Semester Exam Review

Semester Exam Review

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Flashcard

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

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Nolan Ricks

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22 questions

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the effect of the policies shown in this illustration?

Back

They led the colonists to seek independence from Great Britain.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did the variety of colonial forms shown on the chart contribute to the growth of representative government in the English colonies?

Back

All types of colonies established some institutions of self-government.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does the presence of names like "New Amsterdam," "New Spain," "New England," and "New France" on a seventeenth-century map of North America demonstrate?

Back

Several European countries were anxious to establish their influence in colonial America.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did a system of free enterprise emerge in the United States?

Back

Americans had established both a system of law and a government based on individual rights that influenced its economics.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the purpose behind adding the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution?

Back

To protect individual freedoms from abusive governmental power.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Position of Southern states on taxation and representation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Back

The number of persons living in a state should be used to determine a state's representation in Congress, but slaves should not be counted for the purposes of taxation.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A procedure was created to admit territories into the Union as new states. All new states admitted into the Union would have equal rights with existing states. It laid the groundwork for westward expansion of the United States. Slavery was prohibited in these territories, and public education was encouraged. Which document had these characteristics?

Back

Northwest Ordinance

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