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WorksheetsAPUSH Semester 1 Review
Total questions: 177
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Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review?
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
Johnson v. McIntosh
d)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
2.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that states cannot tax the federal government and established the constitutionality of the National Bank?
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
McCulloch v. Maryland
d)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
3.
Which supreme court case established a relationship in which Indian tribes were under the care of the federal government, and must be protected?
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
McCulloch v. Maryland
d)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
4.
Which college was involved in an early supreme court case?
a)
Dartmouth
b)
Harvard
c)
Yale
d)
Oxford
5.
What did Worcester v. Georgia establish?
a)
Tribal sovereignty within boundaries
b)
The trail of tears was illegal
c)
The federal government had power over the tribes.
d)
The interests of the community are over the interest of business.
6.
Scott v. Sanford
a)
Ruled that a civilian cannot be tried in military courts while civil courts are available
b)
Legalized segregation with regard to private property
c)
Slaves were not citizens and could not be freed by moving to a free state, Congress could not prohibit slavery in a territory
d)
Declared the income tax under the Wilson-Gorman Tariff to be unconstitutional
7.
An alliance or league of nations or peoples looser than a federation.
a)
Confederacy
b)
Primeval
c)
Plantation
d)
Ecosystem
8.
A Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas.
a)
Confederacy
b)
Primeval
c)
Conquistadors
d)
Ecosystem
9.
An economic system characterized by private property , generally free trade, and open and accessible markets
a)
Confederacy
b)
capitalism
c)
Conquistadors
d)
Ecosystem
10.
Fervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation-state
a)
Nationalism
b)
Joint-Stock Company
c)
Charter
d)
Census
11.
An economic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment
a)
Nationalism
b)
Joint-Stock Company
c)
Charter
d)
Census
12.
A legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations
a)
Nationalism
b)
Joint-Stock Company
c)
Charter
d)
Census
13.
An official count of population, often also describing other information about the population
a)
Nationalism
b)
Joint-Stock Company
c)
Charter
d)
Census
14.
Indentured Servant
a)
Originally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority
b)
Popular term for an ethnically diverse population that is presumed to be "melting" towards some eventual commonality
c)
A poor person obligated to a fixed term of labor.
d)
A frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement
15.
The right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of a laborer.
a)
Civil War
b)
Indentured Servitude
c)
Slavery
d)
Headright
16.
The illegal killing of an accused person by mob action without due process
a)
"Blue Blood"
b)
Social Structure
c)
Hinterland
d)
Lynching
17.
A small religious group that has broken away from some larger mainstream church
a)
Sect
b)
Agitators
c)
Second Great Awakening
d)
Great Awakening
18.
Those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue
a)
Sect
b)
Agitators
c)
Second Great Awakening
d)
Great Awakening
19.
French-Canadian fur trappers
a)
Coreurs des Bois
b)
French Immigrants
c)
Voyageurs
d)
Gentry
20.
French-Canadian fur traders and adventurers
a)
Coreurs des Bois
b)
French Immigrants
c)
Voyageurs
d)
Gentry
21.
Unconventional combat wagged by smaller military units using hit-and-run tactics
a)
Guerrilla Warfare
b)
Trench Warfare
22.
When was Guerrilla Warfare developed?
a)
French Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
American Revolution
d)
World War I
23.
The economic theory that all parts of an economy should be coordinated for the good of the whole state; hence, that colonial economics should be subordinated for the benefit of an empire
a)
Capitalism
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Laissez-Faire
d)
Socialism
24.
Pledges to boycott, or decline to purchase, certain goods from abroad
a)
Revolution
b)
Protest
c)
Nonimportation Agreement
d)
Boycott
25.
What is Isolationism?
a)
The belief that the country should seek out foreign intervention
b)
The belief that the country should avoid foreign intervention.
c)
The belief that the government should not engage in wars
d)
The hatred for other cou
26.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
27.
Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
28.
How many military zones was the South divided into?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
29.
What amendment abolished (ended) slavery?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
30.
The amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on his or her race.
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
31.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to give all Americans citizenship regardless of race
c)
to abolish slavery
d)
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
32.
Jim Crow Laws included __________________
a)
separate schools, restaurants and bathrooms
b)
poll taxes
c)
literacy tests in order to vote
d)
All of the above
33.
