U.S. History Benchmark 1 Review (Fall 2024)

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Shays' Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it: Exposed fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of confederation

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Exposed fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of confederation

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What do the elements in the list have in common? Options: They characterized the French colonies in North America., They were characteristics of the Southern colonies in North America., They help describe the culture and economics of the Mid-Atlantic colonies in North America., They were all elements of the New England colonies in North America.

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They help describe the culture and economics of the Mid-Atlantic colonies in North America.

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For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us… --From The Declaration of Independence. This line of the Declaration of Independence refers to the Quartering Act of 1774, which was enacted by Parliament in response to _______________________________________.

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The Boston Tea Party

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Which is NOT a characteristic of the Southern Colonies? Options: Used slave labor on plantations, Had a long growing season, Founded primarily for religious purposes, It included Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia

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Founded primarily for religious purposes

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The system known as “Triangular Trade” involved __________________________________.

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North America, West Indies, Europe, and Africa

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it___________________

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Included requirements for territorial growth and the admission of new states

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American colonists showed their opposition to the British taxation and trade restrictions of the 1760s primarily by______________

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Boycotting products from Great Britain

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The presence of which pair of geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England colonies? Options: wide coastal plain and absence of good harbors, rocky soil and short growing season, numerous rivers and humid climate, flatlands and lack of forests

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rocky soil and short growing season

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The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in the __________________.

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creation of a bicameral legislature

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Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution? Options: Loylaists and Revolutionaries, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Democratic Party and Whig Party, Executive Branch and Judicial Branch

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Federalists and Anti-Federalists