The American Journey: Reconstruction to the Present

Chapter/Prologue 2: A Growing Nation

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The leader of the Democratic-Republicans was _____________.
A)Thomas Jefferson
B)George Washington
C)John Adams
D)Alexander Hamilton
2
The cotton gin was invented by ___________.
A)Oliver Evans
B)Eli Whitney
C)Samuel Slater
D)Jacob Perkins
3
The Indian Territory created by Congress was an area in present-day ___________.
A)Texas
B)Oklahoma
C)Utah
D)Nebraska
4
The belief that America was meant to spread across the entire continent was called ___________.
A)the New Frontier
B)Fifty-four Forty or Fight
C)the American Dream
D)Manifest Destiny
5
Abolitionists wanted to ___________.
A)improve prisons
B)provide humane institutions for the mentally handicapped
C)stop the war with Mexico
D)end slavery
6
Lee surrendered to Grant at ____________.
A)Appomattox Court House
B)Petersburg
C)Richmond
D)Cold Harbor
7
The agency that supplied food, education, transportation, and medical services to African Americans was the ___________.
A)Society of Free Men
B)Fisk Society
C)Freedmen's Bureau
D)Agency of Freedom
8
The ____________ Amendment abolished slavery.
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
9
The ____________ Amendment granted full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States.
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
10
The ____________ Amendment prohibited state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
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