Black Codes are
a)
a coded language African Americans used
b)
laws that told people what they could wear
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans
34.
The Glorious Revolution enhanced the political status and power in North America of
a)
independent
corporations like the Virginia Company and the Massachusetts Company.
b)
colonial
proprietors such as Lord Baltimore and William Penn.
c)
elected
colonial legislatures and assemblies.
d)
Catholics
in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
35.
Explain why and how slavery developed as it did in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
a)
African
slaves would make better and more dependable workers than indentured servants.
b)
slavery
should be a temporary and discretionary status for Africans brought to North
America through the slave trade.
c)
the
number of African slaves should be reduced for public safety reasons.
d)
the
number of indentured servants imported into the colonies should be increased.
36.
How did the white political and social elite of Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas respond to the issue of how to determine the status of mixed-race children?
a)
automatically
classified these children as slaves, regardless of the gender identity of the
mother
b)
considered
these children of mixed-race parents to be slaves only if the mother was white
c)
exempted
a child of mixed race from slavery, if the father of this child was a European
slave-owner
d)
made
stringent political and social efforts to prohibit sexual relations between
white women and males of other races
37.
The following developments fueled the Atlantic slave trade by 1750 EXCEPT
a)
the labor demands of the sugar plantations of the Caribbean, Brazil, and New Spain.
b)
new states in West Africa growing rich off the slave trade to the Americas.
c)
the transfer of millions of slaves from the interior of Africa to the western coast for sale and shipment to the Americas.
d)
the relatively high demand for African slaves in all of New England.
38.
The following were characteristic of the voyage of slaves from Africa to the slave colonies in the Americas EXCEPT
a)
men were chained shoulder to shoulder during the entire voyage.
b)
a quarter of slaves transported on a slave ship died on the voyage.
c)
slaves rarely revolted against a ship's crew while aboard slave ships.
d)
slaves were force fed to reduce the loss of valuable cargo to starvation.
39.
The following characterized the life of Africans slaves imported into the southern colonies after 1680 EXCEPT
a)
women and men experiencing backbreaking labor from sunup to sundown on a tobacco, rice, or cotton plantation.
b)
young children often working alongside adults for extended periods of time.
c)
harsh and injurious punishments meted out by plantation owners for even the smallest infractions.
d)
a relatively long lifespan for these African slaves.
40.
What helpful role did newly freed slaves who escaped to Spanish Florida play for the Spanish government authorities in this colony?
a)
The
newly freed slaves were a strong first line of defense on the Spanish side of
the border against their common enemy, the British.
b)
The
newly freed slaves could be conscripted into the Spanish army to fight the
Seminole Indians in Florida.
c)
The
newly freed slaves would be an important free labor source to harvest the
profitable raw materials exported from Florida by Spain.
d)
The
newly freed slaves in Spanish Florida could serve as examples for other Spanish
colonies about the important economic and defense contributions that freed
blacks could make to their colonies.
41.
The following local tensions surrounded the onset of the Salem witch trials in 1692 EXCEPT
a)
The
ongoing fear of residents of Salem and surrounding Massachusetts communities of
further attacks by Indians allied with French Canada.
b)
Many
poorer residents resented their neighbors who formed a more prosperous
commercial elite.
c)
Women
who were unusually assertive, particularly women who lived alone or were of
non-English backgrounds, were not trusted in the community.
d)
Publicly
acknowledged atheists and devil worshippers challenged repeatedly the religious
authority of Protestant ministers in Salem and surrounding communities in the
1680s and early 1690s.
42.
How would you describe the attitude and behavior of religious and political leaders in Massachusetts in the aftermath of the Salem witch trials?
a)
ambivalent
b)
unregretful
c)
apologetic
d)
defensive
43.
What development beginning in the 1720s made cities a much safer place to live?
a)
the
adoption of smallpox inoculations in colonial cities beginning in Boston in
1721
b)
significant
declines in violent crime due to the creation of professional city police
forces
c)
the
adoption of fire codes and fire departments in colonial cities to make
buildings and houses cities
d)
the
construction of sewer systems to improve public health
44.
