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U.S. History ACP Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To adjust to changing times, the constitution can be changed through.....?

a)

The amendment process

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Triangle Trade

d)

Involuntary Servitude

2.
Which group of colonies had the most plantations
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Spanish Colonies
3.
William Penn founded which colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Nebraska
4.
Name the first permanent English settlement.
a)
Jamestown, VA
b)
Roanoke
c)
Maryland
5.
Boston and New Orleans were both founded as - 
a)
port cities
b)
farming communities
c)
industrial centers
d)
military outposts
6.
What was the name of the voyage that brought Africans to the Americas to become slaves?
a)
The Slave Voyage
b)
The Freedom Trail
c)
The Middle Passage
d)
The Voyage of Doom
7.
Why were there more slaves in the southern colonies than in the other two regions?
a)
The southern Plantation system needed a large work force
b)
The northern colonies did not have any slaves
c)
The northern colonies used Native Americans for workers
d)
Slavery was illegal in the northern colonies
8.

Common Sense, a pamphlet calling for the American Independence from England, was written by?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Thomas Paine

9.

He was the commander of the Continental Army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Lord Cornwallis

10.

What phrase exemplifies the American colonist attitude about the taxes being levied on them by the English parliament?

a)

"Give me Liberty or Give me Death"

b)

"No Taxation without Representation"

c)

"Be Excellent to Each Other"

d)

"I came, I saw, I conquered"

11.

Mercantilism is designed to benefit the mother country. What do colonies provide the mother country?

a)

Slaves

b)

Raw Materials

c)

Finished Products

d)

Factories

12.

The proclamation of 1763 forbade?

a)

Colonists expanding north into Canada

b)

Colonists expanding south into Florida

c)

Colonists expanding west over the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Colonists expanding southeast into Louisiana

13.

One way the colonists resisted taxes was to boycott British goods. What is a boycott?

a)

Creating a monopoly

b)

A refusal to buy a particular product.

c)

An element of vertical integration.

d)

A supplier of raw materials.

14.

Who was known as for writing books encouraging people to rebel against the British? (Not Cute)

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Mercy Otis Warren

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Abigail Adams

15.

This is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Lexington & Concord

16.

These acts shut down Boston harbor, imposed military rule on Boston and were punishment for the Boston Tea Party

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

17.
Which  compromise provided for a Senate and House of Representatives to settle the debate about representation between the small and large states?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
18.

"The highest tax, £10, was placed ... on attorney licenses. Cards were taxed a shilling a pack, dice ten shillings, and newspapers and pamphlets at the rate of a penny for a single sheet and a shilling for every sheet in pamphlets or papers totaling more than one sheet and fewer than six sheets"

The following quote is referring to what?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Act

19.

Which of the following was not a reason for British Settlement in America?

a)

Libertarian Freedom

b)

Religious Freedom

c)

Economic Freedom

d)

Political Freedom

20.

"Transcontinental journeys were still treacherous and time consuming. Ships traveling across the Atlantic took at least six to eight weeks, sometimes longer depending on weather conditions."

The quote explains one of the reasons for....?

a)

growth of representative government

b)

creating new ways of preserving food

c)

the invention of air travel

d)

an increase in taxes on the colonies

21.

With its origin in the first meeting at Jamestown in July 1619, this was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies

a)

Delaware Delegation of Order

b)

New York Haven of Laws

c)

North Carolina General Assembly

d)

Virginia House of Burgesses

22.

Which Document is quoted here: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Constitution

23.

The three-fifth compromise was an agreement concerning what?

a)

How many slaves should be freed

b)

How slaves should be counted for congress

c)

How much money each slave would cost

d)

How long slaves would have to work during the day

24.

The weakness of the Articles of Confederation were a driving force behind what event?

a)

Constitutional Convention of 1787

b)

Declaration of 1800

c)

Treaty of Paris 1783

d)

Freedom Act of 1790

25.

The creation of our current legislative body pictured above was a result of what event?

a)

Three-fifths compromise

b)

The great compromise

c)

The accelerated agreement

d)

Washington compromise

26.

