Font size
WorksheetsUS/VA Final Exam Review
Total questions: 126
Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
Why did the colonies of the French result in less devastation?
The French did not have as many diseases.
The French were more hygienic.
The French colonization did not result in mass migration.
The French were less violent.
The Triangle Trade Network was...
slaves brought to the Americas from Europe, raw goods brought to Europe from the Americas and finished goods brought to Africa and the Americas from Europe.
slaves brought to Europe from Africa, raw goods brought to Europe from Africa and finished goods brought to Africa and the Americas from Europe.
slaves brought to the Americas from Africa, raw goods brought to Europe from the Americas and finished goods brought to Africa and the Americas from Europe.
The first Africans brought to Virginia from modern day Angola arrived in ______.(year)
1592
1619
1607
1633
Mercantilism...
is an economic policy that is designed to minimize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
promotes imperialism, colonialism, tariffs and subsidies on traded goods to achieve its goal.
did not last in the Americas, as it was found to be unprofitable for Europeans.
is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
Which date on the timeline represents the beginning of a permanent British presence in North America?
1565
1587
1607
1620
The red indicates which colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
The pink indicates which colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
The yellow indicates which colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
_______ is the oldest elected assembly in the Western Hemisphere.
U.S. House of Representatives
Virginia House of Burgesses
Maryland General Assembly
Massachussetts Legislature
______ was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade.
Slavery
Triangle Trade
Middle Passage
In 1640, the trial of _____ became the first court case that
began the legal enslavement of Africans. Conversion to Christianity would not free people from bondage and any child born to
an enslaved woman was claimed as the property of the people who held title to her.
Thomas Jefferson
John Punch
John Smith
Maggie Smith
Slavery in North America was different from that in other parts of the Americas because...
it biologically reproduced itself because the climate did not repay working enslaved people to the point of death.
it was more humane and less stressful for those enslaved people.
it was comprised of a unique mixture of African, Native American and European-descent people.
it ended earlier than any other area in the Americas.
This war between the British and French was the first step to the American revolution.
The War of 1812
The Mexican American War
The French and Indian War
The Haitian Revolution
The line represented here was the result of what proclamation?
The Proclamation of 1763
The Declaration of Independence
The Proclamation of Emancipation
These taxation acts helped to spur the colonists to revolution.
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Prohibition Act
The Quartering Act stated that colonists...
had to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
had to provide quarters and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
had to provide food, drink, and quarters to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
The people who supported the American side of the revolution were the...
Patriots
LoyalistsTories
Neutrals
The people who supported the British side during the revolution were the...
Patriots
Loyalists/Tories
Neutrals
Two major influences on the American Revolution and the political thoughts of the time were.
The Great Awakening
The Emancipation Proclamation
The American Dream
The Enlightenment
The book, Common Sense, written by (a)_______ had a major influence on the American Revolution and was used by (b)________ in the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
(a) John Locke; (b) Thomas Jefferson
(a) Thomas Paine; (b) Benjamin Franklin
(a) Thomas Paine; (b) Thomas Jefferson
(a) John Locke; (b) Benjamin Franklin
The "social contract" was the Enlightenment idea that...
intends to restrain governmental and private actions that threaten the privacy of individuals.
individuals have the ability to do as one pleases.
individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority in exchange for protection of their remaining rights or maintenance of the social order.
individuals have the right to worship in whatever fashion they chose.
The Battle of Yorktown...
was an American victory, but the British refused to acknowledge the loss.
was the last battle of the American Revolution.
was won with the assistance of the French army and navy.
was won due to the aid of the Hessians.
The system where finished goods are sent to the colonies in exchange for raw goods being sent to the home country is an example of _______.
Triangle trade system
mercantilism
laissez faire economics
socialism
Which of the following contributed to beginning the American Revolution?
French and Indian War
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
This armed uprising in Massachusetts (1786) was in response to a debt crisis among citizenry and in opposition to the state governments increased efforts to collect taxes. The confederal government found itself unable to finance troops to squash the rebellion, highlighting the need for reform.
Bacon's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Smith's Rebellion
This plan called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government.
Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
This plan called for equal representation for every state no matter what the population.
Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
This plan provided for a bicameral federal legislature that used a dual system of representation: the upper house would have equal representation from each state, while the lower house would have proportional representation based on a state’s population.
Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
The three-fifths compromise stated...
that three-fifths of the House seats would be filled by the smaller states, thus giving them more power.
that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
that three-fifths of the female population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
James Madison consulted these two documents to construct the Bill of Rights.
The Mayflower Compact
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists led to the first political parties. The Federalists, led by Hamilton, became the Federalist party and the Anti-Federalists, led by Jefferson, became the _____ .
Republicans
Democrats
Republican-Democrats
Bull Moose
Which two actions contributed to the creation of the Democratic-Republican party?