Which of the following illustrated the determination of colonial merchants and traders to develop a capitalist economic system in the American colonies in the early-mid 1700s?
a)
following
the strict manufacturing and trading contours outlined by the Triangle Trading
system
b)
circumventing
the Navigation Acts of 1650 and 1660 by finding legal loopholes or trading raw
materials and goods in a different direction than British laws allowed to
maximize trading revenues
c)
refraining
from manufacturing goods in the colonies to protect the economic interests of
British producers in England
d)
producing
and exporting only raw materials that would enrich England exclusively and not
benefit any other imperial European power or non-British colony
45.
Which of the following was generally TRUE about the mainland British colonies and British colonists between 1707 and 1754?
a)
Trade,
travel, and communication among the American colonists in each of the 13
colonies remained stagnant during this period.
b)
Political
and economic instability in British North America increased exponentially
during this period.
c)
By 1754, colonists living in different
American colonies had begun to identify common political and economic interests
even as they jealously guarded their own colony's independence.
d)
American
colonists possessed very little knowledge of the wider world beyond the colony
in which they resided.
46.
What development was accompanied by the growth of religious toleration in the British colonies during the early 1700s?
a)
The
sense of colonists being on a divine religious mission in the American colonies
increased significantly.
b)
An
increase in religious fervor among the different Christian and non-Christian
occurred among religious groups in the American colonies.
c)
American
colonists rejected ideas concerning religion and reason from the Enlightenment
intellectual movement.
d)
More
Europeans came to the British colonies in search of religious freedom that they
could not find in their homelands.
47.
Which Protestant group grew dramatically and remained mostly unified as a result of the religious revivalism of the First Great Awakening?
a)
the
Anglican Church
b)
the
Baptist Church
c)
the
Congregationalist Church
d)
the
Quakers
48.
Pinckney's Treaty established commercial relations with
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
49.
Which of the following was NOT a part of Washington's legacy?
a)
A vigorous, active president
b)
2-term presidency
c)
Equal power among the 3 branches (checks and balances)
d)
Life-long Cabinet appointments
50.
Jay's Treaty reopened trade with
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
51.
Washington's reaction to this event asserted the power of the national government
a)
Pinckney's Treaty
b)
Whiskey Rebellion
c)
French Revolution
52.
Which president did NOT believe in political parties?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
53.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
54.
This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Townshend Act
55.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
56.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
57.
Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Proclamation line of 1763
b)
Proclamation boundary
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Borderlands
58.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
59.
To refuse to buy goods from someone as a form of protest . . .
a)
occupy
b)
boycott
c)
`damage
60.
What group was created as a response to the Stamp Act?
a)
Son of liberty
b)
The patriots
c)
The red coats
d)
The loyalists
61.
What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?
a)
A. to create a plan of attack against the French
b)
A. to unite the Native Americans against the French
c)
A. to create one general government for the colonies
62.
Who was the Spanish explorer that first came to Mexico?
a)
Atahualpa
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
63.
What were the reasons for European exploration?
a)
Gold, Guns, Guts
b)
Gold, God, Glory
c)
Glory, Game, Guts
d)
For the adventure
64.
Where was the Incan empire located?
a)
The east coast of what is now the United States
b)
The Cuban coast
c)
The Spanish Coast
d)
The west coast of South America
65.
Where was the Aztec empire located?
a)
Central America/Mexico
b)
East coast of South America
c)
Cuba
d)
Haiti
66.
How were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs and Incan even though they were outnumbered?
a)
More clever
b)
Guerrilla warfare
c)
Better weapons and diseases that kill off large numbers
d)
Calling for back-up from the homeland
67.
Due to the steep terrain of the Andes Mountains, farming had to be done in a special way. What type of farming did the Incans use?
a)
Flat plain
b)
Hill top
c)
Mountain top
d)
Terracing
68.
Who conquered the Incans and captured the emperor Atahualpa?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Montezuma
69.
What was the trading of cultures between the Old World and New World called?
a)
The Old World Trading Company
b)
New World Traders
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Explorer's Exchange
70.
What would the Old World (European Countries) responsible for bringing to the New World (Latin America)?
a)
horses, wheat, disease
b)
corn, turkey, cacao beans
c)
buffalo, corn, pigs
d)
cacao beans, buffalo, corn
71.
The Jacksonian charge that John Quincy Adams won the presidency through a corrupt bargain arouse because
a)
members of the House of Representatives claimed that they had been bribed to vote for Adams
b)
Adams ended his previous opposition to Henry Clay's American System
c)
Jackson discovered that there had been vote fraud in several pro-Adams states
d)
after Henry Clay threw his support to Adams, he was appointed secretary of state
72.
