U.S. History 4th six-weeks common assessment review

The geography of which colonial region consisted of the New York Harbor, dense forests, swift rivers and poor rocky soil that was difficult to farm and unsuitable for crops

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Northwest Territory

Land acquisitions, rapid growth in population, prospect of cheap land, new opportunity from economic depressions during the 1840s are factors that contributed to...?

• State's Rights

• The Missouri Compromise

• Manifest Destiny

• The American political system

Distance from Great Britain, the English Bill of Rights, and the need for colonial government structure resulted in colonists to.....?

• Appoint government leaders to report to King George III

• Establish their own representative governments such as the Virginia House of Burgesses

• abide by strict control from the British Parliament

The executive branch has the power to make a law with the consent of the Senate and the judicial review of the Court to pass it, is an example of which constitutional principle?

• Popular Sovereignty

• State's Rights

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

Why did Alexander Hamilton deem it necessary to establish a National Bank for the newly independent nation under Washington

• abolition of slave labor

• the creation of a trade alliance with France

• the accumulated debt from the Revolution

the controversial act forced colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document they obtained. How do colonists react to the passing of the Stamp Act?

• They accepted the Act and continued loyalty to King George and the British Parliament

• The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• Most Americans called for a boycott of British goods

Marbury v. Madison, Alien and Sedition Acts, First National Bank are all events that happen during?

• American Revolution

• Colonization

• New Republic

• Manifest Destiny

Supporters of which two leaders formed the first two political parties?

• George Washington and James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson

“The Union — next to our liberty the most dear; may we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the states and the distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union.” This excerpt is taken from Thomas Jefferson’s dinner banquet in response to an Andrew Jackson toast. Who would this reply belong to?

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Calhoun

• Thomas Jefferson

British impressment of American sailors & the British support of Indians in the N.W. Territory?

• causes of the American Revolution

• causes of the War of 1812

• causes of the French & Indian War

• causes of the Boston Tea Party causes of the Boston Tea Party