VA/US SOL Review #2

Which date on this timeline represents the permanent establishment of British presence in north america

• 1565

• 1587

• 1607

• 1620

The treat of alliance of 1778 was signed by the united states and --

• Spain

• Portugal

• Russia

• France

Which document directly influenced the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States?

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Emancipation Proclamation

This statement was issued by the Continental Congress because the British government did not allow —

• colonial businesses to support royal taxes

• powers of the colonial legislatures to increase

• colonists to have representation in Parliament

• laws passed by Parliament to govern the colonies

Critics of Andrew Jackson’s stand on the Second Bank of the United States accused him of abusing executive powers by —

• ignoring the contributions of political supporters

• using the military against the Cherokee Nation

• using the presidential veto to overrule Congress

• opposing federal funding of internal improvements

Uprisings led by Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser contributed to the Southern states’ decisions to —

• pass harsh fugitive slave laws

• accept the Missouri Compromise

• enact Jim Crow legislation

• support the passing of higher tariffs

In the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln rejected the idea that the country was —

• a federation of sovereign states

• a society based on equality

• committed to unity at any cost

• founded on democratic ideals

The Battle of Gettysburg was a significant event of the Civil War because it —

• caused states to secede from the Union

• was the opening conflict of the war

• forced the surrender of the South

• was the turning point of the war

Which man was a United States Senator who became the leader of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Nat Turner

• Stonewall Jackson

One major economic impact of the Civil War was the —

• emergence of the South as a manufacturing center

• increase in the number of laborers relocating to the South

• strengthening of the North and Midwest industrial regions

• increase in tariffs imposed on French and British goods