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- 1. Multiple Choice
Bloodiest ONE day battle in the Civil War
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg
- 2. Multiple Choice
Turning point in the WEST. Cut off supply lines to the CSA.
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg
- 3. Multiple Choice
Surprising victory for the SOUTH. Proved it would be a long, costly war
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg
- 4. Multiple Choice
Initial skirmish, CSA attacked a Union Fort in Charleton
Antietam
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
- 5. Multiple Choice
Three day battle, bloodiest three days in US History
Antietam
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
- 6. Multiple Choice
Civil War years..
1775-1779
1861-1865
1921-1925
1812-1816
- 7. Multiple Choice
Wilmot Proviso prohibited the expansion of slavery into territory acquired from who?
Britain
Canada
Alaska
Mexico
- 8. Multiple Choice
Former West Point graduate, President of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
- 9. Multiple Choice
Biggest military advantage for North
Agriculture supply
Underground railroad
Railroads
Massive population advantage (3 to 1)
- 10. Multiple Choice
Lincolns MAIN goal of the Civil War
Free the slaves
Preserve the Union
Personal glory
Destroy the south
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?
Habeas Corpus
Income taxes
Civil Right
10th Amendment
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which Union General "Marched to the Sea" and burned down Atlanta?
Sherman
Grant
Lee
Jackson
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who lead a slave rebellion and a raid on Harpers Ferry?
Dred Scott
John Brown
Davey Wilmont
Nathaniel Bacon
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why did thousands of people go to California in the 19th century?
Fresh start
Low income taxes
Gold was found there
Cheap land
- 15. Multiple Choice
What issue were women discussing at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Childcare and sewing techniques
Education of women
Women’s Rights and suffrage
Immigrant discrimination
- 16. Multiple Choice
Jacksonian Democracy expanded voting to rights to what kind of people?
adult white males
white people, men and women
all males, white and black
all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or ethnicit
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which social reform movement dealt with alcoholism?
Education
Temperance
Womens rights
Slavery
- 18. Multiple Choice
John C. Calhoun was an abolitionist.
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
John C. Calhoun could be described as
A southern hero who fought for states rights
Abolitionist
Free Soiler
Confederacy President
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which one of these men was an escaped slave who went on to give speeches and have international fame?
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Jackie Robinson
- 21. Multiple Choice
Kansas-Nebraska Act decided that the issue of slavery in a state should be decided by who?
The residents of that state (popular sovereignty)
Supreme Court
President
Congress
- 22. Multiple Choice
What lead South Carolina to threaten to secede from the Union?
South Carolina disagreed with a proposed law to end slavery.
South Carolina was displeased with the Tariff of 1832.
South Carolina wanted to be a British colony once again.
South Carolina felt that its coast was not being defended by the navy.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which Supreme Court Case ruled that no African-American could be a citizen and overturned the Missouri Compromise?
Brown v. Board
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic OceanPanama CanalBuffalo RiverNiagara FallsErie Canal - 25. Multiple Choice
Who was the French aristocrat that fought int he American Revolution and helped train the Continental Army?
John Paul Jones
Haym Solomon
Marquis de Lafayette
Bernardo De Galvez
- 26. Multiple Choice
What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) ultimately accomplish?
ensured Loyalists would not be compensated for their lands.
granted the United States independence from England.
ended French colonial holdings in North America.
eventually became a major cause of the Mexican War
- 27. Multiple Choice
What was the NEW western boundary of the US after the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Rocky Mtns
Mississippi River
Applachian Mtns
Stone Mtn
- 28. Multiple Choice
Women played all of these roles in the American Revolution EXCEPT
Soldier
Sewing/Laundry
Spy
Ambassador
- 29. Multiple Choice
George Washington's wife name was?
Mary
Maggie
Martha
Melinda
- 30. Multiple Choice
"Turning Point" of the American Revolution?
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Valley Forge
Saratoga
- 31. Multiple Choice
Surprise attack/"Guerrilla Warfare" battle of revolution?
Lexington
Concord
Trenton
Saratoga
- 32. Multiple Choice
First Battle of the American Revolution? "Shot heard round the world"
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
Normandy
Lexington and Concord
- 33. Multiple Choice
Baron Von Steuban (Prussian) helped the Colonial Army at which Encampment?
Valley Forge
Benning
Collins
McDill
- 34. Multiple Choice
Frenchman who supported our Revolution?
Von Steuban
Patton
LaFayette
Payne
- 35. Multiple Choice
What was Ben Franklins main role during the Revolution?
General
Solider
Secretary
Ambassador
- 36. Multiple Choice
Final Battle of the Revolution?
Trenton
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Atlanta
- 37. Multiple Choice
Main Enlightenment thinker who influenced DOI?
Locke
Tupac
Washington
Hobbes
- 38. Multiple Choice
Inspired by John Locke..Written by Thomas Jefferson
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
- 39. Multiple Choice
This Political Cartoon is associated with what war?
War of 1812
Civil War
French and Indian
American Revolution
- 40. Multiple Choice
Slaves brought all aspects of their culture to the New World EXCEPT?
Basket weaving
dance
art
literature
- 41. Multiple Choice
What was the Middle Passage?
Raw Materials to Europe
Finished goods to Africa
Africans sold as slaves and shipped to NA and West Indies
- 42. Multiple Choice
Colonies first Legislative assembly?
House of Commons
House of Burgess
Virginia Assembly
Colonial Assembly
- 43. Multiple Choice
Puritan response to lack of church membership?
Full-way covenant
Great Awakening
Revivals
Half-way covenant
- 44. Multiple Choice
Founded as a place of refuge for Quakers (William Penn)?
VA
MD
GA
PA
- 45. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Massachusetts Native American Tribe?
King Phillip (Metacom)
Powhatan
Pontiac
Pochahontas
- 46. Multiple Choice
Jamestown $ Crop?
Corn
Wheat
Tobacco
Coal
- 47. Multiple Choice
What type of colony was Jamestown?
Royal
Charter
Joint-stock venture
King's
- 48. Multiple Choice
Triangular Trade--NA to Europe?
Finished goods
Slaves
raw materials
Rum
- 49. Multiple Choice
French Colony in NA?
VA
MD
NY
Quebec
- 50. Multiple Choice
Quebecs main source of income (trade)?
Gold
Silver
Tobacco
Fur
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