U.S. History — Semester A Practice

Question 1 of 10

TEKS 12A-14C Easy Word

The Gadsden Purchase (1853) acquired land from:

A France

B Spain

C Mexico

D Russia

Explanation

📌 Mexico. Southern Arizona and New Mexico. For a southern railroad route. $10 million.

Question 2 of 10

TEKS 29A-32B Medium Word

Propaganda is:

A information designed to promote a particular viewpoint

B always factual information

C the same as a primary source

D only used in dictatorships

Explanation

📌 Information designed to promote a particular point of view or cause. Can be true or misleading. Used in wars, politics.

Question 3 of 10

TEKS 15A-16E Easy Word

Laissez-faire economics means:

A heavy government regulation

B no private property

C minimal government interference in business

D government ownership of businesses

Explanation

📌 Government should NOT interfere in business. Let the market regulate itself. Popular in late 1800s.

Question 4 of 10

TEKS 20A-22E Easy Word

The 1st Amendment protects:

A right to bear arms

B right to vote

C right to a fair trial

D freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition

Explanation

📌 Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. RAPPS.

Question 5 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

Sharecropping after the Civil War was:

A a fair economic system

B only in the North

C illegal after 1865

D a system that kept former slaves in poverty

Explanation

📌 Former slaves worked land owned by whites, sharing crops as 'rent.' Kept African Americans in poverty/debt cycle.

Question 6 of 10

TEKS 20A-22E Easy Word

Popular sovereignty means:

A Congress decides

B the people decide by vote

C the king decides

D the President decides

Explanation

📌 People of a territory decide an issue (like slavery) by voting. Used in Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854).

Question 7 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The Columbian Exchange was:

A a stock market

B exchange of goods and diseases between Old and New Worlds

C a trade route

D a peace treaty

Explanation

📌 Transfer of plants, animals, diseases between Americas and Europe after Columbus. Changed both worlds dramatically.

Question 8 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The Northwest Ordinance (1787):

A established the capital

B organized territories and banned slavery in the Northwest

C opened western lands to slavery

D declared war on Britain

Explanation

📌 Organized territory north of Ohio River. Banned slavery there. Set process for new states to join Union.

Question 9 of 10

TEKS 12A-14C Easy Word

Ellis Island was:

A an immigration processing center

B a national park

C a prison

D a military base

Explanation

📌 Immigration processing center in New York Harbor (1892-1954). ~12 million immigrants entered through it.

Question 10 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

Jamestown colonists initially struggled because:

A Native Americans refused all contact

B they had too many farmers

C the land was too cold

D they focused on finding gold instead of survival

Explanation

📌 Poor location (swampy), lack of farming skills, searched for gold instead of growing food, disease.

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