2. SOL Review Questions: U.S. History Part I Mrs. LeRoux Oak Knoll Middle School

4. What continent is number 1?

5. Europe

6. What continent is number 2?

7. Asia

8. What continent is number 3?

9. Africa

10. What continent is number 5?

11. South America

12. What continent is number 6?

13. Australia

14. How many continents are there?

15. 7

16. What mountain range is number 1?

17. Sierra Nevada

18. What mountain range is number 2?

19. Rocky Mountains

20. What mountain range is number 3?

21. Appalachian Mountains

22. What area is marked by the number 4?

23. Great Plains

24. What body of water is number 5?

25. Gulf of Mexico

26. What river is number 1?

27. Mississippi River

28. What river is number 2?

29. Rio Grande River

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

31. Inuits

32. What were reasons for exploration of the New World? Economic - Gold, Natural resources, and trade Religion

33. What were obstacles to exploration? Poor maps and navigational tools disease/starvation fear of unknown lack of adequate supplies

34. What were accomplishments of exploration? Exchange of goods and ideas Improved ships and navigational tools new lands or territories

35. What areas were claimed by Spain? Florida Mexico

36. What areas were claimed by France? Quebec Mississippi River Valley Areas West of the Appalachian Mountains

37. What was the reason for settling Roanoke Island and Jamestown? Economic reasons for England

38. What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? Jamestown (1607)

39. Why were the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony settled? Religious Freedom

40. Pennsylvania was settled by __________. Quakers

41. Georgia was a _______colony. Debtor’s colony

42. Name the New England Colonies: Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island

43. New England’s economy was based on_____________.

44. Fishing, shipbuilding, trade and port cities

45. Political life in New England was centered around________.

46. Town meetings

47. Name the Mid-Atlantic Colonies: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware

48. The economy of the Mid-Atlantic colonies was based on: Farming Livestock Trading Fishing

49. What colonial area contained our largest cities and had the most diverse lifestyles? The Mid-Atlantic

50. Name the Southern Colonies: Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

51. The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on_________.

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

53. 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.

54. England________the colonies after the French and Indian War. taxed

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

56. Key philosophies of the Declaration of Independence People have rights government protects people’s rights power comes from the people

57. Who was King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War? King George III

58. What was the last Battle of the Revolutionary War? Battle of Yorktown

59. Who was the British general that surrendered at Yorktown? Lord Cornwallis

60. Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson

61. Who said,“Give me liberty or give me death”? Patrick Henry

62. Who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet describing King George III as a royal bully? Thomas Paine

63. What is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War? Treaty of Paris

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

65. What is federalism? A system that divides power between the national government and governments of the states.

66. How many branches of government did the U. S. Constitution create? 3 (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)

67. Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? James Madison

68. Political Parties formed because of the differences between____and _____. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

69. What president is responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory? Thomas Jefferson

70. 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

71. James Monroe wrote the________. Monroe Doctrine which warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.

72. The United States gained Florida from________. Spain

73. The Oregon Territory was divided between____and____. Great Britain and the United States

74. Who invented the cotton gin? Eli Whitney

75. Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the_____. the mechanical reaper.

76. The steamboat was invented by______. Robert Fulton

77. Abolitionists believed that slavery was________. wrong

78. Three abolitionist leaders were_____ Harriet Tubman William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

79. What does suffrage mean? Right to vote

80. Three women who worked for women’s rights were_____. Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton

81. The Civil War was fought over the ________issue. slavery

82. The first state to secede or leave the Union was____. South Carolina

83. Who was President of the United States during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln

84. Who was President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War? Jefferson Davis

85. Who was the leader of the Confederate Army? Robert E. Lee

86. The Civil War began with the firing on _________. Fort Sumter

87. The turning point of the Civil War was________. The Battle of Gettysburg

88. One thing that helped the Union defeat the Confederates was The Union blockade of Southern ports

89. The 13th Amendment banned slavery

90. Carpetbaggers were Northerners who Took advantage of Southerners after the Civil War.

91. The period following the Civil War was called____. Reconstruction