. corn
2. wheat
3. tobacco
4. green beans
What year did Columbus land in the Americas for the first time?
1. 1492
2. 1592
3. 1692
4. 1792
Which Portuguese explorer found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Marco Polo
What was the name of the city captured by the Turks, which closed off trade routes between Europe & Asia?
1. Guanahani
2. London
3. Constantinople
4. Chicago
What did Columbus hope to find when he began his expedition for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella?
1. the Pacific Ocean
2. a route around the world
3. an eastern water route to Asia
4. a western water route to Asia
What were people referred to as if they came to the Americas to convert the native people to Christianity?
1. cartographers
2. converters
3. missionaries
4. mercenaries
Which body of water was reached by Spanish explorer, Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
1. Indian Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
Who proved that it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe?
1. Bart Dias
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Christopher Columbus
What was the main reason that Ferdinand and Isabella allowed Columbus to sail for Spain?
1. to spread religion
2. to bring back tobacco
3. to kill native leaders
4. all of the above
Which Italian explorer & cartographer discovered that Columbus had not reached Asia?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Giovanni Caboto
4. Michael Rossetti
What were three riches that European traders could get from Asia?
1. spices, gold, silk
2. tobacco, corn, silk
3. tobacco, gold, silk
4. spices, gold, tobacco
Which of the following navigational instruments were used during the Age of Exploration?
1. compass
2. astrolabe
3. maps
4. all of these
What was the main source of wealth for France in North America?
1. corn
2. furs
3. tobacco
4. gold
What was the “new world”?
1. North America & South America
2. Europe
3. all unexplored land
4. the United States
What year did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock?
1. 1492
2. 1565
3. 1607
4. 1620
What year was the first permanent European settlement in North America, named St. Augustine, founded?
1. 1492
2. 1565
3. 1607
4. 1620
Who were the people brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists?
1. Native Americans
2. Siberians
3. African
4. Japanese
Who was the Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators?
1. King Ferdinand
2. Prince Henry
3. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
4. Princess Diana
Who is America named after?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Giovanni Caboto
4. Michael Rossetti
What are the three branches of government?
1. federal, executive, judicial
2. legislative, federal, judicial
3. legislative, executive, federal
4. legislative, executive, judicial
What is the name of the first constitution of the United States?
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Bill of Rights
3. Articles of Confederation
4. The Constitution
What was wrong with the United States first constitution?
1. It made our national gov’t too weak.
2. It made our national gov’t too strong.
3. Nothing.
4. King George hated it.
What is the name of our current constitution?
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Bill of Rights
3. Articles of Confederation
4. The Constitution
What are services provided by our government?
1. police, military, fast food restaurants
2. police, military, banks
3. police, postal service, military
4. police, postal service, grocery store
What does patriotism mean?
1. love of country
2. love of football
3. love of Massachusetts
4. love of soldiers
What does the Preamble to the Constitution tell us?
1. the purpose of The Constitution
2. the purpose of the three branches
3. what powers the federal government possesses
4. what powers state governments possess
What is the Bill of Rights?
1. the first constitution
2. the current constitution
3. the first 10 amendments of The Constitution
4. all amendments of The Constitution
What limits the powers of government?
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Bill of Rights
3. Articles of Confederation
4. The Constitution
What helps keep one branch of government from gaining more power than the other two branches?
1. checks & balances
2. checks & bills
3. laws & bills
4. laws & balances
Which amendment gives citizens the right to own weapons?
1. Amendment 1
2. Amendment 2
3. Amendment 3
4. Amendment 4
Which amendment gives people the freedom of religion?
1. Amendment 1
2. Amendment 2
3. Amendment 3
4. Amendment 4
What was The Federalist?
1. A book about a loyalist.
2. A magazine about the nation.
3. A British sniper.
4. A collection of letters defending the Constitution.
Which amendment gives people the freedom of speech?
1. Amendment 1
2. Amendment 2
3. Amendment 3
4. Amendment 4
Which amendment says that citizens do not have to shelter, feed, or raise soldiers?
1. Amendment 1
2. Amendment 2
3. Amendment 3
4. Amendment 4
Which responsibility of citizens can students do?
1. vote
2. serve in the military
3. serve on a jury
4. respect and obey laws
Which responsibility of citizens can parents do?
1. vote
2. learn about government
3. watch the news
4. read the newspaper
What are the three levels of government?
