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WorksheetsAmerican History I Final Exam
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The first permanent English colony in America was
Plymouth
Roanoke
Massachusetts Bay
Jamestown
Before the Pilgrims came ashore, they signed an agreement to create a government of "just and equal laws" called
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
General Court
Representative Democracy
Which colony was founded by Quaker William Penn as a place where all religions could live together peacefully.
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Pennsylvania
How did Britain’s destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 affect exploration and settlement in the New World?
It advanced Britain's colonizing of North America’s Atlantic coast
It prevented the Spanish takeover of Oglethorpe’s Georgia colony
It encouraged investors to support Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke expedition
It complicated the relationship between British leaders and the Catholic Church
What group had disagreements with the church of England? Rather than split off from the established church, they wanted to reform or change it.
Pilgrims.
Puritans.
Calvanists.
Liberalists.
Which four states made up the Middle Colonies?
NY, NH, NJ, CT
DE, MA, NJ, RI
NY, NH, PA, NJ
PA, NJ, DE NY
What is another name for the border establish between MD and PA in the 1760s?
the Act of Toleration Line
the Plantation Line
the Mason-Dixon Line
the Survey Line
Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British history?
It was the first document to place limits on the king's power
It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens
It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.
It determined England's physical boundaries
What was one of very important Magna Carta rights that was re-stated in the English Bill of Rights?
Religious Freedom
Freedom to choose where you live
The right to not pay taxes.
Habeas corpus, the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
The Acts that were passed to control the colonial trade.
Sugar Acts
Navigation Acts
International trade Act
Stamp Acts
From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice as “salutary neglect.”
Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?
The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government.
Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies.
The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense.
Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries.
A system in which slaves, manufactured goods, crops, and sugar were exchanged between the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Mercantilism
The Navigation Acts
Triangular Trade
The Middle Passage
The part of the Triangular Trade that included a deadly voyage millions of slaves took from west Africa to North America.
Middle Passage
Mercantilism
Indentured Servants
Navigation Acts
A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s-1740s that lead to revivals and the spread of religious beliefs.
Town Meetings
The Great Awakening
English Bill of Rights
Enlightenment
A movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that logic, science, and reason can improve the world.
The Great Awakening
Renaissance
The English Bill of Rights
Enlightenment
How did the Great Awakening change America?
It brought people from all over the colonies together for the first time
It led to people denying God and leading secular lives
It spread abolitionism throughout the land and led to the end of slavery
It brought French rule to America
John Locke argued that every human was born with "natural rights." What were they? Check ALL that apply. HINT: there are only 3.
liberty
family
life
to vote
property
Separation of powers would divide the government into 3 branches. What are the branches? Select all that apply.
Judicial Branch
Evangelical Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Colonial Branch
Whose side did Most Native Americans take during the French and Indian War?
British
Europeans
French
Dutch
The French and Indian War was was fought between the
French and the Indians
Indians and the Spanish
French and British against the Indians
The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.
During the French and Indian War, the British and French were fighting over control of which area?
Mississippi River Valley
Ohio River Valley
Connecticut River Valley
Pennsylvania River Valley
What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of British
Treaty of French and Indian War
Treaty of Native Americans
Treaty of Paris
Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?
They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
They wanted their money back for the land.
British law that required colonists to house and supply British soldiers was called the:
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Declaratory Act
This act taxed most paper goods in the colonies.
Tea Act
Paper Act of 1766
Declaratory Act
Stamp Act
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?
to determine if colonists were smuggling
to give Parliament the right to levy a tax
to punish people who did not pay their taxes
to raise revenue from American colonies
This act was handed down as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Declaratory Act
Proclamation of 1763
Who dressed up like Native Americans and raided ships?
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
King George
Republicans
____________________ was a turning point towards colonial revolution.
Sugar Act
Albany Plan of Union
Boston Massacre
Sons of Liberty
8. The Battles at Lexington and Concord was the beginning of the American _________.
Civil War
War of 1812
Revolutionary War
The ______ was sent to King George III to ask that the king protect colonists’ rights and tell him that the colonists do not want war.
