US History Final

What became Jamestown's "gold"?

• gold
• tobaccco
• water
• tomatoes

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• Provided an example of representative government.
• Established the first army in the New World.
• Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
• Determined who could leave the colony. 

In which event were 5 unarmed colonists killed by British soldiers?

• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act Riots
• Boston Massacre
• Townshend Act Boycott

Which British laws were passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Act
• Stamp Act

Lexington and Concord were the first battles in what war?

• Revolutionary War
• World War I
• War of 1812

Why was the Battle of Yorktown significant?

• It was the last major battle which ended the war
• It was the first major battle which sparked the war
• It was the first battle which the Continental Army had won
• It was the first battle which Britain had won

The decision in Gibbons v Ogden (1824) addressed which of the following issues?

• The issue of congressional privileges

• The regulation of interstate commerce

• The right of states to tax a federal property

• The Supreme Court’s right to declare Congressional acts unconstitutional

Which power did the U. S. Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?

• Judicial Review

• Hearing appeals from lower federal courts

• Deciding cases involving two or more states

• Judicial independence through lifetime tenure

The decision in McCullough v. Maryland defined which clause that shaped Congress’s power?

• Necessary & Proper

• The clause to collect taxes

• The right of states to control interstate commerce

• The River Clause

This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. even if they were previously a slave.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 4th