US History: Prior Knowledge Assessment
Review What You Knew
Geography Which ocean borders the East Coast of the United States? _______________ Which ocean borders the West Coast of the United States? _______________ How many original American colonies were there? _________ How many states comprise the United States of America? ______________ What country is to the north of the United States? _________________ Name two mountain ranges found in the United States? _________________
Atlantic Ocean
13
Pacific Ocean
50
Appalachian, Rocky and Sierra Nevada
Canada
PeopleWho is the colony, city, county and state of New York named after? _________________________________
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? _________________________
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”? _____________________Name the following presidents:
a) The First ______________________________b) The Second ____________________________c) The Sixteenth __________________________d) The last three (not including current President)
__________________________ __________________________
__________________________
James, The Duke of York
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Government
What does the word suffrage mean? _______________________________
Before the Constitution, what was the name of our government? ______________ Name the three branches of the United States Government: _________________, _____________________, and ______________________ Which amendment in the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion and speech? __________________________ Which court case established the principle of judicial review for the Supreme
Court? ____________________________
Articles of Confederation
Voting rights
LegislativeExecutive
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial
First Amendment
Conflicts
What does the word nationalism mean? __________________________________________________________________
What does the word sectionalism mean? __________________________________________________________________ From which European country did the United States gain its independence? ________________________________ Which wars took place between the years . . .
1754-1763? _____________________________
1776-1783? _____________________________
1812-1814? _____________________________
1846-1848? _____________________________
1861-1865? _____________________________
Having intense pride in one’s nation
Having intense pride in the region where they live
French and Indian War or “The Seven Years War”
The Revolutionary War or War for Independence
War of 1812 or “2nd War of Independence”
US-Mexican War
Civil War
Great Britain