SOL Review Questions:U.S. History Part I

Mrs. LeRouxOak Knoll Middle School

What continent is number 1?

Europe

What continent is number 2?

Asia

What continent is number 3?

Africa

What continent is number 5?

South America

What continent is number 6?

Australia

How many continents are there?

7

What mountain range is number 1?

Sierra Nevada

What mountain range is number 2?

Rocky Mountains

What mountain range is number 3?

Appalachian Mountains

What area is marked by the number 4?

Great Plains

What body of water is number 5?

Gulf of Mexico

What river is number 1?

Mississippi River

What river is number 2?

Rio Grande River

What Indian group is likely to live in the structure above?

Inuits

What were reasons for exploration of the New World?

• Economic - Gold, Natural resources, and trade

• Religion

What were obstacles to exploration?

• Poor maps and navigational tools

• disease/starvation

• fear of unknown

• lack of adequate supplies

What were accomplishments of exploration?

• Exchange of goods and ideas

• Improved ships and navigational tools

• new lands or territories

What areas were claimed by Spain?

• Florida

• Mexico

What areas were claimed by France?

• Quebec

• Mississippi River Valley

• Areas West of the Appalachian Mountains

What was the reason for settling Roanoke Island and Jamestown?

• Economic reasons for England

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown (1607)

Why were the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony settled?

• Religious Freedom

Pennsylvania was settled by __________.

• Quakers

Georgia was a _______colony.

• Debtor’s colony

Name the New England Colonies:

• Connecticut

• Massachusetts

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

New England’s economy was based on_____________.

Fishing, shipbuilding, trade and port cities

Political life in New England was centered around________.

Town meetings

Name the Mid-Atlantic Colonies:

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

The economy of the Mid-Atlantic colonies was based on:

• Farming

• Livestock

• Trading

• Fishing

What colonial area contained our largest cities and had the most diverse lifestyles?

• The Mid-Atlantic

Name the Southern Colonies:

• Virginia

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on_________.

Large farms/plantations, cash crops, wood products and slavery

What is an indentured servant?

• Men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage.

England________the colonies after the French and Indian War.

• taxed

One tax England passed to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War was the______.

• Stamp Act

Key philosophies of the Declaration of Independence

• People have rights

• government protects people’s rights

• power comes from the people

Who was King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?

• King George III

What was the last Battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Yorktown

Who was the British general that surrendered at Yorktown?

• Lord Cornwallis

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

Who said,“Give me liberty or give me death”?

• Patrick Henry

Who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet describing King George III as a royal bully?

• Thomas Paine

What is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Paris

If you could say one word to describe the Articles of Confederation, what would it be and why?

• weak

What is federalism?

• A system that divides power between the national government and governments of the states.

How many branches of government did the U. S. Constitution create?

• 3 (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)

Who was the author of the Bill of Rights?

• James Madison

Political Parties formed because of the differences between____and _____.

• Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

What president is responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• Thomas Jefferson

Even though the U.S. did not win (nobody did), what was an important result after the War of 1812?

• gained respect from European Nations

James Monroe wrote the________.

• Monroe Doctrine which warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.

The United States gained Florida from________.

• Spain

The Oregon Territory was divided between____and____.

• Great Britain and the United States

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the_____.

• the mechanical reaper.

The steamboat was invented by______.

• Robert Fulton

Abolitionists believed that slavery was________.

• wrong

Three abolitionist leaders were_____

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

What does suffrage mean?

• Right to vote

Three women who worked for women’s rights were_____.

• Sojourner Truth

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Civil War was fought over the ________issue.

• slavery

The first state to secede or leave the Union was____.

• South Carolina

Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?

• Robert E. Lee

The Civil War began with the firing on _________.

• Fort Sumter

The turning point of the Civil War was________.

• The Battle of Gettysburg

One thing that helped the Union defeat the Confederates was

• The Union blockade of Southern ports

The 13th Amendment banned

• slavery

Carpetbaggers were Northerners who

• Took advantage of Southerners after the Civil War.

The period following the Civil War was called____.

• Reconstruction