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WorksheetsFinal Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 44mins
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Class
Date
1.
Using rivers for fishing, trees to make shelters, and fertile land to farm is an example of how __________ affected the daily life of Eastern Woodlands tribes.
a)
economics
b)
politics
c)
geography
d)
geology
2.
Lack of support from the mother country and a harsh climate were two reasons that ________________.
a)
Settlers never moved westward.
b)
Columbus did not stay in the Americas.
c)
Spain and France were unable to settle in South Carolina.
d)
South America was never settled by European countries.
3.
Early forms of democracy in colonial America would have included _______________.
a)
The Gettysburg Address and 14th Amendment.
b)
The Articles of Confederation and U.S. Constitution
c)
House of Burgesses and Mayflower Compact
d)
Stamp Act and Sugar Act
4.
Because of _____________ the economies of the three colonial regions in North America developed differently.
a)
customs and traditions
b)
education
c)
differences in government
d)
geographic conditions
5.
An increase in the need and demand for African slaves was a result of _______________.
a)
wealthy settlers coming to the colonies.
b)
Inability to grow crops native to North America
c)
development of new farming technology.
d)
Native American populations being wiped out and labor intensive crops.
6.
When ___________ the southern white population began to fear they would be unable to control slave rebellions.
a)
increase of weapons in the colonies
b)
spread of slavery to western territories
c)
increase in slave population
d)
lack of slave codes
7.
The economic system of _________ allowed the mother country to control the trade of its colonies.
a)
capitalism
b)
mercantilism
c)
salutary neglect
d)
free market
8.
Political representation between the lowcountry and backcountry of South Carolina was _______________.
a)
dominated by the political elite in the lowcountry.
b)
nonexistent since the lord proprietors had all the control.
c)
scarce since King George held most of the control.
d)
equally shared by both parts of SC.
9.
During the 17th century the countries of ______________ from Europe claimed most of the land in North America.
a)
France, England, Italy
b)
England, France, Spain
c)
England, Spain, Germany
d)
Portugal, Spain, France
10.
The relationships between Great Britain and its colonies weakened because of __________.
a)
The War of 1812.
b)
the Slave trade.
c)
The French and Indian War.
d)
salutary neglect.
11.
Colonists were mainly upset with taxes passed by Great Britain because they _______________.
a)
felt the British were taking over their businesses.
b)
wanted representation to vote on taxes
c)
felt the taxes were too high.
d)
considered themselves American citizens.
12.
The _________ were a group that supported the boycotts of the Stamp Act and other unfair taxes in colonial America.
a)
unionists
b)
progressives
c)
sons of liberty
d)
loyalists
13.
The colonial protests of the Stamp Act and Sugar Act would be most similar to _______________.
a)
southern colonies seceding from the union.
b)
Rosa Parks and the bus boycotts.
c)
muckraking journalism.
d)
MLK's march on Washington.
14.
The Declaration of Independence states that when ___________, then the people have the right to alter or abolish the government.
a)
natural rights are not protected
b)
politicians abuse their powers
c)
leader of the country breaks a law
d)
citizens feel their needs to be a change
15.
The colonies and Confederate States both had _______ during the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
a)
home field advantage
b)
more wartime supplies
c)
better trained soldiers
d)
larger armies
16.
The strategy of laying siege was used on ___________ during both the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Boston, MA
c)
Charleston, SC
d)
Baltimore, MD
17.
Guerrilla Warfare was first used by Americans to replace traditional warfare during ________.
a)
the Revolutionary War.
b)
the Civil War.
c)
the War of 1812
d)
World War I.
18.
The lowcountry elite _____________ so they refused to share political representation with the backcountry of SC.
a)
did not trust the backcountry after the Revolution
b)
were afraid the backcountry would get rid of slavery
c)
were afraid of the backcountry Regulators
d)
were upset about the capital moving to Columbia.
19.
Eventually the ____________ would lead to more equal political representation between the lowcountry and backcountry of SC.
a)
United States Constitution
b)
moving of the capital from Charleston to Columbia.
c)
Treaty of Ninety Six
d)
invention of the Cotton Gin
20.
The __________ was considered weak because it failed to provide the national government with enough power.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
United States Constituion
d)
Fundamental Constitution of South Carolina
21.
At the Constitutional Convention the debate over _________ would lead to disagreements between the northern and southern states.
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
creation of the Electoral College
c)
Adoption of the Bill of Rights
d)
the Three-Fifths Compromise
22.
When Radical Republicans felt President Johnson was not doing his job they used _________ to try and impeach him.
a)
checks and balances
b)
federalism
c)
representative government
d)
judicial review
23.
