Third Nine Weeks Assessment

1. Which statement would best describe Alexander Hamilton?

First Sec. of the Treasury under George Washington

Helped to begin the banking system in US and created the first national debt

All of the above

2. The United States used this _____________to destroy the hiding places of the Communist forces.

Search and Destroy

Vietnamization

Agent Orange

Agent X

3. Which of the following would best describe the name of the plan for Reconstruction that Lincoln wanted to follow/implement?

10 Percent Plan

Wade Davis Bill

Pardons for only the important people living in the South

Punishing the South for fighting the war

4. The Black Codes...

Asked the Southern states to employ all African Americans

Asked the Southern states to give an education to all people living in their home state

Treated African Americans as second class citizens and placed restrictions on daily life

African Americans were given permission to move to the North to find jobs

5. A complex maze of jungle trails used by North Vietnam to send troops, reinforce and supply communist forces operating in South Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh trail

Dien Bien Phu path

Vietcong highway

NVA's Trail

6. What concept is the main focus of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

Punishment

Forgiveness

Reunion

Reorganization

7. After WWII the United States helped ____________ in its efforts to keep Vietnam as a colony.

Japan

China

North Vietnam

France

8. How did the 13th Amendment change the US Constitution?

Ended the Civil War

Ended slavery

Ended the spread of the Republican party

Ended the movement of Northerners into the Southern states

9. This policy _____________, was the main goal of the United States in Vietnam and Korea.

Unifying Korea

Containing the spread of Communism

Negotiating a cease-fire with North Vietnam

Returning Vietnam to France.

10. The idea that the fall of one country to Communism would start a chain reaction that would lead many surrounding countries fall as well.

Containment

Domino Theory

Vietnamization

Red Scare

11. The Reconstruction Act that was passed by Congress...

Stopped the actions of the Freedmen's Bureau

Replaced Johnson's 10 percent plan

Was part of the 14th amendment

12. President Johnson was impeached, which means he was...

Elected to political office

Removed from political office

Convicted of crimes

Accused of wrong doing

13. The best working definition of Reconstruction would be...

Reorganizing

Refusing

Reuniting

Rebuilding

14. The KKK attempted to restore power to whites by...

Working to attract and elect former ex-Confederate leaders to Congress

Intimidation of African Americans

Replacing government leaders with conservative Republicans

Rewriting state constitutions

15. For what reason did Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan not work well for African Americans?

The plan did not focus on helping African American adjust to their new lives in the South

Black Codes were passed in the South during his plan, which treated African Americans as second class citizens

He tried to get rid of the Freedmen's Bureau

All of the above

16. Which way were African Americans kept down in the struggle for better rights during Reconstruction?

Poll Taxes

Literacy Tests

Black Codes

All of the above

17. Which amendment gave citizenship to African Americans?

Amendment 1

Amendment 10

Amendment 15

Amendment 14

18. Which amendment gave the right to vote to African American men?

Amendment 15

Amendment 14

Amendment 13

Amendment 10

19. If you asked a Southerner to pick a plan for reconstruction of the South, which one would they choose? Lincoln, Johnson, or Congressional

Lincoln- because it was the easy and the most forgiving way to get back to the US

None of the above

20. Which one of the following would not be a negative effect of Reconstruction in the South?

Black Codes

Jim Crow Laws

Growth of the KKK movement

Freedmen's Bureau

21. The proposed Constittution of the United States created a _____________ system in which power woild be shared between the __________ government and the __________ government.

