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WorksheetsMidterm HIST 2111
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 53mins
The first Americans arrived on the North American continent approximately _____
1 - 2 million years ago
400-800 years ago
12-20 thousand years ago
3-9 thousand years ago
Agriculture arose in North America (and western hemisphere more generally)
3,000 years later than in Asia/eastern hemisphere
Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere
3,000 years earlier than in Asia/eastern hemisphere
10,000 years later than in Asia/eastern hemisphere
What is the name of the Native American group who lived in Chaco Canyon?
Olmec
Comanche
Apache
Pueblo
Christopher Columbus sailed under the flag of which nation?
Spain
France
Italy
Portugal
All of the following crops were first introduced to Europe through the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT:
Cocoa
Grapes
Tomatoes
Potatoes
What was the name of the first native group that Columbus encountered?
Mapuche
Songhai
Arawaks
Yanomamo
Hernán Cortés relied on a native woman to conquer the Aztecs. What did he call her?
Quetzalcoatl
Castillo
La Malinche
Doña Marina
What was the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire?
Pueblo Bonito
Cahokia
Cuzco
Natchez
What is the best term to describe Native American ancestry/descent?
Matrilineal
Antilineal
Bilineal
Patrilineal
In the 130 years after contact, approximately what proportion of Native Americans had died?
50%
95%
66%
20%
Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Portuguese emerged as an early sea power. Which of these inventions contributed to Portuguese sea-faring?
Chronometer
Topsail
Gokstad ship
Astrolabe
Most Native Americans understood property rights as primarily relating to which of the following concepts?
Native Americans did not believe in property
Active use
Warfare
Inheritance
How would you compare the sexual and marital freedom of Native Americans and Europeans before contact?
Both shared roughly equal levels of sexual and marital freedom
Neither experienced any sexual and marital freedom
Europeans enjoyed greater sexual and marital freedomm
Native Americans enjoyed greater sexual and marital freedom
Which of the following proved essential to the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?
Persuasion (some might say luck)
Native dissension
Smallpox
All answers possible
The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans, also called the "Three Sisters," include all of the following except
Maize (corn)
Beans
Squash
Wheat
What was the name of the most powerful Native American group in sixteenth-century Florida?
Apalachee
Calusa
Timucua
Choctaw
What was the first permanent European settlement in the current American Southwest?
El Paso
Santa Fe
Alburquerque
Mesa
The writings of which Spanish missionary most directly led to the development of the Black Legend?
Bernial Diaz
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Nicolad de Ovando
Bartolome de las Casas
The Northwest Passage allegedly promised a water-route to _____
The Great Lakes
The Carribean
Asia
Heaven
The expansion of the Iroquois pushed many Algonquian-speaking Indians into the "middle ground," located in what region?
Quebec
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Which of the following European countries offered the most religious liberty?
Spain
England
France
Netherlands
Which of the following best describes the economic activity of the Dutch in New Netherlands
Fishing
Mining
Trade with Indians
Sugar plantations
The Dutch used what kind of labor to construct New Amsterdam?
Enslaved Africans
Indian slaves
Huguenots
Indentured servants
England's so-called "Golden Age," that included the works of Shakespeare, occurred under the reign of which monarch?
Henry VIII
James I
Elizabeth I
Edward IV
In the late sixteenth century, England went to war with which nation?
Netehrlands
Spain
Portugal
France
Jamestown was established in a disastrous location. What proved to be the worst aspect of the location?
Vulnerable to attacks from the Atlantic
Brackish tidal water
Seasonal wildfires
Hostile Indians
What proved to be the salvation of Jamestown?
Tobacco
Pocahontas
Defeat of the Spanish
John Rolfe
The Headright Policy promised which of the following?
50 acres for anyone paying the passage of an English immigrant to Virginia
20 slaves for any free Englishman willing to migrate to Virginia
Freedom of religion for all in Virginia
Exemption from the Navigation Acts for all Virginians
When did slavery first emerge in Virginia?
Slaves arrives with the very first colonists
The Dutch sold 20 Africans to Virginia colonists
After the defeat of Opechancanough
After Bacon's Rebellion
Justification from African slavery partly derived from interpretations of a biblical curse placed on Noah. This curse was known as _____?
