U.S. History Benchmark #1 Review

Shays' Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it

• Indicated there would be future conflicts over the spread of slavery

• Exposed fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of confederation

• Pointed to the need for federal government regulation of interstate commerce

• Showed that frontier settlements were vulnerable to raids by Native Americas

The Great Awakening in 18th century America resulted in

• Religious tolerance of all Christian denominations in New England

• Led people to question both the English king's and the Anglican church's authority

• The Puritan's idea of congregations gathering together to hear intellectual sermons

• A new wave of loyalty to the British Empire

“For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us…”From The Declaration of Independence." This line of the Declaration of Independence refers to the Quartering Act of 1774, which was enacted by Parliament in response to _______________________________________.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Which is NOT a characteristic of the Southern Colonies?

• Used slave labor on plantations

• Had a long growing season

• Founded primarily for religious purposes

• It included Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia

The system known as “Triangular Trade” involved __________________________________.

• Europe, Africa and Asia

• Asia, Africa, and Australia

• Africa, Asia and North America

• North America, West Indies, Europe and Africa

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it___________________

• Guaranteed universal suffrage

• Gave free land to all settlers

• Established the equal rights of Native Americans and African Americans

• Included requirements for territorial growth and the admission of new states

American colonists showed their opposition to the British taxation and trade restrictions of the 1760s primarily by______________

• Supporting the French against the British

• Boycotting products from Great Britain

• Overthrowing the royal governors in most of the colonies

• Purchasing additional productions from Native American Indian tribes

The presence of which pair of geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England colonies?

• wide coastal plain and absence of good harbors

• rocky soil and short growing season

• numerous rivers and humid climate

• flatlands and lack of forests

The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in the __________________.

• formation of the Supreme Court

• ban on the importation of enslaved Africans

• creation of a bicameral legislature

Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution?

• Loylaists and Revolutionaries

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists

• Democratic Party and Whig Party

• Executive Branch and Judicial Branch