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US History Review
Chapters 1-6
• The trade of goods between Europe
and the Americas is known as
• 1. the Columbian Exchange.
• 2. triangular trade.
• 3. bartering.
• 4. ripping the Native Americans off
• Which of the following caused
Jamestown’s near failure?
• 1. the discovery of gold and silver in
the colony
• 2. John Smith’s leadership
• 3. the failure of the tobacco crop
• 4. the swampy site chosen for its
settlement
• The British policy of salutary neglect
• 1. prevented the colonies from
developing diverse economies.
• 2. sent many royal officers to run the
colonies.
• 3. enforced strict laws such as the
Navigation Act.
• 4. allowed the colonies economic
freedom
• Britain did not want the colonies to
manufacture goods because
• 1. it did not want colonial farming to
suffer.
• 2. it wanted to ship raw materials to
the colonies and sell them there.
• 3. it wanted the profit from selling
manufactured goods to the colonies.
• 4. it wanted to ship bullion to the
colonies
• The Puritans migrated to New England
to
• 1. escape religious persecution.
• 2. establish Catholic missions.
• 3. maintain the practices of the
Anglican Church.
• 4. start tobacco plantations.
• Both Pennsylvania and Maryland were
established to
• 1. offer a haven for certain religious
groups.
• 2. provide freedom for enslaved
Africans.
• 3. train Native Americans in the
colonists’ ways.
• 4. provide new homes for the New
York Dutch.
• Quakers believed that
• 1. the King of England was a god.
• 2. non-Christians should be killed.
• 3. all people were equal.
• 4. the Church should be purified.
• Which of these is an accurate
statement about the British colonies?
• 1. Children benefited from an excellent
system of public education.
• 2. Politics and society were dominated
by landowning men.
• 3. Society provided equal opportunities
for all groups.
• 4. Society could not be divided into
clear social levels.
• The experiences of African Americans
living in the colonies were
• 1. harsh only on plantations.
• 2. similar to those of indentured
servants.
• 3. the same as those of Native
Americans.
• 4. varied depending on where they
lived.
• How did the rapid spread of English
settlements affect Native Americans?
• 1. It expanded trade.
• 2. It threatened their way of life.
• 3. It improved village life.
• 4. It improved their farming methods.
• The desire in the colonies to increase the
production of staple crops like tobacco and
rice led to
• 1. a decrease in the use of indentured
servants as a labor force.
• 2. an increase in the number of slaves
brought from Africa.
• 3. the establishment of the Navigation Act.
• 4. a lessening of the flow of immigrants to
the colonies.
• The Sugar Act and Stamp Act are
examples of how the
• 1. British continued to leave the
colonies alone.
• 2. British tried to raise money in the
colonies.
• 3. colonists eagerly sacrificed to pay
their war debts.
• 4. British tried to stimulate colonial
economies.
• The Revolutionary War began with the
• 1. Battle of Saratoga.
• 2. Battle of Trenton.
• 3. Battles of Lexington and Concord.
• 4. Battle of Bunker Hill.
• The idea of natural rights is best
defined as
• 1. individuals’ duties to their
government.
• 2. the economic interests of the
people.
• 3. a government’s powers over its
citizens.
• 4. rights belonging to all people
because they are human.
• The Americans won the Revolutionary
War mainly because
• 1. their armies were better trained and
disciplined than the British.
• 2. British arms were inferior to
American arms.
• 3. they had the determination to
outlast the British.
• 4. the American navy was superior to
the British navy
• American victory in the Revolutionary
War led to
• 1. expanded political and legal power
for women.
• 2. the abolition of slavery in the
Southern Colonies.
• 3. the strengthening of the Iroquois
League.
• 4. the spread of the idea of liberty at
home and abroad.
• The phrase “Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness,” as found in the
Declaration of Independence, refers to
• 1. complaints against the king.
• 2. a manifesto for living.
• 3. a justification for capitalism.
• 4. specific inalienable rights.
• According to the Treaty of Paris (1783), the
new United States would control
• 1. New England and all the lands west of the
Mississippi River.
