U.S. HISTORY EOC BOOT CAMP

Which term describes the economic relationship between Europe, the Americas, and Africa during the colonial era?

• Linear Trade

• Circular Trade

• Trapezoidal Trade

• Triangular Trade

What was the first constitution for the United States following independence?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

These schools were made to force Native Americans to reject their own culture in favor of white culture

• Public Schools

• Assimilation

• Private Schools

• Obedience Schools

Popular sovereignty held that the decision of whether a territory would be free, or slave should be left up to…

• the Senate

• the President

• the residents of the territory

• the House of Representatives

Manifest Destiny

• the belief that Americans had the right, or even the duty, to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• was an expression of deepest grief about the loss of native americans ways of life. A special dance to communicate with the dead. 

• Meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States, particularly California, The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. President Chester A. Arthur signed it into law on May 6, 1882

• land set aside to Native Americans by the U.S. government.

In reality, equality didn't exist in America in 1776, due to the fact that

• there were a 1/2 million slaves in the colonies

• women were not valued and seen as inferior to men

• all of the above

• none of the above

The Missouri Compromise established the 36' 30' North latitude line as what?

• a dividing line that banned slavery in northern territories while allowing it in southern territories

• a dividing line that allowed the U.S. Army to remove Native Americans to western reservations

• a dividing line that was used to sell federal land to pioneers for farming and ranching

• a dividing line that set up the U.S. national park system

Which one of the following is NOT true of the the Fugitive Slave Act?

• This new law made the federal government - not the individual states - responsible for apprehending fugitive slaves

• All escaped slaves had to be returned to their "owners"

• It allowed runaway slaves the right to return south and file suit in court against their kidnappers

• It denied enslaved people the right to a jury trial

On March 3, 1845, Florida joined the Union as a slave state, while Iowa became a free state. This entrance into the Union as a pair was required under which compromise?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1877

A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery and popularized the Abolitionist Movement

• Underground Railroad

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The North Star

• The Jungle