The 15th Amendment that was passed during Reconstruction strengthened _________.
a)
federalism
b)
judicial review
c)
separation of powers
d)
popular sovierignty
24.
The Alien and Sedition Acts took away freedom of the press which is a violation of ____________.
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
the Bill of Rights
d)
the Articles of Confederation
25.
Prior to the Antebellum Era the biggest political rivalry in South Carolina was between ____________.
a)
slaveholders and non-slaveholding citizens
b)
upcountry and lowcountry residents
c)
farmers and industrialists
d)
royals and Patriots
26.
The majority of South Carolinians owned many slaves.
a)
True
b)
False, the majority were non-slaveholders
27.
Tension increased between abolitionists and non-slaveholding states in the north when ______ and the number of slaves increased.
a)
the slave trade was prohibited
b)
the Three-fifths Compromise passed
c)
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
d)
Denmark Vesey lost his Supreme Court Case
28.
Each of the ________________ was an example of compromises that kept the balance of free and slave states.
a)
Articles of Confederation and United States Constitution
b)
Missouri Compromise and Kansas Nebraska Act
c)
Great Compromise, New Jersey Plan, and Virginia Plan
d)
Dred Scott Decision, Sectionalism, Secession
29.
Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and the Nullification Crisis all led to the Populist Movement.
a)
True
b)
False, they led to the secession of the southern states
30.
The South Carolina Ordinance of Secession was most similar to _______.
a)
U.S. Constitution
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Proclamation of Neutrality
31.
The ____ Amendment finally accomplished what the Emancipation Proclamation set out to do.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
32.
The Denmark Vesey plot, Stono Rebellion, and Nat Turner's Rebellion led to a fear of slave rebellions across the south.
a)
True
b)
False, they led to the Articles of Confederation being replaced by the Constitution
33.
________ proposed to resolve the issue of slavery is western territories by having the people decide what they wanted in an election.
a)
Federalism
b)
Popular Soverignty
c)
Republicanism
d)
Checks and Balances
34.
The Union strategy of ______ would have cut off supplies arriving to the Confederate States.
a)
attacking the capital of Richmond
b)
blockading the southern ports
c)
destroying communication lines
d)
breaking the confederacy in two at the Missippi
35.
Providing citizenship to all people born in the U.S. was the purpose of the ___ Amendment.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
36.
The purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to _____.
a)
help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom.
b)
battle terrorist groups like the KKK.
c)
serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress
d)
establish black codes to limit freed slaves' rights
37.
The purpose of the ____ Amendment was to make slavery illegal in the U.S.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
38.
The _______ called for harsh punishments for former rebellious states and equal rights for freedmen.
a)
Square Deal
b)
10% Policy
c)
Louisiana Plan
d)
Radical Republican Plan
39.
The Federal Government was not concerned with fixing the _____ of the south after the Civil War.
a)
economy
b)
reace relations
c)
state government
d)
state constitutions
40.
The purpose of the ___ Amendment was to giving voting rights to all males.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
41.
Working to restore white supremacy through violence was the work of the ___.
a)
KKK and Redshirts
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Daughters of the Confederacy
d)
Southern Republicans
42.
Separate schools based on race is an example of _____.
a)
aggregation
b)
congregation
c)
integration
d)
segregation
43.
After major wars in U.S. history ____ gained more rights from taking on non-traditional roles.
a)
Native Americans
b)
Women
c)
Children
d)
Poor Farmers
44.
Jim Crow Laws can be best described as laws that restricted the rights of blacks.
a)
True
b)
False, they caused blacks to move from the north to the south.
45.
The Muckrakers would not have supported _____ during the Progressive Era.
a)
8 hour workdays
b)
better working conditions
c)
restrictions on child labor
d)
tax breaks for factory owners
46.
_______ attempted to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
a)
The New Deal
b)
The Square Deal
c)
The Great Bailout
d)
Reconstruction
47.
The ______ helped promote the expansion of tourism in South Carolina after WWII.
a)
Baby Boom
b)
urban development
c)
expansion of highways
d)
cold war competition with the Soviet Union
48.
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) ended ________.
a)
literacy tests
b)
black codes
c)
segregation
d)
the KKK
49.
The strategy of _____ was used during the Civil Rights Movement and by the Patriots during the American Revolution.
a)
sit-ins
b)
boycotts
c)
marches
d)
violence
50.
When JFK and Lyndon B. Johnson supported the Civil Rights movement white southerners _________.
a)
became democrats
b)
left the democratic party and became Republicans
c)
left the Republican party
d)
boycotted politics
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