APUSH Semester 1 Exam

Most scientists believe that people first came to the Americas from

• Africa as part of the slave trade
• Asia by migrating over a land bridge
• Australia by traveling in canoes along coastlines
• Europe by sailing ships across the Atlantic Ocean

How did the arrival of Europeans affect Native American culture?

• Native American cultures prospered from more trade
• European technology helped Native Americans build vast civilizations
• Thousands of Native Americans died from European diseases
• Native Americans learned farminf from settlers

Which country established a number of colonies along the Atlantic Coast?

• Spain
• The Netherlands
• France
• Britain

Which colonies offered settlers the most religious freedom?

• Southern
• New England
• Middle
• Virginia

During the 1760s, American colonists rebelled against the British Parliament for

• Boycotting American goods
• Abandoning the colonies
• Raising the colonies' taxes
• going to war against the French

"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the power of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to their opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel [force] them to separation." Which of the following does the excerpt above imply?

• The laws of man take precedence over the laws of nature
• No cause justifies resistance to a recognized government
• People have the right to form their own government
• Nature's God grants rulers their power.

The Northwest Ordinance provided for 

• A plan for territorial government
• The surveying of western lands
• The settlement of lands beyond the Mississippi River
• An expansion of slavery beyond the original 13 colonies

Many political leaders wanted to change the Articles of Confederation because it

• Granted the federal government too much control over trade
• Divided the federal government among too many branches
• Concentrated power in a strong President
• Reserved too much power for the states

Antifederalists disliked the Constitution because it did not 

• include a bill of rights 
• provide for any checks and balances
• share power among separate branches
• adequately restrict representation in Congress

Which of the following occurred during Thomas Jefferson's presidency?

• Onset of the French and Indian Wars
• Passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts
• Completion of the Louisiana Purchase
• Declaration of the Monroe Doctrine