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Grade 5 Early National Era
Eldridge Gerry created a district that's shape was compared to what animal?
  1. frog
  2. snake
  3. dinosaur
  4. salamander
Grade 5 Early National Era
Construction on the National Road began in 1781.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
With over thirty thousand shipments, the busiest year for the Erie Canal was                .
  1. 1824
  2. 1841
  3. 1855
  4. 1877
Grade 5 Early National Era
You can still travel on the National Road today by following U.S. Route 40.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
The National Road runs through 10 states.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
In the 1830s, the National Road was repaved using the           macadam                          process.
Grade 5 Early National Era
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed in 1849.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
Used to connect Virginia with North Carolina, what is the oldest canal in the United States?
  1. Erie Canal
  2. Santee Canal
  3. Blackstone Canal
  4. Dismal Swamp Canal
Grade 5 Early National Era
The Cherokee Trail of Tears began at              Red Clay                           , Tennessee, a Cherokee capital city.
Grade 5 Early National Era
The federal government paid the Chickasaw for some of their lands east of the Mississippi River.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
After the Seminole Wars, where did the remaining Seminoles hold out?
  1. Everglades
  2. Great Dismal Swamp
  3. Battle of Wahoo Swamp
  4. Okefenokee Swamp
Grade 5 Early National Era
Who led the Seminole tribe during the Second Seminole War?
  1. Osceola
  2. Tecumseh
  3. Billy Bowlegs
  4. Thomas Jesop
Grade 5 Early National Era
Andrew Jackson demanded that the Muskogee leave their land because they did not do enough to stop Tecumseh.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
In 1836, Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent to end the conflict with the Creek and force them to move west of the Mississippi River.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
In 1791, Benjamin Banneker was hired by Andrew Ellicott to help with the survey for the site of which town?
  1. Chicago
  2. New York
  3. Saint Louis
  4. Washington DC
Grade 5 Early National Era
In addition to astronomy Benjamin Banneker also recorded his observations on a variety of other topics such as the seventeen-year cicada.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
What was one of the major accomplishments of the Confederation government?
  1. The Emancipation Proclamation
  2. The Bill of Rights
  3. The Northwest Ordinance
  4. The Louisiana Purchase
Grade 5 Early National Era
Originally the vice president was the presidential candidate that received the second most electoral votes.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Early National Era
What are the names of the two most common types of gerrymandering?
  1. sorting and shaving
  2. cracking and packing
  3. lumping and crushing
  4. crowding and flattening
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