U.S. History Final Exam Review Quizizz

The need for agricultural workers in the tobacco fields led to the -

• formation of labor unions

• use of enslaved people from Africa

• decision to industrialize

• improvement in farming

Which geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?

• a wide coastal plain and an absence of good harbors

• rocky soil and a short growing season

• numerous rivers and humid climate

• flatlands and a lack of forests

According to the theory of mercantilism, the principle purpose of the thirteen colonies was to provide Great Britain with -

• workers and manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets

• naval bases

• military recruits

Which battle became the turning point of the war because it prompted the French to join the Patriots?

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Trenton

One accomplishment of the national government under the Article of Confederation was the passage of a law establishing -

• a central banking system

• a process for admitting new states into the Union

• a President's right to put down rebellions

• the ability of Congress to tax the states effectively

The "Three-fifths Compromise" was included in the U.S. Constitution in order to resolve a conflict over the -

• number of votes needed to approve a treaty in the Senate

• number of states needed to ratify a proposed amendment

• reimbursement of plantation owners of runaway slaves

• counting of enslaved persons for purpose of taxation and representation

Why did the framers of the Constitution create three separate branches of the national government?

• to ensure that the legislative branch was bicameral

• to make sure all laws were approved by the Supreme Court

• to make sure the President was superior to the legislature

• to prevent any one branch of government from gaining too much power

Why did President George Washington caution Americans against forming alliances with foreign nations in his Farewell Address?

• He feared trade with Latin America would be harmed

• He was worried that the nation might later be dragged into a foreign war

• He was troubled that France might establish colonies in the Americas

• He sought to protect America's Western frontier

In the early 1800s, urbanization was mainly the result of the -

• shortage of land for new farms

• federally funded national roads

• impact of industrialization

• migration of Native American Indians

Alexander Hamilton's economic plan was designed to -

• help build the national economy

• encourage British imports

• prevent Congressional control of interstate commerce

• strengthen the power of state governments