Bedford year 2 Grade 4 student pre-test 1. Default Section Question Title * 1. Teacher Name: Question Title * 2. Indentured servants were different from slaves because indentured servants came from the West Indies were freed at the end of their term were paid less money did much easier work Question Title * 3. . . . we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. — Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863When Lincoln talked about "these dead" he was referring to soldiers killed in a Civil War battle workers who died building the railroad slaves killed while trying to escape women killed while working as nurses in the Civil War Question Title * 4. In Montgomery, Alabama, African Americans were required by law to sit in the back of city buses. From 1955 to 1956, African Americans organized a bus boycott, refusing to ride on the city buses. Why was the Montgomery bus boycott important? It helped African American workers to get higher pay. It helped begin the modern civil rights movement. It forced southern bus lines to close. It led people to be more conscious of conserving energy Question Title * 5. Which group of Americans followed what has become known as the "Trail of Tears" when they were forced to leave their homes? Japanese Americans Irish Americans Cherokee Indians Mormons Question Title * 6. Which part of the government of the United States is responsible for passing laws? The President The Supreme Court The Congress The State Department Question Title * 7. What was a major cause of the Civil War? People in the North and in the South had different religions. People in the North and in the South disagreed over slavery. People in the North wanted control of the country when they found out that gold had been discovered in the South. People in the South wanted control of the country when they found out that oil had been discovered in the North. Question Title * 8. To achieve his goals, Martin Luther King, Jr., told people to peacefully disobey laws that were not fair ignore politics and participate in religion move away from countries where they were not treated fairly protest by not voting Question Title * 9. The first Spanish explorers who reached the Americas were looking for a route to Alaska a new route to Asia proof that the world was flat new land for farming Question Title * 10. We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . . The passage comes from the Constitution Mayflower Compact Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Question Title * 11. The voyages of Columbus changed life in Europe by introducing new foods and spices to Europe showing Europeans a shorter route to Asia introducing the horse to Spain proving that the Earth was flat Question Title * 12. Most people in the southern colonies made their living by iron mining fishing farming shipbuilding Question Title * 13. Why were most early sawmills and flour mills located on rivers and streams? Water was needed to cool hot machinery. Waterwheels powered the cutting and grinding machines. People thought it was safer to live near rivers. It was easiest to expand the mills if they were near rivers Question Title * 14. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? To say how much Americans should pay in taxes To protect freedoms like freedom of speech To describe the jobs of the President and Congress To make Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States Question Title * 15. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." This statement was first made when Columbus arrived in the Americas Thomas Edison invented the light bulb Lewis and Clark saw the Pacific Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon Question Title * 16. American Indians taught European settlers how to grow rice sugar tea corn Done