SS.8.a.6.a+

Why did the British government increase taxes on North American colonists?

• to pay for the Seven Years War

• to demonstrate British strength

• to test loyalty to the British empire

• to punish the New England colonists

Which statement best explains why the United States was successful in securing territory during the Westward Movement?

• The U.S. Army protected settlers along Western routes.

• The U.S. government agreed on the border with Mexico.

• The U.S. threatened war with Great Britain over Oregon.

• The U.S. Congress banned slavery west of the Mississippi.

The Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Compromise of 1850 were all directly related to which one of the following issues?

• the expansion of slavery in the West

• Bleeding Kansas

• Nullification Crisis

• the abolition of slavery in the North

Which role did freed slave Peter Salem play in the American Revolution?

• hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill

• soldier for the British forces

• draftee for the American militia

• officer in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

Which statement describes the main reason most Native American tribes supported the British during the American Revolution?

• They believed the British would prevent further colonial settlement on tribal lands.

• They believed the British would reward their loyalty with trade goods.

• They believed the British would remove all colonists from coastal areas.

• They believed the British would punish those tribes who disobeyed them.

How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention settle the issue of slavery?

• with the adoption of the Three-Fifths Compromise

• with the adoption of the Virginia Plan

• with the adoption of the New Jersey Plan

• with the adoption of the Great Compromise of 1787

Why did the colonists include the charges against the king in the Declaration of Independence?

• The colonists wanted to tell England and the world their reasons for wanting independence.

• The colonists wanted to tell others about the hardships of the colonies so they would not come to America.

• The colonists wanted to outrage the king so they could fight the war known as the war for independence.

• The colonists wanted future generations of Europeans to understand how horrible life in colonies was under the king’s rule.

Why is there a national historic park at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania?

• to remember a place where soldiers of the Continental Army endured hardships and learned military skills under Baron von Steuben

• to recognize a site where soldiers of the Continental Army became trapped and suffered military defeats under the Marquis de Lafayette

• to commemorate the site where Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the Continental Army

• to honor the place where General Washington was appointed to lead the Continental Army

What role did Anti-Federalists play in the creation of the Constitution?

• They insisted on a Bill of Rights.

• They drafted the Preamble.

• They proposed the Electoral College.

• They forced the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Who said: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Dave Edmunds