• 2. all the land from New England to the
Mississippi River and north to the Great
Lakes.
• 3. Florida and all the lands west.
• 4. British Canada and the Spanish territory.
• Delegates to the Constitutional
Convention were initially supposed to
• 1. throw out the Articles of
Confederation and start all over.
• 2. write new constitutions for the
states they represented.
• 3. amend the Articles of Confederation.
• 4. determine whether slavery would be
allowed to continue.
• The system of checks and balances is
designed to ensure that
• 1. no one branch of government will
gain too much power.
• 2. the Senate will not be controlled too
much by the people.
• 3. the President will be elected directly
by the people.
• 4. state legislatures will share power
with the Congress
• The anti-Federalists opposed the
Constitution because they thought it
• a. gave the federal government too
much power.
• b. provided no way to change the
Constitution.
• c. gave the state governments too
much power.
• d. created a weak federal court
system.
• According to the Great Compromise,
the number of representatives in the
Senate would be
• 1. the same number for every state.
• 2. based on a state’s population.
• 3. two for large states, and one for
small states.
• 4. affected by the size of a state’s
enslaved population.
• The winner of the presidential election
of 1800 was
• 1. John Adams.
• 2. Thomas Jefferson.
• 3. James Monroe.
• 4. Alexander Hamilton.
• The election of 1800 showed both
Americans and Europeans that
• 1. Americans disliked the political
process.
• 2. the electoral college was
unnecessary.
• 3. Adams was devoted to public
service.
• 4. political power could be transferred
peacefully.
• The United States declared war on
Great Britain in 1812 because of
• 1. increased trade with Spain.
• 2. a desire to take British land.
• 3. a prior alliance with France.
• 4. continued British harassment.
• Shays’ Rebellion grew out of
• 1. protest against strong government
under the Articles of Confederation.
• 2. unrest among Massachusetts
farmers over taxes.
• 3. dissatisfaction with the outcome of
the Annapolis Convention.
• 4. the widespread desire for more
power for state governments.
• Which of the following was a weakness
of the Articles of Confederation?
• 1. Only Congress had the power to tax.
• 2. There was no legislative branch of
government.
• 3. State governments had no
authority.
• 4. There was no national court system.
• What issue did the Great Compromise
resolve?
• 1. representation in the legislature
• 2. abolition of slavery
• 3. the veto power of the executive
• 4. whether taxes were to be paid in
specie or paper money
• Following the War for Independence,
most Americans wanted the power of
government to be held by
• 1. state governments.
• 2. the Continental Congress.
• 3. George Washington.
• 4. the courts.
• John Marshall is remembered for
• 1. killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
• 2. serving as Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court for 34 years.
• 3. negotiating treaties that gained new
lands for the United States.
• 4. serving many terms in the House of
Representatives.
• A major goal of the Lewis and Clark
expedition was to
• 1. drive the Spanish out of the lands of the
Southwest.
• 2. gain control over the Native Americans
living west of the Mississippi.
• 3. gather information about natural
resources west of the Mississippi.
• 4. drive the French out of fur trading forts
along the Miss
• To deal with the United States, Native
American leader Tecumseh called for
• 1. accepting white culture and living in
peace.
• 2. blending Indian and American
cultures.
• 3. returning to Indian religious
traditions.
• 4. taking military action against the
expansion of the United States.
• The War of 1812 ended with
• 1. a clear victory for the United States
• 2. a clear victory for Britain.
• 3. the removal of all British claims to
land in North America.
• 4. a return to the prewar boundaries
between United States and British
territories.
• What was the outcome of Gabriel
Prosser’s rebellion?
• 1. Slaves in Richmond, Virginia, were
granted their freedom.
• 2. The Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions were passed.
• 3. Prosser and other slave rebels were
executed.
• 4. Prosser’s master was punished for
cruel treatment of his slaves.
• Which was a provision of the Missouri
Compromise of 1820?
• a. Missouri and Maine were denied
statehood.
• b. Western territories north of Missouri’s
southern border were closed to slavery.
• c. Slavery could not spread to any western
lands.
• d. Free states could never outnumber slave
states.