Powhatan's Curse
Curses of Shem
Curse of Ham
Canaan's Curse
Who led the Pueblo Revolt?
Powhatan
Opechancanough
Pope
Massaoit
The Spanish king adopted which of the following policies for enslaved Africans who escaped English territory to St. Augustine, Florida?
Slaves escaping from the English were freed
Slaves escaping from the English were executed
Slaves escaping from the English were sold to the Caribbean
Slaves escaping from the English were exchanged for Spanish prisoners of war
Puritans derived their theology primarily from which system of Christian thought?
Lutheran
Calvinist
Quaker
Catholic
Puritans led the revolt against King Charles I in what is now called
The English Civil War
The Glorious Revolution
The Magna Carta
The Second Crusade
What was the most common means for colonists to acquire Native American slaves?
Migration
Trade
War
Purchase
What is the term that slaves used for the voyage across the Atlantic?
Middle Passage
Seasoning
Death of the Gods
Bloody Flux
Enslaved Africans sold in North America differed from most slave communities. What was the most important distinction?
Higher pecentage of women
North American slaves were mostly Muslim
Igbo ancestry
North American slaves arrived healthier
Most slaves were taken from which region in Africa?
Egypt and the Maghreb
South Africa
West Africa
Sahara Desert
What is the current estimate of the number of Africans forcibly relocated from Africa to the New World?
500,000
1 to 2 million
11 to 12 million
At least 50 million
Slave status was tracked through which family member?
Mother
Father
Grandfather
Grandmother
What was a motivating factor in the creation of colonies such as Maryland, Connecticut, and Rhode Island?
Sunshine
Religion
Wine
Anti-royal sentiments
Bacon’s Rebellion and King Phillip’s War occurred at approximately the same time, in Virginia and Massachusetts respectively. Both conflicts grew out of which of the following causes?
Rising taxes
Hostilities with Indians
Religious conflict
Desires for democracy
What crop led to the creation of large plantations and great wealth for the elite in the Carolinas?
Tobacco
Rum
Rice
Cotton
The English survived the Yamasee War by developing an alliance with what powerful group?
The Spanish
New Model Army
Creeks
Cherokees
The Walking Purchase of 1737 seized land from Indians in which colony?
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Improvements in all of the following increased opportunities for colonists to purchase consumer goods EXCEPT
Standardized currency
Availability of credit
Manufacturing
Transportation
What was the “commodity money” used in Virginia?
Wampum
Specie
Tobacco
Barter
Which of the following colonies generated the most revenue?
New York
Barbados
Virginia
South Carolina
What was the largest American city during the late eighteenth century?
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Charleston
Which colony outlawed slavery in 1750?
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Slavery was legal in every North American British colony at that time
Which of these systems of slave labor offered enslaved people the greatest independence in the use of their time?
Gang system
Task system
Plantation system
Mercantile system
Which of the following colonies had a majority enslaved African population?
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Maryland
How did the culture of rice cultivation reach colonial Carolina?
Enslaved Africans
Indian planters
Spanish traders
English farmers
What portion of residents in 1700 New York City was enslaved?
Less than 10%
15-20%
40%
over 60%
What was the first English group to turn against slavery?
Episcopalians
Quakers
Baptists
Merchants
What were the major political parties in colonial America?
There were no major political parties in colonial America
Tories and Whigs
Whigs and Republicans
Commonwealthmen and Royalists
What is the name for the practice whereby a married woman loses all of her political and economic rights to her husband?
Jurisprudence
Coverture
Pregnancy
Consort
Where did the Great Awakening begin?
New England
Pennsylvania
Virginia
South Carolina
What is the name of the prophet who inspired Pontiac’s Rebellion?
Red Stick
Massasoit
Neolin
Tecumseh
Which of the following resulted from Pontiac’s War?
Execution of Pontiac
Creation of the Proclamation Line of 1763
Return of Quebec to France
Encouraged migration west of the Appalachian Mountains
Where did the ideas of the “country party,” that is the emphasis on the ideology of republicanism, have the most influence?
