USHC Midterm
Authored by Craig Martin
Social Studies
11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the failure of the Albany Plan lead to the breakdown of relations between the American colonists and the British?
The colonists would remain divided until after the French and Indian War.
The colonists would join together to win the War of 1812.
The plan would increase trade between the colonists and England.
The plan would cause the colonists to revolt with the Boston Tea Party.
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following accurately applies to the Declaration of Independence?
(Check 2 that apply)
included checks and balances
included 3 branches of government
included reasons for revolt against the King
promises of equality would be claimed by later generations
included the Great, 3/5 and commercial compromises
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Supreme Court under John Marshall?
a reduction of federal influence in economic affairs
an increase in the power of the federal government over the states
a greater role for Congress in foreign policy
a limitation on slavery in the states
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements is true about Jefferson's Embargo of 1807?
It cut off all foreign trade to avoid being further drawn into the war between Britain and France.
It limited the “melting-pot” effect by prohibiting immigration from European nations.
It created a military alliance between Canada and Mexico to fight American expansionism.
It revised trading conditions along the western Appalachian border to help Native Americans.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt below.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
What is a main idea of the passage above?
Both men and women should have equal rights.
State governments created the United States government.
Sovereignty belongs to the people of the nation.
People obtain their rights from their monarch.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt below.
“But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department, the necessary constitutional means, and personal motives, to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate [corresponding] to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. . . .” — James Madison, The Federalist No. 51, 1788
Madison was one of the statesmen who wrote articles for The Federalist primarily to
Encourage rebellion against the British
Find a permanent solution to the issue of slavery
Gain support for ratifying the United States Constitution
Oppose protection of property rights in the United States Constitution
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785 under the Articles of Confederation?
It divided land seized from the Loyalists.
It extended slavery as the nation grew.
It removed Native Americans from the areas east of the Appalachian Mountains.
It provided an orderly system for the development of the Northwest Territory.
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