
South Carolina Unit 8-2.5 Social Studies, American Revolution Battles
Quiz by Rebecca Bridges
Grade 8
Social Studies (2011)
South Carolina Learning Standards
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- Q1Write each of these in your chart as you review. Which battle took place when the British Navy blockaded and stopped supply lines running into this port city?Kings MountainCamdenCharlestonCowpens30s
- Q2Write this statement in the chart after you learn the correct answer 2. This happened when the Americans were forced to surrender to the British in May 1789 after the British fought over this city for several days?Battle of CowpensBattle of Kings MountainBattle of CharlestonBattle of Camden30s
- Q3Write the statement on your chart with the correct battle or area. 3. Area in which South Carolina’s militia sometimes wondered as they fought the British through guerrilla warfare.CamdenLowcountryCharlestonBackcountry30s
- Q4Write the statement on your chart with the correct battle. 4. This battle was a major defeat for the Continental Army led by General Horatio Gates?Battle of CamdenBattle of Kings MountainBattle of CowpensSiege at Charleston30s
- Q5Write the statement under the correct battle on your chart. 5. This battle is considered a turning point in the American Revolution and an American victory?CamdenSiege at CharlestonKings MountainCowpens30s
- Q6This is already in your notes, so you do not have to write this on your chart. In which battle did the Americans enter unprepared after starving and experiencing disease going through the swamp in the summer?Battle at CowpensBattle of CamdenBattle at Kings MountainBattle at Yorktown30s
- Q7Write the statement on your chart under the correct battle. Andrew Pickens led this battle with the militia, and tricked the British lines into following his men where they were trapped by American regulars?Kings MountainCowpensCamdenYorktown30s
- Q8Write the statement on your chart under the correct battle. Backcountry soldiers from North and South Carolina attacked Loyalist forces, and offered no quarter (accepted no surrender) for the harsh way British had treated Americans?YorktownCamdenCowpensKings Mountain30s
- Q9Write the statement under the correct battle on your chart. After this battle, General Cornwallis led his soldiers into North Carolina?CamdenKings MountainSiege at CharlestonCowpens30s
- Q10Write the statement on the chart under the correct battle. This battle on the chart not located in South Carolina?Kings MountainCowpensCamdenYorktown30s
- Q11Write the response in the correct battle or area on the chart. Area of South Carolina where the Council of Safety had to declare a temporary peace treaty?CharlestonLowcountryCamdenBackcountry30s
- Q12Write the statement below under the correct battle on your chart. 12. The final battle of the American Revolution at which General Cornwallis’s second in command surrendered to General George Washington’s second in command.CowpensYorktownCamdenKings Mountain30s
- Q13Write the statement under the correct battle or area on the chart. Area of South Carolina where Patriots, Loyalists, and people who were neutral often disagreed?CowpensBackcountryCharlestonUpcountry30s