Shay's Rebellion
The Great Compromise
Hamiton's financial plan, including the Bank of the United States
Washington’s
Proclamation of Neutrality including the Jay Treaty.
Following the War of 1812, the United States and Britain agreed, through treaty, to establish the ______ as the boundary
between the United States and Canada along the Louisiana Territory.
47th parallel
49th parallel
Great Lakes
Rainy River
The______ stated the American continents should not be considered for future colonization by any European powers.
Roosevelt Corollary
Truman Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-Mexican Cession (1848) did NOT result in the acquisition of these present-day states.
California
Oklahoma
Utah
Colorado
The political party that replaced the Federalists in opposition to Democrats (formerly Democratic-Republicans).
Republicans
Bull Moose
Tea
Whigs
These three territories became part of the U.S. during Polk's presidency.
Oregon
California
Illinois
Texas
The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention created...
the House of Representatives, the number of representatives based on population.
the Senate, the number of representatives based on population.
the Senate, the number of representatives equal for all states.
the House of Representatives, the number of representatives equal for all states.
The Indian Removal Act resulted in the following:
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Trail of Tears
the Battle of Little Big Horn
Department of Indian Affairs
The Supreme Court case that decided Congress had implied powers from the Constitution was...
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogben
Both of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution required the formation of...
An executive branch.
A legislative branch.
A judicial branch.
A militia.
One of the contributions to the "Age of the Common Man" was...
the abolition of poll taxes by the Supreme Court.
the passage of the 15th Amendment.
the loosening of requirements for voting.
the passage of the 19th Amendment.
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act (1830)...
to remove Native Americans from the southeast to the western territories.
to give the Native Americans more land for hunting.
to free up more lands for European-American settlers.
to give the army a task during peacetime.
California entered as a free state, while the new Southwestern territories acquired from Mexico would decide on their own. Also established the Fugitive Slave Act.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
This drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase, with slavery prohibited
above the line and allowed below, except that slavery was allowed in Missouri, north of the line.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
This repealed the Missouri Compromise line, giving people in Kansas and Nebraska
the choice whether to allow slavery in their states or not.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court in this case.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Barron v. Baltimore
This was a consequence of offering pardons to high-ranking military and political Confederate leaders who personally requested them before reforming the laws to be more inclusive of the recently freed African Americans in the South.
African Americans being elected to state legislatures
more jobs for African Americans
the Black Codes
The Radical Republicans ensured that _______ the South after the Civil War.
the military left
the military occupied
Northerns had free access to trade in
Voting rights were guaranteed regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (former slaves).
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Slavery was abolished permanently in the United States.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
States were prohibited from denying equal rights under the law to any American and citizenship was redefined.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
These factors helped end Reconstruction in the South.
Plessy v. Ferguson
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Compromise of 1877
the 19th Amendment
Which were impacts of the industrial era on workers?
Long hours and low wages
Workmen's compensation for injuries and illnesses
Dangerous working conditions
Company towns
Which of the following specifically limited immigration to the U.S. for Asians?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Immigration Act of 1990
Which of the following aided in gaining rights for workers during the Progressive era?
Muckraker journalists, like Ida Tarbell
Philanthropic industrialists, like Carnegie
Labor unions, such as the Knights of Labor
Strikes, like the Homestead and Pullman
The Supreme Court case where Jim Crow laws were upheld as Constitutional until its reversal with Brown v. Board of Education.
Bertonneau v. Board of Directors of City Schools
Plessy v. Ferguson
Buck v. Bell
The Supreme Court case that legalized forced sterilization of those deemed mentally incompetent by the state.
Bertonneau v. Board of Directors of City Schools
Plessy v. Ferguson
Buck v. Bell
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
The Amendment that made alcohol consumption and sale illegal.
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
These laws, passed in the South immediately after the Civil War, included such things as laws against vagrancy that resulted in forced labor.
the Black Codes
Jim Crow laws
Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power through _______.
purchase of land
diplomacy
bribes
military force
This group insisted on the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Whigs
This innovation spoofed by Chaplin.
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
assembly line
light bulb
The Roosevelt Corollary...
expanded on the Monroe Doctrine.
made the U.S. the police of the Americas against European expansion
is no longer used since the U.S. joined the United Nations.
Which of the following were part of Wilson's 14 point plan?
National self-determination
The return of all lands owned by the German Empire to Germany
The creation of a league of nations
Economic free trade on the seas
The Scopes Trial...
was a trial against a biology teacher for reading the textbook on evolution.
was about a monkey in a suit.
was the result of a law in Tennessee banning the teaching of evolution.
The photo here shows...
the election parade for Herbert Hoover.
a bread line during the Great Depression.
a bank run after the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Which of the following were responsible for the Great Depression?
Overuse of credit by Americans.
Overproduction of agricultural and industrial goods.
