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Unit 1: American Beginnings to 1877

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(Chapter 1) Having no fixed home, moving from place to place according to seasons and availability of food and water.

a)

nomad

b)

Iroquois

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

2.

(Chapter 1) A group of Native American peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the Northeast.

a)

nomad

b)

Iroquois

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

3.

(Chapter 1) A religious movement in 16th-century Europe, growing out of a desire for reform in the Roman Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of various Protestant churches.

a)

nomad

b)

Iroquois

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

4.

(Chapter 1) A period of European history, lasting from about 1400 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.

a)

nomad

b)

Iroquois

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

5.

(Chapter 1) A person who has contracted to work for another for a limited period, often in return for travel expenses, shelter, and sustenance.

a)

indentured servant

b)

mercantilism

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Columbian Exchange

6.

(Chapter 1) An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.

a)

indentured servant

b)

mercantilism

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Columbian Exchange

7.

(Chapter 1) A series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England’s control of trade in its American colonies.

a)

indentured servant

b)

mercantilism

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Columbian Exchange

8.

(Chapter 1) The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.

a)

indentured servant

b)

mercantilism

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Columbian Exchange

9.

(Chapter 1) The transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America.

a)

triangular trade

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French and Indian War

10.

(Chapter 1) Intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge.

a)

triangular trade

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French and Indian War

11.

(Chapter 1) A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies.

a)

triangular trade

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French and Indian War

12.

(Chapter 1) A conflict in North America that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain.

a)

triangular trade

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French and Indian War

13.

(Chapter 1) Who were the first people to live in the Americas?

a)

Nomads as well as the Aztecs in Mexico and the Anasazi in the Southwest.

b)

Three powerful kingdoms with strong rulers in places such as Benin and Kongo.

c)

European colonists from countries such as Britain, Spain, France and Portugal.

d)

There were no people living in the Americas.

14.

(Chapter 1) Which of the following was an important change in Europe which occurred in the 1400s? (Select two)

a)

The Reformation

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Plague

15.

(Chapter 1) How did Columbus’s arrival in the Americas affect Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans?

a)

- The arrival of the Spanish was a disaster for Native Americans.

- Many died from the harsh working conditions, while others caught diseases brought by Europeans.

- Because of the Native American deaths, the Spanish needed more laborers, so they began to bring Africans to the New World as slaves.

b)

The wrong answer

16.

(Chapter 1) Who were the Puritans and what did they want to find in America?

a)

- The Puritans were a well-prepared group of colonists.

- They were hoping to find a place to start a new place to settle to escape the persecution of the Church of England.

b)

The wrong answer

17.

(Chapter 1) How did England benefit from its colonies?

a)

England’s American colonies provided raw materials to England. They also bought goods made in England. Under this system, both England and its colonies gained wealth. By 1732, there were 13 English colonies.

b)

The wrong answer

18.

(Chapter 1) Which of the following were features of farming in the South? (Select all that apply)

a)

A plantation grew a single cash crop, such as tobacco or rice and often had their own warehouses and docks.

b)

Plantation owners controlled the social and political life of the South.

c)

Planters used enslaved Africans as workers who were brought to the Americas.

d)

Planters often grew several different crops on the same land in order to maximize profits.

19.

(Chapter 1) Which of the following were kinds of work people did in the North? (Select all that apply)

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Trading

c)

Shipbuilding

d)

Plantation farming

20.

(Chapter 1) How did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening change people’s beliefs?

a)

Enlightenment:

1) Emphasis on science weakened authority of the church.

2) People have natural rights which government must respect.

b)

Great Awakening:

1) Challenged the authority of British rulers.

2) New Christian denominations became popular.

c)

The wrong answer

21.

(Chapter 2) A trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

22.

(Chapter 2) A 1765 law in which Parliament established a tax on printed goods within the British colonies in North America.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

23.

(Chapter 2) A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

24.

(Chapter 2) The dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

25.

(Chapter 2) A pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

King George III

26.

(Chapter 2) Virginian lawyer and main author of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

King George III

27.

(Chapter 2) The document in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

King George III

28.

(Chapter 2) King of England during the American Revolution.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

King George III

29.

(Chapter 2) A colonist who supported the British government during the American Revolution.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

republic

30.

(Chapter 2) A colonist who supported American independence from Britain.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

republic

31.

(Chapter 2) A government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

republic

32.

(Chapter 2) Ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

republic

33.

(Chapter 2) Adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 that outlined the first form of government of the new United States.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

federalism

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

ratification

34.

(Chapter 2) A political system in which a national government and state governments share power.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

federalism

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

ratification

35.

(Chapter 2) The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution consisting of a formal list of citizens’ rights and freedoms.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

federalism

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

ratification

36.

(Chapter 2) The official approval of the Constitution by the states.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

federalism

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

ratification

37.

