WorksheetsAPUSH 1st Semester Final
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the immediate and devastating impact of the Spanish conquest and exploration was
a)
American Indian resistance and conflict
b)
the subjugation of American Indians
c)
the forced conversion of natives to Christianity
d)
the spread of deadly epidemics
2.
Spanish exploration in North America
a)
led to development of hunter-gatherer economy
b)
change in Indian beliefs in the environment
c)
caused extensive demographic and social change
d)
ended Indian resistance
3.
“What is this you call property? It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her children, beasts, birds, fish and all men. The woods, the streams, everything on it belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. How can one man say it belongs only to him?”Massasoit, sachem or leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy in
MassachusettsSource: Massasoit quotes from Wisdom Pills, Kyle McMillan Dec. 8, 2014
Differing worldviews of American Indians and Europeans as shown in the reading above :
MassachusettsSource: Massasoit quotes from Wisdom Pills, Kyle McMillan Dec. 8, 2014
Differing worldviews of American Indians and Europeans as shown in the reading above :
a)
resulted in tensions and clashes of basic concepts of ownership
b)
Improvements in technology
c)
an emphasis in search for wealth, power and status
d)
American Indians embracing new European social and ecoomic relationship
4.
“For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends.…It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything.…They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end….They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492–93) and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893), 37–38.
What was the reason the Spaniards pushed religion and Christian conversion was?
What was the reason the Spaniards pushed religion and Christian conversion was?
a)
to racially mix populations
b)
trigger extensive demographic change
c)
transform the diverse environment
d)
to justify subjugation of American Indians
5.
Which of the following was example of intense hostility between the New England Settlement at Plymouth and Native Americans in 1676?
a)
King Phillip's War
b)
Pueblo Revolt
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Pequot War
6.
In what region was the Plymouth Settlement?
a)
middle colonies
b)
southern
c)
New England
d)
Chesapeake colonies
7.
Who was the leader of the Jamestown settlement that was famous for trying to discipline settlers and getting them to work instead of finding gold?
a)
John Winthrop
b)
John Smith
c)
John Rolfe
d)
John Doe
8.
"It were too vile to say, and scarce to be believed, what we endured; but the occasion was our own for want of providence, industry and government, and not the barrenness and defect of the country” -John Smith
According to this quote, who/what was to blame for starving time?
According to this quote, who/what was to blame for starving time?
a)
lack of effort by the settlers
b)
lack of resources/land
c)
lack of help from Indians
d)
lack of supply shipments
9.
What kind of charter was used to support Jamestown?
a)
Proprietary
b)
Royal
c)
Church-based
d)
Joint-stock
10.
In general, what allowed for the success of many middle colonial settlements?
a)
indentured servants
b)
natural resources/land
c)
help from Native Americans
d)
English monarchs
11.
If many settlers in the Middle colonies were trying to learn to grow their own food and manufacture their own products to keep and sell in the country, then they are rejecting which of the following?
a)
mercantilism
b)
joint-stock companies
c)
new waves of German immigrants
d)
use of Native American labor
12.
Which European movement of the 17th century had a huge impact on the 13 colonies?
a)
Salem Witchcraft Trials
b)
the Enlightenment
c)
War of the Roses
d)
the Crusades
13.
The settlers of Virginia were primarily seeking to
a)
create a refuge of political dissidents
b)
create a refuge of religious dissidents
c)
recreate feudalism in America
d)
profit economically
14.
What was the significance of the Albany Congress of 1754?
a)
showed the growing independence movement
b)
it put in place a 5 year economic plan
c)
it foreshadowed eventual colonial unity
d)
it was created to pick a fight with Great Britain
15.
Which of the following showed that the colonies were headed toward religious independency, diversity and uniqueness?
a)
Puritanism
b)
the Enlightenment
c)
Deism
d)
the Great Awakening
16.
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 demonstrated the debate over _____________ and national security.
a)
voting rights
b)
state's rights
c)
freedom/liberty
d)
executive power
17.
All are true of the Alien and Sedition Acts, EXCEPT
a)
led to the issuing of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
b)
allowed President to deport dangerous foreigners
c)
ease fears of a war with France
d)
led to the loss of a 2nd term for Adams, and election of Jefferson
18.
The debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788 was controversial because
a)
some thought it gave the federal government too much power.
b)
some were concerned that it did not include a Bill of Rights
c)
it didn't define term limits for the President
d)
all of the above
19.
The political party that emerged because of its reputation for being Anti-Federalist:
a)
Whigs
b)
Democratic Republicans
c)
Republicans
d)
Federalists
20.
In Washigton's Farewell Address, what was his foreign policy advice?
a)
the U.S. should avoid entangling alliances
b)
the U.S. should never pick the side of belligerents
c)
the U.S. should fight again for Independence
d)
'speak softly and carry a big stick.
21.