Lack of federal regulations or intervention in bank collapses.
The Stock Market Crash and falling stock prices.
Which of the following was a consequence of the Great Depression?
Mass unemployment and homelessness.
Republican reelections across the legislature and executive branches.
Farm foreclosures and migration.
Collapse of the financial systems.
What were the three Rs of Roosevelt's New Deal?
Recession
Relief
Recovery
Reform
The United States entered World War II after-
Germany invaded Poland
Germany invaded France
Japan invaded Manchuria
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Which of the following is not correct?
The leader of the U.S.A. during WWII was Roosevelt.
The leader of Italy during WWII was Stalin.
The leader of Japan during WWII was Tojo.
The leader of Germany during WWII was Hitler.
Which of the following was NOT an Axis power?
Germany
Japan
Italy
The U.S.S.R.
Which battle solely used German aircraft in the attack?
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Iwa Jima
Blitzkrieg was an effective warfare strategy in the beginning of WWII because...
the Americans had no defense against highly mechanical warfare because of their outdated equipment.
the Germans use of methamphetamines on enemy troops gave them a tactical advantage.
the German troops advanced quickly and used both air and ground forces to wipe out resistance.
the slow approach to warfare allowed them to gather the necessary supplies to continue the war longterm.
Which battle was the turning point in the European part of WWII, effectively proving to the Allies and the Germans that they could lose?
The Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
D-Day
The Battle of Britain
This battle, fought by a united Allied force including American, British and Canadian soldiers, was effectively the beginning of the end of WWII in Europe.
The Battle of the Bulge
Stalingrad
D-Day
The Battle of Britain
Which of the following groups died during the Bataan Death March?
Jews and those labeled disabled or inferior
American and Filipino soldiers
Soviet soldiers
German soldiers
Which Pacific battle is considered the turning point of the war after four Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk and 248 aircraft were shot down?
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Which home-front activity is depicted in the poster?
Censorship
Rationing
War Bonds
Industrial Production
Which home-front activity is depicted in the poster?
Censorship
Rationing
War Bonds
Industrial Production
Hitler and the Nazi's ________ to the "Jewish Question" was the creation of death squads who systematically killed Jewish people in towns in Poland and Russia, and concentration camps where Jewish people were gassed and cremated. This is known as the Holocaust.
"Final Solution"
"Wrong Answer"
"Blitzkrieg"
"FUBAR Answer"
The actions of the Nazis against Jewish people during the holocaust and the treatment of American, British, Chinese, and Filipino POWs (prisoners of war) before and during WW2 were human rights violations as dictated in the _________.
Nuremberg Trials
Warsaw Pact
Geneva Convention
Berlin Conference
True or False, African American soldiers fought along side white soldiers on the battlefield in "mixed" units.
True
False
True or False, Latino and Hispanic American soldiers fought along side white soldiers on the battlefield in "mixed" units.
True
False
The most famous unit of African Americans in WW2 were the _________. Also known as the Red Tails, they protected American bombers and had a very low rate of loses of bombers.
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
Nisei Regiment
Buffalo Soldiers
The most famous unit of Japanese Americans in WW2 was the 442nd _________, who to this day, is the most decorated unit in American history in terms of medals.
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Codetalkers
Nisei Regiment
Buffalo Soldiers
The most famous unit of Native Americans in WW2 were the _________, who used their language to communicate over the radio without the Japanese understanding what they were saying.
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Codetalkers
Nisei Regiment
Buffalo Soldiers
The US military used the selective service, better known in the US as the _______, to get soldiers.
conscription
impressment
recruiters
draft
Before the US entered WWII, they aided their British and Soviet allies by shipping $11.3 billion of military equipment and supplies to Europe to fight against Germany. This was a result of the ___________.
Geneva Convention
Neutrality Act of 1931
Selective Service Act
Lend Lease Act
The American policy for much of the Cold War for combating communism was a policy of ______.
isolationism
disarmament
containment
appeasement
The Marshall Plan's purpose was
to assist Europe in recovering from WWII in order to prevent the spread of communism.
to allow the South Vietnamese to handle their own security by withdrawing troops.
to boost U.S. economy by creating markets for U.S. industrial products in Europe.
to allow for a joint governing plan for post-WWII Germany.
The United States has a ________ economic system.
communist
socialist
free market
traditional
The Soviet Union had a _______ economic system.
free market
communist
socialist
traditional
The Soviet Union under communist had a _______ government.
democratic
socialist
representative
totalitarian
The United States has a _________ government system.
oligarchical
totalitarian
representative democratic
direct democratic
As a replacement for the League of Nations, the United Nations (U.N.) seeks to...
create a hierarchy of nations that would decide how conflicts are resolved.
allow for countries to resolve their differences in a peaceful manner.
create a police force for international conflicts.
help the United States dominate the world.
