MCAP US History Review

Which article in the Constitution helps fulfill the Preamble's goal of establishing justice?

• Article 1: The House of Representatives has the power to declare war.

• Article 2: The President must be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

• Article 3: The Supreme Court has the power to hear federal cases.

• Article 4: The states have to recognize the laws of other states.

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 affect the issue of slavery in the United States?

• It freed enslaved African Americans in the South.

• It prompted southern states to secede from the Union.

• It granted popular sovereignty to new states.

• It balanced the number of free and slave states.

What was the subject of the federal court case Ex parte Merryman (1861)?

• The president's power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.

• The judicial branch's ability to determine the constitutionality of laws.

• The government's power to create a national bank.

• The government's ability to regulate economic transactions.

_____________ in the American Revolution.

- Represented 15-20% of the colonial population.

- Were treatly harshly by colonists.

- Sometimes tarred and feathered.

- Many fled from the colonies after the war.

Which term best completes the title of this list?

• British Soldiers

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• American Indians

What are two effects of the factory system?

• Enslaved African Americans earned freedom.

• People move to cities in search of jobs.

• Labor unions become less influential.

• Many women enter the workforce.

• Immigrants move to farming communities.

"The 15th Amendment to the Constitution states that the 'rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.' - US Constitution.

What action was intended to deny this right to African American males?

• The use of the sharecropping system.

• The impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

• The adoption of literacy tests at polling places.

• The create of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Which group is best known for promoting education for African Americans during Reconstruction?

• Federalist Party Members

• Sons and Daughters of Liberty Members

• Freedman's Bureau Members

• Temperance Movement Members

What was one effect of the Civil War on the Northern economy?

• Agricultural production decreased.

• Factory production increased.

• Inflation decreased.

• Unemployment increased.

"The movement is, indeed, important! If government shrinks [hesitates], or is unable to enforce its laws; fresh maneuvers will be displayed by the insurgents [rebels]." - Letter from General George Washington to Secretary of War Henry Knox in response to Shays' Rebellion.

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation brought attention to the situation described in this exerpt?

• A standing army to enforce laws did not exist.

• The central government could not conduct foreign trade.

• A national court system to interpret laws did not exist.

• States were not proportionally representated in the legislature.

What were two effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It caused the South to recruit more soldiers.

• It allowed many African Americans to join the Union army.

• It prolonged the war by provoking the Confederacy.

• It freed enslaved African Americans in rebelling states.

• It led to riots over shortages of supplies.