WorksheetsMidterm Exam ~ Review Game
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the following elements is contained in the United States Constitution but not in the Articles of Confederation?
A process to propose and approve amendments
The power for congress to declare war
The establishment of an executive branch
A unicameral legislative structure
Which of the following officials is the chief executive at the state level of government?
Ambassador
Governor
Senator
Mayor
Which of the following statements best describes the historical settlement of the present-day United States?
European powers cooperated with one another to colonize new territories.
The area was primarily populated from the East Coast to the West Coast.
Internal migration was discouraged by local government officials.
Large groups of Native Americans were assimilated into European settlements.
Which of the following actions is considered primarily a duty of local governments?
Negotiating with foreign leaders
Organizing school systems
Establishing border security
Printing paper currency
Which TWO of the following natural resources were European explorers trying to acquire during the early exploration of North America?
Platinum
Gold
Iron
Silver
Which of the following conflicts contributed to an agreement between British colonies known as the Albany Plan?
American Revolution
King Philip's War
French and Indian War
War of 1812
Which of the following is a responsibility of a citizen of the United States?
Starting a business
Volunteering in a community
Participating in a protest
Attending university
Which of the following statements is consistent with the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and helped to influence the writing of the United States Constitution?
The power to govern was a divine right granted to kings by God, which people were obliged to accept.
The power to govern was endowed in individuals who organized a government and decreed communal ownership of the means of production.
No order exists in a state of nature, and therefore people need to surrender some of their power and form a government to create order.
No order exists in a state of nature, and therefore people need to surrender some of their power and form a government to create order.
Which of the following colonies was established as a haven for English Catholics?
Massachusetts
Maryland
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Which of the following physical features provided a natural barrier against the growth of British colonies in North America?
The Gulf of Mexico
The Appalachian Mountains
The Mississippi River
The Rocky Mountains
Which of the following is considered a right of United States citizenship?
To obey the laws
To serve on a jury
To worship freely
To pay income taxes
Which of the following describes an action performed by the federal government?
Collecting property taxes to fund public schools
Establishing trade agreements with other nations
Determining zoning guidelines for urban development
Raising sales taxes on major goods
The correspondence between which of the following couples, in which the wife urged her husband, “Remember the ladies,” is viewed by historians as an early illustration of the interest and activism of women in national policy?
George and Martha Washington
John and Abigail Adams
James and Dolley Madison
Andrew and Rachel Jackson
Which of the following issues did the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 resolve?
How to determine the number of senators granted each state in the Congress
How to account for slaves for both the purposes of representation of states in the House of Representatives and of taxation of states by the national government
How to determine federal compensation to states that forfeited western land claims
How to determine how the revenue from tariffs on imported goods would be distributed between the federal government and the states
Which of the following exemplifies the Constitution’s federalist structure?
The separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches
The Full Faith and Credit clause of Article IV of the Constitution
The Supremacy clause of Article VI of the Constitution
The Supremacy clause of Article VI of the Constitution
Which of the following is required for an individual to cast a ballot in any federal election in the United States?
Membership in a political party
A valid driver's license
Voter registration
Payment of a poll tax
Which of the following characteristics best describes the New England colonies?
Rich farmland and humid climate
Rich farmland and humid climate
Rocky terrain and cold winters
Coastal lowlands and moderate winters
Which of the following is most associated with the Boston Tea Party?
Impressment of sailors
Quartering of troops in homes
Increased taxes on commodities
Restrictions on due process
Which of the following is one governmental power established by the Articles of Confederation?
The creation of an equitable system of taxation
The ability to negotiate with foreign governments
The establishment of a powerful executive branch
The establishment of a system of national courts
Which of the following most contributed to the growth of factory production in the United States during the early 1800s?
Rise in labor union membership
Introduction of new technologies
Creation of vocational programs
Increase in government regulations
Which of the following factors most increased cultural diversity within the United States during the early nineteenth century?
The relocation of American Indians in western territories
The arrival of European immigrants in urban areas
The migration of African Americans to northern cities
The arrival of Asian workers to build railroads
Which of the following is most associated with the Boston Tea Party?
Quartering of troops in homes
Increased taxes on commodities
Restrictions on due process
Impressment of Sailors
Which of the following is associated with the relocation of Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma?
The Dawes Act
The Adams-Onis Treaty
The Trail of Tears
The Great Migration
Which of the following best explains why the expansion of the American colonies was limited under British rule?
The Spanish held the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Bad weather and poor soil prevented crops from growing south of the colonies.
Most of the American colonists were fishermen and lived along the eastern shoreline.
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented the colonists from migrating west.
Which of the following events of the American Revolution occurred last?
The passage of the Intolerable Acts
The dumping of tea into the Boston Harbor
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Battle of Yorktown
Which of the following events most contributed to the start of the American Revolution?
The British taxing the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War
The blockade of the American colonies by the British navy
The drafting of the Constitution by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia
The commissioning of George Washington as commander of the Continental Army
Which of the following statements best describes indentured servants during the American colonial period?
They obtained their freedom once their contract was completed.
They consisted primarily of young women and children.
The majority served in wealthy homes in the northern colonies.
They paid higher taxes to offset the cost of their trip to the Americas.
Which of the following forms of government consists of a union of several countries with some or most power shared between them?
Dictatorship
Republic
Confederation
Monarchy
Which of the following actions contained a controversial fugitive slave provision?
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Which of the following documents was the initial attempt by the American colonists to establish an independent government?
The Bill of Rights
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
Which of the following events took place as a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Members of the Seminole tribe peacefully relocated to Florida.
The United States Army relocated members of the Creek Nation to Georgia
The Sioux were the only remaining tribes in the southerastern United States.
Members of the Cherokee Nation were forced to move to the western United States.
Which of the following is a shared power between state and federal governments?
Making treaties with nations
Appointing local judges
Raising taxes
Passing city ordinances
Which of the following events had the greatest impact on the size of the United States?
The Gadsden Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase
The Oregon Treaty
The annexation of Texas
Which of the following rights did Thomas Jefferson believe John Adams had violated when he signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law?
The right to bear arms
Freedom of the Press
The right to assemble peacefully
Unreasonable searches and seizures
Which of the following describes the compromise over slavery that the delegates agreed upon during the Constitutional Convention?
Delegates agreed on how enslaved people would be counted in the census.
People in a territory could vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
Once a territory became a state, slavery would not be permitted.
The government agreed to use federal troops to capture people who had escaped slavery.