1. federal, state, executive
2. federal, executive, local
3. federal, state, local
4. executive, state, local
The word federal means the same thing as what word?
1. local
2. state
3. national
4. judicial
What is the name of the group that advises the president on important decisions?
1. Knights of the Round Table
2. Cabinet
3. Law Office
4. Congress
What is the term for the House of Representatives and the Senate?
1. Knights of the Round Table
2. Cabinet
3. Law Office
4. Congress
What is so important about the way John Adams became president?
1. he was Washington’s vice-president
2. leadership was passed over peacefully
3. he was a democrat
4. he was a republican
What was the Great Compromise about?
1. which states could have slaves
2. how many slaves could count towards a state’s population
3. the number of representatives each state could have in Congress
4. the number of judges each state could have
What was the 3/5th’s (Three-Fifths) Compromise about?
1. which states could have slaves
2. how many slaves could count towards a state’s population
3. the number of representatives each state could have in Congress
4. the number of judges each state could have
Who is the current president?
1. Bill Clinton
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Al Gore
4. George Bush
Who was the first president?
1. Benjamin Franklin
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. John Adams
4. George Washington
What are the “unalienable” rights?
1. life, moderation, & the pursuit of happiness
2. freedom, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness
3. life, death, & the pursuit of happiness
4. life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness
What does it mean if the President vetoes a bill?
1. The bill is now a law.
2. The bill must go back to Congress to be voted on again.
3. The bill gets his approval.
4. The bill cannot become a law.
Why was Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
1. to protect the rights of citizens
2. because some states only ratified The Constitution if it was added
3. because it was promised to some states
4. all of these
What is a people’s way of life referred to as?
1. artifacts
2. culture
3. nomads
4. origin stories
What are objects made by Native Americans used to help them adapt to their environment?
1. artifacts
2. cultures
3. nomads
4. origin stories
What are people who move from place to place during different seasons to find available food called?
1. artifacts
2. cultures
3. nomads
4. origin stories
What are Native American tales called that explain how Earth and its people came to be?
1. mesas
2. theories
3. nomads
4. origin stories
Which of the following best describes what most scientists believe to be the migration route of most Native Americans?
1. by land from northeast Asia, across a land bridge to North America, and then into South America
2. by sea across the Pacific Ocean to North and South America
3. by land from South America and then into North America
4. by sea from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, and into North and South America
Which of these cultural regions had mesas, canyons, and deserts, and received little rain resulting in having few trees and other plants?
1. Northwest Coast
2. Plateau
3. Southeast
4. Southwest
Which of these cultural regions had four distinct seasons and was crisscrossed by streams & rivers that wound through forests of oak, maple, & birch trees which were home to deer, beavers, and turkey?
1. California-Intermountain
2. Eastern Woodlands
3. Great Plains
4. Plateau
Which of the following is not a natural resource?
1. forest
2. deer and rabbits
3. origin story
4. animal skins
In which of these environments did Native Americans choose to settle?
1. Arctic Ice Fields
2. mountains
3. deserts
4. Native Americans settled in all these environments.
Which of these items is LEAST likely to have been made by the Inuit as they adapted to their environment?
1. a basket woven from grass
2. snow goggles made from bone
3. an igloo built out of ice and snow
4. a sealskin float
Which of these cultural regions included swamps that were home to animals like deer, alligators, snakes, and plants like tall palm trees and cypress trees?
1. Northwest Coast
2. Plateau
3. Southeast
4. Southwest
Which of these cultural regions had such a large amount of salmon that the Native Americans used cedar bark to construct fish traps to catch these fish?
1. Northwest Coast
2. Plateau
3. Southeast
4. Southwest
Which cultural region is most, if not all, of Kentucky located in?
1. Eastern Woodlands
2. Great Plains
3. Plateau
4. Southeast
Which environment had the most natural resources for Native Americans to use to adapt to their surroundings?
1. Arctic Ice Fields
2. mountains
3. deserts
4. grasslands
What animal did Native Americans use for their weapons, tools, shelter, and food in the Great Plains?
1. buffalo
2. deer
3. rabbit
4. turkey
Which of these huge cultural regions had hot summers and cold winters, with few trees, but large grasslands that were home to many grazing animals like deer, antelope, and buffalo?
1. California-Intermountain
2. Eastern Woodlands
3. Great Plains
4. Plateau
Why did Pueblo family members store a surplus of food?