In the colonies
In Great Britain
The influence was equal
Both the colonies and Great Britain distrusted this ideology as it was associated with Catholic France
Both John Locke and George Whitefield encouraged which of the following values?
Fear of sin and hell
Questioning authority
Power of experience to shape one’s thinking
Importance of education
Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
To limit wars with the French
To limit wars with Native Americans
To make it easier to collect taxes
All of the above
What was the most important difference between the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?
The Stamp Act was a direct tax while the Sugar Act modified a pre-existing duty
The Stamp Act only affected wealthy individuals while the Sugar Act only affected Bostonians
The Sugar Act was approved by colonial assemblies whereas the Stamp Act was imposed by royal governors
The Sugar Act raised the prices of sugar, while the Stamp Act decreased the price of postage
How did colonists respond to the repeal of the Stamp Act?
Praising Parliament and King George III
Denouncing British tyranny and tearing down a lead statue of King George III in New York City
Continuing the same protests against the Sugar Act
Creating the Constitutional Congress to coordinate future action
How did women participate in protesting the Townshend Acts?
Refusing to procreate
Acting as representatives in colonial legislatures
Spinning homespun clothing to aid the trade boycott
They did not participate
Why was the Boston Massacre significant?
Enabled Paul Revere to become an important national leader
Demonstrated colonial resistance to the Sugar Act
Tied the colonies together through shared sympathy for Boston
The execution of the British soldiers indicated the resolve of colonial leaders
What was the purpose of the Tea Act?
Raise revenue to pay down the national debt
Help the East India Company
Punish Boston merchants
All of the above
The Coercive or Intolerable Acts included four specific laws. The first was the Boston Port Act. The other three are all of the following EXCEPT
Glass Act
Massachusetts Government Act
Administration of Justice Act
Quartering Act
The “Declaration of Rights and Grievances,” produced by the Continental Congress included which of the following assertions:
Colonists retained all the rights of native Britons
Taxes should come only from the colonists' elected representatives
Colonists should have the right to trails by juries
All of the above
Which delegates opposed the mention of slavery in the Declaration of Independence?
South Carolina
Georgia
Various northern delegates who represented slave trading merchants
All of the above
The aid of which European nation proved most helpful to the American cause?
Spain
Holland
France
Prussia
Which side was the first to offer freedom to slaves willing to fight for their side?
Americans
British
Neither offered freedom to slaves willing to fight
Both made the same offer in 1775
Most members of the Shawnee, Creek, Cherokee, and Iroquois sided with which side during the war?
British
Americans
Neither
Most Shawnee and Creek sided with the Americans while most Cherokee and Iroquois sided with the British
What turning point convinced the French to join the war against Britain?
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Battle of New York
Battle of Bunker Hill
What was the primary cause of Shays’ Rebellion?
Farmers struggling because of debts
Fears of slave revolt
Opposition to the Articles of Confederation
Hatred of taxes
All of the following are true about the Virginia Plan EXCEPT
Proposed creating a strong federal government
Proposed three branches
Proposed that the national legislature have veto power over state laws
Proposed to reduce taxes on farmers
How were slaves counted for purposes of proportional representation?
It was not discussed
They were not counted
They were counted fully
They were counted as three-fifths of a person
What was the term for Americans who opposed ratifying the Constitution?
Shays' Rebels
Sons of Liberty
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
How did the Constitutional Convention regulate the Atlantic slave trade?
Kept it open for twenty years
Outlawed it
Protected it as a right of free trade
Ignored it
Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan included all of the following EXCEPT
Federal assumption of state debts
Creating new bonds to allow investment in the United States
Establishing a Bank of the United States
Dropping import duties to encourage free trade
Alexander Hamilton’s policies primarily targeted which group of people for greater involvement in the new nation?
Slaves
Native Americans
Poor farmers
Wealthy Americans
Who suffered the most from the Whiskey tax?
Eastern merchants
Southern slave owners
Western farmers
Northern bankers
John Jay’s Treaty included all of the following EXCEPT
Required Britain to abandon military positions in the Northwest Territory
Required Britain to compensate American merchants for their losses
Required the United States to treat Britain as its closest trade partner
Required an end to the British Navy’s policy of impressments
How did most Americans initially respond to the news of the French Revolution?
