US History Winter Break Homework 2022

Ben lived in the colonies. His father was brought over from West Africa on a slave ship in the 1700s to grow rice, the only crop grown on the farm where he lived. His mother had been sold to a different plantation where she did domestic work so the other slaves on the plantations helped to take care of Ben.

In which colony did Ben live?

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

How does salutary neglect help Britain make a lot of money during colonial America

• It places many laws that require the colonies to pay taxes

• It grants all countries freedom of the seas for quicker export and import of goods

• It does not place laws on the colonies so they can govern themselves and make a lot of money.

• It strips freedom from the colonies leading to Marshall Law in the colonies

The Declaration of Independence states that all people have unalienable rights. Which of the following best describes an unalienable right.

• a right that cannot be taken away by government

• any right granted by Congress

• any right given by a majority of the popular vote

• the right to be free of taxation

Which of the following describes a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation that was eventually addressed by the US Constitution

• The national government did not have the power to declare war

• The national government was unable to keep the colonies united

• There was no national court system capable of settling legal disputes

• There was no way to amend the Articles of Confederation

At the Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention) in 1787, why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

• It solved the debate over counting slaves toward representation in Congress

• It suggested that representation in Congress be based on population

• It supported equal representation in Congress for all states

• It was proposed by James Madison

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the US Constitution

• to limit the power of the judicial branch

• to make the Constitution more flexible

• to make all citizens equal under the law

• to protect personal liberties

“It is emphatically [definitely] the province [role] and duty to the judicial departments to say what the law is…If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.”

-Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison 1803

How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison contribute to the expansion of the national government?

• By affirming the power of the judicial branch to interpret the law

• by giving the states the power of judicial review

• by granting the legislative branch the power to overrule conflicting laws

• by preventing the judicial branch from declaring a law to be unconstitutional

Why did the federal government want to remove Native Americans from areas of the Southeast in the early 1800s?

• it wanted a better opportunity to educate and assimilate them

• it wanted to clear the lands for settlement by white people

• it wanted to expand northern industrialization into that region

• it wanted to improve unhealthy conditions where Native Americans lived

What was the primary purpose of the Monroe Doctrine

• to declare President Monroe’s long-standing affinity for smaller federal government

• to declare the government’s intention in European politics as needed

• to propose a compromise to address the spread of slavery in the US

• to warn non-American countries not to interfere in the Americas

The Declaration of Sentiments, adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, was significant because it

• promoted the idea of equal rights for women

• demanded the immediate abolition of slavery

• called for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages

• asked government to restrict harmful business practices