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WorksheetsAPUSH Fall Midterm Review
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere’s native population?
The native population was highly respected in terms of territorial possessions and religious beliefs.
The Europeans for the most part did not interact with the native population.
Spain was the only European country to successfully create an alliance with the native population.
Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans.
Which of the following tribes was encountered by English settlers and best known for their highly evolved system of government?
The Chinook
The Peublo
The Sioux
The Iroquois
In the view of the encomienda system, Native Americans were seen primarily as:
a focus of evangelization.
a group to be protected.
outcasts to be excluded from Spanish settlement.
a source of labor
Which European nation was the first to lay claim to the New World?
England
France
Portugal
Spain
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the New World gained:
a significant new source of staple food crops.
advanced medical techniques that extended the life span of Native Americans.
an influx of gold and silver capital for the construction of new urban centers.
new animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden.
European diseases that arrived in the New World were particularly deadly because:
little medical aid was available so far from European urban centers.
the European conquerors deliberately accelerated the spread of the most deadly strains.
the vast devastation of warfare with the Europeans left few to care for the sick.
the Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases.
One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World was:
the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase.
the introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners.
the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor.
a draining of capital from the royal families and a shift of wealth to the hands of the merchant class.
Which of the following explains the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?
It banned the Portuguese slave trade.
It condoned the use of the encomienda system.
It offered eternal life to anyone who would convert the natives of North America.
It encouraged Spanish exploration of the New World.
Which of the following served as the initial motivation for the Spanish exploration?
Desires to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism.
The desire to beat out European rivals in the land-grab for North America.
Hopes of establishing permanent colonies for settlement.
The need for new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation.
All of the following contributed to European expansion into the New World EXCEPT:
a rise in nationalism among European states.
the desire to spread Christianity.
the development of new navigational technology.
an end to European wars between competing royal families.
Which of the following distinguished British settlement patterns from those of other major European powers?
Their respect for Native cultures.
Their focus on extracting gold and silver for export.
Their establishment of widespread missions.
Their creation of larger-scale colonies with permanent settlers.
The colony of Georgia was:
comparatively the most democratic English colony.
established by Spain in order to protect its colony of Florida.
eventually ceded to Spain in return for Florida.
established by England as a penal colony.
The Duke of Baltimore established the colony of Maryland:
in order to prevent France from seizing that territory.
for Quakers who had been evicted from Pennsylvania.
as an opportunity to invest in that colony’s maritime industry.
as a haven for persecuted English Catholics.
French immigrants to the New World tended to inhabit:
Florida
southern colonies
territory east of the Appalachian Mountains
Canada
As the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams:
established mandatory church attendance.
established religious freedom for Jews and Catholics.
supported freedom of religion for the Huguenots.
established complete religious freedom for all of the colony’s settlers.
Which of the following sought to exploit the lucrative fur trade in North America?
The British
The French
The Spanish and the French
The French and Dutch
John Winthrop is associated with which colony?
Jamestown
New Amsterdam
Quebec
Massachusetts Bay Colony
A major consequence of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War was:
the collapse of English colonies in Virginia.
the complete destruction of Indian tribes in Virginia.
the territorial expansion of Indian tribes east of the Appalachian Mountains.
the repudiation of peaceful coexistence between the English and the Indians.
In the seventeenth century, the colony of Maryland became a safe haven for:
runaway slaves.
runaway indentured servants.
Indians who had been chased from their ancestral lands.
Catholics.
The Maryland Act of Toleration (1649) granted religious toleration to:
all residents of Maryland except Indians.
only those colonists who had settled in Maryland before the statute was ratified.
Protestants only.
all Christians, but no Jews or atheists.
Under Britain’s mercantilist conflict:
Britain and the other imperialist powers worked out a trade agreement that would prevent conflict.
the colonies enjoyed considerable political and economic growth.
the colonies were expected to export more finished goods than they imported.
the colonies were expected to supply Great Britain with raw materials.
Which of the following was a major success of the Articles of Confederation?
They ended the French and Indian War.
They led to the creation of a powerful U.S. military.
