WorksheetsUS(A) - Unit 1 Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which myth about Native Americans is 100% true?
Pre-Columbian North America was sparsely populated and consisted of unused land.
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.
Tribes were lawless, barbaric, savage, and fought amongst each other constantly, without a stable structure of government.
None of the above
Plymouth was the first "successful" permanent settlement for the British in the Americas.
True
False
In what year were the first African slaves brought to the colonies?
1607
1619
1776
1800
While it occurred in 2 of the following, in which colonial grouping was tobacco production the largest?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
In which colonial grouping was society centered around small towns/showed first signs of self-government?
New England Colonials
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which of the following was NOT a reason for settling in America during the colonial era?
Slavery
Land ownership
Overpopulation in Europe
Religious freedom
Wait, all of these are reasons . . .
Who married Pocahontas and was the first to cultivate tobacco in Virginia by cross pollinating English tobacco seeds?
John Smith
John Rolfe
John Winthrop
William Penn was an English Puritan who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the city of Boston.
True
False
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.
Triangular Trade
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
When Britain ignored their trade regulations on their American colonies to maximize economic output amongst the colonists while maintaining some form of control.
Navigation Acts
Mercantilism
Salutary Neglect
Ignorment Policy
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.
Salutary Neglect
Mercantilism
Absolutism
Embargo
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 . . .
War of 1754
French & Indian War
War of 1812
English & French War (1754-1763)
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)
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Act
Quartering Act
Boston Massacre
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."
Intolerable Act
Stamp Acts
Tea Tax
Townshend Acts
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won were called . . .
Loyalists
Patriots
Fence-Sitters
Tom Brady
Which of the following was the final battle that ended the Revolutionary War?
Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Yorktown
The Battle of Saratogo
What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
Yorktown
The Battle of Saratoga
Which of the following is NOT something that describes George Washington?
Leader of the Continental Army
1st president of the United States
Leader of the Constitutional Convention
Father of the Constitution
All are true of the Articles of Confederation, but which of the following is considered a success because of it?
Congress could not collect taxes
There was no executive branch
Congress could not support or raise a standing army
Congress could not regulate interstate trade
Settled the end of the Revolutionary war and how to add territories to the United States
Which rebellion demonstrated for many Americans that the United States needed to get rid of the Articles of Confederation?
Whiskey Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Nat Turner Rebellion
Bloch Rebellion
The Constitutional Convention was a quick couple of days where every delegate agreed on issues regarding creating a new form of government.
True
False
A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
Confederacy
Federalism
Democracy
Republicism
Made legislative branch 2 parts - where the Senate would have equal representatives and the House of Representatives would be be based on population.
3/5ths Compromise
Compromise of 1787
The Great Compromise
Washington Compromise
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.
The Great Compromise
Representation Compromise
The 3/5ths Compromise
What did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay write collectively to convince people to ratify(approve) the Constitution.
The Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independent
The Federalist Papers
Who was the 2nd president?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Who was the 4th President of the United States/President during the war of 1812?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Which of the following is NOT one of the nations the US had "problems" with during Washington's presidency?
France
Britain
Portugal
Spain
Under Washington, his cabinet(advisors) only consisted of 4 members. What position/who was not one of them?
Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson)
Secretary of the Treasury (Alexander Hamilton)
Secretary of Education (Collin Botten)
Secretary of War (Henry Knox)
Attorney General (Edmund Randolph)
What did George Washington decide to do between the issues rising between Britain & France?
Side with Britain
Side with France
Remain Neutral
Fight both of them
When farmers rebelled violently against the Whiskey tax, what did President Washington decide to do?
Sent troops to squash the uprising
Got rid of the Whiskey Tax
Made the tax on Whiskey higher
Sent a diplomat to sign a treaty
In Washington's Farewell address, he advised the US to stay out of foreign alliances/affairs AND avoid being divided by political factions (parties)
True
False
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?
Whiskey Rebellion
XYZ Affair
Alien & Sedition
ABC Affair
The Alien and Sedition acts favored the Democratic-Republican Party & expanded (gave more) rights to people living in America.
True
False
Thomas Jefferson believed Adams/Washington were too much like royalty during their Presidencies, so he decided to make the size of the federal government _____.
cease to exist
smaller
larger
Who acquired this land for the US and what was it called?
James Madison/Great Plains Purchase
Thomas Jefferson/Louisiana Purchase
Alexander Hamilton/Louisiana Purchase
King George III/Da da da DAT da!
Regarding the court case of Marbury v. Madison, which of the following is the best definition of "Judicial Review"?
The power of the supreme court to write laws
The power of the Supreme Court to serve on the court for lifetime
The power of the President to rule a law unconstitutional
The power of the Supreme Court to rule a law as unconstitutional
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?
Impressment
Britain negatively impacting trade
France ignoring American Sovereignty
Supplying Native Americans with weapons
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.
Embargo of 1807
Townshend Acts
Embargo of 1812
Stamp Act
The War of 1812 had unanimous support from the American people.
True
False
