The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all served as?

A model for limited self-government in the colonies.

The right of colonists to select the royal governor

The right of the press to criticize officials in power

Complete religious freedom in their colonies

What was an important accomplishment of the Northwest Ordinance?

Guidelines for the admission of new states into the Union were established.

American Indians were removed to reservations west of the Mississippi River.

British troops were removed from all forts in North America.

Debts incurred during the American Revolution were repaid.

What best describes the reason why Lord Baltimore started a colony in Maryland?

He sought a haven for England’s Catholics.

He wanted a refuge for Quakers.

He needed a place to send imprisoned debtors from Britain.

He desired a sanctuary based on religious toleration.

Shortly after Texas was annexed by the United States, a dispute broke out between the United States and Mexico over its boundaries. President James Polk used this dispute to —

Justify a war to extend the borders of the United States

Invade Mexico in search of gold and silver

Gain territory to build a railroad to the Pacific coast

Acquire new territory to resettle the Mormons

Which summary best describes the Atlantic slave trade?

African tribes exchanged captive Africans with European slave traders, who transported them to the Americas under inhumane conditions.

Europeans forced African captives to migrate to the Americas in order to build their own settlements in West Africa.

Southerners sold off the children of their slaves 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.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution showed the strongest commitment to popular sovereignty in?

The election of members to the House of Representatives

Their method of selecting Supreme Court Justices

Their method of selecting members of the Cabinet

The creation of the Electoral College

During the 1840s, the main cause of increased Irish immigration to the United States was their desire for?

Improved economic opportunities

President Andrew Jackson supported the use of the “spoils system” during his administration as a way to?

Give more citizens a chance to experience serving in government

Eliminate the common requirement that voters own property to vote

Reduce the control of party leaders in selecting Presidential candidates

Limit the involvement of common citizens in his administration

The Declaration of Independence stated that all people are endowed with certain “unalienable rights.” Which is the best definition of an “unalienable right”?

A valuable privilege that is enjoyed by a particular social group

An individual freedom that government should be unable to take away

Any power that gives happiness to those who possess it

Any activity that encourages private citizens to participate in government

Which of the following was an important motive for the European colonization of North America?

To expand their empires to the New World

Europeans were able to use local Indians as slaves.

Europeans discovered gold in Virginia and Massachusetts.

Europeans found more advanced technologies in the Americas.

What effect did geographic factors have on the economy of the New England colonies?

They promoted the growth of fishing and shipping, rather than farming.

They encouraged the establishment of large plantations.

They increased the region’s dependence on slaves as a source of labor.

They supported the planting of rice and tobacco.

The debates that took place in the first half of the nineteenth century over nullification and secession involved?

The balance between state and federal government power

The constitutional system of checks and balances

The rights of an individual in a free society

The regulation of interstate commerce

The formation of political parties in the United States can be traced back to a disagreement over whether?

Congress should create a national bank and raise tariffs

The President has the power to create a Cabinet with the heads of the executive departments

The Articles of Confederation should be revised to create a stronger national government

The United States should purchase the Louisiana Territory from France

Separate regions of the United States displayed differences in their principal economic activities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Which factor best explains the reason for these enduring differences?

The geographical differences between regions

The number of immigrants living in each region

The variations in local laws between regions

The different majority religion in each region

In the early part of the nineteenth century, a group of New York City-based artists emerged known as the Hudson River School. These artists are famous for their paintings of?

Scenes of romantic natural landscapes of the United States

Species of birds in their natural habitats

Which of these was a negative consequence of the building of factories and railroad lines in nineteenth-century America?

An increase in the pollution of the air and water

An expansion in the area of human settlement

The creation of a national market for manufactured goods

An increase in the amount of textile production

Which is the best summary of the Missouri Compromise?

To resolve the issue of the extension of slavery into the Louisiana Territory, a line was drawn dividing future free and slave states.

To resolve the conflict between large and small states, Congress was given two houses.

To resolve the dispute between free and slave states, each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of both taxation and representation.

To resolve the issue of the admission of California as a free state, a tougher fugitive slave law was enacted.

How did President George Washington’s Farewell Address influence the foreign policy of the United States?

It advised later American Presidents to avoid permanent alliances and to follow a policy of neutrality in dealing with European nations.

It signaled that American Presidents should reduce the importation of European goods.

It cautioned American Presidents to halt the colonization of the Western Hemisphere by European powers.

A It suggested that American leaders place restrictions on the number of immigrants entering the United States.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The sentence excerpted above is found in the?

First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Supreme Court decision of Marbury v. Madison

Which factor best accounts for the trend shown on the bar graph above?

An increase in the number of jobs available in cities

A ban on foreign immigration to the United States

An increase in the availability of cheap Western lands

The debate over the institution of slavery

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.... —U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 1 This provision is a response to which grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

“For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever . . .”

“For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government . . .”

“He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records.”

“He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners.”

In the decision of Marbury v. Madison (1804), the U.S. Supreme Court?

Established the Court’s power of Judicial review

Which of the following was intended to solve these problems?

Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan

President George Washington’s expansion of the army

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were important to the growth of representative government in the colonies because they provided?

A detailed written system of government for the colony

A written strategy for resisting tyrannical acts by the royal government

Voting rights for all adult colonists including women and former slaves

The annexation of Texas, the Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase were all important steps in efforts by the United States to?

Achieve the goal of Manifest Destiny

Remove all threats of foreign invasion

Bring an end to slavery in new territories

Which best completes the diagram above?

Relied on the use of steam power

Reduced the size of the work force

Increased the ease of communication

Found more in the South than the North

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What was the primary economic activity in 1861 in the South?

Cotton Plantation

Tobacco Plantation

Indigo Plantation

Rice Plantation

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason and other Anti-Federalist argued against increasing the power of the national government.

True

False

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California and Florida where both formerly owed by which country?

Britain

France

Spanish

Mexico

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country in which Treaty?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty of Ghent

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Paris

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What State did the Cherokee Indians get relocated to during the Trial of Tears?

Oklahoma

Kansas

Missouri

Texas

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What religious group in the thirteen colonies argued against slavery because it violated their Christian principles?

Puritans

Quakers

Pilgrims

Catholics

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What was the primary economic activity in 1861 in the South?

Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason and other Anti-Federalist argued against increasing the power of the national government.

California and Florida where both formerly owed by which country?

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country in which Treaty?

What State did the Cherokee Indians get relocated to during the Trial of Tears?

What religious group in the thirteen colonies argued against slavery because it violated their Christian principles?

British blockages caused a disruption in trade and contributed to domestic industrial growth during what war?

What invention by Eli Whitney contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

During the early years of the Industrial Revolution production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

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