This political cartoon depicts which foreign policy strategy of the Cold War?
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
Vietnamization
Massive Retaliation
The United States became involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars because of the policy of __________ .
massive retaliation
containment
Vietnamization
massive resistance
The Korean War "ended" with...
South Korea being completely controlled by the North.
North Korea being completely controlled by the South.
China taking over both North and South Korea.
a stalemate, as both North and South Korea essentially kept their original territories.
The Berlin Airlift was the result of....
the Nazi occupation of Berlin in 1946.
the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948-1949.
the German occupation of Berlin in 1953.
the Russian blockade of Kiev in 2023.
The conviction of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
heightened paranoia about communists in the government.
resulted in a number of executions of Soviet spies.
resulted in a new section of the FBI to investigate communists in the government.
made it more difficult for the U.S. to recruit scientists to government service.
Joseph McCarthy...
successfully helped the government identify over 200 communists in the government.
started a witch hunt for communists in the state department without evidence.
worked on the Committee on UnAmerican Activities to identify communists.
blacklisted a number of Hollywood producers, directors and writers for communist activities.
This was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
Roe v. Wade
Loving v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Resistance to the implementation of school desegregation ordered in Brown v. Board of Education included...
increasing taxes on African Americans to fund school segregation.
beginning a policy of school busing that sent white children to black schools.
closing down all schools in the strategy of massive resistance.
white students enrolling in private schools.
The Cuban Missile Crisis ended...
with the dropping of atomic bombs on Cuba.
with the American invasion and take over of Cuba.
with the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
with the sinking of a Soviet submarine carrying missiles to Cuba.
Accomplishments of the JFK/LBJ presidencies include...
the Space Race and the race to the Moon.
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
the Bay of Pigs invasion.
the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Methods used in the Jim Crow south to prevent African Americans from voting included...
bribes
literacy tests
poll taxes
ID laws
The Civil Rights Act of 1964...
forbid discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
expanded social security to include medical care for seniors.
protected the rights of individuals to access public facilities.
prevented discrimination in federally assisted programs.
One impact of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was...
it made election day a federal holiday.
it expanded the use of literacy tests and poll taxes.
it decreased the number of white Americans voting in the South.
it increased the number of African Americans registered to vote.
LBJ's "Great Society" programs included the Social Security Act of 1965, which...
established a 10% tax on all corporations to fund social security.
reduced the age for social security coverage from 73 to 65.
authorized Medicare and provided federal funding for many medical costs for older Americans.
gave older Americans access to low-cost loans to purchase retirement homes.
The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965...
limited immigration from communist countries.
eliminated national-origin immigration quotas.
The Supreme Court case that ruled banning interracial marriage was unconstitutional was...
Brown v. Board of Education
Loving v. Virginia
Buck v. Bell
Gebhart v. Belton
The policy of withdrawing U.S. troops and transferring responsibility to the government of South Vietnam was called _______ .
Containment
Massive Retaliation
Vietnamization
Decolonization
President Richard Nixon chose to resign the presidency mainly because of his involvement in the
secret bombing of Cambodia
escalation of the Vietnam War
Watergate scandal
implementation of wage-price controls
What was an outcome of the Watergate affair during the administration of President Richard Nixon?
Presidential powers were expanded
Respect for the office of the president declined
The Supreme Court cleared President Nixon of all charges
Congress refused to take action against President Nixon
Based on this excerpt, President Ronald Reagan's economic policy called for -
reducing taxes to increase investment by private businesses
increasing government spending on social welfare programs
limiting military spending to balance the federal budget
raising taxes to decrease inflation
In 1989, when Ronald Reagan was president, the ____________ was torn down in Germany- representing the end of the division between the Soviet controlled east and the democratic west, also marking the end of the Cold War
Munich Wall
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Great Wall
Amsterdam Wall
What was the importance of the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court?
It showed a desire to appoint a strongly anti-Communist Justice.
It was the first time a woman was appointed to the Supreme Court.
It illustrated Reagan's intent to limit judicial activism on the Court.
It showed a desire to appoint Justices without legal training.
Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001?
to decrease the influence of Russia in the region
to prevent Afghanistan from gaining control of foreign oil reserves
to find and prosecute the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks
to prevent Afghanistan from developing weapons of mass destruction
What was the purpose of the Patriot Act?
to monitor suspected terrorists
to limit the civil liberties of citizens
to enact new immigration restrictions
to reward veterans for military service
After the Iraq War, Sadaam Hussain...
fled to Switzerland and lived out his life under house arrest.
was given citizenship and sanctuary in the U.S.
was subject to a criminal trial for the crimes against humanity.
The Great Recession of 2007 was primarily caused by sub-prime home mortgage lending, government failure, cronyism, corrupt politicians, and other banking misregulation.
True
Fasle
