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A. Multiple Choice. Circle the best answer in the following questions. 1 point each.
1. Jamestown was founded in Virginia in the year ________.
C. 1611 D. 1607
11. How many states needed to ratify the constitution for it to become law?
C. 9 D. 13
12. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote in 1824 but lost the election to:
A. John Adams B. John Q. Adams
13. Andrew Jackson was the founder of the modern ___________ party.
C. Green D. Democratic
14. In 1828, ___________________ threw a party at the white house and got mud everywhere.
A. John Q. Adams
C. Andrew Jackson
15. The forced march by Cherokees to new land was very upsetting and called:
A. The Indian Trail
C. Trail of Tears
16. In Worchester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court told Georgia they __________ Cherokee land.
A. could steal
C. can’t take
17. The belief that America had the God given right to own all land from the Atlantic to Pacific
is
A. Manifest Destiny
C. America First
18. Which battle is known as the turning point in the Civil War?
A. Antietam
C. Gettysburg
19. Which of the following states was created during the Civil War?
21. All of the following except ____________ were parts of the Missouri Compromise
A. Maine would be a Free State B. West Virginia would be a free state
22. All of the following except ____________ were parts of the compromise of 1850
C. California would be a Free State D. Texas would be a slave sate
24. The Dred Scott Decision did three things. Which did it not do?
C. Said AA were to be set free D. Said North couldn’t outlaw slavery
B. Matching. Match the term or word to the correct response. 2 points each.
41___ Popular sovereignty A. Northerners who came south after the civil war
42___ Abolitionist B. When the south left the union
43___ Secession C. Northerners who wanted slavery to end
44___ Scalawags D. Southerners who supported the north
45___ Carpetbaggers E. Allowing citizens to choose or reject slavery in an area
59. Tell me what each amendment did below in one sentence each.
13th-
14th-
15th-
59. Define in your own words what a robber baron is.
63. Tell me in one sentence what did the Republican Party believe
65. Give me one example of a robber baron and tell me what he owned.
66. Give me a second example of a robber baron and tell me what he owned.
E. Essay. Choose one of the following questions and answer it in 3 or more paragraphs.
Answer it on the Essay section of the answer sheet booklet.
67. Pretend you were alive during reconstruction. Write a letter to a friend up North in
Philadelphia describing life in the South during reconstruction.
68. Pretend you are Native American living on a reservation in the Great Plains. Write a
letter to the new president describing your situation and what is wrong with it.
69. Pretend you were a slave on a plantation. Write a diary entry about what your life is
like. (Be sure to note that you shouldn’t know how to read or write)
70. Pretend you are Southern during the civil war. Write a letter to President Lincoln
explaining why you don’t want to be part of the United States.