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