"Washington assumed emergency power to assemble more than 12,000 men from the surrounding states and eastern Pennsylvania as a federal militia." This test of federal authority was in response to...?

a)

Pennsylvania Uprising

b)

Washington's Rebellion

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Shays Rebellion

27.

The fertile soil and long growing seasons led to the rise of what in the Southern Colonies?

a)

Small Farmers Alliance

b)

Plantation System

c)

Shipbuilding

d)

Breadbasket Economics

28.

"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures." The grievance listed above is a result of what law?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Stamp Act

29.

Fishing and shipbuilding were an essential economic part of what colonial region?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

Western

30.

Which document served as inspiration for the Declaration of Independence.

a)

The Kings Letter

b)

The Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Magna Carta

31.

What served as the inspiration for the Bill of Rights?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Royal Lawbook

d)

Civil Rights Act

32.

These documents were written to convince people that ratifying the constitution was necessary.

a)

Federalist Books

b)

Washington Letters

c)

Anti-Federalist Papers

d)

Federalist Papers

33.

The driving economic force behind France coming to the new world was what?

a)

Timber

b)

Bear pelt

c)

Beaver Fur

d)

Catfish skin

34.

The ability to worship in whatever we please is guaranteed under which amendment?

a)

Second Amendment

b)

First Amendment

c)

Fifth Amendment

d)

Tenth Amendment

35.

Practitioners of the Catholic Church left England and established which colony?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Delaware

36.

Puritans settled in which colony?

a)

New York

b)

Tennessee

c)

Maryland

d)

Massachusetts

37.

Known for his naval victories and remembered as the father of the navy was who?

a)

Jack Sparrow

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

Davy Jones

d)

Horatio Gates

38.

In an act of civil disobedience against the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty climbed aboard British ships and threw tea into the ocean in what would be known as......?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Protest

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Freedom of Boston

39.
Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive from imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
a)
8th Amendment
b)
2nd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
40.
No quartering of Soldiers
a)
6th Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
12 Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
41.

Criminal Proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination(do not have to testify against yourself)

a)

3rd Amendment

b)

4th Amendment

c)

2nd Amendment

d)

5th Amendment

42.

Powers not given to the national government in the Constitution, are powers reserved for the States.

a)

10th Amendment

b)

4th Amendment

c)

6th Amendment

d)

8th Amendment

43.
No unreasonable searches or seizures without a warrant
a)
1st amendment
b)
5th amendment
c)
4th amendment
d)
8th amendment
44.
What does the 6th amendments guarantee?
a)
the right to a speedy trial and a lawyer
b)
the right to speak to a judge on his cell phone
c)
right to a trial by jury
d)
the right to bear arms
45.
Which amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 17
c)
Amendment 2
d)
Amendment 4
46.

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called the...

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Virginia Compromise

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

47.

Donald Trump has said he will take away your unalienable rights, what is he trying to take away?

a)

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

b)

Freedom, justice and breathing

c)

Fear, hope and clothing

d)

Building, crafting and camping

48.

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

a)

George Washington

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

James Madison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

49.

Who is known as the leader of the Federalists?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Benjamin Franklin

50.

Federalists believed that the Articles of Confederation were a ________ and set up a ________ National Government.

a)

Success, Strong.

b)

Success, Weak.

c)

Failure, Weak.

d)

Failure, Strong.

51.

The ___________ are for the ratification (approval) of the U.S Constitution.

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Whiggs

d)

Representatives

52.

The ___________ are NOT for the ratification (approval) of the U.S Constitution.

a)

Anti-Federalists.

b)

Federalists.

c)

Whiggs.

d)

Supreme Court Justices.

53.

Who was the leader of the Anti-Federalists?

a)

George Mason

b)

George Washington

c)

George Bush

d)

Patrick Henry

54.

How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?

a)

The added the Bill of Rights (First 10 Amendments)

b)

They outlawed cruel and unusual punishment.

c)

Ensured due process of the law.

d)

The Federalists threatened the Anti-Federalists to war.

55.

This agreement was a set of rules of rules for self-governance created by the Puritans.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Constitution

56.

The middle colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies due to what?

a)

They created a new bread that never went bad

b)

Wheat and grain was their main crop

c)

Basket weaving was their main export

d)

They had a thriving timber industry