2024 Benchmark Review

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French.

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England.

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies.

What was one effect of these actions on the United States?

• The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• International criticism of the Monroe Doctrine

• The expansion of manufacturing

• Increased profits from international commerce

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

Why did many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists support the Democratic-Republican Party?

• The Democratic-Republicans favored the expansion of a strong national government.

• The Democratic-Republicans supported strict restrictions on immigration.

• The Democratic-Republicans supported the use of tariffs.

• The Democratic-Republicans favored states' rights and the rights of the common man.

Why did President Thomas Jefferson approve the negotiations that led to the Louisiana Purchase?

• He wanted to settle boundary disputes with Great Britain.

• He wanted to take control of the Mississippi River.

• He wanted to obtain land to limit Russian colonization.

• He wanted to take control of the Appalachian Mountains.

Which statement describes one result of the War of 1812?

• Great Britain lost control of Canada.

• The United States gained control of the Oregon Territory.

• The United States stopped trading with Britain and France.

• Great Britain stopped the practice of impressment.

Which historic document had the greatest influence on the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Articles of Confederation

Why is Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence considered to be one of his greatest contributions to American history?

• He showed responsibility by outlining the structure for a new government.

• He helped define rights that would defeat tyranny.

• He developed a military plan to defeat the British.

• He outlined a strategy for acquiring the Louisiana Territory.

Which effects correctly replace the numbers in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• (1) Used slave labor
  (2) Use Chinese laborers

• (1) Exported dried fish
  (2) Exported agricultural goods

• (1) Established plantations
  (2) Established textile factories

• (1) Imported lumber
  (2) Imported cattle

Which historical action was protected by the First Amendment guarantee regarding religion?

• The nativist Know-Nothing Party attracted more members.

• Eastern communities forced Mormons to migrate to the West.

• City officials worked to reduce the political power of Catholic immigrants.

• Evangelists led revivals in New England.