Which of the following was NOT among the factors that made John Quincy Adams's presidency a political failure?
a)
Adams's attempts to treat Indians fairly
b)
Adams's involvement with corrupt machine deals and politicians
c)
Adams's stubborn and prickly personality
d)
Adams's support for national roads, a national university and an astronomical observatory
73.
Andrew Jackson's strong appeal to the common people arose partly because
a)
Americans finally understood the ideas of the Declaration of Independence
b)
many citizens were tired of the partisan fights between Republicans and Federalists
c)
he had risen fro the masses and reflected many of their prejudices in his personal attitudes and outlook
d)
farmer and labor organizations arosed populist opposition to elitist politics
74.
One political development that demonstrated the power of the new popular democratic movements in politics was
a)
the rise of the caucus system for presidential nominations
b)
the use of party loyalty as the primary qualifications for appointing people to public office
c)
extensive public speaking tours by presidential candidates
d)
the vigorous campaign to abolish the electoral college
75.
Andrew Jackson's fundamental approach during the South Carolina nullification crisis was to
a)
acknowledge the injustice of the high Tariff of Abominations and seek to lower it
b)
join hands with Henry Clay in attempting to find a compromise solution
c)
join hands with Henry Clay in attempting to find a compromise solution
d)
mobilize a sizable military force adn threaten to hang the nullifiers
76.
Under the surface of the South's strong opposition to the Tariff of Abominations was
a)
a desire to develop its own textile industry
b)
competition between southern cotton growers and mid-western grain farmers
c)
a strong preference for British manufactured goods over American produced goods
d)
a fear of growing federal power that might interfere with slavery
77.
Some southeastern Indian tribes like the Cherokees were notable for their
a)
effectiveness in warfare against encroaching whites
b)
development of effective agriculture, education and political institutions
c)
success in persuading President Jackson to support their cause
d)
adherence to traditional Native American cultural and religious values
78.
In promoting his policy of Indian removal, President Andrew Jackson
a)
defied rulings of the US Supreme Court that favored the Cherokees
b)
admitted that the action would destroy Native American culture and society
c)
acted against the advice of his cabinet and his military commanders in the Southeast
d)
tried to split the Cherokees apart from their allies such as the Creeks and the Seminoles
79.
Jackson's veto of the Bank of the United States recharter bill represented a(n)
a)
attempts to assure bankers and creditors that the federal government had their interests at heart
b)
concession to Henry Clay and his National Republican followers
c)
gain for sound banking and a financially stable currency system
d)
bold assertion of presidential power on behalf of western farmers and other debtors
80.
One important result of President Jackson's destruction of the Bank of the United States was
a)
a successful economy to hand on to his successor, Van Buren
b)
a sounder financial system founded upon thousands of locally controlled banks
c)
the American banking system's dependence on the European investment and control
d)
the lack of a stable banking system to finance an era of rapid industrialization
81.
Among the political innovations that first appeared in the election of 1832 were
a)
political parties and direct popular voting for president
b)
nomination by congressional caucus and voting by Electoral College
c)
third-party campaigning, national conventions and party platforms
d)
secret ballots and the prohibition on liquor in polling places
82.
In the immediate aftermath of the successful Texas Revolution
a)
Texas petitioned to join the United States but was refused admission
b)
Texas joined the United States as a slave state
c)
Mexico and the United States agreed to joint protectorate over Texas
d)
Britain threatened the United States with war over Texas
83.
The Panic of 1837 and the subsequent severe depression were caused primarily by
a)
the stock market collapse and a sharp decline in grain prices
b)
a lack of new investment in industry and technology
c)
the threat of war with Mexico over Texas
d)
over-speculation and Jackson's hard-money financial policies
84.
Prominent leaders of the Whig party included
a)
Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun
b)
Andrew Jackson ad William Henry Harrison
c)
Stephen Austin and Sam Houston
d)
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
85.
The real significance of William Henry Harrison's victory in the election of 1840 was that it
a)
brought a fresh new face to American presidential politics
b)
showed that the Whigs could win with a candidate other than Henry Clay
c)
showed that the Whigs could practice the new mass democratic politis as successfully as the Democrats
d)
showed that the public wanted serious debates as well as noisy 'hoopla' in presidential politics
86.
