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Advanced Placement United States History
Mr. Koch
American Pageant
CHAPTERS 5 - 8 EXAM
Name: ___________________________________
Date: ______________
1. As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth
century,
A) a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and
the mother country.
B) the British government was pleased that more workers would be available to fill
an increasing need for laborers in Britain.
C) the need for slave labor declined.
D) the colonists became more dependent on Britain for the goods that they needed
to survive.
E) the British government granted greater autonomy to colonial governments.
2. By the end of the 1700's, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of
colonial America?
A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 75%
E) 90%
3. The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was
________________________, whereas ____________ was the least ethnically
diverse.
A) New England, the South
B) the middle colonies, the South
C) the South, New England
D) the middle colonies, New England
E) the frontier regions, New England
4. When the Scots-Irish established a new community, one of the first tasks they
undertook was to
A) build a tavern.
B) erect a church.
C) establish a court.
D) institute a theocracy.
E) make peace with local Indians.
5. The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
A) was not that profitable.
B) involved America, France, and England.
C) relied on the Spanish fleet for protection.
D) saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.
E) involved the trading of rum for African slaves.
6. Transportation in colonial America was
A) surprisingly fast for the time.
B) safer by road than by any other means.
C) slow by any of the means available.
D) so poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s.
E) fast only on the waterways.
7. By the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was
A) stronger than at any previous time.
B) holding steadfastly to the belief that spiritual conversion was essential for
church membership.
C) moving away from clerical intellectualism.
D) less fervid than when the colonies were established.
E) becoming less tolerant.
8. The “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening
A) delivered intensely emotional sermons.
B) rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.
C) reinforced the established churches.
D) were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial
Americans.
E) opposed the emotionalism of the revivalists.
9. In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted
A) in the South.
B) in New England.
C) on the frontier.
D) in the middle colonies.
E) in those areas controlled by Spain.
10. The person most often called the “first civilized American” was
A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) John Trumball.
C) John Winthrop.
D) Phillis Wheatley.
E) Benjamin Franklin.
11. In colonial elections,
A) most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote.
B) the right to vote was reserved for property holders.
C) only a small landed elite had the right to vote.
D) average citizens were usually elected to office.
E) true democracy had arrived.
12. The coureurs de bois were
A) French soldiers.
B) French boatmen.
C) Catholic priests.
D) French farmers.
E) French fur trappers.
13. The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
A) large number of troops committed by both sides.
B) lack of Indian participation.
C) carry over of European tactics to America.
D) use of primitive guerrilla warfare.
E) all of the above.
14. The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
A) stop Spain from extending its empire.
B) help win the War of Jenkins's Ear.
C) stop the Indian attacks on its outposts.
D) link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.
E) be able to put more of its settlers there in order to increase farm production.
15. The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
A) achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.
B) propose independence of the colonies from Britain.
C) declare war on the Iroquois tribe.
D) prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies.
E) gain peace with France.
16. As a result of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain
A) gained control of Louisiana.
B) became the dominant power in North America.
C) annexed the island of Cuba.
D) gained exclusive control of the slave trade.
E) all of the above.
17. In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War,
A) France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America.
B) England turned Florida over to Spain.
C) Spain ceded all of Louisiana, including New Orleans, to Britain.
D) France lost all its valuable sugar islands in the West Indies.
E) the British got all of Canada except Nova Scotia.
18. When the Acadians left Canada, they went to
A) Florida.
B) Louisiana.
C) France.
D) Nova Scotia.
E) the French West Indies.
19. With the defeat of Chief Pontiac and his alliance, the British decided to
A) stabilize Indian-white relations.
B) let the colonists assume financial responsibility for defending themselves.
C) remove troops stationed in the colonies.
D) enlist the aid of France to halt the Indian menace.
E) open land west of the Appalachian mountains to settlement.
20. The Proclamation of 1763
A) was warmly received by American land speculators.
B) removed the Spanish and Indian menace from the colonial frontier.
C) declared war on Chief Pontiac and his fierce warriors.
D) prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
E) opened Canada to American settlement.
21. Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the
American Revolution involved
A) removing British troops from American soil.
B) beginning a war with Spain.
C) removing the majority of the British navy from American waters.
D) compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the
empire.
E) all of the above.
22. The “radical whigs” feared
A) too much democracy.
B) a written constitution.
C) the arbitrary power of the monarchy.
D) a too powerful parliament.
E) all of the above.
23. Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the
following except
A) supply Britain with raw materials not available there.
