Test Review Questions FA23 TEST 1 &2

 Which of the following are in the correct chronological order.

  

• 1. Magna Carta, Virginia House of Burgesses, DOI, AOC, U.S. Federalist Papers, Bill of Rights

• 1. DOI, Magna Carta, U.S. Bill of rights, Federalist Papers, Virginia House of Burgesses, AOC

• 1. Federalist Papers, U.S. Bill of Rights, AOC, DOI, Virginia House of Burgesses, Magna Carta

• 1. None of the Above

According to the theory of mercantilism and the navigation acts, what is the role of the colony?

• To create military buffer-zones between rival nations

• To establish economic dependency in the colony

• To provide the Mother Country with natural resources

• To provide the Mother Country with manufactured goods

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776

The above excerpt was written in response to the

• . British government’s attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies.

• colonial governments’ attempts to extend political rights to new groups.

• colonial governments’ failures to implement mercantilist policies.

• British government’s failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians.

. Which of the following most directly contributed to the major pattern depicted on the map?

1. American colonies 

2. The spread of ideas associated with the European Enlightenment 

3. Demand for crops produced in the Americas

4. Africans’ adaptation to the culture of the Western Hemisphere

• 1. American colonies 

• 1. The spread of ideas associated with the European Enlightenment 

• 1. Demand for crops produced in the Americas

• 1. Africans’ adaptation to the culture of the Western Hemisphere

 In the first half of the 1800s, how did westward expansion impact the growth of democracy in the United States?

• Some pioneer women were allowed many new rights, including suffrage in some western states.

• Elites lost power because "common men" were given the right to vote.

• The balance of power between slave and free states was disrupted.

• More African Americans in northern states were given the right to vote.

Which of the following best increases growing sectionalism during the Antebellum Period?

• Abolitionism grew in the North after Uncle Tom's Cabin was published.

• Native American populations saw a dramatic decline with the pursuit of Manifest Destiny.

• The Women's Rights Movement began in Seneca Falls, further dividing the North and West.

• Future presidents failed to continue Jefferson's exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

Which of the following became a source of long-term political tension during the years of American expansion (1803-1850)?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Texas Independence

• Louisiana Purchase

 Which of the following were characteristics of President Andrew Jackson's Administration?

(Choose 3 that apply)

• Universal (white) male suffrage

• The abolition of slavery

• The displacement of Native Americans 

• The annexation of Texas

• The Nullification Crisis

 Which of the following causes led to the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain? 

(Choose 3 that apply)

• Impressment of American soldiers

• Native American resistance to westward expansion

• Naturalization laws to limit immigration

• Trade restrictions placed on British by the Americans

• Northwest Ordinance guidelines for the admission of new states

"The Government of the United States has been desirous by this friendly proceeding of manifesting the great value which they have invariably attached to the friendship of the Emperor (of Russia) and their solicitude to cultivate the best understanding with his Government. In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...."

55. This excerpt from a speech in 1823 was made by which U.S. President?

• 1. John Adams.

• 1. James Monroe.

• 1. Thomas Jefferson.

• 1. George Washington.