1. to barter with wandering tribes
2. to eat when there was a drought
3. to feed the kachina dancers
4. to survive the long, cold winters
What was the kind of sandy clay that was dried into bricks and used for building called?
1. adobe
2. atlatl
3. clan
4. band
What do we call scientists who study the cultures of people who lived long ago?
1. nomads
2. tribes
3. clans
4. archaelogists
What term means to use the natural resources to adjust to living in a particular environment?
1. adapt
2. cultural regions
3. environments
4. migration routes
What are paths that Native Americans took to their new homes in North and South America?
1. adapt
2. cultural regions
3. environments
4. migration routes
What is the term for places where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other natural resources?
1. adapt
2. cultural regions
3. environments
4. migration routes
What is a loose group of governments called?
1. confederation
2. alliance
3. triad
4. world
Why is the Olmec culture known as the "mother civilization" of the Americas?
1. Olmec farmers were the first farmers to grow corn in the Americas.
2. The Olmecs built large earthwork mounds in their cities.
3. The Olmecs were the first people to live in the Americas.
4. Olmec culture influenced the cultures of so many later groups.
Which cultural region contained a wide variety of environments while extending from the Pacific Coast over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the Great Basin?
1. California-Intermountain
2. Eastern Woodlands
3. Northwest Coast
4. Plateau
How did the Iroquois stop the fighting among neighboring tribes?
1. They moved to the southwestern part of North America.
2. They held a potlatch ceremony and invited all the tribes.
3. They formed a confederation.
4. They invited all the tribes to play a game of Little War.
What is the name for an adobe building that has many rooms built on top of and next to one another?
1. hogan
2. pueblo
3. pit house
4. kiva
Beringia is the name of the land bridge that once connected what two continents?
1. North America & Turtle Island
2. Alaska & California
3. Asia & North America
4. Asia & Siberia
Why did the oceans become shallower during the last Ice Age?
1. The seawater evaporated.
2. The ice in the glaciers started to melt.
3. It did not rain for many years.
4. Much of the water was locked up in glaciers.
What was the most important crop grown in the Americas?
1. corn
2. wheat
3. squash
4. beans
In what movement was Horace Mann a leader?
1. women’s rights
2. manifest destiny
3. public schools
4. mass production
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
1. outlawed slavery in both Kansas & Nebraska
2. led to fighting in Kansas between people for and against slavery
3. gave the right to vote to slaves living in these two states
4. offered public education to slaves living in Kansas and Nebraska
Who was the famous abolitionist speaker that was also a runaway slave?
1. Robert Fulton
2. Harriet Beecher Stowe
3. Samuel Slater
4. Frederick Douglass
Why was the battle at Fort Sumter important?
1. It showed how strong the Union army was.
2. It demonstrated the importance of sea power.
3. It was caused by the assassination of President Lincoln.
4. It marked the start of the Civil War.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which turned many people against slavery?
1. Robert Fulton
2. Harriet Beecher Stowe
3. Samuel Slater
4. Frederick Douglass
Which of the following best describes Abraham Lincoln’s view on slavery before he became president?
1. He wanted slavery to end in the South.
2. He believed the framers of the Constitution wanted slavery to continue.
3. He was against the spread of slavery to new states.
4. He wanted to send runaway slaves back to Southern states.
Who helped runaway slaves escape on the Underground Railroad?
1. Dred Scott
2. Nat Turner
3. Jefferson Davis
4. Harriet Tubman
What did abolitionists work to do?
1. put an end to slavery
2. persuade people to use tax money to support schools
3. start a war with Mexico
4. give women the right to vote
Which of these people was a former slave who traveled across the United States speaking out against slavery?
1. Sojourner Truth
2. William Lloyd Garrison
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. Horace Mann
Where were the biggest farms in the South located?
1. near salt marshes
2. along the coastal plain
3. far from the Mississippi River
4. near many factories
In the case of Dred Scott, what did the Supreme Court rule?
1. Scott was property and should not be given his freedom
2. slavery should be outlawed in the U.S.
3. slaves should have the same rights as other American citizens
4. Congress had the right to outlaw slavery in the Wisconsin Territory
In the early 1800’s, why did life change more for the North than the South?
1. slavery became more important
2. the number of factories and cities increased
3. plantations became more popular
4. farmers raised more crops
What did the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney do?