They paved the way for closer economic ties with Great Britain.
They devised land policies that would allow for the systematic incorporation of new states.
Powers granted to the federal government under the U.S. Constitution are expressed as:
checks and balances.
executive powers.
reserved powers.
enumerated powers.
All of the following are true regarding the Antifederalists EXCEPT:
their important leaders included John Hancock and Patrick Henry.
their political support came mostly from backcountry and agricultural areas.
debtors were supporters of the Antifederalists.
they maintained there was no need for a bill of rights.
The Federalists Papers:
were written by opponents of the Constitution, who feared that a tyrannical government would be a consequence of ratification.
were the intellectual ideas that shaped the creation of the AOC.
were written by those who advocated maintaining the AOC.
attempted to calm the anxieties many had about the powers granted to the central government under the Constitution.
Shay’s Rebellion:
convinced many political leaders of the destructive consequences of a strong central government.
was eventually suppressed when the federal government sent troops to Massachusetts.
came about when American settlers clashed with the British over western land claims.
convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government.
All of the following served as challenges to the British government in the aftermath of the French and Indian was EXCEPT:
the added expense of governing new territory.
the hostility of Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains.
the struggling economy of the American colonies.
the difficulty of assimilating French Canadians into the British Crown.
Prior to the 1760s, Britain’s Navigation Acts:
were effective in raising enormous revenue for the Crown.
prevented the American colonies from shipping raw materials to Britain.
successfully ended smuggling in the American colonies.
were only loosely enforced in the American colonies.
The Boston Massacre:
represented the first major battle of the American Revolution.
resulted in the passage of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
was a story invented by the Sons of Libertry to justify their escalating tactics.
was propagandized by American revolutionaries in order to stir up protests against British rule.
The Navigation Laws passed by England in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on England’s American colonies in that they:
led to considerable prosperity for colonial merchants and shippers.
were a major cause of the French and Indian War.
were welcomed by most American colonies as an opportunity to increase trade with nations other than England.
inhibited American trade with countries that were not under English rule.
The Zenger trial, which took place in NY in 1734-1735, was a pivotal event in the expansion of the rights of:
women
freed slaves
colonial assemblies
the press
Which of the following was an effective means of coordinating colonial responses to British Crown policies?
The Albany Congress
The Declaratory Act
The Proclamation of 1763
The Committee of Correspondence
The opening shots of the American Revolution occurred at:
the Battle of Bunker Hill
the Boston Massacre
the Battle of Saratoga
the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Which of the following British Measures declared that because the American colonies were in open rebellion against the British Crown, all trade would be suspended?
The Intolerable Acts
The Quartering Act
The Declaration of Rights
The Prohibitory Act
Thomas Paine:
was Britain’s prime minister during the early stage of the American Revolution.
was president of the First Continental Congress.
was the leader of the radicals in the Second Continental Congress.
wrote Common Sense, an appeal to the colonists to resist the British and establish a republican form of government.
The Regulator Movement, Bacon’s Rebellion, and the Paxton Boys:
were the names of Tory militia units who fought against the American revolutionaries in the war.
were Massachusetts radicals who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
were black American military units who fought for American independence.
indicate to some historians the undemocratic nature of pre-Revolutionary American Society.
The Treaty of Paris included the following EXCEPT:
Britain formally recognized American independence.
American fishing ships were given permission to fish off the coast of Newfoundland.
the Americans promised to compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated during the war.
Britain was allowed to maintain several forts in the area west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to protect its trading posts.
One significant consequence of the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, was that Great Britain:
ceded Quebec to the Americans
declared war on France once the war with the Americans was concluded
paid the new United States millions of dollars in war damages
formally recognized American Independence
Which of the following statements best represents the position of British Whigs toward American Independence?
Britain should impose a naval blockade on all American ports until the colonists capitulate.
The American colonies and Canada should be unified and ruled as one nation.
The American colonies were the property of Britain and any rights granted to them could come only from the British Crown.
The American independence movement was a battle for freedom against a tyrannical monarchy.
