US HIstory Mid-Term Review

What was the primary goal of mercantilism as practiced by European nations in their American colonies?

• To promote free trade between colonies

• To ensure colonial self-sufficiency

• To maximize the mother country's wealth and power

• To develop independent colonial economies

Which statement BEST describes the New England colonies?

• They were primarily established by people looking for religious freedom.

• They traded goods produced on large plantations and farms in the South.

• They had the longest growing season and the warmest weather of any of the colonies.

• They were established as a buffer zone between the colonies and the Spanish settlements.

The Great Awakening of the 1730s-1740s primarily influenced colonial America by:

• Promoting religious diversity and individual interpretation

• Strengthening the authority of established churches

• Eliminating religious practice in the colonies

• Unifying all colonies under one religion

What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To grant colonists unlimited western expansion

• To prevent colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• To establish new colonies in Canada

• To end the French and Indian War

The Sedition Act made it illegal to “print, utter, or publish ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing” about the American government. How did this law affect the election of 1800?

• Support for the law led to a landslide victory for John Adams.

• New immigrants were no longer allowed to vote in federal elections.

• Criticism of the law contributed to the defeat of John Adams and the Federalist Party.

• Enforcement of the law encouraged election fraud as a form of protest.

The elements in the list were all vital to

• the cash crop economy

• the Great Awakening

• the trans-Atlantic trade

• the New England economy

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was influential because it:

• Argued for reconciliation with Britain

• Made a clear case for independence in simple language

• Supported the monarchy

• Proposed a new system of government

The Articles of Confederation's greatest weakness was:

• Too much federal power

• Lack of central authority to tax

• Too many state representatives

• Strong executive branch

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect the 1790 census results?

• Citizens in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Enslaved persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Only three-fifths of the citizens in each state were eligible to vote in elections.

• Only three-fifths of enslaved peoples in each state were eligible to vote in elections.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820:

• Banned slavery in all new territories

• Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• Ended slavery in the United States

• Created the Confederate States