Resident of Puritan New England and was convicted of heresy and banished to the Mass. Bay.
a)
Joan London
b)
Rachel Edwards
c)
Anne Hutchinson
d)
Sarah McCloud
87.
Which group opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and was led by Patrick Henry?
a)
Democrat-Republicans
b)
Whig Party
c)
Federalist
d)
Anti-Federalist
88.
Which group opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and was led by Patrick Henry?
a)
Democrat-Republicans
b)
Whig Party
c)
Federalist
d)
Anti-Federalist
89.
Which group opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and was led by Patrick Henry?
a)
Democrat-Republicans
b)
Whig Party
c)
Federalist
d)
Anti-Federalist
90.
This document was the first national constitution and it limited the power of the national gov.
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Common Sense
d)
Dec. of Independence
91.
Rebellion that took place in Virginia in 1676. This was a rebellion against Gov. William Berkeley.
a)
Ballinger Rebellion
b)
Whiskey Rebellion
c)
Bacon's Rebellion
d)
Turner's Rebellion
92.
Why did Benjamin Franklin's proposed Albany Plan, an intercolonial government to unite in the face of a common enemy during the French and Indian War, fail?
a)
The British quickly thwarted their plans
b)
Each colony did not want to surrender their power to a central organization
c)
The French attacked the delegates as they met in New York
d)
George Washington's plan was accepted in its place
93.
Which of the following was a long-term effect of the jury's decision in the John Peter Zenger case?
a)
Zenger became a colonial leader
b)
The colonial press became more willing to criticize the British
c)
Restrictions on free press increased
d)
New York became the center of anti-British sentiments
94.
What was the outcome of Pickney's Treaty?
a)
Canada and the US agreed to a mutual disarmament
b)
The United States could now trade at New Orleans
c)
British left the forts in the Northwest
d)
Native Americans were banned from the Midwest
95.
The Judiciary Act of 1789-
a)
created the federal court system
b)
established the principal of judicial review
c)
Designated the Supreme Court to hear issues w/fed gov't
d)
Established the Attorney General
96.
What was not part of Hamilton's Financial Plan?
a)
Established the National Bank
b)
Put the capital in Washington DC
c)
Levying of excise taxes and tariffs
d)
Assumption of state debts
97.
This court decision ruled that the slaves were not citizens, and therefore had no rights to sue in court.
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Plessey v. Ferguson
c)
Brown v. Board
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
98.
What were those slave states that did not secede during the fighting called?
a)
Traitor States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Ideal States
99.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
100.
Based on your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?
a)
The federal government was placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.
b)
The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.
c)
The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
d)
Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.
101.
The political party of the era that supported nativist policies was the
a)
Know-Nothing Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
Free-Soil Party
d)
Whig Party
102.
Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
103.
Which branch of government is responsible for creating laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
104.
Where was the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
c)
Boston, Massachussettes
d)
New York, New York
105.
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
106.
_____ of the states must agree to change the Constitution.
a)
1/2
b)
2/3
c)
3/4
d)
All
107.
What term refers to the process of approving the Constitution?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Ratification
c)
Federalism
d)
Checks and Balances
108.
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
a)
The Bill of Rights
b)
The Preambles
c)
The Vetos
d)
The Federalisms
109.
The Great Compromise accomplished which of the following?
a)
Created a one house legislature
b)
Postponed the conversation about slavery
c)
Added the Bill of Rights
d)
Created a two house legislature
110.
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Magna Carta
d)
The English Bill of Rights
111.
Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.
a)
strong state government
b)
weak government
c)
strong central government
d)
legslature
112.
The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -
a)
Great Compromise
b)
One-Third Compromise
c)
Three-Fifths Compromise
d)
Slave Compromise
113.
Someone that favored approval of the Constitution is called-
a)
Federalist
b)
Anti Federalist
c)
Republican
d)
Democrat
114.
Representation should be proportional based on a states population was part of the
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Conneticut plan
d)
Commerce Compromise
115.
Representation should be equal giving each state the same number of representatives was part of the
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Conneticut plan
d)
Commerce Compromise
116.
Representation should be equal and proportional in a bicameral legislature was part of the
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Commerce Compromise
117.
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution?
a)
James Madison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
118.