List of Grievances
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carter
What ultimately forced the retreat of the militia soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
They were scared
They ran out of ammunition
The cannons completely destroyed their bunker
The war ended
What was the last battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Long Island
Trenton
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence ?
George Washington
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
Abigail Adams
Which group did the British promise freedom to if they supported the British?
African Americans
Native Americans
Spanish Americans
French Americans
What group served as the national government for the colonies during the American Revolution?
Continental Congress
U.S. Congress
The Hessians
Parliament
Which country gave the most aid to the colonies during the American Revolution?
France
Spain
Prussia
Great Britian
What was the name of the colonial organization whose members wrote the Declaration of Independence and ran the country during the Revolutionary War, and wrote the Articles of Confederation?
The Continental Association
The Second Continental Congress
The Committees of Correspondence
The Continental Army
What were terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783)? CHOOSE TWO.
Spain would receive New Orleans and Florida from Britain.
The United States would get all land south of the Great Lakes to the northern border of Florida; from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
France would get all of Canada.
Britain would get all of Canada, Texas, and California.
Who wrote Common Sense and The Crisis during the American Revolution?
John Paul Jones
Abigail Adams
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
The American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in July 1775.
True
False
Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, the United States was governed by which document?
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
Philly meeting
Treaty of Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government?
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Magna Carta
The English Bill of Rights
Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.
strong state government
weak government
strong central government
legslature
What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation that was corrected by the U.S. Constitution?
Congress had too much power in regulating interstate commerce.
The President had sole authority to declare war
States had no freedoms to set their own trade policies
Congress had no power to levy taxes to raise money
In what city did the Second Continental Congress take place?
Williamsburg
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?
The States
The National Government
The Continental Congress
The Legislative Branch
How did the Lewis and Clark expedition influence patterns of settlement?
It opened the Rio Grande River as a means for the United States to navigate to new land
It destroyed the power of American Indians to establish villages along the Missouri River
It increased the French presence and control in the Louisiana Territory
It provided maps and routes of the Louisiana Territory for further migration
In the Northwest Territory, slavery was ___________.
legal
accepted
allowed
illegal
The Great Compromise was a compromise between--
Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan and New York Plan
Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan
Which of these compromises gave states practicing slavery the ability to count a portion of their enslaved people into account towards the overall state population?
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Fugitive Slave Clause
Supporters for the ratification of the United States Constitution who wanted a strong central government are known as _____________ and mainly consist of the urban delegates.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Continental Loyalists
Democrat-Republicans
____________ believed states would be the best protectors of people's rights and liberties, because being smaller, they would be more responsive to people's needs.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Whigs
Loyalists
In order to encourage the Anti-Federalists to ratify the Constitution, Federalists decided to include a supplementary document with ten amendments known as the _____________.
Bill of Rights
Preamble
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Division of government between the national and state governments
Unicameral
Bicameral
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Division of Power between the 3 branches of government.
Checks & Balances
Separation of Powers
Federalism
Bicameral Legislature
In April of 1789, George Washington traveled from Virginia to the nation's capital (at the time), ________________________ , to begin his term as the first President of the United States.
Washington
Philadelphia
New York City
Charleston
Why was the United States in a financial crisis?
The US had lent France a large amount of money and they couldn't pay it back.
The American Revolution had left the nation deeply in debt.
The cost of building the White House went over budget.
The US didn't print enough money.
1794 A protest of small farmers in Pennsylvania against new taxes on whiskey
Bank of the United States
French Revolution
Whiskey Rebellion
Political Parties
To what extent did the Whiskey Rebellion have a lasting impact on the power of the federal government?
The power of the federal government to regulate commerce was increased when President Washington placed a tax on distillers
President Washington’s use of federal troops asserted the supremacy of the national government over state governments
The power of the Treasury Department was increased by charging a license fee for distillers
Federal troops used to stop the rebellion became the nation’s permanent military force
A political party founded in the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and other leaders who wanted to preserve the power of the state governments and promote agriculture
Libertarian Party
Independent Party
Federalist Party
Democratic-Republican Party
Who became the SECOND President of the United States?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
What made becoming a citizen harder & allowed President to jail/deport illegal immigrants.