Universal , urban, country

Foriegn, agricultural, domestic

Local, foriegn, city

Federal, national, state

22. What is the most important right that a US citizen has in the US?

The right to vote and elect representatives to be a voice for themselves

Write and petition elected officials when a problem or crisis arises

Run for elected political office

All the freedoms in the Constitution are important and we can't just pick one

23. Which of the following is an example of segregation?

Refusing to ride on city bus

Forcing African Americans to attend different schools other than whites

Taking lands from Native Americans

Leading a rally for African American voters

24. Rosa Parks protested the law that...

Prevented African Americans from riding the same buses

Prevented African Americans from riding city buses

Refused African Americans the right to attend school with white students

Required African Americans and whites to sit in separate sections of city buses

25. What was the main concept of the ruling of Plessy v. Fergsuon in 1896?

Separate but equal

Equality for all

Equality in education

Freedom for all

26. Poll taxes and literacy tests...

Kept many African Americans from voting

Encouraged civil rights leaders

Helped women to get the right to vote

Were approved by the Supreme Court

27. Martin Luther King Jr. gained national attention during what key event?

March on Washington

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case

Greensboro Sit in

28. Freedom Summer was an effort to...

Invite women into the workforce and find jobs

Help Native Americans find work and better careers

Help African American voters in Southern states

Minorities in NC

29. Marches, sit-ins, and boycotts are examples of...

Civil rights

Massive resistance

Nonviolent forms of protest

Freedom events

30. After WWII, the Holocaust had drawn world wide attention to what horrors?

Racism

Segregation

Massive resistance

Violent protests

31. Four students went to a Greensboro lunch counter and demanded to be served at a white only lunch counter. What type of protest did they carry out?

Massive resistance

Boycott

Sit in

Freedom Ride

32. The 24th Amendment did which of the following?

Gave women the right to vote

Ordered the federal government to return all land back to Native Americans

Helped African Americans gain voting rights by outlawing poll taxes

Ordered schools to provide bilingual education

33. The event known as the "Little Rock Nine" - African American students were admitted to Central High School in Arkansas after...

The nine students held a sit in at the high school

Parents protested and took case to the local school board

President Eisenhower sent in National Guard troops in order to provide safe passage for students into the school

MLK protested the actions of the school

34. What was the main purpose of the March on Washington?

Protest for better jobs and rights

Protest for better education for all

Meeting of all the leaders of the movement and he gave a speech there

None of the above

35. The Civil Rights Act of 1964...

Organized voter drives to bring out the African American vote

Made segregation illegal in the US and forbid unequal treatment

Created a form of nonviolent resistance for the Greensboro sit in

Organized the Freedom Riders

36. What did some Americans conclude about race relations after the violence in Selma Alabama in 1965?

They were aware of the violence and were still undecided what to do about civil rights

Both and A and C

37. True or false: The main reasons why settlers moved to the US was for land, religious freedom, escaping political problems/crisis, and searching for better opportunities.

True

False

38. What event began the Civil Rights Movement?

Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955

Brown v. Board of Education ruling by Supreme Court which began integration of US schools

Jim Crow laws passed in the South

Freedom Summer

39. The English were forced to migrate to the America.

True

False

40. What was the main purpose of the Jim Crow Laws in the South?

Segregation of public places

Integration of public places

Punishment of the South for Civil War

None of the above

41. The Moravians were pacifists- meaning that they did not want to fight in wars or conflicts.

True

False

42. The Scot- Irish fought for American Independence.

True

False

43. For what reason did the ERA not make it as an US Constitutional amendment?

The amendment never made it past the Congress in 1972

The President vetoed the amendment

Too few states approved the amendment in order to make it an amendment

Women of the US did not support the amendment

44. The Native Americans gained more land in the 1700's based on new peace treaties reached with the colonial governments.

True

False

45. Which federal government piece of legislation allowed federal funds to be withheld for education if discrimination continued in the South?

Brown v, Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson

Civil Rights Act 1964

ERA

46. The Great Wagon Road was the central pathway that colonial settlers used in the 1700's (1735-1775) in the Southern US.

True

False

47. Which of the following helped the American poor during the Civil Rights Movement?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

24th Amendment

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Murder case of Emmett Till

48. NC had the smallest slave population in the South due to geography factors.

True

False

49. What was the decision of Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Education?

Forced the Jim Crow Laws to break up in NC schools in 1951

Busing students to all white schools was illegal

Busing students to African American schools was illegal

50. Complete the analogy : Thomas Jefferson : Declaration of Independence ______________________: US Constitution

John Adams

George Washington

James Madison

Thomas Paine

51. How did the Greensboro 4 impact the Civil Rights Movement?

Sit ins were eventually staged throughout the South helping to break up the Jim Crow Laws

Brought national attention to discrimination in the South

All of the Above

52. Why did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention have to meet in secret in 1789?

Founding Fathers decided to have a secret meeting without key leaders in US

They were plotting an overthrow of the govt.

