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End of Year Exam Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following helped lead to the economic Panic of 1837

a)

congressional passage of the Maysville Road Bill

b)

Andrew Jackson’s refusal to sign a new charter for the Bank of the United States

c)

southern opposition to tariffs on European manufactured goods

d)

Martin Van Buren’s decision to create an independent federal treasury

2.

Under what circumstances can a person born in a foreign country claim American citizenship

a)

if both parents have worked in the United States for five years

b)

if both parents are U.S. citizens

c)

if one parent is a lawful, permanent resident of the United States

d)

if he or she can pass a citizenship test

3.

Which statement accurately describes one way that an amendment to the Constitution expanded voting rights in the United States?

a)

The Bill of Rights granted voting rights as a basic freedom for all citizens

b)

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to 21.

c)

The Nineteenth Amendment extended voting rights to women

d)

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment lowered poll taxes for Native Americans

4.

This 1832 cartoon depicts President Andrew Jackson as a tyrannical king trampling the Constitution. To which of the following events was the cartoonist referring?

a)

the “corrupt bargain” surrounding the presidential election of 1824

b)

Jackson’s “war” against the Bank of the United States

c)

the removal of Cherokee people from Georgia to Oklahoma

d)

Jackson’s support for the Force Bill, allowing him to use the military to enforce federal law

5.

How did French settlement in North America differ from that of the Spanish?

a)

French trappers and missionaries were not seen as a threat to the Native American way of life.

b)

French colonists made no attempt to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

c)

French explorers did not establish any permanent settlements in North America

d)

French colonists were mainly farmers with no interest in North America’s natural resources

6.

Our German society have in this place now established a lucrative [profitable] trade in woollen [sic] and linen goods, together with a large assortment of other useful and necessary articles, and have intrusted [sic] this extensive business to my own direction. Besides this they have now purchased and hold over thirty thousand acres of land, for the sake of establishing an entirely German colony. —Francis Daniel Pastorius, 1700

a)

Georgia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Virginia

d)

Pennsylvania

7.

In which colony was it common to find enslaved Africans working on large plantations?

a)

Georgia

b)

New England

c)

Delaware

d)

Rhode Island

8.

The following excerpt is taken from the trial of Anne Hutchinson in 1637, which was presided over by John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Based on the excerpt, in which of the following causes is Anne Hutchinson considered a key figure?

a)

woman suffrage

b)

abolition movement

c)

religious freedom

d)

public education

9.

What was one consequence of the French and Indian War?

a)

British colonists believed they earned the right to settle in the Ohio River valley because they helped fight the war.

b)

Relations improved between British colonists and Native Americans, who were grateful to Britain for driving France out of their territories

c)

The British Parliament lowered colonial taxes as a way of thanking colonists for helping Britain defeat France in the war

d)

French influence east of the Mississippi River diminished, but France gained even firmer control of Canada

10.

By the end of the 1600s, which of the following was true of women in the Middle Colonies?

a)

They led most town meetings

b)

They ran many private schools

c)

They voted in local elections.

d)

They operated most small businesses

11.

What consequence of the French and Indian War does the map illustrate?

a)

the British policy prohibiting mining, fur trading, and selling agricultural items in Spanish Louisiana

b)

the British policy that kept colonists from trespassing on Spanish lands

c)

the British policy allowing colonists to farm west of the Appalachians

d)

the British policy barring American colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

12.

Who was named president of the Second Continental Congress of 1775?

a)

John Hancock

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Ben Franklin

13.

it was now evening, and I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, . . . after having painted my face and hands with coal dust in the shop of a blacksmith, I repaired to Griffin’s wharf, where the ships lay that contained the tea. . . . I fell in with many who were dressed, equipped and painted as I was. . . . When we arrived at the wharf, there were three . . . who assumed an authority to direct our operations. . . . They divided us into three parties. . . . We then were ordered . . . to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as . . . to expose them to the effects of the water. —George Hewes, 1773

What historical event is being described?

a)

Boston massacre

b)

War of 1812

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Shay's Rebellion

14.

I challenge the warmest advocate [supporter] for reconciliation, to shew [show], a single advantage that this continent can reap [gain], by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is derived [acquired]. Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for, buy them where we will . . . . —Thomas Paine, from Common Sense, 1776

Based on the passage, what is Paine arguing against?

a)

British westward expansion

b)

British protection of Native Americans

c)

British control of colonial trade

d)

British military interference

15.

Which event in American history does this painting memorialize?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

Civil War

d)

Spanish and American War

16.

This table outlines the strengths of the British and the colonists during the American Revolution

Which important advantage that helped lead to American victory in the Revolutionary War is missing from the table?

a)

Native Americans largely sided with the colonists.

b)

Colonists controlled all railroads and canals.

c)

Significant financial and military assistance came from foreign nations, including France and Spain.

d)

The all-volunteer Continental army was well supplied.

17.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it. . . .

—Declaration of Independence

On the ideas of which Enlightenment thinker is this excerpt primarily based?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke

18.

