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1st semester final

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the theory of Mercantilism, colonies existed to

a)

provide luxury goods

b)

provide a place to rehouse convicts

c)

provide raw materials

d)

provide new trade routes

2.
Which of the colonial regions had mild winters and long, hot summers?
a)
New England colonies
b)
Middle colonies
c)
Southern colonies
d)
Western colonies
3.
England became a very wealthy mother country because of Triangular Trade routes with colonial America and Africa. This trade is an example of- 
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Incentives
c)
Specialization
d)
Interdependence
4.
What was the main transportation system used in colonial Virginia?
a)
Rivers
b)
Canals
c)
Trains
d)
Roads
5.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
Water Route Through North America
b)
European slave trade with India
c)
European Slave trade with North America
d)
European slave trade with the Americas
6.
When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?
a)
the American Passage
b)
the Middle Passage
c)
the Lower Passage
d)
the African Passage
7.

What did slaves introduce to the colony?

a)

Shotgun Houses, Geechee Gullah Languages, yams, and okra

b)
peanuts, pickles, jelly, and bread
c)
green beans, potatoes, and peas
d)
black eyed peas, yams, and apples
8.
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
a)
A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized spiritual rebirth
b)
A Preacher of the Great Awakening: emphasized helping others and good samaritanism.
c)
A businessman, writer, inventor, and scientist of the Enlightenment.
d)
An English philosopher and political thinker: inspired Thomas Jefferson
9.

How did the Great Awakening change America?

a)

It brought people from all over the colonies together for the first time

b)

It led to people denying God and leading secular lives

c)

It spread abolitionism throughout the land and led to the end of slavery

d)

It brought French rule to America

10.

The Intolerable Acts were a

a)

Tax on tea

b)

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party

c)

truce between Britain and the colonies

11.

What event does this picture show?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Committee of Correspondence

d)

The First Continental Congress

12.

The Intolerable Acts were passed as punishment for what incident?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

First Continental Congress

13.
War in the 1670s between Native Americans & English settlers living in New England
a)
King Phillip's War
b)
French & Indian War
c)
Pueblo Revolt
d)
El Camino Real
14.
The group that organized the Boston Tea Party protest was called the ...
a)
Sons of the Constitution
b)
Minutemen
c)
Sons of Liberty
15.
What area was the French and Indian War fought over?
a)
St. Lawrence River
b)
Ohio River Valley
c)
Quebec
d)
All the land east of the Mississippi River
16.

What was the purpose for establishing the Committees of Correspondence?

a)

To maintain communication with one another

b)

To start a war

c)

To communicate with King George III

d)

To invent the telephone

17.

What types of news did the Committees of Correspondence share?

a)

how King George III was a great ruler

b)

info and news about what their colonies were doing to resist the British and their unfair policies

c)

directions on how to create a printing press

d)

laws and documents of how the colonies became the United States

18.
The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Communist Manifesto
c)
The Gettysburg Address
d)
The United Nation's Charter
19.
How did Jefferson double the size of the United States in 1803?
a)
The Louisiana Purchase
b)
The purchase of California
c)
The Treaty of Ghent
20.
According to the Land Ordinance of 1785, one section of each township was to be used to support ????
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
schools
d)
farmers
21.

enacted July 13, 1787; organize the new territories and set up the steps each territory needed to take in order to become a state; outlawed slavery.

a)

Constitutional Convention of 1787

b)

Land Ordinance of 1785

c)

Battle of Yorktown 1781

d)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

22.
What the result of the French and Indian War
a)
France lost its territory in North America to the British 
b)
France took over all of Canada 
c)
Native-Americans succesfully kicked out the British and French from North America 
d)
France defeated the British 
23.
The French and Indian War, unfair taxes in the colonies, along with many other events all led to what eventually?
a)
World War I
b)
American Revolution
c)
World War II
d)
Civil War
24.
What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
b)
Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
c)
The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
d)
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 
25.
Colonists refused to buy British tea because
a)
England's Parliament was taxing them without representation
b)
they did not like the taste of British tea
c)
they did not agree with paying taxes at all
26.
After Parliament passes the Stamp Act, the colonists...
a)
sought military support from France
b)
organized boycotts of British goods
c)
signed the Declaration of Independence
d)
dumped tea into Boston Harbor
27.
One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 
a)
The ability of Congress to tax.
b)
The inability of Congress to tax.
c)
The ability of Congress to declare war.
d)
The ability of Congress to create courts.
28.

Which of the following is a strength of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

federal government couldn't collect taxes to raise money

b)

the federal government couldn't enforce its laws

c)

the Northwest Ordinance outlawed Slavery in the Northwest Territory

d)

the Articles did not create any federal courts

29.
One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.
a)
tax
b)
ask
c)
demand
d)
force
30.

What was banned in the Northwest Territory?

a)

slavery

b)

public education

c)

religious freedom

31.
According to the Land Ordinance of 1785, one section of each township was to be used to support ????
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
schools
d)
farmers
32.

Shays' Rebellion started in Massachusetts because...

a)

Western MA farms were being foreclosed at a rapid pace

b)

the MA legislature lowered taxes to boost economic growth

c)

Daniel Shay's got into a fight with Samuel Adams

d)

the Eastern MA economy was more commercial

33.
What did Shays' Rebellion help Americans realize they needed?
a)
A strong national government
b)
A stronger militia
c)
A common currency
d)
The ability to sign peace treaties
34.