They were trying to break away from England again

National security concerns- did not want the people to know discussion before finished work on a new government structure

53. What purpose does the Electoral College serve?

Elects the President of the US

Appoints Cabinet members

Appoints Judges to the Supreme Court

Elects representatives to Congress

54. Why did the North not want to have slaves counted for population purposes?

Would have greater representation in Northern states if they were counted

The Southern states would have a great voice in Congress if they are counted

Both B and C

55. What document does the US Constitution build upon?

Declaration of Independence

The Warsaw Pact

The Articles of Confederation

14 Points

56. The 3 regions of the 13 colonies were divided as follows:

New England, Middle, Southern

Northern, Southern, Middle

New England, Middle, Midwest

Northern, Midwest, Eastern

57. Yeoman is another word for...?

Indentured servant

Gentry

Apprentices

Farmers

58. Gentry (gentlefolk) are:

Groups of farmers that joined the militia

Indentured servants

People of wealth or education

African slaves

59. 95% of NC's people earned their living through agriculture.

True

False

60. Which best describes the coastal plain of NC?

Wetlands were found in the western part of NC

Hilly, rolling land in the central part of the state

A range of mountains in the eastern US

Low, flat land that extends along the Atlantic Ocean

61. Native Americans and European settlers had differing beliefs about land ownership. Which statement best summarizes the viewpoint of each side.

Europeans wanted to buy and sell land, Native Americans used the land- all were free to use it

Native Americans were eager to buy land from Europeans for guns, the Europeans wanted to preserve all forest land

62. How did NC's geography affect the movement of people and goods?

Mountain ranges and lack of navigable ports restricted the movement of people and goods

Warm-water ports and small mountain ranges encouraged movement of people and goods

Deep rivers and flat, fertile land helped NC develop strong interstate commerce

Multiple rivers and valleys prevented the development of large farms and the development of a tourism based economy in NC

63. How did the NC Outer Banks affect the development of colonial NC?

They presented a barrier against storms

They prevented the development of large port cities where ships could easily move in and out

They provided more usable coastline than the other colonies

They allowed for open and easy transport for the shipping industry

64. The Triad city of High Point, NC has a unique location. How did the location of this city contribute to the growth of the furniture industry?

High Point was near the coast, making it easy to export goods

High Point was a wealthy city

High Point was near railroads, hardwood forests, and a large labor force

High Point was near the Research Triangle for training of its furniture makers

65.
How many branches of government were set up in the US Constitution?

1

2

3

4

66. What issue was settled with the Great Compromise?

How to maintain the balance of power of small and large states and everyone still have a voice in Congress

How to send representatives to Congress and elect them

The compromise caused more problems and they had to meet again later

How to send electors to vote for President

67. Homesteading laws were designed to attract which of the following groups?

Gold miners

Fur trappers

Farmers

Mountain men

68. President Thomas Jefferson was concerned about the LA Purchase because?

The new government could not afford the purchase of $15 million

The Constitution did not say anything about the president's right to purchase land

Spain was threatening to declare war on the US over the land

France would kick the US off the land and control the whole region

69. Why was NC concerned with the LA Purchase?

NC's people did not believe in Manifest Destiny

They did not have the money to purchase the land from France

It was too much land too govern and control

They thought the new land would eventually bring an end to slavery

70. Which cause of the War of 1812 does not belong?

Impressment of US sailors

Blockade of American ships by the French and the British

War Hawks in Congress who were eager to go to war with England

Dolley Madison burning the White House

71. How did the War of 1812 greatly impact the American economy?

The US made their own goods and items since trade difficulties occurred with embargo and blockades

James Madison encouraged trade with other nations of the world after the war

Native Americans gave up fighting with the US people and the economy began to grow

Thomas Jefferson sent the French out of the nation

72. Who was appointed as the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

George Washington

Lord Cornwallis

John Adams

King George III

73. What concept was Jefferson asked to leave out of the Declaration of Independence?

Blaming the king for all of the colonies problems

Taxes

Slavery

Rights of the people

74. What was the main purpose of the Halifax Resolves?

The document urged NC delegates to vote for independence

The document created a new state government

The document urged all of NC's people to join the war effort

The document created an independent government

75. The main reason the colonies were able to fight and win the American Revolution was?

Fighting for a purpose- freedom, had the will to win the war

Patriot troops had the "home field" advantage- they knew the land, roads, rivers within the colonies better than the British

