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US(A) - Unit 1 Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which myth about Native Americans is 100% true?

a)

Pre-Columbian North America was sparsely populated and consisted of unused land.

b)

All Native Americans were hunters and gatherers, living nomadic, primitive, and uncivilized lives, because they didn’t know how to adapt the land and its resources to their benefit.

c)

Tribes were lawless, barbaric, savage, and fought amongst each other constantly, without a stable structure of government.

d)

None of the above

2.

Plymouth was the first "successful" permanent settlement for the British in the Americas.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

In what year were the first African slaves brought to the colonies?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1776

d)

1800

4.

While it occurred in 2 of the following, in which colonial grouping was tobacco production the largest?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

5.

In which colonial grouping was society centered around small towns/showed first signs of self-government?

a)

New England Colonials

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

6.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for settling in America during the colonial era?

a)

Slavery

b)

Land ownership

c)

Overpopulation in Europe

d)

Religious freedom

e)

Wait, all of these are reasons . . .

7.

Who married Pocahontas and was the first to cultivate tobacco in Virginia by cross pollinating English tobacco seeds?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Winthrop

8.

William Penn was an English Puritan who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the city of Boston.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. British economic policy aimed to use the American colonies to bolster only British state power and finances.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

10.

When Britain ignored their trade regulations on their American colonies to maximize economic output amongst the colonists while maintaining some form of control.

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Salutary Neglect

d)

Ignorment Policy

11.

A popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries where the British colonies were exploited/the moneymakers for the mother country with many exports with little imports.

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Absolutism

d)

Embargo

12.

War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. Both sides had Indian allies. The English won, and this lead to many taxes being imposed on the colonies . . .

a)

War of 1754

b)

French & Indian War

c)

War of 1812

d)

English & French War (1754-1763)

13.

Forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east (Cause of the Revolutionary War)

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Intolerable Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Boston Massacre

14.

A tax placed on tea, glass, and paper in the colonies. American colonists boycotted British goods in response because they believed in "no taxation without representation."

a)

Intolerable Act

b)

Stamp Acts

c)

Tea Tax

d)

Townshend Acts

15.

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won were called . . .

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Fence-Sitters

d)

Tom Brady

16.

Which of the following was the final battle that ended the Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

The Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Yorktown

d)

The Battle of Saratogo

17.

What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Yorktown

d)

The Battle of Saratoga

18.

Which of the following is NOT something that describes George Washington?

a)

Leader of the Continental Army

b)

1st president of the United States

c)

Leader of the Constitutional Convention

d)

Father of the Constitution

19.

All are true of the Articles of Confederation, but which of the following is considered a success because of it?

a)

Congress could not collect taxes

b)

There was no executive branch

c)

Congress could not support or raise a standing army

d)

Congress could not regulate interstate trade

e)

Settled the end of the Revolutionary war and how to add territories to the United States

20.

Which rebellion demonstrated for many Americans that the United States needed to get rid of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Whiskey Rebellion

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

Nat Turner Rebellion

d)

Bloch Rebellion

21.

The Constitutional Convention was a quick couple of days where every delegate agreed on issues regarding creating a new form of government.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

a)

Confederacy

b)

Federalism

c)

Democracy

d)

Republicism

23.

Made legislative branch 2 parts - where the Senate would have equal representatives and the House of Representatives would be be based on population.

a)

3/5ths Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1787

c)

The Great Compromise

d)

Washington Compromise

24.

A compromise of the Constitutional Convention that a portion(fraction) of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

Representation Compromise

c)

The 3/5ths Compromise

25.

What did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay write collectively to convince people to ratify(approve) the Constitution.

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

Declaration of Independent

d)

The Federalist Papers

26.

Who was the 2nd president?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

27.

Who was the 4th President of the United States/President during the war of 1812?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

28.

Which of the following is NOT one of the nations the US had "problems" with during Washington's presidency?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

29.

Under Washington, his cabinet(advisors) only consisted of 4 members. What position/who was not one of them?

a)

Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson)

b)

Secretary of the Treasury (Alexander Hamilton)

c)

Secretary of Education (Collin Botten)

d)

Secretary of War (Henry Knox)

e)

Attorney General (Edmund Randolph)

30.

What did George Washington decide to do between the issues rising between Britain & France?

a)

Side with Britain

b)

Side with France

c)

Remain Neutral

d)

Fight both of them

31.

When farmers rebelled violently against the Whiskey tax, what did President Washington decide to do?

a)

Sent troops to squash the uprising

b)

Got rid of the Whiskey Tax

c)

Made the tax on Whiskey higher

d)

Sent a diplomat to sign a treaty

32.

In Washington's Farewell address, he advised the US to stay out of foreign alliances/affairs AND avoid being divided by political factions (parties)

a)

True

b)

False

33.

When 3 French representatives minister demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see minister Talleyrand/discuss issues leading to Quasi-War . . .Americans refused to pay it...was called what?

a)

Whiskey Rebellion

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

Alien & Sedition

d)

ABC Affair

34.

The Alien and Sedition acts favored the Democratic-Republican Party & expanded (gave more) rights to people living in America.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Thomas Jefferson believed Adams/Washington were too much like royalty during their Presidencies, so he decided to make the size of the federal government _____.

a)

cease to exist

b)

smaller

c)

larger

36.

Who acquired this land for the US and what was it called?

a)

James Madison/Great Plains Purchase

b)

Thomas Jefferson/Louisiana Purchase

c)

Alexander Hamilton/Louisiana Purchase

d)

King George III/Da da da DAT da!

37.

Regarding the court case of Marbury v. Madison, which of the following is the best definition of "Judicial Review"?

a)

The power of the supreme court to write laws

b)

The power of the Supreme Court to serve on the court for lifetime

c)

The power of the President to rule a law unconstitutional

d)

The power of the Supreme Court to rule a law as unconstitutional

38.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?

a)

Impressment

b)

Britain negatively impacting trade

c)

France ignoring American Sovereignty

d)

Supplying Native Americans with weapons

39.

Forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. Was meant to force Britain and France to change their policies towards neutral vessels by depriving them of American trade. . .However, it backfired & also hurt the national economy, so it was replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act.

a)

Embargo of 1807

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Embargo of 1812

d)

Stamp Act

40.

The War of 1812 had unanimous support from the American people.

a)

True

b)

False