In opposing ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Antifederalists claimed that:
the federal government would be weakened by the granting of too many powers to the states.
the Constitution would grant states the power to nullify federal laws.
it did not outlaw slavery.
individual freedoms would be endangered by the absence of a bill of rights.
As a result of the French and Indian War:
relations between French and American colonists improved dramatically.
France was able to hold on to Canada but lost the rest of its North American empire.
the Americans and British developed a mutual respect for each other’s military abilities.
Britain felt it necessary to abandon the practice of salutary neglect.
The Gadsden Purchase:
was territory in the west where the Cherokee were relocated.
allowed the United States to extend its northern border with Canada to the Pacific Ocean.
was vetoed by president Polk.
allowed the United States to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
The war hawks:
were opponents of territorial expansion.
were U.S. congressmen who represented the New England states.
was a Native American tribe who fought against U.S. territorial expansion.
supported going to war against Britain in the early nineteenth century.
The Hartford Convention:
ended the War of 1812.
included some of the most important leaders of the Democratic-Republican party.
was organized to oppose territorial expansion.
was organized by the Federalist opposition to the war with Britain.
“Fifty-four forty or fight” refers to:
the Federalists’ opposition to the war with Britain.
the amount of money Mexico demanded from the United States in return for allowing it to annex Texas.
the boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico.
the dispute between Britain and the United States over the Oregon Territory.
The Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that:
Native American tribal land could not be purchased by the state of Georgia.
Georgia must grant citizenship rights to the Cherokees living within its borders.
the Cherokees could not sue the state of Georgia in federal court.
Georgia’s state laws had no authority within Cherokee territory.
The spoils system:
was condemned by Jackson and his supporters for being undemocratic.
prevented women, Native Americans, and blacks from voting.
was a derisive term used by opponents of the Tariff of 1828.
is a term that is synonymous with rotation in office.
The “kitchen cabinet”:
was the name given to Jackson’s political opponents.
was the derisive term for men who advocated for women’s rights.
was a term used to attack critics of Jackson’s position on the Bank.
was the nickname of Jackson’s unofficial advisors.
The leader of South Carolina’s opposition to the “Tariff of Abominations” was:
Martin Van Buren.
Henry Clay.
William Lloyd Garrison.
John C. Calhoun.
Jackson was embroiled in a controversy with Nicholas Biddle over the:
construction of the Maysville Road.
construction of the Charles River Bridge.
resettlement of Native Americans.
Bank of the United States.
The Seneca Falls Convention is associated with which of the following reform movements?
Abolition
Education
Opposition to Jackson’s policies toward Native Americans
Women’s rights
The first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme court was:
John Marshall.
Thomas Paine.
Edmond Genet.
John Jay.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution:
abolished slavery.
led to the creation of the judicial branch
gave to the federal government the authority to create a national bank.
changed the method used by the Electoral College to choose the president and vice president.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of the 1798 focused on the widely debated question of:
whether the Constitution was created licitly.
whether the legislature represented the states or the people.
whether immigrants are valuable parts of the political society.
whether the federal government is supreme over the state governments in all cases.
Pinckney’s Treaty resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
it improved Spanish-American relations.
it gave the Americans the right of deposit in New Orleans.
it settled the Florida boundary dispute.
it gave to the United States Spain’s Caribbean islands in return for American aid.
The Bill of Rights addresses all of the following EXCEPT:
freedom of speech.
trial by jury.
prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
right to privacy.
In the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848):
Mexico did not lose territory to the United States but was compelled to grant independence to Texas.
the United States was obliged to pay millions of dollars to convince the Mexicans to end the war.
California won its independence from Mexico.
Mexico lost approximately half its territory to the United States.
The concept of judicial review means that:
the executive branch can veto legislation.
the president has the final say in all decisions of the judicial branch.
the Supreme Court is required to review bill passed by Congress.
the courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of laws.
Which of the following is true of the Embargo Act (1807)?
It caused devastating shortages of food in France.
It nearly destroyed the New England economy.
The Supreme court ruled that it was an unconstitutional overstretch of national authority.
It was designed to open trade with one of the belligerents (British or French) if it repealed its own trade restrictions.
