DLA Test Results Review

DLA Test Results Review

by Tomas Garcia

Multiple Choice

(Question 1, 15A, Unit 5)

- A rule of law should limit the power of the king.

- Certain basic rights should be protected.

- Government should be based on an agreement between the ruler and the ruled

According to the information above, which of the following is most influenced by

the Magna Carta?

• Feudalism

• Federalism

• Limited government

• Judicial review

Multiple Choice

(Question 2, 12B, Unit 1)

Which statement about the institution of slavery in colonial America is most

accurate?

• The New England colonies had the largest populations of enslaved people.

• Slavery was banned in most Southern colonies.

• Enslaved people were especially numerous in areas suitable for growing cash

  crops.

• Slavery was on the decline in the South by the time of the American

  Revolution.

Multiple Choice

(Question 3, 11A, Unit 1)

Which of the following describes one way in which the environment's physical

characteristics affected colonial economic activities?

• A warm, wet climate made South Carolina and Georgia ideal for growing rice.

• A long growing season made the New England colonies the center of tobacco

  cultivation.

• Colonists in the Southern colonies specialized in trading finished goods with

  American Indians for furs.

• A lack of fertile soil discouraged farming in Maryland and Virginia.

Multiple Choice

(Question 4, 15A, Unit 4)

The Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. What was the main impact of their essays?

• They increased popular support for a bill of rights.

• They persuaded states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• They led to the creation of a weaker federal government.

• They expanded the need for racial and gender equality.

Multiple Select

(Question 5, 12B, Unit 1)

Which summary best describes the Transatlantic slave trade?

(Select all the correct answers.)

• African tribes exchanged captive Africans with European slave traders, who

  transported them to the Americas.

• Europeans forced African captives to migrate to the Americas in order to build

  their own settlements in West Africa.

• Southerners sold off their children to plantation owners in the Caribbean

  islands.

• European and American sea captains took American Indians by force across the

  Atlantic to work as slaves in Europe and Africa.

• African captives were transported through the Middle Passage under inhumane

  conditions.

Multiple Choice

(Question 6, 15D, Unit 5)

The Senate of Texas charges a tax of twenty cents ($.20) per gallon on the purchase of a gallon of gasoline.

— Sec. 162.102

The United States government imposes an excise tax of 18.4 cents per gallon on the sale of gasoline at the pump.

— Federal Tax Code

The two excerpts above illustrate the principle of —

• limited government

• federalism

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

Multiple Select

(Question 7, 15D, Unit 4)

Which ideas from the Articles of Confederation are also found in the Constitution?

Select all the correct answers.

• The national government must have the power to raise its own taxes.

• Three branches of government are needed so that each branch can provide a

  check on the actions of the other branches.

  C.

• The powers of the national government must be limited to prevent from

  threatening the rights of individuals.

• All people, regardless of wealth, must be given the right to vote in elections.

• The national government must have the power to maintain a standing army.

Multiple Select

(Question 8, 11A, Unit 1)

Based on the map, what are ways in which the physical characteristics of the

environment influenced early colonial settlement patterns?

(Select all the correct answers.)

• Colonists built their settlements on rivers.

• American Indians encouraged colonists to move into preexisting villages.

• The location of the first settlements was limited by the presence of the

  mountains.

• Colonists established their towns along rivers farther upstream to avoid

  attacks by sea.

• Access to coastlines made for easy transportation and trade between colonies.

Multiple Choice

(Question 9, 19B, Unit 5)

Speaker 1: People accused of a crime have the right to a quick and public trial.

Speaker 2: People do not have to house soldiers in their homes.

Speaker 3: People can peacefully protest actions of the government.

Speaker 4: People cannot have their property taken away without fair payment.

Which speaker is voicing a right guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S.

Constitution?

• Speaker 1

• Speaker 2

• Speaker 3

• Speaker 4

Multiple Choice

(Question 10, 19B, Unit 5)

(Due Process Amendments)

Fourth Amendment - Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures

Fifth Amendment - Protects the rights of the accused in trial, prohibits a person from

being tried twice for the same crime [double jeopardy], prevents a

person from having to testify against themselves [self-incrimination]

Sixth Amendment - Requires a lawyer and a jury trial for a person accused of a crime

Eighth Amendment - Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive [high] bail

Which of the following best summarizes the purpose of the due process

amendments?

• Due process amendments protect people chosen to serve on a jury during

  trial.

• The due process amendments protect defendants and lawyers in civil and

  criminal court cases.

• The purpose of these amendments is to protect people found guilty of a

  crime and sentenced to jail.

• The purpose of these amendments is to protect the rights of people accused

  of breaking the law.

Multiple Choice

(Question 11, 15A, Unit 1)

The Mayflower Compact was important because it —

• established an alliance between the American colonists and Native Americans

• was the first written expression of self-rule in colonial America

• declared American independence from the British government

• granted economic freedom in the colonies and overturned British trade laws

Multiple Choice

(Question 12, 19B, Unit 5)

(Statements from the Declaration of Independence)

- The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries . . .

- . . . quartering the large bodies of armed troops among us . . .

- . . . depriving us in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury . . .

- . . . transporting us beyond home to be tried for pretended offense . . .

Which of the following documents addressed the grievances listed above?

• Articles I, II, and III of the U.S. Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

(Question 13, 1A, Unit 1)

- European nations sailed to the Americas in search of adventure, territory, and

treasure.

- Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England established settlements along the

east coast of North America.

- The English colonies set up societies and governments that drew on English

traditions, including a tradition of self-government.

What is the best title for the list above?

• Characteristics of the Civil War Era

• The Era of Westward Expansion

• Characteristics of the Colonization Era

• The Age of Jackson

Multiple Select

(Question 14, 2A, Unit 1)

"Here are mountains, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, and brooks, all running

pleasantly into a faire [beautiful] Bay, compassed [enclosed] but for the mouth, with fruitful and delightsome land."

