Age of Exploration
Which tool was used by European explorers to determine the direction of the winds by checking which direction is north?
A. Astrolabe
B. Caravel
C. Lateen sail
D. Magnetic compass
D. Magnetic Compass
Which region’s economy relied on growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton?
A. New England colonies
B. Middle colonies
C. Southern colonies
C. Southern Colonies
Which Founding Father was the second president of the United States?
A. Alexander Hamilton
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. John Adams
D. Thomas Jefferson
C. John Adams
Describe the Stamp Act and how colonists reacted to it.
The Stamp Act was a British law that required colonists to buy an official embossed stamp and put it on documents like legal papers and newspapers. The tax was hated by colonists who viewed it as taxation without representation. The colonists held a Stamp Act Congress where they decided to disobey the act and boycott Great Britain. Parliament responded by repealing the Stamp Act.
What is the main idea of the 13th Amendment?
A. Slavery is illegal.
B. Citizens have the right to a fair and speedy trial.
C. Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and must be treated equally.
D. Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms.
E. The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied based on race.
A. Slavery is illegal.
Describe the conditions for African slaves aboard slave ships.
Life on a slave ship seems crowded and uncomfortable. Slaves were forced to live in close quarters. This lack of privacy was probably humiliating. I wonder if it also led to the spread of disease. The slaves were forced to wear shackles which was probably painful. I remember reading Equiano’s account where he wrote that he was so miserable that he did not want to eat and wondered if he wanted to die.
Which British colony was founded as a haven for Catholics under the leadership of Cecilius Calvert?
A. Connecticut
B. New Hampshire
C. Georgia
D. Maryland
D. Maryland
Which of the following was not a cause of the Revolutionary War?
A. Lexington and Concord
B. Declaration of Independence
C. Battle of Yorktown
D. Stamp Act
C. Battle of Yorktown
Which of the following is NOT one of the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
A. Pursuit of Happiness
B. Safety
C. Liberty
D. Life
B. Safety
What is the main idea of the 14th Amendment?
A. Slavery is illegal.
B. Citizens have the right to a fair and speedy trial.
C. Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and must be treated equally.
D. Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms.
E. The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied based on race.
C. Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and must be treated equally.
Which religious group settled in colonial Pennsylvania, was opposed to violence, and was famous for their “plain dress”?
A. Quakers
B. Puritans
C. Pilgrims
D. Catholics
A. Quakers
Which group entered contracts to work for a period of 5-7 years in exchange for housing and passage to America?
A. Wealthy landowners
B. Artisans
C. Indentured servants
D. Enslaved people
C. Indentured Servants
Which group fought only on the side of the British?
A. Hessian Mercenaries
B. Native Americans
C. French Soldiers
D. African Americans
A. Hessian Mercenaries
Which of the following is true about Lexington and Concord? They were…
A. Important British victories during the Revolutionary War
B. Events that led to the Boston Massacre
C. The deadliest battles in the history of the United States
D. The first military battles of the Revolutionary War
D. The first military battles of the Revolutionary War
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
A. Jefferson Davis
B. Ulysses S Grant
C. John Bell
D. John Wilkes Booth
D. John Wilkes Booth
Which of the following was NOT an effect of European exploration in the New World?
A. Colonization
B. Atlantic Slave Trade
C. Aztec Empire
D. The Columbian Exchange
C. Aztec Empire
Which religious group settled in colonial Pennsylvania, was opposed to violence, and was famous for their “plain dress”?
A. Quakers
B. Puritans
C. Pilgrims
D. Catholics
A. Quakers
Which Founding Father was the main author of the Declaration of
Independence?
A. Alexander Hamilton
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. John Adams
D. Thomas Jefferson
d. Thomas Jefferson
What is “taxation without representation?”
Taxation without representation was Great Britain’s practice of taxing the colonies even though they did not have any representatives in Parliament.
Describe the Emancipation Proclamation. What did it do? Who issued it and why?
It was a statement issued by President Abraham Lincoln that freed all enslaved people living in the Confederacy. He issued it as a war measure to encourage black men to join the Union Army and to legalize the existing Union practice of ignoring fugitive slave laws
Which of the following countries was NOT a major participant in the Age of Exploration?
A. Portugal
B. Greece
C. Spain
D. France
E. England
B. Greece
Who was the leader of the Pilgrims?
A. Roger Williams
B. William Bradford
C. William Penn
D. John Smith
B. William Bradford
Who won the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776?
A. British Forces
B. Continental Forces
A. British Forces
Describe at least one of the “Intolerable Acts” and why they angered Patriots.
Boston Act - colonists were made to pay for the tea wasted at during the Boston Tea Party
Quartering Act - required colonists to provide housing and food for British Soldiers
Name the following:
1. the President of the Union
2. the Union Army General
3. President of the Confederacy
4. Confederate Army General
1. the President of the Union - Abraham Lincoln
2. the Union Army General - Ulysses S. Grant
3. President of the Confederacy - Jefferson Davis
4. Confederate Army General - Robert E. Lee