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Grade 5 American Revolution
What was the name of the farmer that started a rebellion?
  1. Clark
  2. Shays
  3. Lewis
  4. Madison
Grade 5 Civil War
Which man was known as the Great Compromiser?
  1. John C. Calhoun
  2. Andrew Jackson
  3. Roger B. Taney
  4. Henry Clay
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Georgia originally had a ban on slavery.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 American Revolution
Who was the African American slave who wrote a poem honoring George Washington for being named commander in chief?
  1. John Henry
  2. Jim Proudfoot
  3. Phillis Wheatley
  4. Moses Freeman
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
regional loyalty
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 5 Progressive Era
Highlighting women's contributions during World War I, Woodrow Wilson gave a speech in 1918 endorsing women's suffrage.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 American Revolution
Who was the ruler of England during the Revolutionary War?
  1. Queen Elizabeth
  2. King George III
  3. King Edward
  4. General Thomas Howe
Grade 5 Modern Era
Clara Barton took up nursing as a career during which war?
  1. Civil War
  2. Crimean War
  3. Spanish-American War
  4. Mexican-American War
Grade 5 Civil War
Many abolitionists were inspired by the religious revival known as the                       .
  1. Counter-Reformation
  2. First Great Awakening
  3. Protestant Reformation
  4. Second Great Awakening
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
tax on imported goods
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 5 The Frontier
Who commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
  1. George Washington
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. John Adams
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The Iroquois Confederacy primarily traded what good with European colonists?
  1. furs
  2. gold
  3. marbles
  4. copper
Grade 5 American Revolution
During the American Revolution, most Native American groups                                 
  1. remained neutral
  2. sided with the British
  3. sided with the Americans
  4. switched loyalties at least once
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Who was the Native American leader in the Tsenacommacah area near Jamestown when the English arrived?
  1. Pocahontas
  2. Massasoit
  3. Tecumseh
  4. Powhatan
Grade 5 American Revolution
Massachusetts men who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice were called what?
  1. Patriots
  2. Loyalists
  3. Minutemen
  4. Tories
Grade 5 Colonial Period
The                     Mayflower Compact                    , an agreement signed onboard their ship before they came ashore called for just and equal laws for Plymouth.
Grade 5 The Frontier
Who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition in North Dakota as an interpreter and guide?
  1. Tecumseh
  2. Sacagawea
  3. Zebulon Pike
  4. Tenskwatawa
Grade 5 American Revolution
Who was appointed to by the Second Continental Congress to be in command of the Continental Army?
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. George Washington
  4. Thomas Paine
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Which of the following was the most widely grown crop in the Middle Colonies?
  1. tobacco
  2. cotton
  3. rice
  4. wheat
Grade 5 Civil War
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
  1. Foreign Invasion
  2. Immigration
  3. Taxes
  4. Slavery
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