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Spring Semester Exam Review-History 2022

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What principle of the Constitution would one branch of government limiting the power of another branch reflect?

a)

limited government

b)

checks and balances

c)

popular sovereignty

2.

What was one of the causes of the War of 1812?

a)

impressment of American sailors

b)

disagreement with German diplomats

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

British submarines crossing the equator

3.

What did Washington warn against in his "Farewell Address" to the country?

a)

don't elect John Adams

b)

become allies with Belgium

c)

avoid forming political alliances

d)

accumulate as much debt as possible

4.

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny promote westward expansion?

a)

U.S. felt it was chosen by God to rule the continent

b)

U.S. should expand to the Mississippi River and stop

c)

the U.S. should give away land to countries in need

5.

How did the Northwest Ordinance impact the growth of the United States?

a)

annexed Texas

b)

annexed former Mexican territories

c)

expansion by adding new states in the Northwest Territory

6.

The land acquired by the U.S. after the U.S.-Mexican War was know as the...

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

British Cession

7.

What is the name of the acquisition made by the United States from Mexico in 1853?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Adams Purchase

c)

Washington Purchase

d)

Gadsden Purchase

8.

What concept did the Kansas-Nebraska Act establish on the issue of slavery?

a)

limited government

b)

no slavery

c)

federalism

d)

popular sovereignty

9.

How did the Missouri Compromise attempt to slow the spread of slavery in the United States?

a)

banned slavery north of the 36-30 line

b)

banned slavery east of the Mississippi River

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

banned slavery south of the 36-30 line

10.

What is the significance of the Battle of Appomattox?

a)

first battle of the Civil War

b)

last battle of the Civil War- Lee surrenders to Grant

c)

turning point of the Civil War

11.

Why was the Battle of Fort Sumter significant?

a)

last major battle of the Civil War

b)

turning point of the Civil War

c)

first major battle of the Civil War

12.

What river did the Union gain control of during the Battle of Vicksburg?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Red River

d)

Mississippi River

13.

What was a carpetbagger?

a)

sold carpet door to door

b)

Southerner who moved to Canada

c)

Northerner who refused to pay taxes

d)

Northerner who moved South to participate in Reconstruction governments

14.
What contribution did Harriet Tubman make to the antislavery movement?
a)
As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she led many fugitive slaves to freedom.
b)
She lectured members of the American Anti-Slavery Society about the evils of slavery.
c)
As the founder of a southern antislavery group, she helped stage many peaceful slave strikes.
d)
She wrote many essays persuading southern slaveholders to join the abolition movement.
15.
Which factor was largely responsible for making emancipation almost impossible in the South in the early 1800s?
a)
sectionalism linked to the division between  the North and South
b)
the South’s economic dependence on slavery
c)
slaveholder’s political influence in the nation’s capital
d)
promotion by northern Christians of religious justifications for slavery
16.
Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act is true?
a)
The law permitted fugitives to testify on their own behalf.
b)
People who helped runaways often served as defense witnesses.
c)
Commissioners benefited from returning slaves to slaveholders.
d)
Enforcement of the law began ten years after it was passed.
17.
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to influence the debate over slavery?
a)
pushed for the start of the Civil War
b)
exposed the harsh reality of slave life
c)
accused the federal government of obeying the southern states
d)
attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South
18.
Introduced in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act
a)
maintained the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
b)
divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories.
c)
let the federal government decide on slavery in the Louisiana Purchase.
d)
reinforced the restriction placed on slavery by the Missouri Compromise.
19.
Why were Republicans angered by the Dred Scott decision?
a)
Slaves were declared the social and political equals of white citizens.
b)
Dred Scott had been denied due process of law.
c)
The Supreme Court had shifted the balance of power to the states.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to ban slavery.
20.
What was the significance of the election of 1860?
a)
It brought to light the divisions that existed in the United States over slavery.
b)
It exposed the corruption of the electoral college in the election process.
c)
It showed that the South was losing its political power in the nation.
d)
It illustrated that a candidate did not have to carry a state to win.
21.

Passed Under or During the Articles of Confederation, and set an orderly process of adding states to the United States.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Gas

c)

U.S. Constittution

d)

Northwest Ordinance

22.

Freedom of the Press

Freedom of Petition

Freedom of Assembly

Religious Freedom

Freedom of Speech

a)

Ratification of the Constitution

b)

4th Amendment

c)

Eleventeenth

Amendment

d)

1st Amendment Guarantees

23.

Colonists complained in the Declaration of Independence about British Troop's stations in their homes and towns. This Colonial grievance was addressed in the Constitution by the....

a)

First Amendment

b)

Second Amendment

c)

Third Amendment

d)

4th Compliment

24.

Delegates of the Constitutional Convention wrote a new constitution because....

a)

The Revolution was over

b)

The Articles of Confederation were about to expire.

c)

The believed the that a stronger central government was needed.

d)

They waned to increase the power of the states

25.

