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Social Studies
Rocky Mountain Region
How did Abraham Lincoln’s view of the nature of the Union
differ from Robert E. Lee’s?
A Lincoln believed in the preservation of the Union by force and
Lee did not believe in preservation by force
B Lincoln believed in individual states rights in the Union, Lee
didn’t
C Lincoln believed that the Union should be free and Lee didn’t
D Lincoln believed that the Union should be under British rule and
Lee didn’t
Lincoln believed in the preservation of the
Union by force and Lee did not believe in
preservation by force
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
agriculture
What was one effect of the Civil War?
A Confederate money increased in value
B most of the North was devastated by the war
C families and friends were often pitted against each
other
D women had to fight in the war
Families and friends were often pitted against each
other.
What were 3 motivating forces for
European exploration in North
America?
A exchange of goods, ideas and gold
B improved ships, claimed territories
and competition for empires
C economic, religious and competitions
for empires
D religious, moral and economic
economic, religious and
competitions for empires
How did West African empires impact European trade?
A Ghana became powerful by controlling trade in West
Africa.
B They traded salt for gold.
C They traded metals, cloth and other manufactured
goods for gold.
D They sunk all the Portuguese ships because
they didn’t want to trade with Europe.
They traded metals,
cloth and other
manufactured goods
for gold.
What were the basic weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation?
A Provided a common currency and a strong
national government
B Provided for a weak notional government and gave
Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce
C Provided an executive and judicial branch and gave
each state only one vote
D It taxed the people and didn’t give them a voice in
government
Provided for a weak notional
government and gave Congress no
power to tax or regulate
commerce.
What were the 2 basic principles of
government stated in the Constitution
of the United States and the Bill of Rights?
A Separation of powers and the Virginia Plan
B Separation of powers and the Judicial Branch
C The 3 branches of government and the
separation of powers
D Separation of powers and
checks and balances
Separation of powers and
checks and balances
According the ideas of John Locke, why
is government created?
A to control the people
B to give people a say in how they are
ruled
C to protect the rights of the people
D to create an orderly society
John Locke believed government was created
to protect the rights of the people.
According to the philosophy of the
Declaration of Independence, government
derives its power from whom?
A Parliament
B the President
C Congress
D the people
The people
What goes in the blank in comparing the differences
between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson’s
beliefs?
Hamilton
Favored a
national bank
Jefferson
Opposed a
national bank
Favored limits on Supported
states’ powers
states’ powers
Favored strong
national
government
Jefferson favored a weak national government.
What does the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do?
A bans slavery in the United States
B ensures all citizens the right to vote
C grants citizenship to all person born in the United
States
D prevents cruelty to animals
The 13th Amendment bans slavery in the United States.
What do the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments have in
common?
A they all deal with slavery
B they all deal with citizenship
C they all deal with the right to vote
D they all guarantee equal protection under the law
They all guarantee equal protection under the law.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 resulted in what group of
people gaining equal rights?
A Northerners
B women
C African Americans
D Confederates
African Americans gained equal rights as
a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
What was one problem that resulted from
the Reconstruction policies for the South?
A Southern soldiers supervised the North
B African Americans remained as slaves
C African American could not hold public office
D Southern military leaders could not hold office
Southern military leaders could not hold office.
What new territories became part of the
United States between 1801 and 1861?
A Virginia, New York, Maryland and Kentucky
B California, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah
C California, Texas, Oregon and Florida
D Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and Kansas
California, Texas, Oregon and Florida
Why was the Louisiana Purchase so important?
A it doubled the size of the United States
B Jefferson traded France for the land
C it stopped a war with France
D it made Lewis and Clark famous
It doubled the size of the United States.
What was an economic factor that influenced
the Westward Movement?
A knowledge of the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
B population growth in the eastern states
C California Gold Rush
D Belief in “Manifest Destiny”
The California Gold Rush was an economic factor
that influenced the Westward Movement.
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the lives
of Americans?
A it increased the need for slave labor
B it provided faster land transportation
C it connected Southern plantations to Northern
industries
D it increased the productivity of the American farmer
It increased the need for slave labor.
Fill in the chart below.
Abolitionist
Movement
Suffrage
Movement
Believed women
were deprived of
basic rights
Leaders included Led by strong
women
both men and
women
Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong.
What did the Compromise of 1850 decide?
A that Maine stayed a free state
B that people decided the slavery issue
C that the Southeast territories would be slave states
D that California was a free state
The Compromise of 1850
decided that California was a free state.
What were the 4 issues that divided the nation before
the Civil War?
A economic, moral, spiritual, congregational
B economic, cultural, moral, constitutional
C economic, slavery, spiritual, moral
D economic, cultural, slavery, constitutional
economic, cultural, slavery, constitutional
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