WorksheetsSpring 2020 Midterm US1
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 5hrs 51mins
The French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris
Laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.
Inspired slaves to lead a brutal rebellion against plantation owners.
Encouraged the development of political parties.
Promoted conflict between wealthy elites and poor farmers.
The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to
Avoid conflicts between American colonist and Native American Indians
Make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
Prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley
Allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region
I. _______________________________
a. Committees of Correspondence
b. The Sons of Liberty
c. Boston Tea Party
d. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Which heading best completes the partial outline above?
Protests Against Slavery in the American Colonies
British Parliamentary Actions to Punish Colonial Americans
Colonial Responses to British Mercantile Policies
Colonist Attempts to End the British rule in the Colonies
“. . . Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ’TIS TIME TO PART. . . .”
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine’s quote contributed most directly to which of the following trends?
The growth of the ideology of a socialist government
Greater independence from Great Britain
Movement to prohibit alcohol in the Colonies
The inclusion of religion in Colonial government
“. . . Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ’TIS TIME TO PART. . . .”
Thomas Paine
Which of the following developments is best represented by the continuation of ideas expressed in the Thomas Paine quote?
American Civil War
War of 1812
American Revolution
Shay’s Rebellion
“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.”
The ideas expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the excerpt were most similar to those of which enlightenment thinker
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nature
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
John Locke’s theory of natural rights
Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto
How did Benjamin Franklin and John Adams impact the American Revolution?
Spanish Ambassadors that asked Spain to help the Colonist in the American Revolution
British Ambassadors that asked Britain to help the Colonist in the American Revolution
French Ambassadors that asked France to help the Colonist in the American Revolution
German Ambassadors that asked Germany to help the Colonist in the American Revolution
What was the significance of the Intolerable Acts?
The act required a tax on all paper goods in the colonies
Closed the Port of Boston and made quartering of troops legal
The act required a tax on tea in the colonies
A series of laws which set new import taxes on British goods including paint, paper, lead, glass and tea
What role did George Washington play in the American Revolution
President
Commander of the Continental Army
Ambassador to King George
Commander of the Red Coat Army'
What was the significance of Baron von Steuben?
Spanish military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
British military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
Prussian military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
French military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
What was the significance of Marquis de Lafayette?
Spanish military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
British military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
Prussian military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
French military officer and helped create a professional army for the Colonies
"The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats nor hats, nor shirts, nor shoes. Their feet and their legs froze until they were black, and it was often necessary to amputate them."
Source: Marquis de Lafayette
The ideas expressed by Marquis de Lafayette are most consistent/associated with which of the following?
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Yorktown
Valley Forge
The Battle of Trenton
What was the geographic significance of the Battle of Yorktown?
Continental Army fights through the winter and becomes a professional military
Continental Army crosses the Delaware River to beat the British and turning point in American Revolution
British General Cornwallis is trapped on a peninsula by Colonial and French troops, British forced to surrender, last major battle in the American Revolution
Continental Army hold the high ground to beat the British and win control of New England Colonies.
What was the geographic significance of the Battle of Saratoga?
Continental Army fights through the winter and becomes a professional military
American forces occupied the High ground along the Hudson River to beat the British and turning point in American Revolution
British General Cornwallis is trapped on a peninsula by Colonial and French troops, British forced to surrender, last major battle in the American Revolution
Continental Army hold the high ground to beat the British and win control of New England Colonies.
Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
America gained its independence from Britain and the ability to operate as a sovereign nation.
America was able buy the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon and France.
America was able gain the land needed to start the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
America gained access to South America and the Panama Canal.
Under mercantilism, Britain was using/benefited by
slaves to purchase rum in the Caribbean
raw materials from the colonies to create manufactured goods
officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament
laborers to work in British factories
Which of the following best describes how European cultural diversity through the variety of immigrants impacted the Colonies?
The increase in Europeans contributed to a growth in different ethnic and religious groups.
The increase in Europeans caused the creation of a Constitutional government
The increase in Europeans led most colonist to enforce strict religious codes
The increase in Europeans inspired Native Americans to accept peace treaties with the white man.
What was the significance of the trans-Atlantic trade on the Colonies?
The British claimed they were protecting the Colonist during the War and therefor the Colonist need to repay the British for protection
Led to Mercantilism, which encouraged continents to trade resource and finished goods
The British restricted Colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, so that Colonist would not start another war with the American Indians.
Showed popular sovereignty failed and the division between the North and South
What was the significance of the Middle Passage?
Led to different methods of colonial self-governance
Increased African American (Slave) population in the Americas
Decreased African American (Slave) population in the Americas
Encouraged colonist to question the role of the church and traditional authority
It was said that people in the colonial port cities could smell slave ships arriving before they could see them.
The slaves were packed like bundles of firewood.
About two of every ten slaves died during the trip.
The information above describes which of the following?
Great Awakening
Middle passage
Mercantilism
Abolitionism
Which of the following are the best examples of African American contributions during the Colonial Era?
Poetry, paintings and jazz music
Architecture, agriculture and foodways.
Civil Rights Movement (March on Washington)
Developed the 3/5 Compromise
During the period of Salutary Neglect, colonist made several attempts at
Self-government
Ending slavery
Socialism
Westward expansion
Which of the following actions best illustrates the policy of salutary neglect?
Lack of enforcement of the British laws prior to 1763
Creation of royal colonies such as the Carolinas
The practice of non-importation within the colonies after 1765
The use of vice admiralty courts to prosecute smuggler
Which of the following events led to an increase in colonial unity through enlivened religious practive and desire to challenge traditional authority?
The Middle Passage
The Great Awakening
Mercantilism
Indentured servitude
This poster explains what concept?
