U.S. History Quiz 03

Which of the following was NOT a New England colony?

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

Which term describes a slave's difficult journey from Africa to the Americas on a slave ship?

• Caribbean Cruise

• Middle Passage

• Death March

• Trial by Ordeal

Ben Franklin's Albany Plan of Union in the 1750s was proposed to help England defeat which country for control of North America?

• China

• Russia

• Spain

• France

Which of the following was chronologically last?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

Which event suggested to many Americans that the government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak?

• Stamp Act Congress

• Boston Tea Party

• Shays' Rebellion

• Election of George Washington

Which of the following compromises at the Constitutional Convention settled the argument about whether or not to count slaves in a state's population?

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Elastic Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• 3/5 Clause

Which of the following is NOT a goal listed in the Preamble to the Constitution?

• establish justice

• secure colonial empires

• provide for the common defense

• insure domestic tranquility

Thomas Jefferson's ideas in the Declaration of Independence were inspired mainly by which of the following?

• Medieval feudalism

• Enlightenment political thought

• Ancient Greek Democracy

• Chinese philosophy

In which of the following colonies/states did slavery become the most important source of labor?

• South Carolina

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

Which of the following battles in usually considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Kings Mountain