B. unit 5 Test

Question 1

In 1607, where was the first permanent English colony established?

Answer 1

Jamestown

Question 2

Members of the Church of England who wanted to purify and simplify the church were called _________

Answer 2

Puritans

Question 3

In 1781, the United States was governed by the document called the:

Answer 3

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

Under the system of checks and balances, laws are made by which branch?

Answer 4

legislative

Question 5

The period following the Civil War was called

Answer 5

Reconstruction

Question 5

The United States purchased Louisiana from the _________ for $15,000,000.

Answer 5

French

Question 6

Cuba gained independence after which war?

Answer 6

Spanish-American War

Question 7

The US forbade any European nation from interfering in Western Hemisphere affairs in the document known as the __________.

Answer 7

Monroe Doctrine

Question 8

Which European wrote about their travels in China and inspired other Europeans to try to reach the East?

Answer 8

Marco Polo

Question 9

Portuguese exploration of the African coast was sponsored by what man?

Answer 9

Prince Henry

Question 10

The main crop in early Virginia was _____.

Answer 10

tobacco

Question 11

In colonial times, _______ villages often held town meetings.

Answer 11

New England

Question 12

Who wrote the “Declaration of Independence?”

Answer 12

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

The _________ was a compromise that satisfied the states regarding representation in Congress.

Answer 13

Connecticut Plan

Question 14

The first Southern state to secede from the Union was South Carolina.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The United States entered the Second World War when Germany bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 16

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 17

invented the reaper

Answer 17

McCormick

Question 18

authorized the Panama Canal

Answer 18

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 19

was the first to sail around the world

Answer 19

Magellan

Question 20

explored the Louisiana Territory

Answer 20

Lewis and Clark

Question 21

invented the steamship

Answer 21

Robert Fulton

Question 22

helped rid Cuba of Yellow Fever

Answer 22

Col. William Gorgas

Question 23

settled Quebec

Answer 23

Champlain

Question 24

was Lincoln's successor

Answer 24

Andrew Johnson

Question 25

invented the telegraph

Answer 25

Morse

Question 26

When New Netherlands sent Henry Hudson on an exploration trip, he:

Answer 26

claimed rich farmland along the Hudson River

Question 27

Spanish explorers:

Answer 27

conquered and destroyed the Inca and Aztec civilizations

Question 27

Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was weak because:

Answer 27

it could not levy taxes

Question 28

The Compromise of 1850 stated that:

Answer 28

slave trade in Washington, D.C., would be illegal

Question 29

The cotton gin made cotton "king" and caused:

Answer 29

the cotton culture to move west

Question 30

John Wilkes Booth is best remembered for:

Answer 30

shooting Lincoln

Question 31

Germany's decision to attack and sink neutral ships led the United States to:

Answer 31

enter World War I

Question 32

The man who brought the United States hope during the Great Depression with his New Deal was:

Answer 32

Roosevelt

Question 33

The peace organization formed after the Second World War was the:

Answer 33

United Nations