What was the purpose of committees of correspondence?

a)

to publicize colonial complaints against Britain

b)

to keep Parliament informed of Patriot activity

c)

to enforce the boycott of British goods

d)

to consolidate Loyalist support for Britain

19.

Which issue was addressed by the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

a)

supremacy doctrine

b)

woman suffrage

c)

slavery

d)

territorial expansion

20.

The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

—Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution

What would an Anti-Federalist think of this section of the Constitution?

a)

The clause strengthens ties between the United States and Great Britain.

b)

The clause wisely allows Congress to pass needed laws in times of emergency.

c)

The clause protects the fundamental rights of all Americans

d)

The clause greatly expands government and sets no limit to federal power.

21.

Which factor was most influential in the defeat of John Adams in the presidential election of 1800?

a)

Adams’s refusal to take the United States to war against France

b)

Adams’s opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts

c)

Republican accusations that Adams was “godless”

d)

Adams’s role in the formation of the Federalist Party

22.

Which country helped the American cause during the Revolutionary War by defeating the British at the Battle of Pensacola?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

Mexico

23.

. . . once, nor until lately, there was no white man on this continent. That it then all belonged to red men, children of the same parents, placed on it by the Great Spirit that made them, to keep it, to traverse [travel across] it, to enjoy its productions, and to fill it with the same race. Once a happy race. Since made miserable by the white people, who are never contented, but always encroaching [advancing, intruding]. The way, and the only way to check and to stop this evil, is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. That no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers; those who want all, and will not do with less. —Shawnee chief Tecumseh, 1810

Based on the text above, how did Tecumseh believe Native Americans should respond to white people who wanted to settle their land?

a)

He believed Native American groups should form a confederation against the settlers.

b)

He believed Native Americans should join with the British to fight American settlers.

c)

He believed Native Americans should move farther west where they could live unharmed.

d)

He believed Native Americans should sell their lands to the highest bidder

24.

Which of the following is the major reason President Monroe issued the 1823 statement that came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine?

a)

increasing European immigration to the United States

b)

the rise of the number of free African Americans in the South

c)

growing hostility by Native Americans toward white settlers

d)

the intent of European nations to help Spain reclaim its American colonies

25.

In what way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 strengthen sectionalism?

a)

It allowed Congress to decide where slavery should and should not exist.

b)

It admitted Kansas and Nebraska as free states.

c)

It admitted Kansas and Nebraska as free states.

d)

It repealed the Missouri Compromise.

26.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the increased use of enslaved people in the United States in the early 1800s?

a)

the development of the factory system

b)

the invention of the cotton gin

c)

the construction of the National Road

d)

the expansion of canal travel

27.

What has been the significance of the Supreme Court rulings in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Odgen (1824), and Worcester v. Georgia (1832)?

a)

The decisions validated the principle of judicial nullification.

b)

The decisions declared the notion of Manifest Destiny unconstitutional.

c)

The decisions strengthened the power of the national government.

d)

The decisions endorsed the principle of states’ rights.

28.

For which group of people did the teachings of the Transcendentalists have their greatest appeal?

a)

supporters of various types of reform

b)

people in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act

c)

leaders of the secessionist movement

d)

people who believed in Manifest Destiny

29.

Why did many people in the North oppose the admission of Florida into the Union before 1845?

a)

Florida’s admission would upset the balance between slave states and free states.

b)

Native American violence against white settlers frightened many in the North.

c)

Northerners feared that Florida’s rapid industrial growth would hurt their own businesses.

d)

They did not want to risk going to war with Spain over the annexation of Florida.

30.

On what date did Florida become a state

a)

3/3/1945

b)

3/4/2025

c)

3/3/1845

d)

7/4/1776

31.

Which of the following actions was a result of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek?

a)

Seminole leader Osceola was arrested

b)

The Indian Removal Act was repealed.

c)

The Seminole moved to a large reservation

d)

Most Florida Seminole were removed to the Indian Territory.

32.

Which of the following was a major consequence of the Civil War?

a)

Decades of runaway inflation plagued both the North and South.

b)

A more uniform national banking system was created.

c)

Immigration to the United States slowed noticeably.

d)

The power of the national government over the states was strengthened.

33.

Which of the following actions carried out by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War challenges his popular perception as a champion of freedom?

a)

his suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War

b)

his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

his support of Henry Clay’s economic programs

d)

his admiration of John Calhoun’s theory of state nullification

34.

Which of the following titles should be given to this map?

a)

Territorial Expansionism

b)

A Country Divided

c)

America’s Manifest Destiny

d)

The Legacy of the Civil War

35.

What advantage did the Confederacy hold at the start of the Civil War?

a)

excellent military leaders

b)

greater industrial resources

c)

financial and military assistance from France

d)

a more extensive transportation system

36.

Key Civil War battles during 1862 and 1863 indicate that gaining control of the West was a key part of the Union’s war strategy.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

37.

Which statement describes President Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction?

a)

He intended to punish the South for starting the Civil War.

b)

He meant to humiliate former Confederate leaders.

c)

He was committed to the rapid readmission of southern states to the Union.

d)

He planned to establish total economic and racial equality for freedmen.