US History Test 1- Colonization to Civil War

The oldest European City in North America

• St. Tenochtitlan

• St. Augustine

• St. Havana

• St. Savannah

The first permanent English settlement in the New World was called:

• Philadelphia

• Washington D.C.

• Jamestown

• Massachusetts

President Washington urged ratification of the Bill of Rights to strengthen the rights of individuals. Why did other politicians support ratification of the Bill of Rights?

• It reaffirmed the supremacy of federal laws over state laws
• It established a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government
• It calmed the fears of people who believed the federal government had been given too much power
• It provided a means by which corrupt government officials could be removed from office

What best accounts for the unprecedented population growth in colonial America after 1700?

• Large families were a utilitarian response to the need for labor
• Heavy immigration caused urban growth on the eastern seaboard
• Birthrates rose in response to religious exhortations encouraging procreation
• Child morality rates improved due to advances in medicine 

What was the main significance of Shay's Rebellion? 

• It exemplified the adverse impact of currency laws on the independence of small farmers
• It revealed the inability of the weak central government to maintain order
• It established paper currency as a solution to economic problems caused by unfair trade 
• It suggested merchants' interests were less significant than those of the agricultural class

What commercial activities were most significant to the economy of colonial New England?

• Trading, shipbuilding, and fishing
• Tobacco, rice, and indigo farming 
• Manufacturing and finance 
• Lumber and mining 

Why were large numbers of male indentured servants brought to colonial Virginia?

• They were needed to defend the colony against Powhatan attacks 
• Additional labor was needed to cultivate and harvest tobacco 
• Early settlers sought marriageable partners for their daughters
• Their skills were indispensable to the growing shipbuilding industry 

Given that only seven people died in the Boston Massacre, why did Paul Revere characterize it as a "massacre"?

• British commanders ordered troops to shoot into a rioting crowd in an effort to restore order
• The victims were innocent bystanders who were caught in the barrage of gunfire
• The British response was disproportionate to the crowd's provocation 
• The incident was sensationalized to take advantage of heightened public tensions

Given that only seven people died in the Boston Massacre, why did Paul Revere characterize it as a "massacre"?

• British commanders ordered troops to shoot into a rioting crowd in an effort to restore order
• The victims were innocent bystanders who were caught in the barrage of gunfire
• The British response was disproportionate to the crowd's provocation 
• The incident was sensationalized to take advantage of heightened public tensions

The battles fought at Lexington and Concord are often characterized as "the shot heard around the world" for what reason?

• The use of such hyperbole in consistent with notions of American exceptionalism  
• Those conflicts began the fight that led to the creation of the United States and inspired revolutions elsewhere
• Historians sought to commemorate the significant role of those areas in which the conflicts occurred 
• The news of those events encouraged people in other countries to support the British