(Chapter 2) How did the colonists respond to new taxes from the British government?

a)

Some colonists felt that Britain had no right to tax them because colonists were not represented in Parliament and felt this violated their rights.

Colonial assemblies protested the taxes as did merchants in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia who agreed to boycott British goods.

b)

The wrong answer

38.

(Chapter 2) How did Britain try to punish Boston for its protests?

a)

To punish Massachusetts, Britain passed the Intolerable Acts which closed Boston Harbor and placed Boston under martial law.

b)

The wrong answer

39.

(Chapter 2) Which of the actions did the colonies take to prepare for war? (Select all that apply)

a)

Minutemen stored guns and ammunition.

b)

The Second Continental Congress met and agreed to form the Continental Army with George Washington in command.

c)

Resisted the British army at Lexington and Concord.

d)

Built a large and powerful navy to rival the British navy.

40.

(Chapter 2) What ideas of John Locke did Thomas Jefferson put in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

- Locke said that people’s rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness cannot be taken away.

- Government gets its power from the people, and the people can remove a government that threatens their rights.

- They listed the ways the British had taken away the colonists’ rights.

b)

The wrong answer

41.

(Chapter 2) How did the Revolutionary War affect different groups of Americans?

a)

- The war touched all Americans.

- Men served in the army and many women took their husbands’ places running homes, farms, and businesses and few even went into battle.

- About 5,000 African Americans served in the Continental Army.

b)

The wrong answer

42.

(Chapter 2) How did the French help the Americans win the war?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman, joined General Washington. He helped make the American army an effective fighting force. The French also sent soldiers and their navy to help the Americans.

b)

The wrong answer

43.

(Chapter 2) Which of the following were problems that United States faced under the Articles of Confederation? (Select all that apply)

a)

The Articles of Confederation gave most power to the states and little to the federal government could not tax the states.

b)

States with small populations had the same power as large states.

c)

The Articles could not be changed without the agreement of all states.

d)

The Articles split the national government into three branches of government which could not work together.

44.

(Chapter 2) How was power divided in the new Constitution?

a)

The power was split between three branches.

1) Legislative - make laws

2) Executive - enforce laws

3) Judicial - interpret laws

b)

The wrong answer.

45.

(Chapter 2) How did President Adams handle the fear of foreign influence at home?

a)

Adams thought the Democratic-Republicans and immigrants who supported them were dangerous. He supported the Alien and Sedition Acts which made it harder to become an American citizen and created harsh punishment for people who criticized the government.

b)

The wrong answer

46.

(Chapter 3) Theory which states that a simple government best suited the needs of the people.

a)

Jeffersonian republicanism

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Monroe Doctrine

47.

(Chapter 3) 1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to rule laws unconstitutional.

a)

Jeffersonian republicanism

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Monroe Doctrine

48.

(Chapter 3) Purchase by the United States of French territory in North America extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for $15 million.

a)

Jeffersonian republicanism

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Monroe Doctrine

49.

(Chapter 3) A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

a)

Jeffersonian republicanism

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Monroe Doctrine

50.

(Chapter 3) Political philosophy based on a belief that common people are the source of American strength.

a)

Jacksonian democracy

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

manifest destiny

d)

Texas Revolution

51.

(Chapter 3) Marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838–1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way.

a)

Jacksonian democracy

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

manifest destiny

d)

Texas Revolution

52.

(Chapter 3) Belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.

a)

Jacksonian democracy

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

manifest destiny

d)

Texas Revolution

53.

(Chapter 3) The 1836 rebellion in which Texas gained its

independence from Mexico

a)

Jacksonian democracy

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

manifest destiny

d)

Texas Revolution

54.

(Chapter 3) The major change in the U.S. economy produced by people’s beginning to buy and sell goods, rather than make them for themselves.

a)

market revolution

b)

strike

c)

abolition

d)

Seneca Falls convention

55.

(Chapter 3) A work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond

to demands.

a)

market revolution

b)

strike

c)

abolition

d)

Seneca Falls convention

56.

(Chapter 3) Movement to end slavery.

a)

market revolution

b)

strike

c)

abolition

d)

Seneca Falls convention

57.

(Chapter 3) A women’s rights convention held in New York in 1848.

a)

market revolution

b)

strike

c)

abolition

d)

Seneca Falls convention

58.

(Chapter 3) Which of the following were reasons the United States went to war with Great Britain? (Select all that apply)

a)

The anti-war Federalist Party died out.

b)

Americans began to develop their own industries.

c)

It showed that the United States was truly independent.

d)

The French had asked the United States to help fight them in their war against them.

59.

(Chapter 3) Describe how the Industrial Revolution affected the North OR the South.

a)

North:

Manufacturing increased because of new machines. Farmers began to grow crops for sale, and started buying goods made in factories.

b)

South:

The cotton gin made large cotton plantations even more profitable, which drove up the need for slaves to pick cotton.

c)

The wrong answer

60.

(Chapter 3) What government actions helped to unify the nation?

a)

Henry Clay created the American System to unify the nation which included a protective tariff, a national bank, and internal improvements. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintained the balance of free and slave states and regulated where slavery would be allowed in new states.

b)

The wrong answer.

61.

(Chapter 3) What change in voting laws helped Jackson win the election of 1828?

a)

- Most states eased property requirements for voting which allowed many more common people to vote.

- Jackson, the champion of the common man, won in a landslide because of this.

b)

The wrong answer

62.

(Chapter 3) Which of the following were reasons why Americans moved west? (Select all that apply)

a)

The idea of manifest destiny

b)

Cheap land

c)

Economic opportunity

d)

To gain the ability to vote

63.

(Chapter 3) What states became part of the United States as a result of the Mexican War? (Select all that apply)

a)

New Mexico

b)

Texas

c)

Florida

d)

California

64.

(Chapter 3) How did the Gold Rush affect California?

a)

The Gold Rush brought thousands of people to California and spurred the development of farming, manufacturing, shipping, and banking.

b)

The wrong answer

65.

(Chapter 3) How did the new factories change how Americans worked?

a)

- The mills hired mostly young women because they could be paid less than men.

- The workday was more than 12 hours.

- Factories were hot, noisy, and dirty.

- Many workers became ill.

b)

The wrong answer.

66.

(Chapter 3) Choose one of the people who fought slavery, and explain what they did.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison - wrote a newspaper called The Liberator which called for immediate emancipation of slaves.

b)

Frederick Douglass - an escaped slave who learned to read and write and became a prominent speaker and write of the newspaper The North Star.

c)

Nat Turner - a Virginian slave who led a violent slave rebellion and was later captured and executed.

d)

The wrong answer

67.

(Chapter 3) Which of the following did women do to help reform the United States in the 19th century? (Select all that apply)

a)

Worked for the abolition movement

b)

Opened educational institutions specifically for women

c)

Organized conventions to discuss and advocate for women's rights

d)

Ran for local, state and national political office

68.

(Chapter 4) The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.

a)

secession

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Confederacy

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

69.

(Chapter 4) A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states.

a)

secession

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Confederacy

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

70.

(Chapter 4) The Confederate States of America formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union.

a)

secession

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Confederacy

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

71.

(Chapter 4) An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.

a)

secession

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Confederacy

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

72.

(Chapter 4) A secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil War.

a)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Reconstruction

73.

(Chapter 4) A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, at the dedication of a national cemetery.

a)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Reconstruction

74.

(Chapter 4) Adopted in 1865, it abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

a)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Reconstruction

75.

(Chapter 4) The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate states were readmitted to the Union.

a)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Reconstruction

76.

(Chapter 4) What were the features of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California:

Be admitted into the Union as a free state.

b)

Fugitive Slave Act:

Congress would strengthen it.

c)

The wrong answer

77.

(Chapter 4) What major political party was born out of the slavery issue?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Whig Party

d)

Know-Nothing Party

78.

(Chapter 4) What major event led to the secession of Southern states from the Union?

a)

The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States

b)

The passage of the Compromise of 1850

c)

The abolition of slavery in the North

d)

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

79.

(Chapter 4) Which of the following were advantages the North had over the South? (Select all that apply)

a)

More people

b)

More factories

c)

Better railroads

d)

More experienced generals

80.

(Chapter 4) Which of the following were part of the North's three-part plan to win the Civil War? (Select all that apply)

a)

Blockade Southern ports to keep out supplies

b)

Split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi

c)

Capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

d)

Cut off access to European countries

81.

(Chapter 4) What were the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation on the North and the South?

a)

North:

Gave the war a high moral purpose.

b)

South:

People became even more determined to fight to preserve their way of life.

82.

(Chapter 4) Why did Lincoln fear he might not be reelected?

a)

Many Northerners felt the war had gone on too long and caused too much destruction.

b)

The wrong answer

83.

(Chapter 4) Which of the following were ways that the United States was changed because of the Civil War? (Select all that apply)

a)

Saw deadly technological advances

b)

Ironclad ships led to the end of wooden warships

c)

Changed the nature of war forever

d)

Made the United States a permanent enemy of Britain

84.

(Chapter 4) How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments improve the lives of African Americans?

a)

Fourteenth Amendment gave African Americans citizenship.

Fifteenth Amendment banned states from denying the vote to African Americans.

b)

The wrong answer

85.

(Chapter 4) How was Reconstruction undone?

a)

President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal troops from the South. Without federal troops, Southern democrats took control and Reconstruction was over.

b)

The wrong answer