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VUS SOL Review (SOL 2-6)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who settled New England seeking freedom from religious persecution in Europe and formed a “covenant community” based on the Mayflower Compact?

a)

Puritans/Pilgrims

b)

Quakers

c)

Presbyterians

d)

Hugenots

2.

Which colonial region was settled by mainly the Dutch, English and the German-speaking immigrants seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity?

a)

Northeast / New England Colonies

b)

Middle / Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

3.

In VA, what were the people called who received large land grants from the King of England?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Catholics

d)

Cavaliers

4.

In VA, where did small farmers or artisans mainly settle?

a)

Along the James River

b)

Inland near the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Along the eastern coastline

d)

South near the North Carolina border

5.

What settlement was established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London as a business venture and was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Jamestown

c)

Williamsburg

d)

Plymouth

6.

It operated in VA continuously and is known today as the General Assembly. It was established in the 1640’s and was the first elected assembly in the New World.

a)

The Virginia Legislature

b)

The General Court

c)

The House of Burgesses

d)

The House of Representatives

7.

The explorations and settlements by the English in the American colonies, and the Spanish in the Caribbean, Central American and South America often led to violent conflicts with which group of people?

a)

French

b)

Mexicans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Dutch

8.

The first Africans were brought against their will to Jamestown in what year to work on tobacco plantations?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1642

d)

1776

9.

This colonial region developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. Eventually, this region began manufacturing. Which region is being described?

a)

Northeast / New England Colonies

b)

Middle / Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

10.

NY, NJ, Pennsylvania, and Delaware had shipbuilding, farming and trading. New York City and Philadelphia began to grow. Which region is being described?

a)

Northeast /New England Colonies

b)

Middle / Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

11.

Which colonial region developed economies in the coastal lowlands and largely based on plantation farming growing cash crops (tobacco, rice, and indigo?

a)

Northeast / New England Colonies

b)

Middle / Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

12.

Everywhere in the colonies, there was a strong belief in private ownership of property and what other principle?

a)

free enterprise

b)

privateering

c)

cooperation

d)

religious tolerance

13.

Which religious group grew increasingly intolerant of dissenters who challenged their ways from New England? Rhode Island was founded by dissenters.

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Presbyterians

d)

Quakers

14.

In the middle colonies, which tolerant religious group settled in Pennsylvania?

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Presbyterians

d)

Quakers

15.

The Huguenots and Jews settled in which colony?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

16.

Which religious group mainly settled in New Jersey?

a)

Huguenots

b)

Jews

c)

Catholics

d)

Presbyterians

17.

Large landowners in the Southern colonies pledged allegiance to which church? They kept stronger ties with Great Britain.

a)

Society of Friends / Quakers

b)

Presbyterian

c)

Church of England / Anglicans

d)

Catholic Church

18.

Which religious movement swept through the colonies during the mid-1700s?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The New Light

19.

Which colonial region had town meetings based on the Athenian direct democracy model?

a)

Northeast / New England Colonies

b)

Mid-Atlantic / Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

20.

What were workers from Europe called who worked for a period of years to pay for their passage to the New World?

a)

slaves

b)

immigrants

c)

indentured servants

d)

birds of passage

21.

Enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the Southern colonies by the

a)

Virginia Company of London

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

French

22.

This document acted as a road map for the new republic as it extended the franchise, provided equality of opportunity, and guaranteed “unalienable rights.”

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

the Constitution

c)

the Bill of Rights

d)

the Mayflower Compact

23.

Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

King George III

d)

Ben Franklin

24.

Who was the American general of the army during the American Revolution?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

25.

Which army and navy provided assistance at the Battle of Yorktown which ended the war with an American victory?

a)

Spain's

b)

Germany's

c)

France's

d)

England's

26.

Which group advocated the importance of a strong central government, especially to promote economic development and public improvements?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

27.

Which group feared an overly powerful central government?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Whigs

d)

Democrats

28.

Who were the two opponents of ratification of the Constitution?

a)

Patrick Henry & George Mason

b)

Thomas Jefferson & John Adams

c)

Ben Franklin & George Washington

d)

James Madison & Thomas Nelson

29.

Which were the two leading VA proponents of ratification?

a)

Patrick Henry & George Mason

b)

John Adams & Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington & James Madison

d)

Ben Franklin & Roger Williams

30.

Which opposition party emerged over the Bank issue and Jay's Treaty led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Loyalists

31.

Which presidential election was the first in which power was transferred peacefully from one political party to another?

a)

Election of 1800

b)

Election of 1796

c)

Adams' Election

d)

Monroe's Election

32.

The Federalists were led by which two men who wanted a strong national government?

a)

Thomas Jefferson & James Madison

b)

John Adams & Alexander Hamilton

c)

Patrick Henry & George Mason

d)

George Washington & Ben Franklin

33.

Which party believed in a weak national government and an agricultural economy?

a)

Democratic-Republicans

b)

Federalists

c)

Whigs

d)

Anti-Federalists

34.

Which president in 1803 bought the LA Purchase?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

35.

Who explored the LA Purchase?

a)

Zebulon Pike

b)

Charles Fremont

c)

Burr & Hamilton

d)

Lewis & Clark

36.

Name the Indian woman who served as a guide and translator on the expedition.

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Sacajawea

d)

Shawnee

37.

Which territory was acquired from Spain in a treaty?

a)

Florida & Oregon

b)

the Mexican Cession

c)

Missouri

d)

the Northwest Territory

38.

The War of 1812 produced an American claim to which Pacific NW territory?

a)

Ohio Territory

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Alaska

d)

the Mexican Cession

39.

Which 1823 document stated that Europe should not interfere in the Western Hemisphere?

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Monroe Doctrine

40.

Which invention by Eli Whitney led to the spread of slavery-based “cotton kingdom” in the Deep South?

a)

steel plow

b)

mechanical reaper

c)

cotton gin

d)

grist mill

41.

Which war was fought that led to the U.S. gaining CA, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado, and New Mexico?

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican War

42.

Which famous armed revolt took place between the Mexican army and Texans? “Remember the… ?”

a)

Maine

b)

Alamo

c)

Harbor

d)

Homeland

43.

Which belief stated that it was America’s destiny to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Containment

d)

Manifest Destiny

44.

What was the forced movement of the Indian tribes from the coastal states to Oklahoma called?

a)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

b)

Black Hawk Wars

c)

Seminole Wars

d)

Trail of Tears

45.

Western expansion and what other major factor led to the War of 1812? Also, called Madison’s war.

a)

British interference with American shipping

b)

British invasion of New Orleans

c)

British take over of Canada

d)

British attack on the Alamo

46.

Which party opposed Madison’s war resolution and talked of secession and proposed constitutional amendments?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Whigs

d)

Loyalists

47.

Madison v Marbury granted the court the power to determine Constitutionality of the actions of the other governmental branches, also known as

a)

separate but equal

b)

clear and present danger

c)

veto power

d)

judicial review

48.

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld Federal power over the states in a series of Supreme Court cases in the 1800's?

a)

John Jay

b)

John Marshall

c)

Earl Warren

d)

Roger B. Taney

49.

Which Supreme Court case established Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce?

a)

McCulloch v Maryland

b)

Marbury v Madison

c)

Gibbons v Ogden

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

50.

What Supreme Court case set forth the principal of implied powers and denied states' the right to tax the federal government? "The power to tax is the power to destroy."

a)

Gibbons v Ogden

b)

McCulloch v Maryland

c)

Marbury v Madison

d)

Roe v Wade