Chapter 7 Questions

Scientists believe that the first people to live in North America were

• British colonists

• indigenous peoples

• French colonists

• Dutch explorers

Most English settlers came to North America to own land, to be free, and

• to learn the Native American languages

• to fight the Spanish and French

• to have religious freedom

• to find gold and furs

The cause of the French and Indian War was

• the freedom of the British colonists

• the conflicts between the French and indigenous peoples

• the need to tax American colonists

• the clash over land between Britain and France

What was the Treaty of Paris?

• a letter to colonists

• a document that ended the French and Indian War

• a document found in Paris

• a document that inspired American colonists to fight the British

Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the U.S. development?

• It led to the war of 1812

• it doubled the size of the country

• it provided trade with France

• it increased the debt of the country

As new American states formed, they gave the right to vote to

• all citizens

• all white men 21 years or older

• all men who owned property

• all women and African Americans

What statement best describes what Manifest Destiny meant to many Americans during the 1800s?

• The US had a right to own land in Canada

• Americans deserved free education

• The US should own the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific

• The US was a new home for European immigrants

Why did some Southern states withdraw from the US?

• to trade independently with England

• to abolish the Fugitive Slave Law

• to make slavery legal in Canada

• they feared President Lincoln would abolish slavery

What was one important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Reconstruction begin

• Many African Americans joined the fight against the South

• segregation was established

• southern states founded the Confederate States of America

Scientists think Native Americans migrated from

• North America

• India

• Asia

• Africa