Mercantilism
Writs of Assistance
Imperialism
Colonialism
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Colonist attempt at solving the issue of territorial expansion and population growth
A strong national government with limits on the overall power of the government
Confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation
Established States Rights, established the post office, and created the Northwest Ordinance
How did the Great Compromise solve the issue of state representation in the new federal government?
It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.
It reduced the fear of loss of representation by Southern States with large slave populations.
It used the Virginia Plan to base representation on population and the New Jersey Plan to base representation on equality (2 representative per state).
It reconfigure the structure of the Supreme Court and Judicial Branch
What was the purpose of the Constitution?
Colonist attempt at solving the issue of territorial expansion and population growth
To develop a strong national government with limits on the overall power of the government
Confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation
Established States Rights, established the post office, and created the Northwest Ordinance
Which of the following best defines the word ratification?
To end slavery
To accept (the Constitution)
To cancel, void
Rule by the people, when the population is allowed to vote on a political issue
How did Daniel Shay’s Rebellion impact the Articles of Confederation?
It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.
It removed restrictions on voting base on race, color, or ever have been a slave
It proved the strength of a government based on State’s Rights.
It showed that John Locke’s Social Contract Theory was incorrect
Which of the following were famous Federalist and helped write the Federalist Papers?
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
George Washington and Fredrick Douglas
Henry Clay and James Polk
What was the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785
It set up a system where settlers could purchase farmland in the undeveloped Northwest.
It forced American Indians to move to reservations west of the Mississippi
It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.
It showed Americans were willing to spread democracy to territories like Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico
Which of the following limits the power of the federal government in the Constitution?
Separation of powers, checks and balances and Federalism
Reaganomics, Containment, and Marshall Plan
New Deal, the Great Society and the American System
Habeas Corpus, Sedition Act, and Espionage Act
Which of the following were benefits of the Articles of Confederation?
Could not tax, Could not create a military and created a weak national government
Created a Bill of Rights, Created the right to a speedy trial, and created strong state governments
Created separation of powers, included federalism and created checks and balances
Created the Northwest Ordinance, created the Post Office, and establishes States’ Rights
How did the Three-Fifths Compromise solve the issue of state representation in the new federal government?
It exposed the fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.
It forced American Indians to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River
It reduced the fear of loss of representation by Southern States with large slave populations.
It removed restrictions on voting base on race, color, or ever have been a slave
What did the Anti-Federalist want added to the Constitution, in exchange for ratifying the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
Article V
Preamble
19th Amendment
What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
To provide individual and state’s rights
Give women the right to vote
Direct election of Senators
Creates the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branch
What were two key precedents set by George Washington during his presidency?
aid to farmers and the end of the slave trade
universal male suffrage and support for political parties
foreign policy of neutrality( no alliances) and the use of presidential advisors
(cabinet)
protective tariffs and foreign alliances during peacetime
Why did the U.S. Congress and John Adams pass the Sedition Act of 1789?
To prevent immigrants from joining the Federalist Party
To prevent a war with France
To prevent citizens from opposing the Federal Government
To prevent immigration from Canada
Which of the following had the greatest impact of the John Adams loss to Thomas Jefferson in the Presidential Election of 1800?
John Adams attack on individual rights in the Sedition Acts.
Thomas Jefferson and his sympathy for France
John Adam reduction of the U.S. Military and Navy
Thomas Jefferson’s belief in a strong central government
In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned future Americans about the problems that could result from
immigration quotas for foreign nations passing
high protective tariffs to control foreign imports
becoming allied with foreign powers
expanding westward into lands claimed by others
The President vetoes a bill and then Legislative branch overrides the veto by a two-thirds vote and both houses. This situation is an example of the operation of
Checks and balances
Legislative compromise
Federalism
Direct democracy
“The consequences of a . . . [an] inefficient government are too obvious to be dwelt upon. Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin upon the whole. . . . Let us have [government] by which our lives, liberty, and property will be secured or let us know the worst at once.”
Source: From a letter by George
Washington to a friend
What is the above quote most likely referring to? .
Declaration of Independence
Shay’s Rebellion
Northwest Ordinance
Articles of Confederation
Which shaded area on the map shows the location of the Northwest Territory?
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which of the following belongs in the empty box above?
The Missouri Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Federalist papers
The Articles of Confederation
Which of the following was the most immediate result of George Washington’s response to the Whiskey Rebellion?
Promoted greater exploration of the interior of the American continents
Indicated that a national military was unnecessary in the new nation.
Led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Helped establish a strong federal government under the Constitution.
“The consequences of a . . . [an] inefficient government are too obvious to be dwelt upon. Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin upon the whole. . . . Let us have [government] by which our lives, liberty, and property will be secured or let us know the worst at once.”
Source: From a letter by George Washington to a friend
The quote was written in a response to the
central government’s attempt to assert greater control over the southern colonies
ineffectiveness of a country run by state governments
British government’s failure to protect colonist from attacks by American Indians
Rapid expansion of frontier settlements
Which of the following were the three negatives of the Articles of Confederation?
Could not tax, Could not create a military and created a weak national government
No Bill of Rights, No right to a speedy trial, and created strong state governments
No separation of powers, no federalism and no checks and balances
Created the Northwest Ordinance, created the Post Office, and establishes States’ Rights
What group helped write the Declaration of Independence?
Committees of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Committee of Five
What was the geographic significance of the Battle of Trenton?
Continental Army crosses the Delaware River in a rare winter battle and defeats the Hessian/British army
Continental Army crosses the Hudson River to beat the British and turning point in American Revolution
British General Cornwallis is trapped on a peninsula by Colonial and French troops, British forced to surrender, last major battle in the American Revolution
Continental Army hold the high ground to beat the British and win control of New England Colonies.
