Civics_Ch12_Homework-1

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 * 1) Who is said to have discovered America? (A) Native Americans (B) Amerigo Vespucci (C) Christopher Columbus (D) Sir Walter Raleigh (E) none above (F) all above
 * 2) How did he discover America? (A) colonization began after his voyage (B) he was the first to come here (C) he began a colony and trade with the natives (D) he was the first to recognize he found two new continents (E) none of above (F) all of the above
 * 3) How is George Washington an important military figure (A) Father of our country as first president (B) helped set up the first colony (C) won the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 (D) commanded the Continental Army in the Revolution (E) none (F) all
 * 4) How did Eli Whitney make an impact? (A) invention of the cotton gin (B) cotton cultivation would be quicker and easier (C) cotton became a cash crop (D) cotton plantations would expand and there would be a new need for slaves (E) none (F) all
 * 5) How did Francis Lowell make an impact (A) fought to end slavery (B) wrote the Constitution (C) invented the cotton gin (D) began factories in America which gave the north its role of industry
 * 6) Who was president in the War of 1812? (A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Andrew Jackson (D) Abraham Lincoln (E) none of the above (F) all of the above
 * 7) Who freed the slaves and preserved the Union in the Civil War? (A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Andrew Jackson (D) Abraham Lincoln (E) none (F) all
 * 8) Who saved our federal system by putting an end to nullification? (A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Andrew Jackson (D) Abraham Lincoln (E) none (F) all
 * 9) Who doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase? (A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Andrew Jackson (D) Abraham Lincoln (E) none (F) all
 * 10) Who was also a general who won the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812? (A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Andrew Jackson (D) Abraham Lincoln
 * 11) Native American who helped the Jamestown colonists…(A) Pocahontas (B) Sitting Bull (C) Sacagawea (D) Soacaotoa (E) none of the above (F) all of the above
 * 12) Served as a guide for Lewis and Clark…(A) Pocahontas (B) Sitting Bull (C) Sacagawea (D) Soacaotoa (E) none of the above (F) all of the above
 * 13) Thomas Paine wrote //Common Sense//, which…(A) wanted liberty or death (B) first to suggest independence (C) preamble to Declaration of Independence (D) liked the Constitution
 * 14) Who said “give me liberty or give me death?” (A) Paul Revere (B) Thomas Paine (C) Patrick Henry (D) Nathan Hale (E) none of the above (F) all of the above
 * 15) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">James Polk was president during Manifest Destiny, which was belief that…(A) state should be able to declare federal laws non-existent (B) Americans had right to expand to the Pacific (C) Union should be preserved (D) U.S. should go to war (E) none (F) all
 * 16) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Frederick Douglass…(A) convinced Lincoln on slavery evils (B) began the Under-ground Railroad (C) signed Emancipation Proclamation (D) sued for freedom (E) none
 * 17) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;"> Which battlefield that was the turning point battle of the Civil War took place.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">You can see the first permanent English settlement at _, Virginia.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Fort McHenry is where Francis Scott Key wrote the _
 * 20) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">America got its name after _ who was the first to make a map of the western hemisphere and label it the _ _.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">_ - mountain with Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, and Lincoln sculpted.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">_ in Arizona is over a mile deep; cut by the Colorado River.
 * 23) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">How has transportation changed in America? _
 * 24) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">How has communication changed in America?
 * 25) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">The Trail of Tears was pushing the westward.
 * 26) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">What changed for women in terms of rights? _
 * 27) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">How did status change for blacks?
 * 28) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Washington and the Continental Army survived a harsh winter at _
 * 29) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Site of attack by Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941 that brought the U.S. into WWII: _
 * 30) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a site on…(A) Lewis and Clark (B) push of Indians to the west (C) explains the Alamo (D) War of 1812 history (E) none (F) all
 * 31) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Fort Pitt was a site in the (A) French and Indian War (B) Revolutionary War (C) War of 1812 (D) Civil War (E) none of the above (F) all of the above
 * 32) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">What could you learn by a visit to Plymouth Rock?
 * 33) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">List 5 sites to see in Washington D.C.:
 * 34) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Locate and label the sites from the above questions as well as the major geographical features (landforms and bodies of water) on the above map.