SOL Review Questions: U.S. History Part I Mrs. LeRoux Oak 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