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Worksheets11th Grade U.S. History Mid-Term Exam Study Guide (Part 1)
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
What economic system was based on building national power by amassing a surplus of hard money(i.e., gold, silver, and other precious metals)?
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Socialism
Feudalism
Communism
From whom was the New World named?
Amerigo Vespucci
Sir Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
What monarch gave Columbus support for his voyages?
Queen Isabella
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
King Philip II
King George III
What religion did the Spanish spread as they explored the New World?
Roman Catholicism
Islam
Hinduism
Confucianism
Eastern Orthodoxy
What work contract gave land to a colonist in exchange for labor?
Indenture
Magna Carta
Charter
Blood-Bond
What type of colony was run by appointees of the king?
Proprietary Colony
Royal Colony
Self-governing Colony
Prison Colony
Charter Colony
Who led a small group of Pilgrims to Plymouth on the Mayflower?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
John Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
What visionary governor wanted to make the Massachusetts Bay Colony "a model of Christian charity"?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
John Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
What did the Puritans call the agreement that God had made with His people?
Indenture
Magna Carta
Charter
Covenant
New Sweden was an early name for what colony?
Delaware
Virginia
Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
What were Protestant settlers from Northern Ireland called?
Scots-Irish
Scots-German
Irish-English
Irish-French
French-English
What was the standard text for educating young people during the colonial period?
New England Primer
Blue Back Speller
Southern Primer
Poor Richards Almanac
What English ruler used a compromise to settle the controversy within the Church of England?
Queen Isabella
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
King Philip II
King George III
What denomination was most important in the early history of Rhode Island?
Baptist
Anglican
Anabaptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
What was the most important denomination in the South?
Baptist
Anglican
Anabaptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
What did the colonists call the bloody Seven Years' War (1756-1763), which began on the American frontier in 1754?
French and Indian War
American Revolution
War of 1812
Hundred Years' War
What important fort did the French build at the Forks of the Ohio River at the outset of the French and Indian War?
Fort Knox
Fort Duquesne
Fort Sumter
Fort Jackson
Fort Bragg
What line was established in 1763 to limit the westward expansion of American colonists?
Proclamation Line
Mason-Dixon Line
Line of Demarcation
Maginot Line
What action did Boston's Patriots take in 1773 when some British ships refused to take their tea back to England?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Massacre
Boston Massacre
Boston Bay Party
What did the Patriots call Parliament's four acts intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Acts
Tea Acts
Compensation Act
What term refers to "citizen soldiers" such as the minutemen?
Militia
Greenbacks
Redcoats
Continentals
Hessians
What worthless paper money was printed by the Continental Congress?
Greenbacks
Continental Coins
Continental Dollars
Confederate Dollars
What is the name for German mercenaries that the British hired to fight the colonists?
Militia
Greenbacks
Redcoats
Continentals
Hessians
What convention was called in Philadelphia to solve the weaknesses of the Confederation?
Confederation Convention
Philadelphia Convention
Constitutional Convention
Independence Hall Convention
Who is called the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
What pseudonym did the governor of New York use when he wrote articles denouncing the Constitution?
"Cato"
"Sulla"
"Augustus"
"Antony"
"Octavian"
What secretary of the treasury introduced the first National Bank and supported other Federalist policies?
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
What party supported the common people and distrusted centralized government?
Republicans
Federalists
Democrats
Democratic-Republicans
Whigs
What act ensured that the Federalists would have a lasting influence on the judiciary?
Judiciary Act of 1801
Judiciary Act of 1811
Judiciary Act of 1782
Judiciary Act of 1789
Who was the talented third president of the United States?
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Which amendment separated the ballots for the president and the vice president?
Twelfth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment
What tract of Land did Napoleon Bonaparte sell to the United States?
Louisiana Territory
Northwest Territory
Oregon Territory
Florida Territory
Texas Territory
What was the name of Henry Clay's three-part effort to boost America's economic strength following the War of 1812?
Manifest Destiny
Spoils System
American System
Greatness System
What type of high tax on imported goods is designed to protect national manufacturers against foreign competition?
Protective Tariff
Trade Tariff
Textile Tariff
Lumber Tariff
Manufactured Goods Tariff
During what long war did Indians resist American efforts to remove them from Florida?
Seminole War
Cherokee War
Apache War
Comanche War
Navajo War
What mission became the rallying cry during Texas's war for independence?
Alamo
San Antonio
Austin
Houston
Waco
What is the term for a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public?
Dark Horse
Outcast
Longshot
Underdog
What strategy can Congress use to pass a treaty without a two-thirds majority?
A Joint Resolution
A Bill
Judiciary Council
Intelligence Committee
What is the term for the gold miners who first arrived in California?
Forty-niners
Niners Miners
Prospectors
Eighty-niners
What escape route did fugitive slaves use to pass through the Northern States?
