Benchmark 2 - Quiz 1

What did Great Britain do after the French and Indian War to prevent settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Announcement of the Proclamation of 176

• Pass the Stamp Act

• Sign a treaty with Native Americans

• Pass the Alien and Sedition Act

Which locations in the South were the primary areas of economic activity?

• Forts

• Self-sufficient plantations

• Factories

• Trading posts

Jonathan Edward's sermon reads "It is the work of seeking salvation in a way of constant observance of all the duty to which God directs us in His word. If we would be saved, we must seek salvation." What movement was this a part of?

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• First Great Awakening

• Continental Convention

In the early 1800s, why did northern cities grow rapidly as they industrialized?

• People loved the cold climate

• Cities were clean

• People wanted to farm in the city

• People moved to cities to take jobs in factories

What was he main reason settlers came to Canada and the Ohio River Valley?

• To trade furs and other goods

• Sight seeing

• To see the ocean

• To find warm weather

Who would have said, "The colonies are not ready to govern themselves; they need guidance from Great Britain?"

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Priests

• Native Americans

What is the immediate impact of the words, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights...that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

• It called for witches to be burned

• It promoted the idea of monarchy

• It declared the colonies to be independent from Great Britain

• It announced new taxes

What was the impact of the cotton gin on cotton production and slavery?

• No impact

• It led to fewer slaves being used

• It caused problems in the northern states

• It led to the expansion of the plantation system.

What was the main reason the practice of enslavement was introduced in the southern colonies?

• Colonists wanted to gain wealth by using unpaid labor to farm cash crops

• To enslave Native Americans

• To find gold and silver

• Colonists wanted to use slaves to work in factories

Why did Thomas Jefferson support the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?

• It made France mad

• It would help the U.S. grow as an independent nation and would allow access to natural resources

• He wanted to use the new land for ship building

• He made a great deal of money by investing in this purchase