1. caused most of the textile mills in the North to close down
2. increased the need for slaves
3. decreased the need for cotton
4. made people move away from plantations
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
1. encouraged western states to allow slavery
2. kept the number of free and slave states equal
3. required people to return runaway slaves to the South
4. limited the production of cotton
Who persuaded Congress to agree to the Missouri Compromise?
1. Henry Clay
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Stephen Douglas
4. Frederick Douglass
Why was slavery important in the Southern states?
1. Slaves were needed to produce cotton and other crops.
2. Southern factories depended on slave labor.
3. Slaves were the only people who could read and write.
4. Slaves were needed to build the railroads.
What were the most serious disagreements between the North and South about?
1. how much money farmers in the South should be paid for their crops
2. whether slavery should be allowed to spread to the frontier
3. how best to deal with the Indian peoples living in the North
4. whether to pay Eli Whitney for the invention of the cotton gin
What did a group of Southern states do shortly after Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
1. withdrew from the Union and formed their own country
2. agreed to abolish slavery in the next five years
3. made plans to stop the spread of slavery in the new states
4. passed laws to protect the rights of slaves
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
1. Jefferson Davis
2. James Forten
3. Roger B. Taney
4. Eli Whitney
How did slaves help each other deal with their daily hardships?
1. electing leaders to represent them
2. demanding that plantation owners pay them more money
3. by keeping their traditions alive
4. writing letters of protest to the president
What is true about both Nat Turner and John Brown?
1. They helped Henry Clay with the Missouri Compromise.
2. They led slave rebellions.
3. They helped runaway slaves get to Northern cities.
4. They were free Africans living in New Orleans.
Where did most of the people in the South live?
1. on small farms
2. in the cities
3. on plantations
4. along the sea coast
Who was Abraham Lincoln’s “arch-rival”?
1. Clara Barton
2. Stephen Douglas
3. Andrew Johnson
4. William T. Sherman
Why did Abraham Lincoln join the Republican party?
1. to make sure each state could decide the slavery question for itself
2. to run for the U.S. House of Representatives
3. to fight against the spread of slavery
4. to work with Stephen Douglas
What did both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 do?
1. tried to settle the question of slavery in the western states
2. limited the production of cotton
3. were both written by Stephen Douglas
4. allowed runaway slaves to live in free states
What is true of most free Africans, before the Civil War?
1. They lived on Southern plantations.
2. They could vote and run for office.
3. They faced difficulties in making a living.
4. They moved to the western frontier states.
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
1. forced seven states to leave the Union
2. made California a state
3. stopped the Underground Railroad
4. kept the number of free states and slave states equal
What percentage of Southerners owned at least one slave in 1860?
1. 25%
2. 50%
3. 75%
4. 90%
Although the main reason for the Civil War revolved around the issue of slavery, what did the majority of Southerners point out as their main reason for fighting?
1. the North was trying to take away their ways of life
2. their hatred of African Americans
3. their love of the plantations they worked on
4. their hatred of northern factories
What is the name of the riders that warned the Minutemen in Lexington & Concord that the British soldiers were coming?
1. Sam Adams & John Hancock
2. Sam Adams & Paul Revere
3. William Dawes & Paul Revere
4. William Dawes & John Hancock
Why did the British plan to attack the Patriots at Lexington & Concord?
1. the king told them to attack
2. the British heard that the Patriots had hidden weapons & the British wanted to capture two of the Patriot leaders
3. the Patriots were taunting the soldiers
4. they went to capture George Washington
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
1. Sam Adams
2. Ben Franklin
3. Patrick Henry
4. George Washington
Who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that urged colonists to break away from Britain?
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Thomas Paine
3. Peter Salem
4. Phillis Wheatley
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” What battle did the colonists lose only because they ran out of bullets?
1. the Battle of Bunker Hill
2. the Battle of Long Island
3. the Battle of Saratoga
4. the Battle of Yorktown
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Thomas Paine
3. Peter Salem
4. Phillis Wheatley
What did the colonists want the Declaration of Independence to tell the British?
1. Why the colonists were mad at them
2. How the colonists thought a government should work
3. That the colonies were no longer part of Britain
4. All of these
What is the term for the soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War?
1. mercenaries
2. missionaries
3. pacifists
4. Patriots
What is so important about July 4th, 1776?
