Social Studies UIL Tryouts

What effect occurred because both European nations wanted to control lands in North America?

• World War I

• French and Indian War

• War of the Roses

• Spanish American War

Which laws were enacted by the British to punish the colonists for the pictured event?

• Plymouth Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Acts

• Townshend Acts

Where was the last major battle of the American Revolution?

• Saratoga

• Lexington

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Which Patriot that was hung as a spy by the British in 1776 is famous for this quote?

• Nathan Hale

• Lewis Latimer

• Benedict Arnold

• James Monroe

Who is the political leader in the description below?

* Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses at the age of 26

*Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Elected as the third President of the United States in 1800

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Robert Morris

• Richard Henry Lee

Who was a Patriot and writer, whose pamphlet Common Sense convinced many Americans it was time to declare independence from Britain?

• Benjamin Rush

• George Wythe

• Thomas Paine

• Josiah Bartlett

The Mayflower Compact is a __________.

• Law offering free land to pioneers willing to start farms on the Great Plains

• Grant given by the King of Spain to wealthy settlers in New Spain

• Plan of government written by the Pilgrims

• Policy warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere

Which function finishes the sentence below about the United States Government.

*Legislative Branch - Makes the laws

* Judicial Branch - Decides the meaning of laws

* Executive Branch - ____________________

• Determines prices and standards of products

• Carries out the laws

• Leads the Church

• Establishes rules of education

Who is the leader of the judicial branch?

• President

• Chief Justice

• Speaker of the House

• The Pope

What new industry created a growing demand for products made from oil?

• Electric light bulb

• Typewriter

• Automobile

• Mechanical Reaper