B) become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible.
C) furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy.
D) provide a market for British manufactured goods.
E) refrain from exporting woolen cloth.
24. In some ways, the Navigation Laws were a burden to certain colonists because
A) northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern
planters.
B) those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy,
which protected colonial and British trade.
C) they stifled economic initiative.
D) Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilistic principles.
E) they gave greater benefits to slaves holders.
25. The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to
benefit
A) Virginia tobacco planters.
B) British merchants.
C) New England merchants.
D) backwoods farmers.
E) the Crown.
26. A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763
when ____________________ assumed charge of colonial policy.
A) Charles Townshend
B) George Grenville
C) Lord North
D) William Pitt
E) King George III
27. Match each act below with the correct description.
A. Sugar Act
1. first British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies
B. Stamp Act
2. asserted Parliament's absolute power over the colonies
C. Declaratory Act
3. required colonists to lodge British troops in their homes
4. generated the most protest in the colonies.
A) A-3, B-2, C-l
B) A-1, B-4, C-3
C) A-1, B-4, C-2
D) A-4, B-1, C-2
E) A-2, B-1, C-4
28. Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because
A) it was a very expensive tax.
B) they believed it could not be repealed.
C) Parliament passed the tax, not the colonists.
D) they opposed all taxes.
E) they wanted their independence.
29. Actions taken by the colonists that helped them unite include
A) the Stamp Act Congress.
B) nonimportation agreements.
C) spinning bees.
D) the making and wearing of homemade woolen goods.
E) all of the above.
30. As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,
A) British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order.
B) the port of Boston was closed.
C) Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
D) Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation.
E) Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.
31. Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend
Acts, (C) Tea Act, (D) Intolerable Acts.
A) A, B, C, D
B) D, B, C, A
C) C, B, D, A
D) B, A, C, D
E) A, C, D, B
32. Match each individual on the left with the correct description.
A. Samuel Adams
1. a casualty of the Boston Massacre
B. John Adams
2. a foreign volunteer who drilled American troops during the War o
Independence
C. Crispus Attucks
3. a pamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas a
information on resisting British policy
4. a Massachusetts politician who opposed the moderates' solution to
imperial crisis at the First Continental Congress
A) A-4, B-3, C-2
B) A-3, B-4, C-1
C) A-2, B-4, C-2
D) A-2, B-1, C-3
E) A-4, B-1, C-2
33. The First Continental Congress
A) was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen colonies.
B) adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the
colonies under British direction.
C) made a ringing declaration of America's independence from Britain.
D) called for a complete boycott of British goods.
E) adjourned shortly after convening.
34. Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence
because they
A) favored French domination of North America.
B) were strongly pacifist.
C) feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical.
D) rejected colonialism.
E) opposed the mercantilist system.
35. As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of
A) highly reliable and well-supplied troops.
B) potential aid from the Armed Neutrality League.
C) a well-organized, strongly committed, and united population.
D) many outstanding civil and military leaders.
E) able naval leaders.
36. African Americans during the Revolutionary War
A) fought for both the Americans and the British.
B) fought only for the British.
C) fought only for the Americans.
D) supported neither side, as both enslaved them.
E) seized the opportunity to gain their freedom by running away to Barbados.
37. Regarding American independence,
A) a majority of Americans supported the cause selflessly.
B) most of the American business community sacrificed profit for victory.
C) France gave little assistance.
D) only a select minority supported independence with selfless devotion.
E) Spain was in total opposition.
38. When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775,
A) its members felt a strong desire for independence.
B) it cut off communications with the British government.
C) it continued to stall on the creation of an army and navy.
D) there was no well-defined sentiment for independence.
E) the conservative element was weakened.
39. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fighting at Lexington and
Concord, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of
Common Sense, (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
A) B, C, A, D
B) A, B, C, D
C) A, C, D, B
D) C, D, A, B
E) A, B, D, C
40. The Revolutionary War began with fighting in __________; then in 1777–1778,
fighting was concentrated in __________; and the fighting concluded in
__________.
A) the South, the middle colonies, New England
B) the middle colonies, New England, the South
C) New England, the South, the middle colonies
D) New England, the middle colonies, the South
E) the middle colonies, the South, New England
41. George Washington's selection to lead the colonial army was
A) a poor choice.
B) largely political.
C) based solely on military experience.
D) opposed by New Englanders.
E) done with no misgivings.
42. The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were
A) outnumbered.
B) short of gunpowder.