Why is the Constitution considered a "living document"?
a)
It has changed with time
b)
It is rewritten by each president
c)
It has remained the same over the years
d)
It is signed each year by members of Congress
119.
Arguably the first "battle" of the Revolutionary War occurred when the Massachusetts Minutemen fired on British troops at -
a)
Boston
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Saratoga
d)
Lexington and Concord
120.
All colonies were represented at the First Continental Congress EXCEPT -
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
South Carolina
121.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
122.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
123.
This event broke tensions between the colonist and the British troops where shots were fired. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Bloody Valentine
124.
The trade route between Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies that brought slaves to the West Indies and the Americas.
a)
The Slave Trade
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Devil's Den
d)
The Slave Codes
125.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
126.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
The inventor of the cotton gin
b)
The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
c)
The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
d)
The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves
127.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedom.
b)
They passed even stricter slave codes.
c)
They began to udnerstand that slavery was wrong.
d)
They refused to take slaves back when they were captured.
128.
Compromise that made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state.
a)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision
129.
What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
a)
It defined the scope of Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.
b)
It limited the power of the President to veto acts of Congress.
c)
It placed restrictions on Congressional power under the "elastic" clause of the U.S. Constitution.
d)
It established the right of the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
130.
What was the Embargo Act?
a)
Forbid trade with Spain
b)
Made turtles illegal
c)
Close American trade with Britain and France
d)
Encouraged trade with all foreign nations
131.
Who was hired by Thomas Jefferson to travel west after the Louisiana Purchase. They were to map the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
War Hawks
c)
Sacagawea
d)
Lewis and Clark
132.
Which cause of the War of 1812 is this image showing?
a)
War Hawks
b)
Impressment
c)
British inciting Native Americans
d)
Justin Bieber
133.
Which cause of the War of 1812 is this image showing?
a)
War Hawks
b)
Impressment
c)
British inciting Native Americans
d)
Justin Bieber
134.
Which cause of the War of 1812 is this image showing?
a)
British sending One Direction to America
b)
British inciting Native American violence
c)
British impressing American sailors
d)
Justin Bieber
135.
Which of the following Presidents introduced the Spoils System hiring out friends to political offices:
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
James Polk
d)
William Henry Harrison
136.
All of the following can be associated with the principle of Manifest Destiny EXCEPT:
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Mexican-American War
c)
War of 1812
d)
Trail of Tears
137.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
138.
Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?
a)
the north
b)
the south
c)
the west
139.
The purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration was what?
a)
women's rights
b)
westward expansion
c)
tariffs
d)
abolitionist
140.
What is suffrage?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the act of suffering
c)
anything that is disliked or hated
d)
limiting voting
141.
Why was the Monroe Doctrine (1823) of such importance to the United States?
a)
It announced that the United States was ready to enter into military alliances with European powers.
b)
It expanded the influence of the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
c)
It gained rights for American merchants to harbor their ships in ports around the world.
d)
It demonstrated that Americans would not engage in actions affecting areas beyond their own borders.
142.
This legislation was a disaster, hurting the American economy. In it President Jefferson closed ports, American ships could no longer sail to foreign ports and declared no trade.
a)
Embargo Act of 1807
b)
War of 1812
c)
XYZ Affair
d)
Monroe Doctrine
143.
What was the law requiring immigrants to extend waiting period from 5 to 15 years to become citizen and prohibited writing or saying anything hurtful about the government?
a)
Alien Sedition Act
b)
Federal Judiciary Act
c)
Whiskey Rebellion
d)
Tariff
144.
Why is the Mayflower Compact important?
a)
The beginning of a theocracy
b)
The beginning of a direct democracy
c)
It set up a dictatorship
d)
The beginning of representative democ
145.
Who was the leader of the Puritans?
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
John Smith
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
146.
What was Parliament's reaction to the protest against the Stamp Act?
a)
They sent troops to prosecute protesters.
b)
They harshly enforced the law even more.
c)
They repealed the law.
d)
They ignored the protesting.
147.
The French and Indian War left Britain with a huge debt. How did the British government plan to pay repay its war debts?
a)
by selling western lands to Native Americans
b)
by forcing the colonists to trade only with Britain
c)
by passing new tax laws for the colonies
d)
by printing money that only could be used in the colonies
148.