WASHINGTON’s FAREWELL ADDRESS (1796)
ALIEN ACT (1798)
HENRY CLAY
ERA of GOOD FEELING
SEDITION ACTS (1798)
This made false/scandalous/hateful writing against the United States government a crime.
WASHINGTON’s FAREWELL ADDRESS (1796)
ALIEN ACT (1798)
HENRY CLAY
ERA of GOOD FEELING
SEDITION ACTS (1798)
Which of the following vocabulary words means to prohibit trade with a foreign nation?
Embargo
Boycott
impressment
blockade
What was the intent of the Embargo Act and why did it fail?
it was meant to help Great Britain in its war with France without requiring the U.S. to commit military personnel to the conflict, but it failed because U.S. troops inevitably became involved in the fighting
It was a response to the insult of the “XYZ Affair” but it failed because the U.S. did not have the military strength to back up its actions
It was meant to avoid war by forbidding trade between the U.S. and foreign nations, thus preventing the impressment of U.S. sailors. It failed, however, because it had little effect on Great Britain and hurt the U.S. economy by damaging business.
It was meant to keep the French and British from establishing future colonies in the Western Hemisphere but it failed because Great Britain’s navy was too powerful for the U.S. to resist.
The battles between France and England during the years of 1803-1815 were called this:
The War of 1812
The Barbary War
The French and Anglo War
The Napoleonic War
Why did farmers in Massachusetts take part in Shay's Rebellion?
to force the Spanish to reopen the port of New Orleans
to try to stop the courts from foreclosing on their properties
to protest against new tariffs imposed by Congress
to protest laws against transporting livestock between states
What battle during the War of 1812 was fought even though the war was over?
Battle of Trenton
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Paoli
How did the War of 1812 affect the United States domestically?
It created a greater dependence on foreign exports
It weakened citizens’ respect for American naval forces
It decreased the threat from American Indians west of the Mississippi River
It increased manufacturing and economic independence
Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
To help the economy, in 1816, Congress established the ______________________. This led to a boost in American businesses by offering loans to individuals and businesses.
State Banks
Second National Bank
First National Bank
Third National Bank
Henry Clay devised this plan which he believed would help the US economy. It proposed high tariffs and a federal program of public works.
The Second National Bank
The Monroe Doctrine
American System
Westward Expansion
To offset the economic decline from British dumping, Congress passed the ____________________ which put a tax on foreign goods.
Tariff of 1816
American System
Monroe Doctrine
Second National Bank Charter
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
Father of His Country
Old Hickory
Father of the Constitution
Old Tippecanoe
What was the name of the system that Jackson was accused of using after he was elected? This term included firing certain members of the government and replacing them with Jackson's campaign supporters.
Favoritism
The Spoils System
Corrupt Bargaining
The Caucus System
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
Second Seminole War
Trail of Tears
Blackhawk
Cherokee resistance
What country was the first to experience an industrial revolution?
France
Russia
Great Britain
United States
What were the laws created to control the lives of enslaved African Americans ?
discrimination
slave codes
spirituals
suffrage
Using interchangeable parts for creating goods advanced the growth of industry because it-
allowed the continuation of the domestic system
permitted large quantities of goods to be mass produced at lower cost
made it possible for unskilled workers to operate machines
brought an end to the common abuse of factory workers
In this deal, Maine was added to the Union as a Free State and Missouri as a Slave State.
Missouri Plan
Missouri Compromise
Maine Compromise
Mississippi Promise
Which problem did the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 attempt to solve?
extension of slavery into the western territories
placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports
equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms
need for internal improvements in transportation
Which action by John Locke best explains his influence on the founding of the United States?
accusing the monarchy of excessive taxation
popularizing the concept of natural rights
developing the idea of federalism
championing the cause of national independence
What was the most significant economic impact of immigration in the late 1800s?
Factories had a steady supply of cheap labor
Immigrants invested money to start new businesses
Farm production increased
Demand for manufactured goods declined
What was the purpose of the temperance movement?
to improve the treatment of the mentally ill
to increase understanding among followers of different faiths
to end alcohol abuse and the problems associated with it
to improve conditions in America’s new factories