C) poorly organized.
D) poor shots.
E) lacking in courage.
43. The Olive Branch Petition
A) was passed by Parliament.
B) was an expression of King George III's desire for peace.
C) promised no treason charges if colonists stopped fighting.
D) was an attempt by the colonists to gain support of Native Americans.
E) professed American loyalty to the crown.
44. With the American invasion of Canada in 1775,
A) the French Canadians took the opportunity to revolt against British control.
B) Benedict Arnold seized the occasion to desert to the British.
C) the colonials' claim that they were merely fighting defensively for a redress of
grievances was contradicted.
D) the Revolution became a world war.
E) George III declared the colonies in rebellion.
45. In a republic, power
A) comes from the aristocrats.
B) comes from a select few based on religion.
C) comes from the people themselves.
D) resides in property owners.
E) belongs only to the educated.
46. Thomas Paine argued that all government officials
A) were corrupt.
B) should derive their authority from popular consent.
C) should be part of a “natural aristocracy.”
D) need not listen to the voice of the uneducated.
E) should not be paid for their service.
47. The resolution that “These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent states…” was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by
Virginia delegate
A) Patrick Henry.
B) Thomas Jefferson.
C) Richard Henry Lee.
D) Thomas Paine.
E) John Adams.
48. Most Americans considered which of the following to be fundamental for any
successful republican government?
A) a wealthy class to govern
B) the primacy of the property rights of individuals
C) primacy of the interests of individuals
D) retention of a constitutional monarchy
E) civic virtue
49. When America became a republic and political power no longer rested with an allpowerful king,
A) the American colonies were able to gain their independence.
B) England experienced the Glorious Revolution.
C) individuals needed to sacrifice their own self-interest to the public good.
D) chaos gripped the nation.
E) all of the above.
50. Which individual privately advocated equality for women?
A) Betsy Ross
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Martha Washington
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) Abigail Adams
51. Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled __________ or
_______________, and the independence-seeking Patriots were also known as
_______________.
A) Tories, Whigs, Loyalists
B) Loyalists, Tories, Whigs
C) Whigs, Tories, Loyalists
D) Loyalists, Whigs, Tories
E) Sons of Liberty, Tories, Whigs
52. Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was
A) a majority movement.
B) a minority movement.
C) started by forces outside the country.
D) one in which little attention was given to those civilians who remained neutral.
E) one which produced a minimum of violence.
53. The Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been
declared were more likely to be all of the following except
A) well educated.
B) from among the older generation.
C) affiliated with the Anglican church.
D) from New England.
E) wealthy.
54. Loyalists were least numerous in
A) New York
B) Pennsylvania.
C) Virginia.
D) the middle colonies.
E) New England.
55. In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in
America's military by
A) defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British at Princeton.
B) securing the support of France for the American war effort with a victory in
New York City.
C) gaining a pay raise for American troops.
D) bringing in Alexander Hamilton as his aide.
E) providing adequate food and clothing for the soldiers.
56. The basic strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to
A) control the Delaware Valley.
B) invade the southern colonies.
C) isolate New England.
D) hold the cities and let colonists control the countryside.
E) isolate the South.
57. The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it
A) brought the British to offer recognition of colonial independence.
B) brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France.
C) prevented the fighting from spreading into the southern colonies.
D) prevented the colonial capital from being captured by the British.
E) kept Benedict Arnold from joining the British.
58. The commander of French troops in America was
A) Rochambeau.
B) Lafayette.
C) de Grasse.
D) Burgoyne.
E) Howe.
59. Some Indian nations joined the British during the Revolutionary War because
A) the British threatened them with destruction if they did not help.
B) they believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the
West.
C) the British hired them as mercenaries.
D) they were bound by treaties.
E) none of the above.
60. The most important contribution of the seagoing “privateers” during the
Revolutionary War was that they
A) gained control of the sea for the colonists.
B) successfully invaded the British West Indies.
C) captured hundreds of British merchant ships.
D) fought the British navy to a standstill.
E) made reliance on the French unnecessary.
Answer Key - AP EXAM5-8
1. A
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. E
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. E
11. B
12. E
13. D
14. D
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. D
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. C
28. C
29. E
30. A
31. D
32. B
33. D
34. C
35. D
36. A
37. D
38. D
39. B
40. D
41. B
42. B
43. E
44. C
45. C
46. B
47. C
48. E
49. C
50. E
51. B
52. B
53. D
54. E
55. A
56. C
57. B
58. A
59. B
60. C