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Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abolotionist Harriet B. Stowe wrote a book on the horrors of Slavery and affected the North by

a)

Help southerners keep their slaves

b)

Saw it beneficial to continue slavery

c)

seeing it wrong and wanting to abolish slavery

2.

Congress has the power to create laws on?

a)

Taxes

b)

Marriage laws

c)

Establishing schools

3.

First Continental Congress met to discusss what?

a)

Stamp Act duty

b)

Unfairness of the Intolerable Acts

c)

Lexington and Concord began

d)

Nothing

4.

President enforces the laws (executive branch)

Congress Creates the laws (legislative branch)

Supreme Court Interprets the laws (judiciary branch)

Each of these is an example of what principle?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Seperation of Powers

c)

Limited government

5.

In 1803 Thomas Jefferson buys land that doubles the size of the U.S., which is called?

a)

Northwest Territory

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Louisiana Purchase

6.

Fifth amendment allows for right to remain silent, against double jeopardy, and????????

a)

Government can buy your property and build something that goes back to the community

b)

Reducing political power of Christians

c)

Government can tax farm land for more revenue

7.

The State of South Carolina wanted to nullify a FEDERAL LAW, it was practicing what?

a)

Popular Soverignty

b)

States Rights

c)

Taxation without Representation

8.

3/5 Compromise dealt with?

a)

Counting enslaved people for population and taxes

b)

Abolishing Slavery

c)

Federalsim

d)

Creating bicameral legislature

9.

Keeping English traditions created what in the U.S. Constitution?

a)

Declaration of Indpendence

b)

BIll of Rights

c)

Farewell Address

10.

Who was a reformer for Jails and asylums (mental health)?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Dorthea Dix

c)

Harriet B.Stowe

11.

Northwest Passage was a

a)

Faster Route to Asia

b)

Route to A gold city

c)

New discovered ocean

12.

George Washington Warned Us in his Farewell Address not to?

a)

Stop Europe from colonizing

b)

Stay away from Foreign trading

c)

Avoid Foreign Wars

13.

Kansas Nebraska Act allowed for

a)

Eduaction to move west

b)

DIfferent religions to move west

c)

For slavery to move West

14.

What caused the Mexican and U.S. War?

a)

Border disputes of the Rio Grande

b)

New Mexico Statehood

c)

Slavery expanding west

d)

Adding Texas as a new State

15.

Declaration of Indpedence was important because

a)

Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase

b)

Defeated King George the III

c)

First attempt at structured government

16.

3rd amendment deals with what colonial issue?

a)

Enlisting Soldiers

b)

pay for soldiers

c)

Housing British Military

17.

Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact

a)

created bicameral congress

b)

established self-government

c)

Created independence from England

18.

Transatlantic Slave Trade helped

a)

create factories

b)

create school systems

c)

create high demands of plantations

19.

Our Unalienable rights of Right for life, liberty, and owning property led to?

a)

Royal Court system

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Growth of Representative Government

20.

Andrew Jackson hated the U.S. Bank because ?

a)

Favored the wealthy

b)

States rights over Federal

c)

Not manged well

21.

Ogden V. Gibbons was about?

a)

Supreme Courts power of Judicial Review

b)

State taxing a Federal estabishment (bank)

c)

Interstate Commerce with a federal license v. state license

22.

Middle Colonies have good soil because of their

a)

Rocky Soil

b)

Hot Climate

c)

Mild/Moderate Climate

d)

Cold Winters

23.

Free Enterprise is made up of

a)

Protective tariffs

b)

No Competition

c)

Minimal Government Involvment

24.

British and France were attacking U.S. Ships. This will eventually lead to

a)

Geroge Washington Farewell Address

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

U.S. growth of Manufacturing

25.

Reformers wanted change for?

a)

States rights

b)

individuals rights and Freedoms

c)

Slavery to expand west

26.

Maryland was set up by

a)

Puritans

b)

Quakers

c)

Catholics

27.

Admission of new states was called

a)

Aliend and Sedition Acts

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Northwest Ordinance

28.

George Washington set up a precedence for all other presidents. Which means?

a)

First to do something to follow

b)

Second to do something

c)

Last to do something

29.

Under First Amendment, freedom of Religion allows to

a)

groups are allowed to join together to form a national religion

b)

groups are allowed to share and promote their beliefs

c)

establishing religious schools

30.

Procalamation of 1763

a)

French could not move west of the appalachian mountains

b)

Colonists were prohibited to move west of the appalachian moutnains

c)

Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased

31.

Reformer —Henry David Thoreau was a trancedalist who

a)

Thoreau studies the relationship between nature and historical events.

b)

Thoreau focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world.

c)

Thoreau focuses on the role of science in changing the natural world.

32.

In which court case was the U.S. principle of judicial review established?

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

33.

Why did many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists support the Democratic-Republican Party?

a)

Democratic-Republicans favored the expansion of a strong national government.

b)

Democratic-Republicans favored states’ rights and the rights of the common man.

34.

Compromise of 1850 (Choose 2)

a)

Popular Soverignty(vote) on slavery with some new states

b)

California as a slave state

c)

California as a Free state

d)

Slavery was prohibited west

35.

Why did Alexander Hamilton think a national bank would strengthen the central government

a)

The bank would encourage foreign competition for manufactured goods.

b)

The bank would help provide stability for the U.S. economy

c)

The bank would have the power to regulate interstate commerce

36.

Why is John Paul Jones remembered as the “Father of the American Navy”?

a)

He commanded the first steam-powered warship in the U.S. Navy.

b)

He won naval victories against the British during the Revolutionary War.

c)

He served as the first Secretary of the Navy

37.

Virginia (1)?

Massechusetts (2)?

Which reasons correctly replace the numbers in this table?

a)

(1) To gain religious freedom (2) To provide military defense

b)

(1) To increase business profits (2) To escape religious persecution

c)

(1) To provide military defense (2) To help benefit the poor

38.

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by —

a)

creating a bicameral legislature (congress)

b)

enumerating the powers of the central government

c)

giving veto power to the executive

39.

If I was A tobacco farmer, what colony would I go to?

a)

Maryland

b)

Massechusetts

c)

Virginia

40.

Industrilization willl bring more people to the

a)

Rural area (farm land)

b)

Urban area (city life)

c)

Nowhere

41.

Impressment means:

a)

Pirates were foced to do British labor in the War of 1812

b)

U.S. Sailors were captured foced to do British labor in the War of 1812

c)

French Sailors were captured forced to do British labor in the War of 1812

42.

Protective Tariff also knows as the Tariff of abmoniation was to protect :

a)

Foreign industries from Domestic industries

b)

Domestic industries from Foreign Industries

c)

Northern plantation owners from Southern plantation owners

43.

Missouri Compromise involves the line of 36'30 and

a)

Equal representation for large and small population

b)

Equal representation with slave states and free states

44.

Anti-federatlists wanted what? Choose 3

a)

No bill of rights

b)

Bill of Rights was necessary

c)

Strong Central Government

d)

States Government

e)

Opposed a Strong Central Government

45.

Checks and balances is

a)

Dividing three powers into seperate branches

b)

Two Branches or more work together or control eachother for a balanced gov.

c)

National and State government share powers and have seperate powers

46.

Which group wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation and not approve the Constitution?

a)

Anti-federalists

b)

Federalists