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Which choice gives the correct context for the New Castle Court House?

  • The New Castle Court House is connected with Maryland’s colonial government history
  • The New Castle Court House is connected with Delaware’s colonial government history
  • The New Castle Court House is connected with Virginia’s colonial government history
  • The New Castle Court House is connected with New Jersey’s colonial government history
Correct answer(s):
  • The New Castle Court House is connected with Delaware's colonial government history

Which statement best summarizes First State National Historical Park?

  • First State National Historical Park is made up of a single battlefield only
  • First State National Historical Park is made up of one continuous wilderness tract
  • First State National Historical Park is made up of several separate historic sites
  • First State National Historical Park is made up of one coastal beach property
Correct answer(s):
  • First State National Historical Park is made up of several separate historic sites

What part of Delaware history does Hagley Museum help preserve?

  • Gold-rush history from the Rocky Mountains
  • Spanish mission history from the 1500s
  • Early automobile factories from Detroit
  • Industrial history connected with the early DuPont works
Correct answer(s):
  • Industrial history connected with the early DuPont works

What became an important part of the Brandywine Valley’s industrial history?

  • A transcontinental railroad terminal
  • A large gold-mining district
  • A major cotton plantation complex
  • The DuPont powder works
Correct answer(s):
  • The DuPont powder works

Which fact best describes Delaware manufacturing?

  • Waterpower helped northern Delaware develop an early manufacturing economy
  • wind-powered agriculture helped northern Delaware develop an early manufacturing economy
  • coal extraction helped northern Delaware develop an early manufacturing economy
  • desert irrigation helped northern Delaware develop an early manufacturing economy
Correct answer(s):
  • Waterpower helped northern Delaware develop an early manufacturing economy

Which description of the Brandywine Valley is accurate?

  • Streams in the Brandywine Valley supplied wind-powered agriculture for early mills
  • Streams in the Brandywine Valley supplied coal extraction for early mills
  • Streams in the Brandywine Valley supplied desert irrigation for early mills
  • Streams in the Brandywine Valley supplied waterpower for early mills
Correct answer(s):
  • Streams in the Brandywine Valley supplied waterpower for early mills

What is true about Delaware’s Civil War history?

  • Virginia’s Civil War history combines Union loyalty with the history of slavery
  • New Jersey’s Civil War history combines Union loyalty with the history of slavery
  • Delaware’s Civil War history combines Union loyalty with the history of slavery
  • Maryland’s Civil War history combines Union loyalty with the history of slavery
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware's Civil War history combines Union loyalty with the history of slavery

Which statement is correct about Delaware during the Civil War?

  • Delaware joined the Confederacy during the Civil War
  • Delaware remained in the Union during the Civil War
  • Delaware declared neutrality and left the Union during the Civil War
  • Delaware became an independent country during the war during the Civil War
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware remained in the Union during the Civil War

Which choice gives the correct context for Delaware’s Civil War status?

  • Delaware had no legal history of slavery before the war when the American Civil War began
  • Delaware was a slave state when the American Civil War began
  • Delaware was admitted as a free territory during the war when the American Civil War began
  • Delaware had abolished slavery before the Civil War began when the American Civil War began
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware was a slave state when the American Civil War began

Which statement best summarizes Delaware’s 1787 statehood date?

  • Delaware’s 1787 statehood date refers to its ratification of the federal Constitution
  • Delaware’s 1782 statehood date refers to its ratification of the federal Constitution
  • Delaware’s 1790 statehood date refers to its ratification of the federal Constitution
  • Delaware’s 1767 statehood date refers to its ratification of the federal Constitution
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware's 1787 statehood date refers to its ratification of the federal Constitution

What is the correct interpretation of Delaware’s First State identity?

  • Virginia’s First State identity comes from its place in the constitutional ratification order
  • Maryland’s First State identity comes from its place in the constitutional ratification order
  • New Jersey’s First State identity comes from its place in the constitutional ratification order
  • Delaware’s First State identity comes from its place in the constitutional ratification order
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware's First State identity comes from its place in the constitutional ratification order

Which option accurately explains Delaware’s constitutional ratification?

  • Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1790
  • Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1782
  • Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1767
  • Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787

Which fact best describes Moving the capital to Dover placed the?

  • Moving the capital to Georgetown placed the government in a more central and less exposed location
  • Moving the capital to Wilmington placed the government in a more central and less exposed location
  • Moving the capital to Newark placed the government in a more central and less exposed location
  • Moving the capital to Dover placed the government in a more central and less exposed location
Correct answer(s):
  • Moving the capital to Dover placed the government in a more central and less exposed location

Which description of Delaware’s colonial capital is accurate?

  • New Castle had served as Delaware’s colonial capital before Wilmington
  • New Castle had served as Delaware’s colonial capital before Georgetown
  • New Castle had served as Delaware’s colonial capital before Newark
  • New Castle had served as Delaware’s colonial capital before Dover
Correct answer(s):
  • New Castle had served as Delaware's colonial capital before Dover

What is true about Delaware’s capital in 1777?

  • Dover became Delaware’s capital in 1780
  • Dover became Delaware’s capital in 1772
  • Dover became Delaware’s capital in 1757
  • Dover became Delaware’s capital in 1777
Correct answer(s):
  • Dover became Delaware's capital in 1777

Which statement is correct about Caesar Rodney?

  • Samuel Adams’s arrival helped Delaware’s delegation support American independence
  • John Hancock’s arrival helped Delaware’s delegation support American independence
  • Caesar Rodney’s arrival helped Delaware’s delegation support American independence
  • Patrick Henry’s arrival helped Delaware’s delegation support American independence
Correct answer(s):
  • Caesar Rodney's arrival helped Delaware's delegation support American independence

Which choice gives the correct context for Caesar Rodney?

  • Caesar Rodney is remembered for riding to Philadelphia during the independence debate in 1771
  • Caesar Rodney is remembered for riding to Philadelphia during the independence debate in 1756
  • Caesar Rodney is remembered for riding to Philadelphia during the independence debate in 1776
  • Caesar Rodney is remembered for riding to Philadelphia during the independence debate in 1779
Correct answer(s):
  • Caesar Rodney is remembered for riding to Philadelphia during the independence debate in 1776

Which statement best summarizes In 1776, the three Delaware counties?

  • In 1771, the three Delaware counties organized themselves as an independent state
  • In 1776, the three Delaware counties organized themselves as an independent state
  • In 1756, the three Delaware counties organized themselves as an independent state
  • In 1779, the three Delaware counties organized themselves as an independent state
Correct answer(s):
  • In 1776, the three Delaware counties organized themselves as an independent state

What is the correct interpretation of Delaware and Pennsylvania?

  • Delaware and Connecticut continued to share a governor for many years after Delaware’s separate assembly began
  • Delaware and Virginia continued to share a governor for many years after Delaware’s separate assembly began
  • Delaware and North Carolina continued to share a governor for many years after Delaware’s separate assembly began
  • Delaware and Pennsylvania continued to share a governor for many years after Delaware’s separate assembly began
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware and Pennsylvania continued to share a governor for many years after Delaware's separate assembly began

Which option accurately explains Delaware counties?

  • The Delaware counties began meeting in a separate legislative assembly in 1699
  • The Delaware counties began meeting in a separate legislative assembly in 1684
  • The Delaware counties began meeting in a separate legislative assembly in 1704
  • The Delaware counties began meeting in a separate legislative assembly in 1707
Correct answer(s):
  • The Delaware counties began meeting in a separate legislative assembly in 1704