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Grade 9 Early National Era
What was the name of the conflict between anti- and pro-slavery groups in Kansas from 1854-1861?
  1. Jayhawk War
  2. Ruffian Raids
  3. Bleeding Kansas
  4. Bushwacker Battles
Grade 7 Early National Era
Which president signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law?
  1. John Adams
  2. James Monroe
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. George Washington
Grade 7 Early National Era
What was the name of the first American political party?
  1. Whig
  2. Tory
  3. Federalist
  4. Progressive
Grade 9 Early National Era
The line setting the northern limit on new slave states was repealed as a part of what?
  1. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  3. The Compromise of 1850
  4. The Tallmadge Amendment
Grade 8 Early National Era
Francis Scott Key wrote                                 while watching the British attack on Fort McHenry.
  1. The New Colossus
  2. God Bless America
  3. The Star-Spangled Banner
  4. The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Grade 11 Early National Era
What was the first American railroad chartered for both passenger and freight travel?
  1. South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
  2. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  3. Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad
  4. Union Pacific Railroad
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which controversial legislation of President John Adams’ administration restricted citizens from criticizing the government?
  1. Embargo Act
  2. XYZ Affair
  3. Monroe Doctrine
  4. The Alien and Sedition acts
Grade 8 Early National Era
What is the name of the treaty that ended the War of 1812?
  1. Treaty of Ghent
  2. Treaty of Paris
  3. Treaty of 1812
  4. Pinckney's Treaty
Grade 8 Early National Era
What was the result of the Battle of Lake Erie?
  1. The British gained control of all of the Great Lakes.
  2. The United States retreated from northern Ohio.
  3. Tecumseh was killed and his forces disbanded.
  4. The United States gained control of Lake Erie.
Grade 8 Early National Era
The U.S. would be allowed to travel freely up and down the Mississippi River and trade through the port city of New Orleans after which treaty?
  1. Whiskey Rebellion
  2. Jay's Treaty
  3. Pinckney's Treaty
  4. Treaty of Paris 1783
Grade 5 Early National Era
The United States Constitution was written in what year?
  1. 1776
  2. 1787
  3. 1794
  4. 1803
Grade 9 Early National Era
Why did people from across the country travel to Kansas?
  1. because gold was found at the Monument Rocks
  2. the promise of fifty acres and a mule
  3. to influence the vote on slavery
  4. to escape conflicts in the east
Grade 7 Early National Era
Who came to power in France and reopened negotiations with the United States?
  1. Robespierre
  2. Louis XVIII
  3. Napoleon
  4. Danton
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which of the following describes the terms of Jay's Treaty?
  1. Spain would open the Mississippi up for trade and travel.
  2. The United States would gain all land East of the Mississippi River.
  3. The French would repay the United States for damages and help them fight the Native Americans.
  4. Britain would repay the cost of goods destroyed from ships and leave the Northwest Territory.
Grade 9 Early National Era
What proposal called for banning slavery in the territories, except Texas, gained from Mexico?
  1. Wilmot Proviso
  2. Gadsden Treaty
  3. Missouri Compromise
  4. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Grade 9 Early National Era
Who reentered politics in 1854 with a series of speeches denouncing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
  1. Ulysses S. Grant
  2. Charles Sumner
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. William Seward
Grade 10 Early National Era
The whiskey tax was the idea of
  1. Aaron Burr.
  2. Thomas Jefferson.
  3. George Washington.
  4. Alexander Hamilton.
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