Unit 4/5 Test

What is the process of making changes to something in order to improve it?

• Urbanization

• Reform

• Tenements

• Labor Unions

What term describes the movement of people from rural areas to cities?

• Reform

• Tenements

• Urbanization

• Labor Unions

What are large buildings divided into apartments, often overcrowded and in poor condition?

• Tenements

• Urbanization

• Labor Unions

• Reform

What are organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests?

• Reform

• Urbanization

• Labor Unions

• Tenements

Who was the third President of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

Who was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George III

• James Madison

How long did George III serve as King of Great Britain?

• 50 years

• 60 years

• 40 years

• 30 years

Cause: George III angered the American colonies. What was the effect of this?

• The colonies became more loyal.

• The colonies wanted independence.

• The colonies increased trade with Britain.

• The colonies asked for more taxes.

Explain Thomas Jefferson’s role during this time (American Revolution).

• He was a British spy.

• He was a military general.

• He was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

• He was a king.

When the Parliament violated colonists’ rights, what did Thomas Jefferson argue? (Enlightenment thinking)

• For more taxes.

• For absolute monarchy.

• For the rights to be restored.

• For more British soldiers.