American History Benchmark Test

What philosopher wrote the popular phrase that all people are entitled to, "Life, Liberty, and property?"

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Charles Montesquieu

• James Madison

The Southern colonies were particularly known for what commercial industry?

• Manufacturing

• Agriculture

• Iron and weapons production

• Ports and shipping

During the Second Continental Congress, colonists began drafting WHAT document?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

What American document was created after the Articles of Confederation had failed?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Preamble

The belief that, "Supreme power rests with and only with the people" is what American Ideal?

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Democracy

• Popular Sovereignty

The "Rights given to the People" is addressed and given in which section of the Constitution?

• The Preamble

• Articles I-II

• Articles III-IV

• The Bill of Rights

Where do, geographically, most people tend to live in the United States?

• The West

• The Coastlines

• The Great Plains

• The East

Which of the following was NOT a driving factor of people settling West?

• Increased economic opportunity

• Americans wanted to drive Europeans out of the West

• Settlers wanted to acquire land of their own

• Technology allowed easy travel to the West

The Industrial Revolution was crucial for history because it introduced a means of increasing production using WHAT?

• Animals

• Energy

• Machines

• Steam

Interchangeable parts were crucial for the Industrial Revolution for doing WHAT?

• Creating the Assembly Line and massively increasing production

• Standardizing all components and parts of machines

• Drafting the original blueprints of the Steam Engine

• Increasing efficiency in producing cotton