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SC History Standard 8-3

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Revolutionary War the backcountry people were

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

2.

In the Revolutionary War the lowcountry people were

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

3.

After the Revolutionary war the backcountry was called the

a)

Lowcountry

b)

Upcountry

c)

Downcountry

d)

Leftcountry

4.

Plantation owners lived in the

a)

Upcountry

b)

Lowcountry

c)

Backcountry

d)

Leftcountry

5.

People in the ___________ were subsistence farmers.

a)

Lowcountry

b)

Leftcountry

c)

Rightcountry

d)

Upcountry

6.

Did the Upcountry typically have slaves?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

What became the new cash crop?

a)

Cotton

b)

Indigo

c)

Corn

d)

Tobacco

8.

What was a major source of tension between the Upcountry and Lowcountry?

a)

Politicas

b)

Slaves

c)

Food

d)

Church

9.

The State Capital was moved from Charleston to ___________.

a)

Columbia

b)

Greenville

c)

Summerville

d)

Spartanburg

10.

What invention made Cotton a viable cash crop?

a)

The Cotten Gin

b)

The Cotton Sorter

c)

The Deseeder

d)

Cotton Pickers

11.

Representation was based on

a)

White men and taxable property

b)

All men

c)

Everyone

d)

All men and taxable property

12.

Which had the most representation?

a)

Upcountry

b)

Lowcountry

13.

Shay's Rebellion brought about a call for a stronger ________ government.

a)

Central

b)

State

c)

Democratic

d)

Republican

14.

The ____________ Convention was called to solve the problems of the government under the Articles of Confederation.

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Virgina

c)

Washington

d)

Charleson

15.

South Carolinians supported the establishment of a stronger national government and a new constitution.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A plan for a three branch government with a legislature, judiciary, and executive was called the _________ Plan.

a)

Virgina

b)

New York

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Carolina

17.

The Virginia Plan was favored by the _________ states.

a)

Large

b)

Small

18.

The New Jersey Plan was favored by the __________ states.

a)

Small

b)

Big

19.

The Compromise S.C supported used equal representation in the Senate and Proportional representation in the House was called the _____________________ or the Connecticut Plan.

a)

Great Compromise

b)

The Virgina Plan

c)

The New Jersey Plan

d)

The Great Senate

20.

Slave would be counted as _______________ of a person.

a)

Three-Fifths

b)

Half

c)

One-Fifth

d)

One-half

21.

The _______________ Compromise promised that the federal government would not tax exports or attempt to regulate the international slave trade for at least 20 years.

a)

Great

b)

Commerce

c)

Three-Fifths

d)

Virgina

22.

The Executive branch consists of the

a)

Senate

b)

House of Representatives

c)

President

d)

Congress

23.

To ratify means to

a)

Pass

b)

Vote

c)

Move

d)

Yell

24.

The Backcountry were __________

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

25.

These people opposed a stronger federal government.

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

26.

These people argued for a strong government.

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

27.

The elite along with Charles Pinckney were __________________.

a)

Federlists

b)

Anti-federlists

28.

S.C. was the _______ state to join the United States of America.

a)

4

b)

8

c)

3

d)

4

29.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

The first 10 amendments

b)

The rules of the congress

30.

From 1783 until 1789, the United States was governed by the Articles of ____________________.

a)

Confederation

b)

American

c)

Rights

d)

Republic

31.

The _____________ is the highest law in the state.

a)

Constitution

b)

Court

c)

Articals

d)

President

32.

The Bill of Rights provided a written guarantee of ____________ rights.

a)

Individual

b)

States

c)

National

d)

Republic

33.

The authority for government flows from the people.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Federalism

c)

Limited Government

d)

Executive

34.

Unalienable rights are guaranteed to all citizens in the Preamble and the Bill of Rights.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Limited Government

d)

Federalists

35.

As stated in the 10th Amendment, divides governmental power between national government and the state government.

a)

Federalism

b)

Anti-Federalism

c)

Democracy

d)

Republic

36.

The United States Congress.

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Olive Branch

37.

Consists of the Federal Courts.

a)

Judicial Branch

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Executive Branch

d)

Tree Branch

38.

Headed by the president and carries out the laws.

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

Olive Branch

39.

A government where the powers of the government are restricted by the Constitution.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Unlimited Government

40.

Who was elected has the first president of the United States?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

James Maddison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

41.

Who was the Secretary of the Treasury who wanted to strengthen the national government?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Andrew Burr

42.

Alexander Hamilton led the ________ who believed in a strong central government that would promote trade and industry.

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Anti-Federalists

d)

Lowcountry

43.

Wanted the National Government to assume states debt.

a)

Hamilton

b)

Washington

c)

Jefferson

d)

Burr

44.

The Democratic Republicans were led by

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

Andrew Burr

45.

Did the Lowcountry elite support the Federalists or the Democratic-Republicans?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic-Republicans

46.

Did the Upcountry support the Federalists or the Democratic-Republicans?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic- Republicans

47.

The French government asked for a bribe. This became known as the _________.

a)

XYZ Affair

b)

Emborago Act

c)

Impressment

d)

Nationalism