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Worksheets1st Semester Review for Early US History
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized citizen?
Marrying a US Citizen and having a child with that person.
Being a legal permanent resident for at least five years.
Gaining employment in the United States for at least five years.
Reaching age 18 while living in Washington, DC.
What right/responsibility do citizens have?
attending public schools
owning property
holding a job
Voting
A citizen received the notification below in the mail.
What civic responsibility does this notification represent?
getting a driver's license
appearing for jury duty
paying income tax
registering to vote
Which type of service project would help promote the common good?
planning a neighborhood recycling program
participating in a neighborhood party
completing homework on time
visiting public libraries
Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship?
volunteering in the community
attending civic meetings
voting in elections
getting married
Look at the poster above and answer the following question.
What civic obligation is being addressed in the poster?
Jury Duty
Volunteering
Paying Taxes
Registering with the military
What was an effect of the Whiskey Rebellion?
Farmers were paid more.
The whiskey tax was repealed
It proved our new government could enforce it's laws.
The Whiskey Rebellion challenged the idea that
the federal government had the power to pass and enforce tax law
the federal government could raise taxes to protect industry
the military can be used to address foreign threats
King George listened to petitions
He was the first Secretary of Treasury and he wanted a strong federal government.
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
The belief that the federal government can only do specifically what it is written in the Constitution.
strict construction
loose construction
Christianity
Democrat
What kind of tax on imported goods is supposed to protect American made products?
tariff
income
property
sales
How did Alexander Hamilton get southern states agree to the creation of a national bank?
He made a compromise that moved the capital city from New York to Philadelphia to Washington D.C..
He told Thomas Jefferson he would campaign for him.
He told George Washington he would campaign for him.
He told Aaron Burr he would duel against him.
This law created lower federal courts beneath the Supreme Court to help process court cases.
Whiskey Rebellion
Alien and Sedition Act
Quartering Act
Judiciary Act of 1789
Which term means not picking a side in a conflict?
Neutral
Negative
Act
Foreign
What did Pinckney's Treaty give America?
Free navigation of the Mississippi River
Right to trade at New Orleans
British withdraw from American soil
All of the above
not one cent for tribute.” Who said this?
What was the Middle Passage?
The largest slave trading ship ever built
A route along the African Coast to the Indian Ocean
A road across the Sahara
The route by which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
How did the development of plantations lead to increase demand for slaves?
Plantations required enormous amounts of labor
Plantations were located in the Americas
Plantations produced large amounts of food that slaves could consume
Africans had extensive experience in managing plantations
Which of the following best describes how the economies of the colonies differed?
the economies of many middle colonies relied on agriculture while the New England and southern colonies were based mostly on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding
the economies of many New England colonies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding while the middle and southern colonies had mostly agricultural economies
the economies of many New England and middle colonies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding while the southern colonies had mostly agricultural economies
all of the colonies’ economies relied on activities related to trade, shipping, and shipbuilding, except for Maryland, which had an economy that was based entirely on agriculture
Because of the fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in the
New England Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Upper Ohio Valley
Which group of colonies were defined by villages with town meetings, small farms and commercial fishing, and the first American college?
New England Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Spanish Colonies
Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with
finished American-manufactured goods
raw materials and markets for British products
officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament
laborers to work in British factories
What principle that later influenced the development of representative government came from the Magna Carta?
rule of law
federalism
self-government
separation of powers
What famous phrase did the colonists come up with?
Ain't nobody got time for that
No Taxation without Representation
Free the people
British people SMELL
Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?
The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War
The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.
The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.
How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?
They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate
They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors
They were angry about it, but did nothing.
A
B
C
D
What is the House of Burgesses?
The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.
The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.
The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.
