1.02 U.S. HISTORY

Question 1 (Worth 5 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ...

Who will enforce this document?

 enslaved people in the United States

 state government officials in the United States

 people in designated parts of the United States

ANSWER - soldiers and sailors of the United States

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 2 (Worth 5 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ...

Why was this document written?

ANSWER - to free enslaved people

 to issue orders to government officials

 to declare that slavery was morally wrong

 to punish rebellious slaves

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 3 (Worth 5 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

May 28, 1830

Chapter CXLVIII

An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...

What does the phrase Indian title has been extinguished describe in the context of the document?

 Land the Native Americans had been granted

ANSWER - Land that was taken away from Native Americans

 Land that was not valuable to the Native Americans

 Land that had been organized by the government

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 4 (Worth 5 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

May 28, 1830

Chapter CXLVIII

An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...

What is the main idea of this document?

 The U.S. government agrees to buy lands from Native Americans.

 The U.S. government agrees to sell lands to Native Americans.

ANSWER - The U.S. government sets aside lands as reservations for Native Americans.

 The U.S. government sets aside lands for settlers who wish to move west.

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 5 (Worth 10 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

May 28, 1830

Chapter CXLVIII

An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other ...

Explain what this document tells you about life in the United States during the early 1800s.

ESSAY SUBMISSION
EXAMPLE
In this time so many new people were coming to America that the Americans needed more land. So they took the Indians and uprooted then to an reserved land. So they sold the land they took from the Indians to the new comers.
This tells me that the Americans will stop at noting to get what they want.

Points earned on this question: 8

Question 6 (Worth 10 points)

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ...


Briefly restate the most important information in the document using your own words.

ESSAY SUBMISSION
EXAMPLE
the salves were set free and the state officials can not do anything to hurt them or make them go back to slavery.

Points earned on this question: 8