The system of checks and balances was included in the Constitution to....

a)

provide a method to change the document

b)

ensure that one branch of government would not gain too much power

c)

allow voters a voice in the legislative process

d)

allow for a trial by jury in civil and criminal cases

26.

Which of the following is the best title for the chart?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Judicial Review Process

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Electoral College

27.

1       The Three-Fifths Compromise was important because it ― 

a)

limited the power of the president

b)

provided legal rights to women

c)

settled differences over representation in Congress

d)

established the amendment process                        

28.

1       Which document is described above?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

The Federalist Papers

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Articles of Mr. Lee's Awseomness

29.

1       Which principle of government divides powers between a national and several state governments?

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Federalism

c)

Republicanism

d)

Three Branches of Government

30.

1       Which of the following best completes the diagram?

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Checks and Balances

31.

1       Unalienable rights are rights that ―

a)

the government controls

b)

the government cannot take away

c)

the king grants to people

d)

must be earned by citizens in a democracy

32.

 

1       Which of the following dates best completes the timeline?  

a)

1783

b)

1787

c)

1803

d)

1861

33.

How did the Northwest Ordinance impact the growth of the United States?

a)

annexed Texas

b)

annexed former Mexican territories

c)

expansion by adding new states in the Northwest Territory

34.

Which was the battle that changed the course of the war because the Patriots were victorious?

a)

Battle of Trenton

b)

Battle of Long Island

c)

Battle of Princeton

d)

Battle of Saratoga

35.

Paul Revere road in the morning to warn that the british were coming.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Treaty of Virginia

b)

Treaty of Paris in 1783

c)

Treaty of San Lorenzo

d)

Treaty of Louisiana

37.

Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document cut ties between America and Great Britain and listed the numerous reasons justifying doing so.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Constitution of the United States

d)

Mayflower Compact

38.

Shays' Rebellion, a group of rioting farmers angry about their economic situation and lack of representation after the Revolutionary War.

a)

were financed by wealthy merchants in Boston.

b)

brought to light the weakness of the central government in the Articles of Confederation

c)

displayed the need for local police.

39.

France was an ally of the colonies during the Revolutionary War.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Was the ruler of England during the Revolutionary War

a)

John Hancock

b)

George III

c)

George Washington

d)

John Addams

41.
Mercantilism
a)
contract or document
b)
for the benefit of the United States
c)
population in a square mile
d)
for the benefit of the Mother Country
42.
Colonization
a)
settling a new area
b)
large farms in the South
c)
complaint
d)
to take back/revoke
43.
Plantation
a)
settling a new area
b)
to not get involved
c)
small farm in the South
d)
large farm in the South
44.
Cash Crops
a)
crops grown for money
b)
tax on imports or exports
c)
to not get involved 
d)
crops grown for England
45.
Boycott
a)
to change or add to
b)
to come to an agreement
c)
producing goods in America
d)
refusal to buy or use 
46.
Amend
a)
refusal to buy or use
b)
to change or add to
c)
to take back/revoke
d)
compromise
47.
Colonial Era
a)
ruled by violence
b)
1600s America until the Revolution
c)
1800s Period of Good Feelings
d)
cruel or unjust treatment
48.
Checks and Balances
a)
The Government doesn't have absolute power
b)
branches have equal power
c)
3 branches monitor each other
d)
public voting for Representatives and Senators
49.
Popular Sovereignty
a)
public voting for Representatives and Senators
b)
power shared between the National and State governments
c)
government power comes from the people
d)
public voting for Representatives and Senators
50.
Federalism
a)
Government power comes from the people
b)
public voting for Representatives and Senators
c)
How one deals with other countries
d)
power shared between the National and State Governments
51.
Neutrality 
a)
to not get involved/not choosing sides
b)
power resides in a body of citizens
c)
relations with other countries
d)
policy of non-participation/staying completely out of a situation
52.
Foreign Policy
a)
to not get involved
b)
policy of non-participation
c)
how one deals with other countries
d)
group that supports a candidate with the same beliefs
53.
Political Parties
a)
Group that supports a candidate with the same beliefs
b)
power resides in a body of citizens
c)
relations with other countries
d)
strong loyalty for your country
54.
Bill of Rights
a)
27 Amendments to the Constitution
b)
first 10 amendments to the Constitution
c)
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
d)
government power comes from the people
55.
Impressment
a)
people moving
b)
to save time and money
c)
forcing sailors into navy
d)
civilians protesting the government
56.
Republic
a)
power resides in a body of citizens
b)
relations with other countries
c)
strong loyalty for your country
d)
new idea or product
57.
Isolationism
a)
interference in political affairs of another country
b)
strong loyalty for your country
c)
policy of non-participation
d)
to cancel or to void

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