APUSH Unit 2 Test Review

As originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for

• political parties.
• a presidential cabinet.
• the direct election of senators
• an electoral college.

Which MOST contributed to the American victory in the Revolution?

• French military and financial assistance
• The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action
• A major military victory at Valley Forge
• The British failure to capture Philadelphia

The biggest achievement under the Articles of Confederation was the creation of

• a bicameral legislature.
• a system for orderly settlement of the West.
• general postwar prosperity.
• long-term sectional harmony.

How did most women contribute to the cause during the American Revolution?

• They served in the Continental Army as soldiers
• The formed Committees of Correspondence
• They collected money, medicine, and food to supply the Continental army
• They petitioned the Continental Congress to give the women the vote

Shays’ Rebellion is significant because it

• inspired southern states to tighten slave codes to prevent future uprisings.
• strengthened the movement for a new constitution.
• led to the expulsion of Lord Baltimore’s officials from Maryland.
• led to the establishment of the Anglican church as the official church in the colonies.

Shays’ Rebellion is significant because it

• inspired southern states to tighten slave codes to prevent future uprisings.
• strengthened the movement for a new constitution.
• led to the expulsion of Lord Baltimore’s officials from Maryland.
• led to the establishment of the Anglican church as the official church in the colonies.

A major consequence of the French and Indian War of 1754–1763 was the

• legal settlement of the trans-Appalachian frontier by British colonists
• imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies
• shrinking of Spanish territorial claims in North America
• removal of British troops from the thirteen colonies

To prevent an "excess of democracy" and the tyranny of mob rule, the Constitution restricted direct popular election to 

• the President.
• federal judges.
• senators.
• representatives.

Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages in the Revolution EXCEPT 

• the greatest navy and the best-equipped army in the world. 
• superior industrial resources. 
• greater commitment to the conflict. 
• a coherent structure of command. 

The Coercive or Intolerable Acts 

• isolated Massachusetts from the other colonies. 
• made Massachusetts a martyr in the eyes of other colonies. 
• created no concern among any group other than merchants. 
• increased the power of colonial assemblies.