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SSUSH1 - SSUSH5 Practice Review

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The first successful British colony in North America was
a)
Roanoke, Virginia
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
d)
Jamestown, Virginia
2.
Which of the following regions would have featured the MOST diversity during the late 1600s and 1700s?
a)
Mid-Atlantic
b)
New England
c)
Southern
d)
Western
3.
Originally a Dutch colony, it was taken by the British in 1664 because of its valuable location at the mouth of the Hudson River. Which colony was it?
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Deleware
d)
Rhode Island
4.
How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?
a)
Mass. was created as a haven for Quakers from England.
b)
VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
c)
VA was created as a haven for Native Americans to escape persecution by English colonists.
d)
Mass. was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
5.
What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?
a)
It was the main crop the founders of Jamestown hoped to grow when they first established the colony.
b)
It caused fighting when the colonial government outlawed the crop and would not allow it to be imported.
c)
It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.
d)
Although Virginians tried to raise tobacco, the crop failed miserably.
6.
A person who worked for another for 4-7 years to work off the debt he owed for his passage to the Americas; granted freedom and some land when time had been served
a)
Indentured servant
b)
Slave
c)
Mestizo
d)
Separatist
7.
Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?
a)
mercantilism
b)
free trade
c)
socialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
8.
He introduced a new type of tobacco to VA which proved to be highly demanded in Europe and highly profitable to the southern colonies.
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Smith
d)
Peter Stuyvesant
9.
A Native American uprising in Mass. led by Metacom who joined several Native tribes together but was defeated by English settlers in the end.
a)
Bacon's Rebellion
b)
King Philip's War
c)
Whiskey Rebellion
d)
Bleeding Kansas
10.
A type of business in which many investors buy shares of ownership in a company and share any profits the company makes.
a)
joint stock company
b)
sole proprietorship
c)
entrepreneurship
d)
non-profit organization
11.
Early founder of Rhode Island who was banished from Mass. for his belief in the separation of church and state and demands for better treatment of the Native Americans.
a)
Roger Williams
b)
William Penn
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
John Smith
12.
A series of four acts that required all goods being shipped to and from the colonies to be shipped in English vessels
a)
Navigation Acts
b)
British Maritime Laws
c)
Anti-Smuggling Acts
d)
Blue Laws
13.

a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in N. America during the 1730s and 1740s. reaction against the increasing secularization of society and against the materialistic nature of the principal churches of American society.

a)

Native American uprisings led colonists to call for the creation of a standing army.

b)

Northern support for slave rebellions caused Southerners to openly discuss secession.

c)

Scientific advances helped develop a strong belief in human reason and natural rights

d)

Religious belief contributed to a sense of individualism and political independence.

14.

What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

a)

The abolitionist movement was based in the North.

b)

The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants

c)

Agriculture was the dominate industry promoting the plantation system in the south.

d)

Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.

15.

The Ohio River became the boundary between free and slave regions. Along with the procedure by which the United States would admit new states is known as?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

The Wilmont Proviso

c)

The Monroe Doctrine

d)

The Northwest Ordinance

16.

One of the most important legacies of the Northwest Ordinance was that it prevented the expansion of ________________ north of the Ohio River in the new territories.

a)

slavery

b)

Indian warfare

c)

industrialization

d)

British colonization

17.

Which of these BEST explains why many Anti-Federalists finally agreed to the approve the U.S. Constitution?

a)

George Washington favored it

b)

the Bill of Rights was added

c)

they wanted to have a better relationship with the Federalists

d)

they feared a civil war would break out if the dispute continued

18.

Those who supported adoption of the Constitution minus a Bill of Rights were called?

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Democrats

c)

Federalists

d)

Republicans

19.

The uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms to pay for heavy state taxes after the American Revolution was known as

a)

Shays Rebellion

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Bacon's Rebellion

20.

Which three rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

a)

freedom of speech, right to work, right to petition the government.

b)

right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial, right to an education

c)

freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a speedy trial

d)

right to vote, right to work, right to a speedy trial

21.

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

King Philip's War

c)

American Revolution

d)

French Revolution

22.

Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

a)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

b)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

U.S. Constitution

23.

Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Quartering Act

24.

1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.


SSUSH3b

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Tea Act

25.

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Sugar Act

26.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation


SSUSH3c

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Bill of Rights

27.

The Diplomacy of these two Americans helped persuade the French to become our allies


SSUSH4b

a)

Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

b)

George Washington and John Locke

c)

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke and Thomas Paine

28.

The continental Army faced a harsh, deadly winter while stationed at


SSUSH4c

a)

Death Valley

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Trenton

d)

Yorktown

29.

Baron von Streubon served the colonist in what capacity

SSUSH4c

a)

Offered advice

b)

Trained American soldiers

c)

Brought food and drinks

d)

Brought medicine

30.

Which battle is seen as the turning point of the American Revolution


SSUSH4d

a)

Yorktown

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Lexington

31.

This document severed ties with England declaring North American colonies as free.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Bill of Rights

32.

Without the help of the __________, the colonist may have lost the war for Independence.

a)

British

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Italians

33.

Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1619 is...

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

salutary neglect

d)

self-government

34.

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Salutary Neglect

35.

The trading of African people to the colonies of the New World in and around the Atlantic ocean

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Mercantilism

36.

Founder of Pennsylvania

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Winthrop

c)

William Bradford

d)

William Penn

37.

