APUSH Midterm Review Quiz

Which European colonizers sought to establish tight control over the process of colonization and to convert and/or exploit the native population?

• Netherlands

• England

• France

• Spain

Which colonial effort involved relatively few Europeans and used trade alliances and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire furs and other products for export to Europe?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Netherlands

Which English colony attracted both males and females who rarely intermarried with either native peoples or Africans, leading to the development of a rigid racial hierarchy?

• Middle Colonies

• Jamestown

• Chesapeake Bay

• New England

What system of labor involved a company or individual paying a person’s passage to America in return for a contract of repayment through servitude?

• Sharecropping

• Indentured Servitude

• Slavery

• Tenant Farming

Which political party supported primarily by the bankers and moneyed interests favored a stronger national government?

• Federalist Party

• Democrats

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Whig Party

What was the period from 1816-1824 characterized by nationalism and one-party control of the nation?

• Manifest Destiny

• Reconstruction Era

• Age of Enlightenment

• Era of Good Feelings

Who was known as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” for bringing British textile technology to the United States?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

Which law prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection, transportation, and businesses open to the public?

• 15th Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1875

What was the forced march of the Cherokee people known as?

• Whiskey Rebellion

• New York Conspiracy

• Stono Rebellion

• Trail of Tears

Which treaty between the U.S. and Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.?

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Monroe Doctrine

• Adams-Onís Treaty