1. It was the day the Articles of Confederation was approved.
2. It was the day the Bill of Rights was approved.
3. It was the day the Constitution was approved.
4. It was the day the Declaration of Independence was approved.
Why did Quakers not fight in the Revolutionary War?
1. They hated the British and the Patriots.
2. They liked the British and the Patriots.
3. They believed that violence for any reason was wrong. They were pacifists.
4. They had relatives on both sides.
How did Mary Slocumb help the Patriots?
1. She wrote poems against the British.
2. She fought with the Patriots.
3. She raised money for the Continental Army.
4. She collected supplies for the Continentals.
What promise caused some enslaved Africans to take sides in the American Revolution?
1. the promise of freedom
2. the promise of land
3. the promise of money
4. the promise of a job after the war
How did Phillis Wheatley help the Patriots?
1. She wrote poems against the British.
2. She fought with the Patriots.
3. She raised money for the Continental Army.
4. She collected supplies for the Continentals.
Regarding fighting in the Revolutionary War, what is true of most Native Americans?
1. They fought for neither side.
2. They fought for the Patriots.
3. They fought for the British.
4. They fought against both sides.
What German soldier helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge?
1. Adolph Hitler
2. Thaddeus Kosciuszko
3. Peter Salem
4. Friedrich von Steuben
What was the most significant effect of the Treaty of Paris?
1. It named the United States as a new nation and described its borders.
2. It said Loyalists must return to Britain.
3. It said British soldiers were allowed to stay in the colonies.
4. It said the United States were to pay for the tea dumped at the Boston Tea Party.
What Polish officer came to America to fight with the Continental Army?
1. Adolph Hitler
2. Thaddeus Kosciuszko
3. Peter Salem
4. Friedrich von Steuben
What battle did the Patriots win, that showed that the Patriots could win and convinced the French to help fight the British?
1. the Battle of Bunker Hill
2. the Battle of Long Island
3. the Battle of Saratoga
4. the Battle of Yorktown
What battle did the Patriots win, that marked the end of the Revolutionary War, even though fighting continued in some areas?
1. the Battle of Bunker Hill
2. the Battle of Long Island
3. the Battle of Saratoga
4. the Battle of Yorktown
Why did colonial leaders call a second meeting of the Continental Congress?
1. To decide what to do since a battle had been fought.
2. To decide how to continue to protest the British.
3. To ask Patrick Henry to calm down.
4. None of these.
What was the name of the letter sent to the British king, to tell him of the colonies desire for peace and to ask him to repeal the Intolerable Acts?
1. Olive Branch Petition
2. Mossy Oak Petition
3. Intolerable Petition
4. Bald Eagle Petition
Who led American settlers across the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky?
1. Meriwether Lewis
2. Zebulon Pike
3. William Clark
4. Daniel Boone
Which of the following doubled the size of the United States?
1. the Monroe Doctrine
2. the Louisiana Purchase
3. the War of 1812
4. the Erie Canal
Which of the following people was responsible for American traders’ carrying out an economic invasion?
1. Zebulon Pike
2. Stephen F. Austin
3. Brigham Young
4. Sam Houston
What happened as a result of the War of 1812?
1. France established new colonies in North America.
2. a wave of nationalism swept the United States.
3. Spain was added to the United States.
4. The Americans defeated the British at the battle of Washington, D.C.
What is the name for the pass through the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky?
1. Bucked Teeth Run
2. Cumberland Gap
3. Oregon Trail
4. Virginia Pass
What is the term for adding a territory to a country?
1. annex
2. completion
3. sum
4. total
Who was the person who established a colony of Americans in Texas?
1. Stephen F. Austin
2. Eli Dallas
3. Sam Houston
4. Sam Antonio
After the War of 1812, during the Era of Good Feelings, which of the following was true of the United States government?
1. It was stronger in its dealings with foreign nations.
2. It sent people to explore land gained from France.
3. It was weak to stop European countries from expanding their American empires.
4. It lost land to Spain and Britain.
What did Daniel Boone do to help settle the West?
1. He helped make the Wilderness Road.
2. He explored the Mississippi River.
3. He traded goods with people in New Orleans.
4. He signed a peace treaty with the Cherokees and the Shawnees.
What was one of the first things that pioneer families had to do when they moved to the western frontier?
1. build adobe houses
2. build missions
3. clear thick forests
4. set up a government
What territory did the United States pay $15 million to France in order to acquire it?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase

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