Underground Railroad
Northwest Passage
Underground Passage
Northern Railroad
What powerful novel aroused public opinion against slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scarlet Letter
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
What is the term for radical Southerners who believed that secession was the only way to protect their way of life?
Fire-Eaters
Know-Nothings
Rebel Yells
Yankee Doodles
What two Illinois politicians held seven influential debates on the issue of slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Farnsworth
Stephen Douglas
William Kellogg
Isaac Arnold
What fanatic became an abolitionist "martyr" when he was hanged for treason?
John Brown
Benedict Arnold
Jim Bowe
Sam Houston
Samuel Davies
What state unanimously passed the Ordinance of Secession?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Maryland
Where was the first shot of the War Between the States (Civil War) fired?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Donelson, Tennesse
Which European nation first discovered a sea route to Asia?
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Which of the following statements characterized mercantilism?
"Economic concerns demand that businessmen be internationalists"
"Economics is a win-win situation for everyone involved in trading"
"Governments should treat all businesses equally with no special favors for anyone"
"A nation's wealth consists of the amount of precious metals--especially gold-- that that nation holds"
The most significant fact about John Cabot's voyages was that he . . .
disappeared mysteriously
found a new trade route to China
claimed land in North America for England
circumnavigated the globe
What name was given to the peoples of the Adena and Hopewell cultures that developed in what is now called the Midwest?
Mound Builders
Pueblos
Sacred Triad
Woodlands Indians
Cherokee
Which people built a capital city on the site of modern Mexico City?
Aztecs
Incas
Mayas
Croatans
Seminoles
The first great Spanish conquistador was . . .
Tenochtitlan
Hernando Cortes
Montezuma
Hernando de Soto
Jacques Cartier
Which of the following locations became known as the "Lost Colony"?
Croatan
New Netherland
Roanoke Island
Tenochtitlan
Plymouth
Who was the first governor of New Sweden?
Peter Minuit
Walter Raleigh
Hernando de Soto
Peter Stuyvesant
William Crawford
The major difference between Pilgrims and Puritans was over . . .
obedience to the Roman Catholic Church
the issue of baptism
staying in the Anglican Church
the issue of godly living
What was the primary motivation for the settlement of Massachusetts?
religious freedom
financial opportunity
reform of debtors
political freedom
The Puritans' attitude toward the Anglican Church was they wanted . . .
to separate from the church
to be left alone within the church
to stay in the church and improve it
To become the leaders in the church
Connecticut differed from Massachusetts in that it . . .
had peace with the Indians
did not require church membership for voting
excluded Puritans
had less attractive land
Who was the most significant figure in the settlement of Connecticut?
William Bradford
Cecilius Calvert
Thomas Hooker
James Oglethorpe
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire all . . .
promoted antinomianism
were started by gold seekers
were started by settlers from Massachusetts
promoted religious dissension
Which phrase does not apply to the Puritans?
Holy commonwealth
City on a hill
Community of believers
Separation of church and state
The Pennsylvania Dutch were . . .
immigrants from New Netherland
Dutch settlers in the middle colonies
German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania
settlers in New York
The "Colonial Style" of architecture . . .
was borrowed from Tudor England
was completely different style from that of Europe
showed the influence of the American frontier
was an open log cabin
An important Native American food was . . .
Rice.
Potatoes.
Wheat.
Corn.
In education, the middle colonies and the South lagged behind New England because . . .
The cities were overcrowded
parents did not value education
the population was scattered in rural areas
the Germans and the Scots-Irish opposed schools
What problem did the "Elizabethan settlement" resolve?
the boundary between Spanish and English lands in the New World
the character of the Church of England
Representation in the colonies
religious freedom in the colonies
From what did Puritans want to "purify" the Church of England?
government interference in church affairs
run-down buildings
corrupt priests
Catholic ceremonies
What group became known as the Congregationalists?
Anglicans
Presbyterian
Puritans
Quakers
All of the following were evidence of Puritan decline except . . .
the Salem witch trials
the Half-Way Covenant
Congregational Polity
Materialism
Which position was not held by Quakers?
Guidance by the "Inner Light"
Opposition to holding a political office
Opposition to war
Washing of feet as a church ordinance
What was the first non-Anglican religious group to settle in America?
Baptists
Pilgrims
Presbyterians
Quakers
What is a catechism?
a version of the Psalms adapted for singing
a long pastoral prayer
a summary of doctrine in question-and-answer form
a long stick for waking up sleepy saints
The first book published in America was . . .
the Algonquin Bible
the New England Primer
Poor Richard's Almanack
the Bay Psalm Book
Which of these statements about John Eliot is false?
He preached to the Algonquins in their own language
He translated the Bible into the Algonquin language
He attempted to "civilize" the Algonquins before he converted them
He established the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
Who were the "Old Lights"?
low-church Anglicans
Presbyterians who opposed the extremes of revival
Conservative Pietists who rejected modern ways
Backcountry graduates of the Log College
