1. Which explorer landed in the area now known as Florida in 1513?
A. Jacques Cartier
B. Ponce de Leon
C. Christopher Columbus
D. Pedro Menendez de Aviles
E. None of the above
2. The gold rush of 1849 sent settlers to which state?
A. Montana
B. Florida
C. Nevada
D. California
E. Oregon
3. Which Amendment awards power to individual states?
A. 10th Amendment
B. 1st Amendment
C. 2nd Amendment
D. 5th Amendment
E. 9th Amendment
4. In 1676, when the Native Americans attacked the colonists in Virginia, the position of “Royal Governor” was held by:
A. Nathaniel Bacon
B. John Rolfe
C. Sir William Berkeley
D. John Smith
E. Captain Christopher Newp1ort
5. Lincoln was assassinated by?
A. Henry Longfellow
B. John Wilkes Booth
C. Henry Locke
D. John Williams
E. none of the above
6. What percentage of the civil war army was African American?
A. 5%
B. 45%
C. 25%
D. 40%
E. 10%
7. The Puritans were so named because they wanted to…?
A. Purify the water in their new land
B. Instill their idea of purity and Christianity in the Native Americans
C. Purify and simplify the Anglican church
D. Purify their own thoughts and ideals
E. all of the above
8. In 1638, the Swedes settled the area now known as Wilmington and named it what?
A. Fort Christina
B. New Netherlands
C. New Amsterdam
D. Manahatta
E. New York
9. The Morill Tariff Act did what?
A. decreased tariffs on goods from the South
B. increased tariffs on tea
C. lifted the tariff on sugar
D. increased tariffs on imported goods
E. none of the above
10. In 1780, which American General rushed to Camden, North Carolina, to confront British troops?
A. Benjamin Lincoln
B. Horatio Gates
C. John Jay
D. Charles Cornwallis
E. None of the above
11. Who was a key conductor in the Underground Railroad?
A. Rosa Parks
B. Henry James
C. Dred Scott
D. Harriet Tubman
E. Henry Mills
12. The area given by the English King to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason in 1622 later became the states of…?
A. Maine and New Hampshire
B. New Hampshire and New York
C. New York and New Jersey
D. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania
E. Maine and Pennsylvania
13. Who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner”?
A. Jonathan Edwards
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Francis Scott Key
D. Henry James
E. Walt Whitman
14. In 1649, Maryland legislature adopted a law to ensure religious freedom for all Christians settled there. What was it called?
A. Mayflower Compact Agreement
B. Restraining Acts
C. Treaty of Paris
D. Theory of Contract Under Natural Law
E. Toleration Act
15. The following passage is from…?
“Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver…”
A. Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving
B. Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
C. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
D. Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, by John Dickenson
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.E
7.C
8.A
9.D
10.B
11.D
12.A
13.C
14.E
15.B