- Excerpt: John Smith, General History of Virginia, New England and Summer Isles, 1624

According to the quote, which best summarizes reasons why the English established

the Jamestown, Virginia colony in 1607?

(Select all the correct answers.)

• The land offered the possibility of gold and other riches that interested the

  English.

• The availability of natural resources, including fertile soil for agriculture.

• The availability of land provided a place for residents to settle and have

  freedom of religion.

• Rivers and brooks led to the development of a profitable shipbuilding

  industry.

• Natural resources promised potential profit and wealth.

Multiple Choice

(Question 15, 15D, Unit 5)

Which example illustrates the principal of popular sovereignty in the U.S.

Constitution?

• Each state has an equal number of senators.

• Members of the House of Representatives are elected by citizens of the

  United States.

• The U.S. Supreme Court can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

• Foreign policy

Multiple Choice

(Question 16, 1A, Unit 6)

Which era of American history was characterized by the spoils system, new forms of campaigning, reduced state requirements for voting, and the beginning of the Democratic Party?

• Critical Period under the Articles of Confederation

• Presidency of Washington

• Age of Jackson

• Era of Good Feeling

Multiple Select

(Question 17, 2A, Unit 1)

Which of the following statements best summarize the economic and social reasons for the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth colonies?

(Select all the correct answers.)

• The colony of Plymouth desired to practice their own religion.

• Jamestown and Plymouth were founded for people of all religious beliefs to

  have freedom of religion.

• Colonists in both Jamestown and Plymouth intended to convert Native

  Americans to Catholicism and trade with them.

• Colonists in Jamestown expected riches and wealth.

• Both Jamestown and Plymouth settlements were safe places for the debtors

  and convicts to relocate.

Multiple Choice

(Question 18, 2A, Unit 1)

A map of North America during the early seventeenth century shows the names

"New Amsterdam," "New Spain," and "New France." What does this demonstrate?

• Several European countries were anxious to establish their influence in

  colonial America.

• The British sought to control trade throughout all of North America.

• American Indian cultures had a profound influence on European colonial

  powers.

• Colonial America was affected by ocean currents and changing weather

  patterns.

Multiple Choice

(Question 19, 5A, Unit 6)

- States owed debts to soldiers for their efforts in the American Revolution.

- American manufacturers wanted a tariff to protect them from competition with

the British.

- Americans needed a stable currency.

Which of the following was intended to solve these problems?

• Alexander Hamilton's financial plan

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Bill of Rights (1791)

• President Washington's expansion of the army

Multiple Choice

(Question 20, 4A, Unit 2)

Historians generally view the mercantilist system as one of the causes of the

American Revolution because it demonstrated that —

• The colonies would never be profitable to the mother country.

• The mother country and the colonists had different views of colonial trade.

• The colonies could not be successfully defended from the French.

• Britain's earliest Navigation Acts were impossible to enforce.

Multiple Choice

(Question 21, 4A, Unit 2)

How did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolution?

• It forced colonists to relocate to west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It angered colonists who saw it as an unfair invasion into their lives.

• It forced colonists to accept British and Hessian troops into their homes.

• It imposed a series of new taxes on colonial merchants.

Multiple Choice

(Question 22, 4A, Unit 2)

How did the outcome of the French and Indian War help lead to the American

Revolution?

• The British Parliament demanded an end to the triangular trade routes used

  by the American colonists.

• The British monarchy halted all colonial settlements west of the Mississippi

  River.

• The British government required American colonists to pay a portion of the

  debt from the war.

• The colonists were required to surrender all lands west of the Appalachian

  Mountains to France.

Multiple Choice

(Question 23, 4C, Unit 3)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed [given] by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, . . . Governments are instituted [created] among Men, deriving [obtaining] their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, . . ."

- Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, July 1776

Which of the following best explains issues surrounding Americans declaring independence from Britain?

• The colonists had representation in Parliament and felt that it was unfair of the government to impose taxes.

• Many believed that, because they had worked to colonize and settle the Atlantic coast, they were within their right to declare independence.

• Many people believed their rights were violated and that changing the type of government was the only way to protect their future.

• The colonists intended to establish a constitutional monarchy in order to ensure that all men were treated equally.

Multiple Select

(Question 24, 4C, Unit 3)

Which best describes George Washington's winter at Valley Forge from 1777-1778? (Select all the correct answers.)

• George Washington and his troops fought against the French.

• George Washington trained his soldiers in freezing temperatures.

• Many soldiers faced harsh conditions and suffered fatigue and hunger.

• Diseases ran rampant through the camp.

• Baron Von Steuben worked to bring stability to the continental soldiers.

Multiple Choice

(Question 25, 5A, Unit 6)

What problem faced President George Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion of

1791-1794?

• How to collect an unpopular federal tax from unwilling farmers

• How to prevent western farmers from overgrowing wheat and grain

• How to avoid paying unpopular duties to England for foreign whiskey

• How to encourage western farmers to send their whiskey to eastern cities

​Objective: 1A

identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects; and

​Objective: 2A

identify reasons for English, Spanish, and French exploration and colonization of North America; and

​Objective: 4A

analyze causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War;

​Objective: 4C

explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; fighting the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783; and

​Objective: 5A

describe major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic, including maintaining national security, creating a stable economic system, and setting up the court system;

​Objective: 11A

analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States; and

​Objective: 12B

explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery; and

​Objective: 15A

identify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, and the Federalist Papers, on the U.S. system of government;

​Objective: 15D

analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights; and

​Objective: 17A

analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason; and

​Objective: 19B

summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights; and