The term Manifest Destiny implies:
a desire to limit the territorial expansion of the United States.
that the cost of expansion is greater than its benefits.
that nations should share newly discovered resources rather than fight over them.
that it was America’s God given right to expand.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 was significant in the creation of:
the Justice Department.
habeas corpus rights.
the impeachment powers of the legislative branch.
the U.S. Supreme Court
In his farewell address, Washington advised the nation to avoid entangling foreign alliances and to:
avoid excise taxes.
limit the powers of the states in relation to the authority of the federal government.
limit westward expansion in order to prevent hostilities with Indian tribes.
avoid political party factionalism.
The Compromise of 1850:
ended the Fugitive Slave Law.
gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.
banned slavery in Washington D.C.
allowed California to enter as a free state.
Popular sovereignty was the idea that:
the government of each new territory should be elected by the people.
the American public should vote on whether to admit states with or without slavery.
the United States should assume popular control of the territory acquired from Mexico.
it was for the citizens of a territory to decide if their territory would enter the Union as a slave state or a free state.
The original purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to:
generate support among Southern whites to attempt to end federal military occupation.
organize blacks as sharecroppers.
register blacks to vote.
provide freed blacks with food, clothing, and educational opportunities.
The fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution:
abolished slavery.
gave to the federal government supreme authority over the states.
gave black males the right to vote.
defined citizenship rights.
Andrew Johnson was impeached because:
Southerners were opposed to his radical Reconstruction policies.
he failed to enforce federal law in combating the KKK.
his administration was involved in a number of corrupt activities.
he was an obstacle to the radical Republicans’ Reconstruction plan.
The Tenure in Office Act (1867) was instrumental in:
removing Union troops from the South, thereby ending Reconstruction.
placing term limits on the executive branch.
the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.the rise of Southern Redeemers.
the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
Which of the following did not attempt to disenfranchise black voters?
Literacy test
Grandfather clause
Poll tax
Force Act
Jim Crow laws:
were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately following the end of the war.
allowed for the integration of all public facilities.
were designed to address the abuses of racist organizations such as the KKK and the Knights of White Camellia.
were designed to subordinate blacks.
In the compromise that was reached by the Republicans and Democrats over the impasse in the presidential election between Hays and Tilden:
Tilden was given the presidency in return for selecting Republicans for every cabinet position in his administration.
the radical Republicans agreed to disband if Hayes was given the presidency.
Southerners generally voted for a third-party candidate.
Hayes was given the presidency in return for the removal of federal troops from the South.
To reduce racial tensions that had erupted following the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act (1867), which:
denied citizenship rights to those who joined racist organizations such as the Klu Klux Klan.
granted to former Confederate states financial assistance to rebuild their economies.
compelled all former Confederate states to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
divided the South into five military districts.
One of the most enduring legacies of the Reconstruction era was the passage of the 15th Amendment, which:
made the appointment of cabinet members a duty of the legislative branch.
prevents the government from suspending the writ of habeas corpus during peacetime.
abolished the institution of chattel slavery.
granted voting rights to all male American citizens regardless of race or color.
Winthrop suggests Polk’s slogan of “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” was based mainly on which of the following attitudes?
Polk held strong anti-British sentiments.
Polk believed the country needed more free land.
Polk felt pressure from Southerners.
Polk hoped to get political benefit.
Which of the following did Winthrop offer as a final way to settle the Oregon Question?
The two countries should submit their claims to arbitration.
The United States should annex the land and settle it.
The United States should purchase the land from Great Britain.
The two countries should negotiate until they reached a compromise.
President Polk accepted a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because:
the British offered a large payment.
the Russians were becoming involved.
the people who settled in California were successful.
the United States was facing problems with Mexico.
Which period was the peak of manifest destiny?
1776 – 1783
1803 – 1810
1819 – 1841
1842 – 1853
One attempt to prevent slavery in the territories was the:
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Ostend Manifesto
Webster-Ashburn Agreement
Wilmot Proviso
By going to war, The United States gained the territory labeled as the:
By going to war, The United States gained the territory labeled as the:
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Mexican Cession
