US I Mid Term Review

Who was the first president?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• John Adams

The 13 colonies that would become the United States were colonies of which European country?

• Europe

• Spain

• France

• England

Which branch of government makes laws for our country?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Punitive

Where was slavery the most common in the United States?

• The North

• The South

• The West

• There was never slavery in the United States

Which of the following are rights guaranteed to Americans by the Bill of Rights? (click all that apply)

• Freedom of speech

• Peaceful protest

• Freedom of religion

• Right to own weapons

How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They ignored it and continued to settle west

• They supported the right to manufacture goods within the colonies.

• They resisted the British regulation of colonial agriculture.

• They accepted the presence of more British troops to protect the colonies

The Battle of Saratoga (1777) was a key victory for the American colonists because it...

• convinced the British to offer recognition of colonial sovereignty.

• brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France.

• prevented the fighting from spreading into the southern colonie

• prevented the colonial capital from being captured by the British

Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, along with conflicts such as Daniel Shays’ Rebellion, led to what?

• A call for a stronger central government

• George Washington declaring martial law

• Multiple new amendments being added to the Articles

• The need for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution

The Federalists gained support for the ratification of the Constitution by promising to amend the Constitution through the adoption of what?

• Suffrage for all males

• An executive committee

• The end of slavery

• The Bill of Rights

The fear of a powerful central government

The limitation of states' rights

The failure to include a Bill of Rights

The concerns expressed above were characteristic of which faction during the Constitutional Convention in the late 1780s?

• Democratic-Republicans

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists