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U.S. History- Midterm Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose side did the Native Americans fight on during the French and Indian War?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Neither

d)

Both

2.

Who did Nathanial Bacon sympathize with which resulted in Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

Wealthy Landowners

b)

Native Americans

c)

English Settlers and their conflict with Native Americans

d)

Religious Separatists

3.

Which list best describes Virginia during Colonization?

a)

Halfway Covenant, Puritans, Mayflower

b)

French, Founded in 1608

c)

Dutch, New Amsterdam, Natural Harbors

d)

Powhatans, Tobacco, House of Burgesses

4.

What did the Enlightenment emphasize the value of?

a)

Reason

b)

Miracles

c)

Emotions

d)

Religon

5.

Which list best describes New England during Colonization?

a)

Halfway Covenant, Puritans, Mayflower

b)

French, Founded in 1608

c)

Dutch, New Amsterdam, Natural Harbors

d)

Powhatans, Tobacco, House of Burgesses

6.

Which list best describes the Middle Colonies during Colonization?

a)

Halfway Covenant, Puritans, Mayflower

b)

French, Founded in 1608

c)

Dutch, New Amsterdam, Natural Harbors

d)

Powhatans, Tobacco, House of Burgesses

7.

What is Mercantilism?

a)

Political policy that outlaws trade

b)

Religious policy that outlaws merchants

c)

Economic policy that encourages wealth by exporting more than importing

d)

Philosophical policy of Survival of the Fittest

8.

What did the "middle passage" transfer?

a)

Africans from Africa to North and South America

b)

Rum from West Indies to New England

c)

Raw Materials from West Indies to New England

d)

Africans from West Indies to North America

9.

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Claim Canada and all land east of Mississippi River

b)

Force France off of North America

c)

Stop settlers from going west of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Encourage settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

10.

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 accomplish?

a)

Set up a way to survey lands

b)

Gained the Mississippi River from the Spanish

c)

Gave ownership of western lands from states to national government

d)

Created requirements for allowing new states into the Union.

11.

What did the Stamp Act do?

a)

Put a direct tax on licenses, documents, and contracts

b)

Taxed colonists to pay off the French and Indian War

c)

Was an effort by Parliament to increase revenue

d)

Made it more expensive to send letters

12.

Which is true of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Group that organized resistance against England's taxation policies

b)

Started in Georgia

c)

Was only for the wealthy landowners

d)

Created by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson

13.

This Frenchman came and fought for the colonies well before the French officially allied with them.

a)

Voltaire

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Alexis de Tocqueville

14.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Gage

b)

John Locke

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Thomas Paine

15.

Which is not true of John Locke?

a)

Influenced by George Washington

b)

Enlightenment thinker

c)

Life, Liberty, Property

d)

Influenced Thomas Jefferson

16.

Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

Nathanial Greene

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

George Washington

17.

Which Treaty official ended the American Revolution?

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Treaty of Paris, 1763

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1783

18.

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

a)

Make all citizens equal

b)

Limit power of judicial branch

c)

Protect the natural rights of individuals

d)

Make the Constitution flexible

19.

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

a)

Started Monroe's Presidency

b)

Was Monroe's policy of dealing with immigrants

c)

Was the policy of the Anti-Federalists

d)

Warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere

20.

What was the name of the proposal that allowed one house of Congress to be based on population and the other to be equal?

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

New Jersey Plan

d)

Three-Fifths Compromise

21.

What did Marbury v. Madison establish?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Prohibit lame-duck presidents from making last minute appointments

c)

Policy that Presidential appointments can not be based on partisan politics

d)

The Powers of the Supreme Court are set by the Constitution

22.

What does a system of checks and balances in government help prevent?

a)

Dominance of one branch over another

b)

Dominance of one house of Congress over the other

c)

Dominance of Federalists over Anti-Federalists

d)

Dominance of Northern states over Southern states

23.

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

a)

James Madison

b)

James Monroe

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Andrew Jackson

24.

What did Shay's Rebellion make apparent?

a)

Big states and small states needed equal representation

b)

Slaves should not be counted as people in determining representation in Congress

c)

Nation needed a stronger central government

d)

Articles of Confederation were working well

25.

What incident lead George Washington to send 13,000 troops to stop an uprising proving the strength of our central government?

a)

The Stono Rebellion

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

d)

The Whiskey Rebellion

26.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska act result in?

a)

Popular sovereignty for Kansas in deciding slavery

b)

Peace throughout the states

c)

The end of Stephen Douglas' political career

d)

Showing the Missouri Compromise was a good idea

27.

This was the idea that the U.S. needed to control all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

a)

Halfway Covenant

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

d)

Manifest Destiny

28.

What is NOT true of the Dred Scott Case?

a)

He remained in slavery until his death

b)

Ruled that slaves were property

c)

Increased tensions between the North and South

d)

Scott was granted his freedom

29.

What was the first women's rights convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

a)

ACLU Convention

b)

Seneca Falls Convention

c)

Women's Leadership Convention

d)

Niagara Falls Convention

30.

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

a)

Treaty of Velasco

b)

Treaty of 1845

c)

Treaty of San Lorenzo

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

31.

Which is NOT true of Jacksonian Democracy?

a)

Jackson favored the landowning elite

b)

It was the "Age of the Common Man"

c)

Wanted a stronger presidency and executive branch with a weaker Congress

d)

Expanded voting rights

32.

Which is NOT true of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state

b)

Created by Henry Clay

c)

Created an Imbalance in the Senate

d)

Created a slave and non-slave line at 36'30" line of latitude

33.

Which is true of Nat Turner?

a)

Owned an abolitionist newspaper

b)

Worked with john Brown

c)

Worked with Frederick Douglas

d)

Led a slave uprising in Virginia

34.

Which was NOT a part of the North's Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?

a)

Splitting the Confederacy

b)

Drafting freed slaves to fight

c)

Capturing Richmond

d)

Blockading Southern ports

35.

The idea of people aligning themselves politically with their region instead of their entire country.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Regionalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Abolition

36.

What was Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Civil War?

a)

Free the slaves

b)

Split the Confederacy

c)

Draft freed slaves

d)

Save the Union

37.

Who was known as a War Hawk, the Great Compromiser, and creator of the American System?

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Henry Clay

d)

William Marbury

38.

Who were the Carpetbaggers?

a)

Southerners who moved North during Reconstruction to profit

b)

Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction to profit

c)

Scalawags

d)

Northern Democrats who moved South and became Republicans

39.

Why was Gettysburg a turning point for the North?

a)

South had to give up idea of invading the North because of large casualties

b)

Divided the Confederacy

c)

Was first Union victory on the battlefield

d)

Convinced the Confederacy to surrender

40.

What did the Compromise of 1877 end?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Panic of 1873

c)

The Republican Party

d)

Civil Rights Legislation

41.

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

To only free slaves in the Confederacy, which gave the war a cause.

b)

To free all the slaves in the United States

c)

To only free the slaves in the Union

d)

To enlist slaves into the Union Army

42.

Which word best describes John Brown, Frederick Douglas, The Grimke Sisters, and William Lloyd Garrison?

a)

Abolitionists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Federalists

d)

Nationalists

43.

What was the main goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

a)

Nullification

b)

Punish the South for seceding

c)

Created a "separate but equal" policy

d)

Granted basic rights to former slaves

44.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

a)

Gave black males the right to vote

b)

Gave all citizens of the United States the right to vote

c)

Freed the slaves

d)

Granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

45.

What did the 14th Amendment do?

a)

Gave black males the right to vote

b)

Gave all citizens of the United States the right to vote

c)

Freed the slaves

d)

Granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

46.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Gave black males the right to vote

b)

Gave all citizens of the United States the right to vote

c)

Freed the slaves

d)

Granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

47.

What was the main purpose for poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses in Southern States?

a)

Keep African Americans from being able to vote

b)

Enforce the 15th Amendment

c)

Stop criminals from voting

d)

Eliminate corruption in politics

48.

This was the South's attempt to restrict the rights of former slaves.

a)

Passing Black Codes

b)

Ratifying the 15th Amendment

c)

Supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans

d)

Creating the Freedman's Bureau

49.

Why was President Andrew Jackson impeached?

a)

Violated the Tenure of Office Act

b)

Blackmailed Thaddeus Stephens

c)

Caned Charles Sumner

d)

Helped assassinate President Lincoln

50.

This was the rallying cry of the Sons of Liberty.

a)

Committes of Correspondence

b)

"No Taxation without Representation"

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Quebec

51.

How the colonists quickly spread information during the American Revolution.

a)

Committes of Correspondence

b)

"No Taxation without Representation"

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Quebec

52.

Was written by Thomas Jefferson and separated us from England.

a)

Committes of Correspondence

b)

"No Taxation without Representation"

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Quebec

53.

First permanent French settlement in the New World.

a)

Committes of Correspondence

b)

"No Taxation without Representation"

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Quebec

54.

Leader of England during American Revolution.

a)

Quebec

b)

Powhatan

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

King George III

55.

Stated that slaves would be partially counted when determining population for representation in Congress.

a)

Quebec

b)

Powhatan

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

King George III

56.

Native American Tribe that had conflicts with early Jamestown settlers.

a)

Quebec

b)

Powhatan

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

King George III

57.

Which of the following officially gave black males the right to vote?

a)

John Adams

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

15th Amendment

58.

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

a)

John Adams

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

15th Amendment

59.

Which of the following is responsible for allowing New York City to flourish as an economic center?

a)

John Adams

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

15th Amendment

60.

Who was the 2nd President of the United States?

a)

John Adams

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

15th Amendment

61.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

James K. Polk

62.

This was created to help newly freed slaves.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

James K. Polk

63.

Who was President during the Mexican-American War and believed in Manifest Destiny?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

James K. Polk

64.

Who was the first President to be impeached?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

James K. Polk

65.

Which was the location of the first battle of the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Nullification

c)

Antietam

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

66.

The idea that states could veto federal laws.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Nullification

c)

Antietam

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

67.

Which was the single bloodiest one-day battle in the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Nullification

c)

Antietam

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

68.

This allowed popular sovereignty to decide if a state would allow slavery.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Nullification

c)

Antietam

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

69.

Was the General who won at Vicksburg.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Nullification

c)

Antietam

d)

Compromise of 1850

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

70.

Who carried out his "March to the Sea"?

a)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

b)

John Marshall

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

William T. Sherman

71.

Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

b)

John Marshall

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

William T. Sherman

72.

Who was the Chief Justice for the Marbury vs. Madison and Gibbons vs. Ogden cases?

a)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

b)

John Marshall

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

William T. Sherman

73.

Who is considered one of the greatest Generals in U.S. History?

a)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

b)

John Marshall

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

William T. Sherman

74.

Who recruited over 300 families to Texas?

a)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

b)

John Marshall

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Robert E. Lee

e)

William T. Sherman