Andrew Jackson ran on the support of the "common man". Which is the best description of what this means?
a)
He made himself relatable to the average American.
b)
He limited the amount of voters by increasing property requirements
c)
He supported transportation growth
d)
He came from a wealthy family in the upper class
149.
A great famine caused by the failure of the potato crop prompted the immigration to America of some one million residents from _______________ displacing ____________ employees at Lowell factories in Massachussetts.
a)
Germany, male
b)
Germany, female
c)
Ireland, female
d)
China, male
150.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
151.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
152.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton spent her life working for __________________.
a)
the CIA
b)
the government
c)
women's rights
d)
slavery
153.
Which invention contributed to the expansion of slavery in the South?
a)
mechanical reaper
b)
steam boat
c)
cotton gin
d)
interchangeable parts
154.
What literary work did H.B. Stowe write that brought attention to the brutal conditions of slavery?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Gone With the Wind
c)
Up From Slavery
d)
North and South
155.
Who were the War Hawks?
a)
Men from the Northeast who want to go to war
b)
Women who fought in the War of 1812
c)
Men from the South and West who want to go to war
d)
Men from the South and North who do NOT want to go to war
156.
What is the definition of IMPRESSMENT?
a)
British capturing American sailors
b)
Showing off to the person next to you
c)
Forcing Native Americans west of the Mississippi
d)
British giving guns and ammunition to Native Americans
157.
What political party dies out at the end of the 1840s?
a)
Republicans
b)
Whigs
c)
Democrats
d)
Federalist
158.
What document was written at the Seneca falls convention and addressed to a wide range of women and their rights?
a)
Declaration of Independance
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
The 10 Commandments
159.
Who were the two women who organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
a)
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Lucretia Mott and Rosa Parks
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Thatcher
d)
Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman
160.
Before Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a women's right activist, she was
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a slave.
c)
a journalist.
d)
a governor
161.
Before Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a women's right activist, she was
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a slave.
c)
a journalist.
d)
a governor
162.
"Peculiar Institution" was a euphemism used to disguise the practice of:
a)
Impressment
b)
Slavery
c)
Sesession
d)
Women's Voting
163.
Why would Americans be upset with John Quincy Adams being chosen for president in the election of 1824?
a)
Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes
b)
They though he didn't have enough experience
c)
He was only a military hero
d)
He supported the ALien and Sedition Acts
164.
The Embargo Act forbid the United States to trade with:
a)
Spain
b)
South America
c)
Britain and France
d)
all foreign nations
165.
Which was not a reason the USA went to war with Britain?
a)
Impressment
b)
Invading the Great Lakes Region
c)
Supplying Natives with guns
d)
Firing on US Ships
166.
The end of Indentured Servitude and the move towards slavery was due to:
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
Bacon's Rebellion
c)
Shay's Rebellion
d)
The Compromise of 1763
167.
What political party was Andrew Jackson the leader of?
a)
Democratic-Republicans
b)
Whigs
c)
Democrats
d)
Federalists
168.
Which even is the BEST example of a conflict over states' rights?
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
The War of 1812
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
The Nullification Crisis
169.
California was initially admitted as a "free state" while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up?
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
170.
which of these was a DIRECT result of the failed slave revolt of Nat Turner in 1831?
a)
Southern legislatures reexamined the moral foundation of keeping millions of blacks as slaves.
b)
Congress passed a law that would phase out the importation of African slaves in the coming decade
c)
Laws greatly restricting the legal rights of free blacks and slaves were passed throughout the South
d)
President Buchanan was elected for a second term, putting of the slavery conflict for another decade
171.
Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in U.S. politics?
a)
Debate over tariffs
b)
expansion of slavery
c)
U.S. policy of neutrality
d)
Growth of cities
172.
What was the Dred Scott decision?
a)
It abolished the tariff of abominations
b)
It declared that slavery was legal in the territories
c)
It stated that a slave was free upon his master's death
d)
It ended the Fugitive Slave Law
173.
Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out.
a)
The show me State
b)
The Ghost Town
c)
Pottowatomie massacre
d)
Bleeding Kansas
174.
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
b)
Kansas became a slave state
c)
Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
d)
Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
175.
What decision did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal?
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Missouri compromise
d)
Ordinance of secession passed by South Carolina
176.
More factories, larger population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
177.
What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Scott's Blockade Plan
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