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Tri 3 Midterm - 5th
Test Description: Review game for 5th graders
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the purpose of a government?
A
To break away from a monarchy
B
To create chaos
C
To tell people what to do
D
To make and enforce rules
2) Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
A
It didn't give the government enough power
B
It created three branches of government
C
It did not get rid of the king
D
It gave the government too much power
3) What did Americans do after the Articles of confederation failed?
A
The Americans wrote the Declaration of Independence as a better plan for government.
B
The Americans asked the King of England to rule them once again
C
The Americans wrote the US Constitution as a better plan for a government
D
The Americans gave up any hope of government
4) Which is NOT a brach of US government?
A
Judicial
B
Executive
C
Legislative
D
Presidential
5) Why are powers of the government split among three branches?
A
To protect people's lives.
B
So that no one person would have all the power
C
To scare people into following rules.
D
To create a government that was modeled after the British monarchy .
6) The first 10 amendments to the Constitution is known as
A
The Bill of Rights
B
The Preamble
C
Article 1
D
The laws of the United States
7) What responsibility do you have for the freedom of religion?
A
The responsibility to respect the religion of others
B
The responsibility to speak kindly
C
The responsibility to keep guns away from children
D
The responsibility to clean my room
8) Which if these situations is UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
A
You hire a lawyer when you find out that you are charged for a criminal offense.
B
Bradley owns a gun because he enjoys hunting on the weekends.
C
You are pulled over for speeding. The police don’t give you a ticket, instead they torture you.
D
You go to church every Sunday.
9) What is Westward Expansion?
A
The time when Americans moved west and the United States grew in size.
B
A Native American tribe affected by settlers moving west.
C
The new country formed after the American Revolution.
D
The belief that the United States was destined, or meant, to expand.
10) Why did Americans move west?
A
They wanted to escape the king of England
B
They wanted to steal the land of the Natives.
C
All of the above.
D
They believed in Manifest Destiny.
11) How did Westward Expansion change the lives of Native Americans?
A
Native Americans were forced to take the Oregon Trail away form their homeland.
B
A Native American was elected to be president
C
Many Native Americans died in the Westward Expansion War
D
Natives were forced to move from their home and travel the Trail of Tears, many dying along the way.
12) Which claim best fits the Oregon Trail?
A
Pioneers traveled the Oregon Trail because they were looking for adventure.
B
The journey was dangerous because many people died, got sick, or had to travel on rough terrain.
C
The Oregon Trail was a safe and fun adventure.
D
The journey was a dark time in American history, in which many Native Americans were forced from their home.
13) The first part of the Constitution that explains why it was written is called
A
Articles of Confederation
B
The Preamble
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Constitution
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