Mr. Gorospe
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HOMEWORK
Constitution Test
World History Part I
World History Part II
U.S. History I
U.S. History II
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U.S. History II
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14 out of 20 is 70%. Can you hit that target score?
1) This government agency helped former enslaved persons to get food, clothing, and housing.
Red Cross
Bureau for Equal Rights
Salvation Army
Freedman's Bureau
2) The purpose of the Declaration of Sentiments was to...
declare the rights of women
declare the rights of Native Americans
declare the rights of minorities
declare the rights of prisoners
3) The invention that revived the institution of slavery was....
the steel plow
the cotton gin
the steamboat
the conversion of indigo into a blue dye
4) One of the strategies of the North to conquer the South in the Civil War was to...
invent the first machine gun
blockade Southern ports
wage a defensive war
seek the help of Great Britain
5) In the Bill of Rights amendment ten guarantees...
the right to own a gun
the right to a lawyer
the right for States to make their own laws
the right to a jury
6) What event caused the South to secede from the Union?
the Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
the bombing of Fort Sumter
the election of Abraham Lincoln
7) The belief that the United States was destined to own the land from "sea to shining sea" on the North American continent was known as...
Imperialism
Industrialism
Lincoln's Plan
Manifest Destiny
8) Supporters of the Bank of the United States in the early 1800's were also likely to be supporters of...
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
the Whiskey Rebellion
9) In 1828 the U.S. Congress passed a tariff that helped Northern Industries but would make the cost of goods in the South considerably higher. The South...
believed it was good for the economy
threatened to nullify the law
wanted to build more factories
wanted to fight the North
10) The main issue of nullification was whether a state could refuse to...
enforce a federal law in its state.
be part of the United States.
pay taxes to federal government
send troops to war
11) "The American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by Europeans." This 1823 statement is part of...
Manifest Destiny
Washington's Farewell Speech
the belief in Imperialism
The Monroe Doctrine
12) The Mexican Cession ceded what piece of property to the United States?
California
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
13) The Missouri Compromise sought to maintain a balance of power between...
the North and South
Federalists and Democrat-Republicans
Missouri and Maine
Slave owners and abolitionists
14) The Judicial Branch has the power to...
veto a law
declare a law of Congress unconstitutional
approve of presidential appointments
impeach
15) Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction wanted to...
punish the South for its rebellion
make it easy for the South to come back to the Union
send troops down South to govern them
divide the South into military districts
16) "Bleeding Kansas" refers to the bloodshed spilt because of the conflict between...
slave owners and abolitionists
Kansas and Nebraska
the Indians and pioneers
Republicans and Democrats
17) By 1910 nearly half of the American population setted in major urban centers, like Chicago, Detroit, and__________.
Bismark
Seattle
Santa Fe
New York
18) The Great Awakening of the mid-1700s affected the British colonies by...
decreasing the power and prestige of radical religious figures
encouraging strict obedience and respect for government authorities
discouraging individual free will in spiritual and political matters
encouraging greater religious enthusiasm and political independence
19) Lincoln's main purpose for fighting the Civil War was to...
save the Union
free the slaves
punish the rebellious South
secure the power of the federal government
20) Most pioneers of the 1800's followed the________to California
Santa Fe
Missouri river
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
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