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Test Description: 6th Grade Social Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was NOT a result of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
A
recording two hundred new species of plants
B
information about the geography and animals in the region.
C
detailed maps of the region
D
a water route to the Pacific Ocean
2) What Shoshone guide assisted Lewis and Clark on their expedition of the Louisiana territory?
A
Tecumseh
B
Osceola
C
Sacajawea
D
York
3) Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the War of 1812?
A
The British refused to leave the forts in the territories west of the Appalachian Mountains.
B
Americans wanted their independence from England because they were being taxed without representation in Parliament.
C
. Many Americans wanted Indian land that was still protected by the British in the western territories.
D
British sea captains captured American ships and forced American sailors to work on British ships.
4) What happened when the British invaded the American capital city?
A
The American army met the British and defeated them at the battle of the White House.
B
The American army fled, so British officers ate supper with Dolly Madison.
C
The British burned the Capitol, the President’s House, the Treasury Building, and the Library of Congress.
D
The British never intended to attack Washington, so they marched past the city to Baltimore.
5) What did Dolly Madison save when the British burnt the President’s House?
A
George Washington's Portrait
B
her fancy ball gown
C
expensive China dishes
D
books at the Library of Congress
6) What was the forced removal of the Cherokee to lands west of the Mississippi River called?
A
The Trail of Weeping Children
B
Trail of Tears
C
The Trail of the Cherokee
D
The Trail of Broken Promises
7) Why did the Texans “remember the Alamo” in their fight for independence?
A
. Texans remembered many religious miracles that occurred during the battle of the Alamo.
B
Texas freedom fighters won a great victory at the battle of the Alamo.
C
Texans felt that the freedom fighters at the Alamo had been massacred.
D
Texas freedom fighters settled their differences with Mexico in a peaceful manner at the Alamo.
8) What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?
A
At the Battle of Antietam
B
At the Battle of Gettysburg
C
At the Battle of the Wilderness Campaign
D
At the Battle of Bull Run
9) Which of the following was not a cause of the American Civil War?
A
Differences over the rights of states and the power of the federal government.
B
Problems with foreign countries
C
Whether or not to extend slavery into the western territories.
D
Regional differences between northern and southern states.
10) What happened that triggered the secession of the Southern states?
A
The Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won election as president.
B
The Northern states attacked the Southern states.
C
Vice President John C. Calhoun won election as president.
D
The Southern states attacked the Northern states.
11) What did the Southern states call their new nation?
A
The United States of America.
B
The Confederate States of America.
C
The New Nation of America
D
The Southern States of America.
12) Who became the first president of the Confederate States of the United States?
A
Jefferson Davis.
B
John C. Calhoun.
C
Stonewall Jackson
D
Robert E. Lee
13) What famous speech begins, “Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal?”
A
The Declaration of Independence
B
Gettysburg Address
C
Emancipation Proclamation
D
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
14) What happened at Appomattox Court House?
A
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant.
B
Southern troops disbanded to fight a guerilla war.
C
General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered his army to General Robert E. Lee
D
The South defeated the North
15) What was Reconstruction?
A
The building of monuments honoring Civil War soldiers.
B
The process of rebuilding the South and putting the Union back together.
C
The rebuilding of Northern cities destroyed by the war.
D
The process of constructing homes in the South for freed slaves.
16) The assassination of Lincoln proved to be part of a planned conspiracy because?
A
Several members of Lincoln’s family were kidnapped.
B
Northerners did not trust the Southern people.
C
It said so in the papers.
D
Other government leaders were attacked the same day.
17) What was Lincoln doing when he was assassinated?
A
Visiting the captured Southern capital of Richmond.
B
Traveling from the White House to the Capitol building.
C
Watching a play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre.
D
Inspecting Union troops outside Washington.
18) What finally prohibited slavery in the United States?
A
The Fugitive Act
B
The Emancipation Proclamation
C
The Declaration of Independence
D
The Thirteenth Amendment
19) What Southern sympathizer assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A
Robert E. Lee
B
General George Pickett
C
John Wilkes Booth
D
Jefferson Davis
20) The Civil War was fought between what years?
A
1860-1865
B
1860-1866
C
1861-1865
D
1861-1864
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