Protesting against Catholicism
Celebrating the spread of republican government
Opposing the rebels
Withdrawing investment from European banks
What was the X.Y.Z. Affair?
Scandal that occurred when French diplomats demanded bribes from American officials
Protest against Jay’s Treaty
Organizing convention for the Federalist Party
Arrival of the French fleet in the port of Charleston
The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed all of the following EXCEPT
Federal government could deport foreign nationals, or “aliens,” who seemed to pose a national security threat
Federal government could prosecute anyone found to be speaking or publishing “false, scandalous, and malicious writing” against the government
Suspended elections during times of war or quasi-war
They allowed all of these things
What was the term for the documents arguing that states could declare federal laws unconstitutional?
X.Y.Z. memorandum
Federalist papers
Sedition Act
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
What is disestablishment?
Banning taxation without representation
Ending governmental support of a particular religious denomination
Requiring national days of prayer
Requiring office holders to swear an oath of faith
What was the most important consequence of Marbury v. Madison?
Established judicial review
Disgraced the Federalist Party
Settled the election of 1800 in favor of Thomas Jefferson
Created the separation of church and state
Why did Gabriel’s Conspiracy fail?
Bad weather forced the conspirators to attack before they were ready
Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their masters
The conspirators were unable to acquire functioning firearms
Diversionary fires failed to ignite
All of the following are true about the Haitian Revolt (or Revolution) EXCEPT
Many slaveholding refugees brought their slaves to the United States
Free and enslaved black Americans used the Revolution as inspiration in their freedom struggle
The Haitian Revolution terrified white slave owners
Napoleon’s support proved essential in the success of the Haitian Revolution
Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, argued for polygenesis. What is polygenesis?
The belief that environmental changes would lead to changes in race
The belief in a universal equality of all human nature
The belief that African descended peoples were created separately from European descended peoples
The belief in the inevitability of race war and the extinction of weaker races
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of most of the founding fathers as it relates to pure democracy?
Believed it was impossible
Believed it was dangerous
Believed it was inevitable
Believed it was God-given
Which of the following was a key goal for President Jefferson?
Stabilize the Bank of the United States
Increase foreign investment in U.S. treasury bonds
Eliminate seditious speech from newspapers
Reduce the size of the federal government
What is the term for the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the citizenry?
Cult of domesticity
Victorian morality
Republican motherhood
American feminism
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with the American military?
He created a large expansive navy to defeat pirates
He expanded the army to defend against Indian attack
He used the military as a symbol of American patriotism
He distrusted the military and dramatically cut its budget and manpower
All of the following motivated Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory EXCEPT
The French and American alliance against the Spanish
The pressures of war in Europee
The success of the Haitian Revolution
All of the above
Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson’s policy of peaceable coercion?
Using impressments to increase the size of the American navy
Attempt to use a trade embargo to force Europeans to respect American neutrality
Creating alliances with European powers to stop Napoleon
Attack on the Federalist Party from Republican newspapers
What is the “Play-off System”?
The ability of Native Americans to manipulate rivalries between European powers for their own advantage
A pan-Indian resistance movement inspired by one prophet’s religious vision
A trading policy between Native Americans that exchanged weapons for furs
The practice of using metaphorical language in speeches
Tecumseh ultimately built alliances that stretched from Canada to Georgia, but from where did he launch this movement?
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
What proved to be the most effective unifying force for the many Indians who followed Tecumseh?
Spirituality
Economic interest
Political ideology
Environmental change
All of the following were contributing causes of the War of 1812 EXCEPT
British policy of impressment
Success of the Embargo of 1807
American fears of Britain encouraging Indian uprisingswks
Political influence of the War Hawks
What was the primary purpose of the Hartford Convention?
Create foreign alliances that would assist the United States in the War of 1812
Gather leaders of the Federalist Party to propose changes to the U.S. Constitution
Determine how to stop Tecumseh and his allies
Propose an end to the expansion of slavery
What was the primary consequence of the War of 1812?
Boost in American nationalism
Addition of western territory
Collapse of the Bank of the United States
Defeat of the Republican Party