Historians describe the colonial system of the European “mother country,” regulating trade of its manufactured goods in exchange for raw materials from its North American colonies as

a)

socialism

b)

mercantilism

c)

capitalism

d)

communism

38.

The Middle Passage refers to which of the following?

a)

The social mobility of the New England

colonist

b)

African slaves’ perilous trans-Atlantic

journey to the Americas

c)

Life on a tobacco plantation, for

indentured servants

d)

The assimilation of Native Americans

into colonial life

39.

Why did the British attempt to raise taxes in the colonies during the Colonial Era?

a)

They needed to pay for the French and Indian War

b)

They needed to fight the threat from Napoleon

c)

Money was needed to finance colonial

social programs

d)

Money was needed to pay for Native American territory

40.

The Intolerable Acts are best described as

a)

a series of punishments for the colonists

rebellion during the Boston Tea Party

b)

a explanation of why the colonies were

dissolving political connections to

Britain

c)

a formal announcement of war between

the colonies and Great Britain

d)

a statement that the United States would

not become involved in foreign affairs

41.

In the Pamphlet Common Sense

a)

John Lock argued for westward

expansion

b)

Thomas Jefferson supported the Louisiana Purchase

c)

Thomas Paine inspired the movement for

independence

d)

George Washington laid the plans for

developing a professional army

42.

“. . . 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. . . .”


Which of the following books or pamphlets most strongly supports Thomas Paine’s view in the quote?

a)

The Bill of Rights

b)

The Federalist papers

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Declaration of Independence

43.

Shay’s Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it

a)

Indicated there would be future conflicts

over the spread of slavery

b)

Pointed to the need for federal

government regulation of interstate commerce

c)

Exposed fundamental weaknesses in

government under the Articles of

Confederation

d)

Showed that frontier settlements were

vulnerable to raids by Native American

Indians

44.

Which of the following was adopted to resolve the issue of representation in the House and Senate?

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

New Jersey Plan

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

Great Compromise

45.

According to the Great Compromise, representation in the House of Representatives would be

a)

Determined by the financial wealth of the

state

b)

Based on the population of the state

c)

Two representative per state

d)

Determined by the physical size of the state

46.

The basic purpose of our constitutional system of checks and balances is to

a)

protect states’ rights

b)

prevent one branch of government from

becoming too powerful

c)

enable the federal government to run as

efficiently as possible

d)

provide a written guarantee of the rights

of each citizen

47.

“The individual can be free only when the power of one governmental branch is balanced by the other two.”

Baron de Montesquieu, 1735


The idea expressed in this quotation is best illustrated by which aspect of the United States government?

a)

existence of a cabinet

b)

elastic clause

c)

separation of powers

d)

executive privilege

48.

The Federalist Papers were a series of newspaper articles published in 1787 and 1788 to win support for the

a)

right of the colonists to rebel against Great Britain

b)

ratification of the United States Constitution

c)

right of a state to secede from the Union

d)

construction of a interstate canal system

49.

The Bill of Rights guarantees…

a)

Representation based on population

b)

Limits on the power of the President

c)

Separation between the three branches of

government

d)

Individual rights and state’s rights

50.

During the Battle of _________________, Americans surprised Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner.

a)

Bunker's Hill

b)

Trenton

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

51.

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

King Philip's War

c)

American Revolution

d)

French Revolution

52.

Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

a)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

b)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

U.S. Constitution

53.

Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

a)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

b)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

U.S. Constitution

54.

Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Quartering Act

55.

A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Committees of Correspondence

56.

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Sugar Act

57.

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

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Colonists

d)

Settlers

58.

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

a)

British

b)

Loyalists

c)

Patriots

d)

Colonists

59.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Bill of Rights

60.

Treaty Between England and the Colonies , formally ended the American Revolutionary War

a)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

b)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Declaration of Independence

61.

1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

a)

Battle of Charleston

b)

Battle of Cowpens

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Saratoga

62.

What was the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785?

a)

It set up a system where settlers could

purchase farmland in the undeveloped

Northwest

b)

It set up a system where settlers could

purchase farmland in the undeveloped

South

c)

It set up a system where settlers could

purchase farmland in the undeveloped

West

d)

It set up a system where settlers could

purchase farmland in the undeveloped

West

63.

One major strength of the Articles of Confederation was

a)

The creation of a bicameral legislative

branch or Congress

b)

The addition of the Northwest Ordinance

of 1787

c)

The construction of improved

infrastructure throughout the nation

d)

The balancing of the three branches of

the Federal Government

64.

Which statement best describes governmental power under the Articles of Confederation?

a)

The power of the states greatly exceeded

the power of the central government

b)

Power was shared equally by the central

government and the states

c)

A strong chief executive headed a unified

central government

d)

A balance of power existed among the

three branches of the central government

65.

Which strong feature of the Articles of Confederation created a method for territories to become states?


SSUSH5a

a)

The ability to sign peace treaties

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

60,000 Ordinance

66.

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?


SSUSH5b

a)

Congress couldn't collect taxes

b)

Weak central government

c)

Provided for no common currency

d)

All of the these

67.

The Articles of Confederation was successful in managing new lands with laws such as (there are multiple correct answers)


SSUSH5a

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

b)

Land Ordinance of 1785

c)

Proclamation Line of 1763

d)

Western lands Ordinance

68.
Without the help of _________________, the Americans would have lost the war 
a)
British 
b)
Spanish 
c)
French 
d)
Italians 

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