Excellent military leadership

All of the above

76. Thomas Paine:___________________ Thomas Jefferson : Declaration of Independence

Halifax Resolves

Mecklenburg Resolves

Common Sense

Treaty of Paris

77.
The preamble serves as an introduction to a document.

True

False

78. The Founding Fathers are just from the American Revolutionary time period.

True

False

79. The Mecklenburg Resolves date is located on the NC state flag even still today.

True

False

80. What famous document begins with the following words, "when in the course of human events it becomes necessary..."

Mecklenburg Resolves

Halifax Resolves

Declaration of Independence

NC Constitution of 1776

81. What Native American tribe was moved from NC during the Trail of Tears?

Cherokee

Catawba

Hatteras

Tuscarora

82. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 created an opportunity for Native Americans to "exchange land" with the US government-eastern land for land in the west.

True

False

83. John Ridge sold out the Cherokee when the Treaty of New Echota was signed by a few select Cherokee, since removal was not favored by the tribe.

True

False

84. Why was Archibald Murphey important to the state of NC?

He was the governor of NC in the 1800's

He was the leader of the Trail of Tears

He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention of 1835

He was a reform leader of the 1800's in NC who tried to solve NC's problems

85.
The NC Constitution of 1835 became more undemocratic in what specific way?

Fewer leaders were elected to political offices

The governor had complete power in the state and did not face re-election for 5 years

The people of the west had little power in the government after 1835

Free African Americans and Native Americans lost the right to vote

86. How did the Gold Rush in NC impact the state?

Gold coins were minted in the state, which will boost the economy- spending usable money

New groups moved to the state to mine for gold and new businesses were created

All of the above

87. Manifest Destiny: __________________ Trail of Tears: Oklahoma

Atlantic Ocean

Missouri River

Colorado River

Pacific Ocean

88. What crop helped to make the Jamestown colony a successful colony for the English in 1607?

Wheat

Corn/maize

Tobacco

Potatoes

89. Use the analogy to identify the exchanges from the Columbian Exchange. Disease:______________ Corn: _______________

Slavery, Horses

Corn, Horses

Potatoes, Man

Corn, Potatoes

90. Why did Columbus call the Native Americans, Indians?

He thought that he had landed in Asia

He thought that he had the best name for them

He thought that he had landed in India, and called them Indians

The Indians used sign language and told Columbus the proper name

91. Select the proper order for colonization in NC:

Attempted colonies by Sir Walter Walter Raleigh, Jamestown, Proprietary Colonies, Royal Colonies, Independence

Jamestown, Independence, Royal Colony, Proprietary Colonies, Attempted Colonies by Raleigh

Attempted Colonies by Raleigh, Jamestown, Royal Colony, Independence, Proprietary Colonies

Independence, Royal Colony, Jamestown, Proprietary Colony, Attempted Colony

92. The French and Indian War helped to set the stage for what major conflict to occur?

Declaration of Independence

American Revolution

World War I

Golden Age of Piracy

93.
There are 2 Senators per state according to the US Constitution.

True

False

94. Each state has the same number of House of Representative members in Congress.

True

False

95. The members of the Supreme Court are allowed to serve an unlimited term once they are approved and appointed.

True

False

96. The US Constitution set up a system of checks and balances so that no branch of government would be more powerful than the other branch.

True

False

97. The War of 1812 brought the British back to the US--- and the burning of the White House.

True

False

98. What phrase was associated with the outbreak and the causes of the American Revolution?

"we will avenge the deaths of the Boston Massacre"

Give me Liberty or Give Me Death"

No Taxation without Representation"

General Washington should lead the troops"

99. Which of the following would not be considered a primary source?

Declaration of Independence

Watercolor drawings by John White

Diary account of a Moravian settler

Textbook

100. Which of the 7 principles of the US Constitution does the description fit? No one is above the law, all must obey the laws of the US Constitution

Republicanism

Popular sovereignty

Federalism

Limited Government