Leading up to the civil war, a compromise allowed that allowed ________ to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to join the union as a free state
a. Arkansas
b. Texas
c. Missouri
What is Missouri
100
The system of ______ and ________ guarantees that no one branch of government becomes more powerful than the other two branches.
What is Checks and Balances
100
Manifest Destiny was the belief that the US should do what?
What is expand for the good of the country
100
Rivers promoted human activity and settlement because
a. they flooded easily
b. they were difficult to cross
c. they could be used for transportation
d. had waterfalls
What is they could be used for transportation
100
Which region of the US has treeless grasslands, dense grasses and large buffalo herds?
a. Southeast
b. Great Plains
c. Southwest
d. Great Basin
What is Great Plains
200
One example of a conflict that occurred between the northern and southern states before the civil war would be a disagreement over _________________.
a. freedom of religion
b. states' rights
c. taxation without representation
What is states' rights
200
The Preamble to the Constitution states that the basic purpose of government is to do what?
a. promote general welfare
b. provide jobs for citizens
c. promote equal rights
d. provide for the wealthy
What is promote general welfare
200
How did railroads and canals help the US grow?
What is it allowed goods to be carried faster and in larger quantities
200
In colonial America, this region had long, cold winters, rocky soil, and small farms:
a. New England Colonies
b. Middle Colonies
c. Southern Colonies
What is the New England Colonies
200
If you know the exact degrees of latitude and longitude for a location, that is called
a. absolute location
b. relative location
c. random location
d. relative absolute location
What is absolute location
300
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War and eventually let to who surrendering?
What is the Confederacy
300
The 13th amendment grants the right to what?
What is freedom from slavery
300
A diary of a pioneer woman during westward expansion would be a good source of information for a historian because it is a ________ source. A Source from someone who experienced the hardships.
What is primary
300
Many Europeans settled in North American during the 1700's and 1800's in order to
What is to own land for farming
300
If you are looking to find landforms on a map it would be best to use what kind of map?
a. political map
b. product map
c. population map
d. physical map
What is physical map
400
During what time did the South have to rebuild and newly freed Americans needed protecting?
What is the Reconstruction.
400
sharing powers between the states and federal government is called
a. extradition
b. federalism
c. grant-in-aid
d. rules of law
What is federalism
400
Primary sources help us understand history because they do what?
What is give a firsthand view of what people in the past were thinking
400
There were several causes of the American Revolution. What is the main cause of the war? anger over unfair _______.
What is taxation
400
The Union army is the army fighting for the North or South?
What is the North
500
What are Two main causes of the Civil war?
What is (possible answers) beliefs about slavery, states' rights, new territories, economic factors such as plantation and factories
500
Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This amendment tells about the right to freedom of
a. expression
b. illegal searches
c. jury trials
d. crime
What is expression
500
What railroad was built which helped to develop the west more rapidly?
What is the Transcontinental railroad.
500
Being taxed without any say in the government or parliament is called
What is taxation without representation
500
The Confederate Army is the army fighting for the North of the South?