Which philosopher's works influenced the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

35.

Why are Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke important to America's founding?

a)

They opposed the use of slavery

b)

They influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence

c)

They encouraged the formation of political parties

d)

They supported the King and how he treated his people.

36.

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?

a)

Great Compromise

b)

3/5 Compromise

c)

Fugitive Slave Clause

37.

The Dred Scott decision...

a)

angered southerners, satisfied northerners.

b)

satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

c)

promoted the abolitionist movement.

d)

resulted in a compromise between the North & South.

38.
In general, how did the colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
They felt that it supported their freedom and they supported it.
b)
They felt it was an infringement on their freedom of movement and were angry about it.
c)
They were not involved so it did not affect them.
d)
They supported it because they believed the King had the AUTHORITY to make this law.
39.
The Great Compromise was a compromise between--
a)
Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
b)
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
c)
Virginia Plan and New York Plan
d)
Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan
40.
The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--
a)
Representation in the Senate
b)
How slaves should be counted for representation
c)
How states should be represented
d)
Borders of states
41.
What kind of congress did the Great Compromise establish?
a)
1 House that controls everything
b)
2 Houses that have no power
c)
2 Houses that both vote on laws
d)
2 Houses that take turns being in charge
42.

What legislative action did Congress push through with the help of President Jackson, despite the ruling of the Supreme Court regarding native tribes in the Southern US?

a)

The Indian Removal Act

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Land Swap Act

d)

The Indian Relocation Law

43.

Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Kentucky

d)

Ohio

44.

Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Kentucky

d)

Alabama

45.

Close reading the map, where was the Missouri Compromise line?

a)

36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

b)

46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

c)

56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

46.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
47.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

c)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

48.
Who led the anti-slavery fighters?
a)
Jim Brown
b)
John Brown
c)
Joe Brown
d)
Phil Brown
49.

what was it called when Lincoln suspended the right of trial by a jury for any confederate? Showing his presidential power!

a)

1st Inaugural Address

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

2nd Inaugural Address

d)

Habeas Corpus

50.

What was the primary purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

To urge the country to continue its struggle for unification and political freedom

b)

To establish a peace treaty with the South

c)

The extend the war as long as possible

d)

To get the southerners to surrender.

51.

Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?

a)

It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)

b)

It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region

c)

It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia

d)

It allowed the Union to attack Richmond

52.

What battle was considered the turning point in the war because Lee could no longer mount an offensive?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Shiloh

d)

Bull Run

53.
The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the
a)
Declaration of Independence.
b)
13th Amendment.
c)
Gettysburg Address.
d)
Emancipation Proclamation.
54.
What organization established education, health care and training in the South for newly freed African Americans?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Radical Republican
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Carpetbaggers
55.
What services did the Freedman's Bureau provide for African-Americans?
a)
Built schools and churches
b)
Found jobs for them
c)
Helped protect their rights
d)
All of the above
56.

What was president Lincoln's plans for the South after the Civil War?

a)

He wanted white men to have all the power in the south

b)

He wanted to punish the south.

c)

He wanted to help freedman by creating the Freedman's Bureau.

d)

He wanted to heal, forgive, and rebuild the south.

57.

Why was the Freedman's Bureau established?

a)

shortages of funds and personnel

b)

to help former slaves and poor whites after the civil war

c)

to allow freedmen to borrow land in exchange for rent

58.
laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
a)
 Sovereign
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Juneteenth
d)
Black Codes
59.
a secret group of white men that used violence and terror against African Americans 
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
Scalawags
60.

I became rich by working in the steel industry.

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

61.

What is a product or business with many buyers but only one seller?

a)

grant

b)

monopoly

c)

corporation

62.

What impact did railroads have on the United States in the second half of the 19th century?

a)

Increased the demand for oil & steel.

b)

Decreased the demand for oil & steel.

c)

Led to the creation of more labor unions.

d)

Led to the creation of technological innovations like the electric light bulb.

63.

Who dominated the steel industry?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

64.

Who dominated the oil industry?

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

65.

Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Edison

66.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel Morse

67.

What is the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Organization of workers that tried to improve pay and working conditions for its members.

b)

Organization of workers that tried to improve pay but lower working conditions for its members.

c)

Organization of workers that tried to lower pay and working conditions for its members.

d)

Organization of workers that tried to decrease pay but increase working conditions for its members.

68.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
69.
Where was Ellis Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
70.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
71.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
72.
Immigrants who came into the Untied States through Angel Island found most of their work where?
a)
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
In factories
c)
On farms
d)
As cattle drivers
73.

In the late 1800s, the Populist movement arose out of the concerns of

a)

the wealthy.

b)

the middle class.

c)

farm workers.

d)

factory owners.

74.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
75.
19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?
a)
Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Work in New York factories
c)
Contributions to the steel industry
d)
Contributions to John D. Rockefeller
76.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
77.

This union limited membership to crafts and skilled workers creating a federation of unions.

a)

Knights of Labor

b)

Congress of Industrial Organizations

c)

AFL (American Federation of Labor)

d)

Knights of Columbus

78.

He founded the AFL (American Federation of Labor).

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John D. Rockefeller

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