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WorksheetsU.S. History CA 3 Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
December, 1773. Colonists throw tea overboard to protest the Tea Act.
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Stamp Act
2.
In 1793, the ________________ was invented, making it cheaper and easier to grow cotton.
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Mower Reaper
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
Telegraph
3.
First government of the U.S., which created a loose confederacy of states and it also gave the states too much power.
a)
U.S. Constitution
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Articles of Confederation
4.
The Constitutional Convention took place in what year?
a)
1776
b)
1607
c)
1787
d)
1803
5.
This law forbade colonists from moving west across the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Nullification Act
6.
These were the first battles of the American Revolution and they are commonly referred to as "the shot heard around the world".
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
New Orleans
d)
Lexington and Concord
7.
Power is divided between three branches in the federal government. This principle is called:
a)
Popular sovereignty
b)
Separation of powers
c)
Checks and balances
d)
Federalism
8.
Principle of Constitution where people elect others to make decisions and laws for them.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Separation of powers
c)
Limited government
d)
Judicial review
9.
War in which the U.S. fought Britain over impressment of sailors and desire for land.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
War of 1812
10.
Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in N. America.
a)
Plymouth
b)
Boston
c)
Jamestown
d)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
11.
This document was signed by King John in 1215 and limited power of English monarchs (making them have to follow their own laws)
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Magna Carta
12.
These are rights that people have by virtue of being born.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Unalienable rights
c)
Citizenship rights
d)
none of these
13.
The Mayflower Compact and Virginia House of Burgesses both helped establish the idea of _________________.
a)
mercantilism
b)
religious freedom
c)
self-government
d)
monarchy
14.
Crisis in which South Carolina tried to claim it could cancel the Tariff of 1828.
a)
The Bank War
b)
Nullification Crisis
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Panic of 1819
15.
This term means loyalty/pride for a particular region of the country instead of the nation as a whole.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Loyalist
d)
Federalism
16.
What compromise stated that African American slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for representation/taxes?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The Missouri Compromise
c)
Fugitive Slave Compromise
d)
Three-Fifths Compromise
17.
This person established Pennsylvania as a safe place for people of the Quaker religion.
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Anne Hutchinson
c)
William Penn
d)
Roger Williams
18.
__________ was the first Secretary of the Treasury and also wrote many of the Federalist Papers.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Alexander Hamilton
d)
John Jay
19.
_____________ was the founder of the U.S. navy during the American Revolution
a)
Haym Solomon
b)
George Washington
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
20.
Law that gave 160 acres of government land to settlers.
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Indian Removal Act
21.
Land purchase authorized in 1803 which doubled the size of the U.S.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Mexican Cession
22.
Case that established judicial review--right of Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
McCulloch v. Maryland
d)
Marbury v. Madison
23.
Name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during many of the early supreme court decisions such as Marbury v. Madison, Gibbons v. Ogden, and Worcester v. Georgia.
a)
John Adams
b)
John Marshall
c)
John Rolfe
d)
John Locke
24.
New York canal that connected manufacturing centers in the East with farms in the midwest
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Erie Canal
c)
Hudson Canal
d)
Mississippi Canal
25.
Developer of steamships
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Steve Jobs
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Samuel Morse
26.
Economic system based on private ownership of business and competition.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Colonialism
27.
Invention that allowed rapid communication across great distances for the first time
a)
Telephone
b)
Telegraph
c)
Computer
d)
Cotton gin
28.
Religious revival in the early to mid 1800s that spurred (started) reform movements.
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Second Great Awakening
c)
First Great Awakening
d)
Catholicism
29.
This woman worked to improve conditions in prisons and for the mentally ill
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Abigail Adams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Dorothea Dix
30.
This man worked to improve public education.
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Samuel Slater
31.
This was the movement to reduce or end drinking alcohol.
a)
Abolition Movement
b)
Indian Removal Act
c)
Sons/Daughters of Liberty
d)
Temperance Movement
32.
Escaped slave who became an abolitionist orator. Published The North Star
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
James Armistead
33.
Plymouth was established for __________ reasons.
a)
Economic
b)
Religious
c)
Political
34.
In order to gain support from the Anti-federalists for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Federalists had to agree to:
a)
Give up western land claims to Spain
b)
Restrict and abolish slavery
c)
Add a bill of rights to the document
d)
Grant voting rights to all adult white males (rich and poor)
35.
This stated that European countries must no longer colonize in the Western Hemisphere.
a)
Embargo Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Treaty of Paris 1783
36.
Which of the following list of events is listed in correct chronological order?
a)
French and Indian War, Boston Tea Party, War of 1812, Trail of Tears
b)
Indian Removal Act, French and Indian War, Signing of the Declaration of Independence, American Revolution
c)
French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, Louisiana Purchase
d)
Civil War, Treaty of Paris 1763, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812
37.
The creation of the Alien and Sedition Acts under John Adams' presidency was a violation of what amendment?
a)
4th
b)
8th
c)
1st
d)
2nd
38.
This was KG3's reaction to the Boston Tea Party.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Intolerable Acts
39.
Which of the following is the best description of what a "protective tariff" is?
a)
tax on imported goods that are designed to help United states companies compete in the sale of goods
b)
tax on all American made goods in order to raise money for the country
c)
tax on imported goods that are designed to help foreign countries make more money from selling to Americans
40.
Suffrage means --
a)
the right to marry
b)
the right to vote
c)
the right to bear arms (weapons)
d)
the freedom of speech
41.
This man wrote Common Sense
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
John Locke
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Thomas Paine
42.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of the War of 1812?
a)
Spain and France became our close allies
b)
America became more independent of foreign nations; they created their own manufactured goods and it sparked the Industrial Revolution
c)
There was an increased sense of Nationalism
d)
American proved itself to other foreign countries
43.
This French Enlightenment thinker defined the principle of separation of powers and checks and balances.
a)
John Locke
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Charles de Montesquieu
d)
King George III
44.
This principle states that the Supreme Court has the power to determine whether a law is constitutional or unconstitutional.
a)
Limited government
b)
Individual rights
c)
Judicial review
d)
Popular sovereignty
45.
Which of the following best describes Jacksonian Democracy?
a)
All people should be allowed to vote, no matter their gender or race.
b)
The idea that as many people as possible should be able to vote (such as rich and poor white men)
c)
Only rich white men should be allowed to vote
d)
Only rich mean should be allowed to vote (any race)
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