U. S. History “Pre-Assessment” Multiple Choice

“Pre-Assessment”

____ 1. Most scientists believe that people first came to the Americas from

____ 2. How did the arrival of Europeans affect Native American culture?

____ 3. Which country established a number of colonies along the Atlantic coast?

____ 4. The Northwest Ordinance provided for

____ 5. During the 1760s, American colonists rebelled against the British Parliament for

____ 6. During the American Revolution, America received money and troops from what European nation?

____ 7. The Articles of Confederation

____ 8. Antifederalists disliked the Constitution because it did not

____ 9. Under President Thomas Jefferson, American land expanded west of the Mississippi due to

____ 10. All of the following took place during the War of 1812, EXCEPT

____ 12. Why did many Protestants distrust Roman Catholics in the early 1800s?

____ 13. During the early 1800’s, most Americans lived

____ 14. In the early 1800s, women had virtually no role in politics because they could not

____ 15. The movement to end slavery was called

____ 16. What was the name given to the journey, hardship, and death of the Cherokee Indians to Indian Territory?

____ 17. Temperance workers believed that many of the problems in America came from

____ 18. Many Northerners were against abolition because they believed that

____ 19. Opportunities for a woman to obtain an education in the early 1800s were

____ 20. What effect did the California Gold Rush have on Native Americans?

____ 21. Which of the following was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

____ 22. Abraham Lincoln won the Republican nomination for President in 1860 because he was viewed as

____ 23. In his first inaugural address, what did Lincoln promise to do?

____ 24. How did President Lincoln respond to the attack on Fort Sumter?

____ 25. Which battle marked the northernmost field of conflict and the last major attempt by the Confederacy to invade the North?

____ 26. Who became President following Lincoln’s assassination?

____ 27. During the first years of Reconstruction, African Americans

____ 28. The Civil War began when

____ 29. What advantage did the North have during the Civil War?

32.) Discuss the Constitution of the United States.

33.) Discuss the Bill of Rights.

34.) Discuss the role of Slavery in early U.S. History and its impact on the Civil War.

1. ANS: B

2. ANS: B

3. ANS: A

4. ANS: B

5. ANS: B

6. ANS: B

7. ANS: A

8. ANS: A

9. ANS: C

10. ANS: D

11. ANS: B

12. ANS: A

13. ANS: A

14. ANS: C

15. ANS: A

16. ANS: C

17. ANS: A

18. ANS: D

19. ANS: C

20. ANS: D

21. ANS: A

22. ANS: C

23. ANS: C

25. ANS: C

28. ANS: D