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