During which of the following conflicts did the U.S. follow Washington's advice of neutrality?
a)
Expansionism prior to the Civil War
b)
Congressional War Hawk's desire for war in the War of 1812
c)
Manifest Destiny during the Mexican-American War
d)
Neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars
22.
During the early Presidential elections, Federalists and Democratic-Republicans election results closely followed
a)
regional interests
b)
Social Classes
c)
trade routes
d)
immigrant routes
23.
Which of the following inventions helped create stronger regional differences by the late 1700s/early 1800s?
a)
railroads
b)
steam engine
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
canals
24.
Women after the Revolution hoped to have more of a role in the New Republic. They were told their new role was imparting democratic values to their children known as
a)
cult of domesticity
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Republican Motherhood
d)
Reform Era
25.
Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers promoted the idea of natural rights which were applied in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
John Locke
d)
Adam Smith
26.
Which of the following came after the repeal of the Stamp Act and ASSERTED British AUTHORITY over the colonies?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
The Quartering Acts
c)
Declaratory Act
27.
Which of the following was a DIRECT tax on intracolonial trade?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Declaratory Act
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Townshend Acts
28.
Which of the following helped settle old issues with Britain, namely getting them to abandon forts out west?
a)
Jay's Treaty
b)
Pinckney's Treaty
c)
Treaty of Greenville
29.
Which of the following helps finish the chronological order: Stamp Act, Committees of Correspondance __________ , Intolerable Acts.
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Quebec Act
30.
Thomas Jefferson supported the Republican idea of a agriculturally based future. Which of the following exemplifies this?
a)
Assumption of State Debt
b)
Creation of a National Debt
c)
the Louisiana Purchase
d)
XYZ affair
31.
Antebellum means
a)
after the war
b)
before the Civil War
c)
Pro war
d)
Anti war
32.
What antebellum developments got in the way of Jefferson's dream of the future?
a)
creation of a more participatory democracy
b)
growth of northern industry
c)
growth of national and international economy
d)
emergence of a national culture
33.
Henry Clay believed the _______________ could pass laws to help boost and support an emerging industrial economy.
a)
farmers
b)
federal government
c)
factory owners
d)
lobbyists
34.
Which of the following would have least likely supported the American System?
a)
eastern bankers
b)
western farmers
c)
northeastern manufacturers
d)
southern plantation owner
35.
Which of the following was NOT part of Henry Clay's American System?
a)
promotion of laissez-faire approach to the economy
b)
tariffs
c)
National Bank
d)
internal improvements like roads and canals
36.
When was the Missouri Compromise adopted?
a)
1820
b)
1850
c)
1787
d)
1832
37.
What events contribute to 'irritations' over the issue of slavery in the 1840s and 1850s?
a)
movement of African-Americans to the west
b)
growing influence of industrialism in t he South.
c)
acquisition of new territory in the west and the Mexican-American war
d)
the growth of violent nativist movements aimed at limiting immigrants' influence
38.
Most southern families owned slave families.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Which group below probably would have disagreed with critics of Andrew Jackson?
a)
American Indians/Cherokees
b)
South Carolinians
c)
western farmers which didn't like the national bank
d)
supporters of federal funding for internal improvements
40.
The ultimate consequence of sharecropping for the South was
a)
economic independence from the North
b)
an increase in poverty for both blacks and whites
c)
an awareness of the need for wise care of the South's environment
d)
a slow increase of the south's productivity
41.
The theory that individual states do not necessarily have to carry out any federal laws with which they disagree is known as
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
federalism
c)
reserved powers of the Constitution
d)
nullification
42.
Sharecropping contracts reflect (s)
a)
the unfortunate social and economic continuities of the antebellum south and the post war south
b)
the wartime destruction of the South's environment and infrastructure
c)
the short term successes brought about by Reconstruction
43.
The impact of mining in the west caused many to be concerned about the balance between
a)
slave states and free states
b)
business interests and conservation of land and resources
c)
westward expansion and the legal status of Native Americans
44.
The Worcester vs. Georgia Case of 1832 ..
a)
led to violence between Native Americans and settlers of the Great Plains
b)
allowed for the legality of territorial expansion following the Mexican American War
c)
sided with Native Americans and said Indian removal legislation was invalid
45.
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France did not consider the ___________ that already lived there.
a)
Texans
b)
Mexicans
c)
Native Americans
d)
French
46.
Democratic-Republicans formed out of the debates during the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and were concerned about
a)
too strong of a central government
b)
lack of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
c)
lack of term limits for the Chief Executive
d)
all of the above
47.
Even though there were huge demographic and social changes on both sides due to the Colombian Exchange, American Indians and Europeans were most similar when it came to
a)
Environmental practices
b)
religious beliefs
c)
trade and commerce
d)
gender roles
48.
One of the reasons for King Phillip's War in the Plymouth colony was
a)
Forced Christian conversion of the Natives
b)
formation of political alliances between tribes and European powers
c)
increased intensity and destructiveness in European American Indian Warfare
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