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Which of the following describes the impact European colonisation had on the Western Hemisphere's native population?
The native population was highly respected in terms if territorial possessions and religious beliefs.
The Europeans for the most part did not interact with the native population.
Spain was the only European country to successfully create an alliance with the native populations.
Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans.
Which of the following tribes was encountered by English settlers and best known for their highly evolved system of government?
The Pueblo
The Chinook
The Sioux
The Iroquois
Which European nation was first to lay claim to the new world?
Portugal
Spain
France
England
In the view of the encomienda system Native Americans were seen primarily as
A source of labour
a group to be protected
a focus of evangelisation
outcasts to be excluded from Spanish settlement
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the new world gained
A significant new source of staple food crops
An influx of gold and silver capital for the construction of new urban centers
Advanced medical techniques that extended lifespan of Native Americans
New animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden
European diseases that arrived in the new world were particularly deadly because
Little medical aid was available so far from European urban centers
The European conquerors deliberately accelerated the spread of the most deadly strains
The Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases
The vast devastation of warfare with the Europeans left few to care for the sick
One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the old world was
The growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase
The introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for the European land owners
The widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor
Draining of capital from the royal families and their shift of wealth to the hands of the merchant class
Which of the following explains the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
It offered eternal life to anyone who would convert the natives of North America
It encouraged Spanish exploration of the new world
It banned the Portuguese slave trade
It condoned the use of the encomienda system
Which of the following served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration
Desires to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
Hopes of establishing permanent colonies for settlement
Desire to beat European rivals in the land grab for North America
The need for new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation
All the following contributed to European expansion into the new world except
The development of new navigational technology
An end to European Wars between competing royal families
A rise in nationalism among European States
The desire to spread Christianity
Which of the following distinguished British settlement pattern from those of the other major European powers
Their respect for Native cultures
Their establishment of widespread missions
Their focus on extracting gold and silver for export
Their creation of larger scale colonies with permanent settlers
The colony of Georgia was
Comparatively the most Democratic English colony
Established by Spain in order to protect its colony of Florida
Established by England as a penal colony
Eventually ceded to Spain in return for Florida
The duke of Baltimore established the colony of Maryland
As an opportunity to invest in that colonies maritime industry
In order to prevent France from seizing that territory
As a Haven for persecuted English Catholics
Quakers who have been evicted from Pennsylvania
French immigrants to the new world tended to inhabit
Canada
Florida
Territory east of the Appalachian Mountains
Southern colonies
As the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams
Establish religious freedom for Jews and Catholics
Supported freedom of religion for the huguenots
Established complete religious freedom for all of the colony’s settlers
Established mandatory church attendance
Which of the following sought to exploit the lucrative fur trade in North America
The French
The British
The French and Dutch
The Spanish and the French
John Winthrop is associated with which colony
New Amsterdam
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Jamestown
Quebec
A major consequence of the second Anglo Powhatan war was
The repudiation of peaceful coexistence between the English and the natives
The territorial expansion of native tribes east of the Appalachian Mountains
The complete destruction of native tribes in Virginia
The collapse of English colonies in Virginia
In the 17th century, the colony of Maryland became a safe haven for
Runaway slaves
Runaway indentured servants
Catholics
Natives who have been chased from their ancestral lands
The Maryland act of toleration (1649) granted religious toleration to
Only those colonists who had settled in Maryland before the statute was ratified
All residents of Maryland except natives
Protestants only
All Christians, but no Jews or atheists
Under Britain's mercantilist policy
Britain and the other imperialist powers worked out a trade agreement that would prevent conflict
The colonies were expected to export more finished goods than they imported
The colonies were expected to supply Great Britain with raw materials
The colonists enjoyed considerable political and economic growth
One of the following was a major success of the articles of Confederation
They ended the French and Indian war
They led to the creation of a powerful US military
They paved the way for closer economic ties with Great Britain
They devised land policies that would allow for the systematic incorporation of new states
Powers granted to the federal government under the US constitution are expressed as
Enumerated powers
Checks and balances
Reserved powers
Executive powers
All of the following are true regarding the antifederalists except
Their important leaders including John Hancock and Patrick Henry
Their political support came mostly from back country and agricultural areas
Debtors were supporters of the antifederalists
They maintained there was no need for a Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers
Were written by opponents of the Constitution, who feared that a tyrannical government would be a consequences of ratification
Were the intellectual ideas that shaped the creation of the AOC
Were written by those who advocated maintaining the AOC
Attempted to calm the anxieties many had about the powers granted to the central government under the Constitution
Shays’ rebellion
Convinced many political leaders of the destructive consequences of a strong central government
Was eventually suppressed when the federal government sent troops to Massachusetts
Convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government
Came about when American settlers clashed with the British over western land claims
All of the following served as challenges to the British government in the aftermath of the French and Indian war except
The added expense of the governing new territory
The hostility of Native Americans West of the Appalachian Mountains
The difficulty of a simulating French Canadians into the British Empire
The struggling economy of the American colonies
Prior to the 1760s, Britain’s Navigation Acts
Were effective in raising enormous revenue for the Crown
Prevented the American colonies from shipping raw materials to Great Britain
Were only loosely enforced in the American colonies
Successfully ended smuggling in the American colonies
The Boston Massacre
Was propagandised by American revolutionaries in order to stir up protests against British rule
Represented the first major battle of the American Revolution
Resulted in the passage of Coercive or Intolerable acts
Was a story invented by the Sons of Liberty to justify their escalating tactics
The navigation laws passed by England in the 17th century had a profound impact on England's American colonies in that they
Led to considerable prosperity for colonial merchants and shippers
Were a major cause of the French and Indian war
Inhibited American trade with colonies that were not under English rule
Were welcomed by most American colonies as an opportunity to increase trade with nations other than England
The Zenger trial, which took place in New York in 1734- 1735, was a pivotal event in the expansion of the rights of
Women
Freed slaves
Colonial assemblies
The Press
Which of the following was an effective means of coordinating colonial responses to British Crown policies
The Albany Congress
The Declaratory Act
The Committees of Correspondence
The Proclamation of 1763
The opening shots of the American Revolution occurred at
The battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Boston Massacre
The Battle of Saratoga
Which of the following British measures declared that because the American colonies were in open rebellion against the British Crown, all trade would be suspended
The Intolerable Acts
The Quartering Act
The Declaration of Rights
The Prohibitory Act
Thomas Paine
Was Britain's Prime Minister during the early stage of the American Revolution
Was president of the first Continental Congress
Wrote common sense, an appeal to the corners to resist the British and establish a Republican form of government
Was the leader of the radicals in the second Continental Congress
The Regulator movement, Bacon’s rebellion, and the Paxton boys
Were the names of Tory militia units who fought against the American revolutionaries in the war
Indicate to some historians the undemocratic nature of pre-revolutionary American Society
Were Massachusetts radicals who participated in the Boston tea party
Were black American military units who fought for American independence
The Treaty of Paris included the following terms except
Britain formally recognised American independence
Britain was allowed to maintain several forts in the area west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to protect its trading posts
American fishing ships were given permission to fish off the coast of Newfoundland
The Americans promised to compensate loyalist whose property had been confiscated during the war
One significant consequences of the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, was that Great Britain
Formally recognised American independence
Soon Québec to the Americans
Declared war on France once the war with the Americans was concluded
Paid the new United States millions of dollars in war damages
Which of the following statements best represents the position of British whigs toward American independence
Britain should impose a naval blockade on all American force until the colonist capitulate
