Us History Midterm

Which of the following best describes mercantalism?

• Importing raw goods to export more manufactured goods

• British policy that said colonies could only trade with England

• British allowing the colonies to govern themselves

• Three way trade between America, Europe, and Africa

What was one effect of the French and Indian War?

• Britain removed its expensive army from America

• Indians pledged their alliance to the British instead of the French

• Britain agreed to allow the colonists to form colonial assemblies

• Britain had huge war debts that had to be paid off

How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were excited because they gained land near the Mississippi River

• Colonists were happy because they could vote on the law in their colonial assemblies

• Colonists supported the Ottawa Indians and fought in Pontiac’s Rebellion

• Colonists were angry because Britain refused to allow them to move across the Appalachian Mountains

How did the colonists respond when the British created the Stamp Act?

• Colonists used boycotts and protested these new taxes

• Colonists supported these new taxes to help pay for the French and Indian War

• Colonists protested by participating in the Boston Massacre

• Colonists formed militias called minutemen to fight British troops

Which document was most crucial in changing the minds of Americans to support independence from Britain in 1776?

• the Olive Branch Petition

• John Locke's Two Treatises on Government

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• an account of the Battle of Lexington

What was the significance of Shay’s Rebellion in American history?

• The rebellion proved how little people liked the Land Ordinance of 1785

• The rebellion showed how powerful the army was under the Constitution

• The rebellion proved that the Articles of Confederation was too weak

• The rebellion made Americans want to gain independence from Britain

During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates agreed to the “Great Compromise” which did which of the following?

• Allowed states to count every three of their five slaves towards population

• Created a Bill of Rights that protected liberty from a new, powerful national government

• Settled a dispute between large states like Virginia and small states like New Jersey

• Delayed any decision on the issue of slavery for 20 years in order to appease the South

During the Constitutional Convention, the Three-Fifths Compromise settled the debate over which of the following?

• Northern and Southern states over how to count states’ populations

• Large and small states over representation in Congress

• Religious Americans who wanted to outlaw slavery in America

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the issue of ratifying the Constitution

How did the Federalists get the Anti-Federalists to agree to ratify the Constitution?

• They added a president to the Executive Branch

• They added a Bill of Rights

• They limited Senators to six-year terms

• They agreed to the Articles of Confederation

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

• passage of a higher protective tariff
• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
• the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter