1.2 Comprehension Check

1. What effect did British laws about coins have on the American colonies?

• They forced the colonists to use only paper money.
• They made it difficult for the colonists to find money.
• They kept the colonists from using any foreign money.
• They prevented the colonists from using money for business.

2. What is the central idea of paragraph 3?

• Colonists were unhappy with English laws
• England wanted to run businesses in the colonies.
• Colonists found many different ways to buy things
• Native Americans had the same money as the colonists.

3. Read the sentence from paragraph 5. However, the making of coins in the colonies could still be considered a form of rebellion against British rule. What is the meaning of rebellion as it is used above?

• not being obedient
• creating new laws
• not agreeing with something
• separating two different groups

4. The use of what type of early money led to the current system of dollars, half dollars, and quarters?

• wampum
• British coins
• pin-tree shillings
• Spanish milled dollar

5. Read the sentences from paragraph 7. Earlier laws had allowed citizens to use coins from other countries. Congress revised those laws by passing the Coinage Act, which made it against the law to use foreign coins in the United States. Think about the Latin root vis. What is the meaning of revised as it is used above?

• ignored
• changed
• prepared
• considered

6. What is a central idea of the article? Use details from the article to support your answer.

7. Which event that helped to establish a national currency happened LAST?

• The U.S. Mint exchanged foreign coins for U.S. coins.
• The government passed the National Banking Act.
• The United States produced its own coins.
• Congress passed the Coinage Act.

8. What punctuation mark would be best to add at the end of sentence 6?

• a period
• a comma
• a question mark
• an exclamation point

9. Which sentence should end with a period instead of an exclamation point?

• sentence 2
• sentence 4
• sentence 7
• sentence 8

10. What is the correct way to write sentence 10 to make it an imperative sentence?

• Visit the Grand Canyon
• Have you thought about visiting the Grand Canyon?
• Everyone should think about visiting the Grand Canyon!
• No change is needed.