The American colonies and Canada should be unified an ruled as one nation
The American colonies were the property of Britain an any rights granted to them could come only from the British Crown
The American independence movement was a battle for freedom against tyrannical monarchy
An opposing ratification of the US constitution, antifederalists claimed that
Federal government would be weakened by the granting of too many powers to the states
The constitution would grant states the power to nullify federal laws
Individual freedoms would be endangered by the absence of the Bill of Rights
It did not outlaw slavery
As a result of the French and Indian war
Relations between French an American colonists improved dramatically
France was able to hold onto Canada but lost the rest of its North American empire
The Americans and British developed a mutual respect for each other's military abilities
Britain fell it necessary to abandon the practice of salutary neglect
The Gadsden purchase
Allowed the United States to build a southern transcontinental railroad
Was territory in the West where the Cherokee were relocated
Allowed the United States to extend its northern border with Canada to the Pacific Ocean
Was vetoed by president Polk
The war hawks
Were opponents of territorial expansion
Were US congressman who represented the New England states
Supported going to war against Britain in the early 19th century
Was the Native American tribe who fought against US territorial expansion
The Hartford convention
Ended the War of 1812
Was organised by the federalist opposition to the war with Britain
Included some of the most important leaders of the Democratic Republican Party
Was organised to oppose territorial expansion
Fifty-four forty or fight refers to
The federalist opposition to the war with Britain
The amount of money Mexico demanded from the United States in return for allowing it to annex Texas
The boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico
The dispute between Britain and the United States over the Oregon territory
The Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v Georgia that
Native American tribal land cannot be purchased by the state of Georgia
Georgia must grant citizenship rights to the cherokees living within its borders
The cherokees could not sue the state of Georgia in federal court
Georgia’s state laws had no authority within Cherokee territory
The spoils system
Was condemned by Jackson and his supporters for being undemocratic
Prevented women, Native Americans, and Blacks from voting
Was a derisive term used by opponents on the tariff of 1828
Is the term that is synonymous with rotation and office
The kitchen cabinet
Was the name given to Jacksons political opponents
Was a derisive term for men who advocated for women's rights
Was the term used to attack critics of Jackson's position on the bank
Was the nickname of Jackson's unofficial advisers
The leader of South Carolina's opposition to the tariff of abominations was
Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
William Lloyd Garrison
John C. Calhoun
Jackson was embroiled in a controversy with Nicholas Biddle over the
Construction of the Maysville Road
Construction of the Charles River bridge
Resettlement of Native Americans
Bank of the United States
The Seneca Falls Convention is associated with which of the following reform movements
Women's Rights
Abolition
Education reform
Opposition to Jackson's policies toward Native Americans
The first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court was
John Marshall
John Jay
Thomas Paine
Edmond Genet
The 12th amendment to the constitution
Abolished slavery
Led to the creation of the judicial branch
Gave to the federal government the authority to create a National Bank
Changed the method used by the Electoral College to choose the president and vice president
The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798 focused on the widely debated question of
Whether the constitution was created licitly
Whether the legislature represented the states or the people
Whether the federal government is Supreme over the state governments in all cases
Whether immigrants are valuable parts of the political society
Pinckney’s Treaty resulted in all the following except
It improved Spanish American relations
It gave the Americans the right of deposit in New Orleans
It gave to the United States Spain's Caribbean islands and returned for American aid
It settled the Florida boundary dispute
The Bill of Rights addresses all the following except
Freedom of Speech
Trial by jury
Right to privacy
Prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
And the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Most good did not lose territory to the United States, but was compelled to grant independence to Texas
Mexico lost approximately half its territory to the United States
The United States was obliged to pay millions of dollars to convince the Mexicans to end the war
California won its independence from Mexico
The concept of judicial review means that
The executive branch can veto legislation
The president has the final say on all decisions of the judicial branch
The courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of laws
The Supreme Court is required to review all bills passed by Congress
Which of the following is true of the embargo act 1807
It was designed to open trade with one of the belligerents, British or French if it repealed its own trade restrictions
It caused devastating shortages of food in France
It nearly destroyed the New England economy
The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional over stretch of national authority
The term manifest destiny implies
A desire to limit the territorial expansion of the United States
That the cost of expansion is greater than its benefits
That it was America's God given right to expand
That nations should share of newly discovered resources rather than fight over them
The judiciary act of 1789 was significant in the creation of
The Justice Department
Habeas Corpus rights
The impeachment powers of the legislative branch
The US Supreme Court
In his farewell address, Washington advised the nation to avoid entangling foreign alliances and to
Avoid excise taxes
Limit the powers of the states in relation to the authority of the federal government
Limit westward expansion in order to prevent hostilities with Native tribes
Avoid political party factionalism
The compromise of 1850
Allowed California to enter as a Free State
Ended the fugitive slave law
Gave all the land taken from Mexico to Texas
Banned slavery in Washington DC
Popular sovereignty was the idea that
The government of each new territory should be elected by the people
The American public should vote on whether to admit states with or without slavery
It was for the citizens of a territory decide if their territory would enter the union as a slave state or a Free State
The United States should assume popular control of the territory acquired from Mexico
The original purpose of the freedmen’s bureau was to
Generate support among southern whites to attempt to end federal military occupation
Organise Blacks as sharecroppers
Provide freed Blacks with food, clothing, and educational opportunities
Register Blacks to vote
The 14th amendment to the constitution
Abolished slavery
Gave to the federal government Supreme authority over the states
Gave black males the right to vote
Defined citizenship rights
Andrew Johnson was impeached because
Southerners were opposed to his radical reconstruction policies
He failed to enforce federal law and combating the KKK
His administration was involved in a number of corrupt activities
He was an obstacle to the radical Republicans reconstruction plan
The tenure of office act 1867 was instrumental in
Removing union troops from the South, thereby ending reconstruction
Placing term limits on the executive branch
The impeachment of president Andrew Johnson
The rise of southern redeemers
Which of the following did not attempt to disenfranchise black voters
Force Act
Literacy test
Grandfather clause
Poll Tax
Jim Crow laws
Were ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court immediately following the end of the war
Were designed to subordinate Blacks
Allowed for the integration of all public facilities
Were designed to address the abuses of racist organisations such as the what KKK and the Knights of the White Camellia
In the compromise that was reached by Republicans and Democrats over the impasse in the presidential election between Hayes and Tilden
Tilden was given the presidency in return for selecting Republicans for every cabinet position in his administration
The radical Republicans agreed to disband if Hayes was given the presidency
Southerners generally voted for a third party candidate
Hayes was given the presidency in return for the removal of federal troops from the South
To reduce racial tensions that had erupted following the end of the civil war, Congress passed the reconstruction act 1867, which
Divided the South into five military districts
Denied citizenship rights to those who joined racist organisations such as the klu Klux Klan
Granted to former Confederate states financial assistance to rebuild their economies
Compelled all former Confederate states to ratify the 13th amendment
One of the most enduring legacies of the reconstruction era was the passage of the 15th amendment, which
Granted voting rights to all male American citizens regardless of race or colour
Made the appointment of cabinet members of duty of the legislative branch of government
Prevents the government from suspending the writ of habeas corpus during peacetime
Abolished the institution of chattel slavery
Winthrop suggests that Polk's slogan of fifty-four forty or fight was based mainly on which the following attitudes
Polk held strong anti British sentiments
Polk believed the country needed more free land
Polk hoped to get political benefit
Polk felt pressure from southerners
Which of the following did Winthrop offer as a final way to settle the Oregon question
The two countries should submit their claims to arbitration
The two countries should negotiate until they reached a compromise
The United States should annex the land and settle it
The United States should purchase the land from Great Britain
President Polk accepted a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because
The United States was facing problems with Mexico
The British offered a large payment
The Russians were becoming involved
The people who settled in California were successful
Which period was the peak of manifest destiny
1776 to 1783
1803 to 1810
1819 to 1841
1842 to 1853
One attempt to prevent slavery in the territories was the
Webster-Ashburton Agreement
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Ostend Manifesto
Wilmot Proviso
By going to war, The United States gained the territory labelled as the
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Annexation of Texas
Mexican Cession
According to this diary entry, president Polk felt pressure to accept the treaty with Mexico for which of the following reasons
He was eager to expand into New Mexico an upper California
He believed the Whigs were not support more aggressive expansion
He wanted to support a treaty proposed by the Whigs
He feared expanding the war with Mexico of the treaty was rejected
President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following reasons
Many southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory
Many Whigs opposed the treaty and were willing to continue the war
The United States was in a dispute with Great Britain over the Canadian border
The treaty called for the United States to give up the territories known as upper California and New Mexico
To which politicians is clay directing the last line of the excerpt
Southerners who were threatening to secede
Senators such as Daniel Webster who rejected any compromise
Advocates of popular sovereignty
The president, Zachary Taylor
Which of the following parts of the compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South
Admitting California as a Free State
Passing a new fugitive slave law
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
Using popular sovereignty in new territories
Which of the following parts of the compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North
Admitting California as a Free State
Passing a new fugitive slave law
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
Using popular sovereignty in new territories
What should the following would in part caused Douglass' view that for African Americans, “citizenship is but a sham”
14th Amendment
Black Codes
Freedmen's Bureau
Election of Ulysses S. Grant
Which best provides an example of how the “constitution and its righteous laws,” according to Douglass, provide hope for the “coloured people of this country”
Wade-Davis Bill
Amnesty Act of 1872
Civil Rights Act of 1866
16th Amendment
Which of the following developed during reconstruction to provide direct support and support self-determination from those freed from slavery
Crédit Mobilier
Tenant farming
Sharecropping
Black Churches
Chief Justice Taney’s basic ruling in the Dred Scott case was based on which of the following principles
Since slaves did not pay taxes, they had no legal rights
Since Scott had returned to a slave state, he was still a slave
Since Congress could not define slavery, it could not regulate it
Since slaves were property, they could not sue
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme court's Dred Scott decision because
The court included no Republican justices
The decision allowed slavery in the territories
Several justices were slave owners
Blacks and whites were not treated equally
Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision
Missouri compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska act
Fugitive slave law
President Lincoln delayed issuing an Emancipation Proclamation because of his concern that it would
Increase foreign support for the confederacy
Cause the border states to secede
Decrease power of the cotton industry
Free slaves before they were ready
To issue an Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln felt that he needed which of the following
A constitutional amendment
Supreme Court approval
Republican control of Congress
A military victory
Strong’s statement that the British fear diminishing the supply of bread stuffs on which her operatives depend explains why he thinks the British
Would benefit from less trade with the United States in general
Would eventually recognise the confederacy and trade only with it
Dependent more on the slave trade than most Americans realised
Depended as much on trade with the union as with the confederacy
Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the confederacy
Concern about causing problems in Canada
Desire for closer ties with Mexico
Respect for the Monroe doctrine
Opposition from the British working class
The union was most disturbed because they believe that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following
Building warships
Purchasing cotton
Loaning money
Supplying food
In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th amendment directly repudiated which of the following
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott decision
Johnson's reconstruction plan
Wade-Davis bill
For future Supreme courts, one of the key points of the 14th amendment would be which of the following
Nor deny... equal protection of the laws
Representatives shall be apportioned
The basis of representation therein shall be reduced
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
By the 1876 presidential election, federal troops remained in which are the following southern states
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by
A special Electoral Commission
The House of Representatives
The Senate
The Supreme Court
Democrats agreed to accept Rutherfurd B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to which of the following
To support a nationwide black code
To remove federal troops from the South
To promote southern industrial development
To support civil service reform
