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WorksheetsBenchmark #3 Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 55mins
The US bought Louisiana from France in 1803 at the cost of
$1 million
$15 million
$10 million
$100 million
The Louisiana Purchase
did not occur until Congress passed an amendment approving it
doubled the size of the US
offered the US an opportunity to expand its commercial and manufacturing industries
tripled the size of the US
The three branches of government have relatively equal power and can prevent one branch from overstepping beyond its' powers. This is called...
Judicial Review
Checks and Balances
Bicameral Legislature
Supreme Powers of government
What was written by Thomas Jefferson, and signed and ratified by the 13 colonies on July 4, 1776?
Constitution
Federalist Papers
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Which of the following inspired new ideas about personal faith and religious freedom?
Common Sense
The Great Awakening
The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
What are unalienable rights?
rights given to people by their government
righs people give to their governments
rights people are born with and that can't be taken away
rights given to foreignors who enter a new country
According to the Declaration of Independence, who holds power in government?
the King
the Creator
the people
the president
Who would most likely make the following quote? "I know not what course others may takel but as for me, give me Liberty or give me death?"
a patriot
a loyalist
King George III
a federalist
Which event illustrated the weakness of the Confederation Congress?
The Boston Massacre
Shays' Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party
Which of the following was accomplished at the Constitutional Convention?
The Articles of Confederation were revised
The Declaration of Independence was signed
The Bill of Rights was written
A new constitution was created for the United States
The main issue addressed by the Virginia Plan & New Jersey Plan was...
representation in Congress
the addition of a Bill of Rights
the abolition of slavery
how to pay the debt after the war
Which plan was supported by LARGE states because it would have given them more representatives in Congress?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Which states wanted slaves to be counted for representation in Congress?
Northern states
Southern states
large states
small states
Which compromise resolved the conflict over counting slaves for representation in Congress?
The Great Compromise
The Commerce Compromise
The Northwest Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are also know as...
The Preamble
the Ten Commandments
THe Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Rights
The five basic freedoms, including speech, religion, and the press are protected by which amendment?
1st
2nd
5th
10th
Dividing power between a central government and state governments is called:
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Popular Sovereignty
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from moving west of this mountain range, slowing early westward expansion.
The Rocky Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
The Sierra Nevadas
The Andes Mountains
Anti-federalists would not ratify the Constitution without ______
a president
a bill of rights
a legislature
a supreme court
The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...
that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.
that the U.S. was unable to compromise.
that we would be dragged into another war.
that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.
Came to the New World for gold and to establish Catholic Missions
France
Denmark
Spain
England
Who came to the New World for the fur trade?
Denmark
Spain
Germany
France
Who created the National Bank?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Which colony did the Puritans live in?
Virginia
North Carolina
Massachussetts
Maryland
The AOC gave more power to the...
States
National Government
Who wrote "Common Sense"?
John Adams
Ben Franklin
Thomas Paine
John Paul Jones
The first permanent English colony in the Americas:
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
The results of the Mexican-American War:
Texas became an independent nation.
U.S. acquired Alaska.
U.S. agreed to move border further North.
Mexico gave to America: Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
1863 battle fought in Pennsylvania:
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Ft. Sumter
Why did the Southern states secede from the Union in 1860 and 1861?
Trick question! They didn't.
To protect and defend the institution of slavery.
Mainly because of taxes.
States Rights only.
What document begins: "Four score and seven years ago..."
George Washington's Farewell Address
The Roosevelt Corollary
The Constitution
The Gettysburg Address
Which of the following best describes mercantalism?
Importing raw goods to export more manufactured goods
British policy that said colonies could only trade with England
British allowing the colonies to govern themselves
Three way trade between America, Europe, and Africa
Which of the following is the best explanation for the reason the Southern Colonies (Virginia) were founded?
In order to escape religious persecution
To practice religion freely
In order to make gold for their joint-stock companies
In order to grow cotton
Which of the following correctly lists two British colonies that were founded by colonists for religious purposes?
Virginia and Rhode Island
South Carolina and Connecticut
Georgia and New York
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Virginia House of Burgess's and the Mayflower Compact are all examples of what?
self governance during Salutary Neglect
Parliamentary Sovereignty
Federalism
Checks and Balences
What occurred during the Great Awakening?
thousands of Puritans fled England and came to colonial New England
massive numbers of Native Americans died due to European diseases
colonists realized that British mercantilism was hurting their trade
increased religious enthusiasm led to the growth of new Christian denominations
What was one effect of the French and Indian War?
Britain removed its expensive army from America
Indians pledged their alliance to the British instead of the French
Britain agreed to allow the colonists to form colonial assemblies
Britain had huge war debts that had to be paid off
How did the colonists respond when the British created the Stamp Act?
Colonists used boycotts and protested these new taxes
Colonists supported these new taxes to help pay for the French and Indian War
Colonists protested by participating in the Boston Massacre
Colonists formed militias called minutemen to fight British troops
During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates agreed to the “Great Compromise” which did which of the following?
Allowed states to count every three of their five slaves towards population
Created a Bill of Rights that protected liberty from a new, powerful national government
Settled a dispute between large states like Virginia and small states like New Jersey
Delayed any decision on the issue of slavery for 20 years in order to appease the South
What was an effect of the Alien and Sedition acts?
It created Judicial Review
It helped get John Adams elected in 1800
Freedom of Speech was taken away
Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans liked the new law
What was the primary controversy over Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase?
whether or not he got a good value in the transaction with France
if America should be dealing with a country that was impressing American troops
whether it was constitutional for the federal government to make the purchase (loose interpretation of constitution)
whether it aligned with the concept of “judicial review”
Which Supreme Court case strengthened the power of the judicial branch by establishing judicial review?
Marbury vs Madison (1803)
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824)
Dred Scott vs Sanford (1857)
Which of the following was NOT one of the social reforms of the Second Great Awakening?
temperance
the halfway covenant
expanding public education
women’s suffrage
Which demographic saw an increase in suffrage under the Presidency of Andrew Jackson?
white males
slaves
women
everyone over 18
What issue led to the Nullification Crisis during Jackson’s presidency between the North and South (represented by John C. Calhoun) in 1832?
The Great Compromise
The New Jersey Plan
The Virginia Plan
The Tariffs of 1828 and 1832
Which of these was a problem with the Articles of Confederation?
The federal government was too weak
The federal government was too strong
There was no federal government
There was no state government
What was the primary goal of the Federalist Papers?
to ratify the Constitution
to stop the US from going to war
to establish a new leader
to establish freedom of speech
What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
Discovery
Speedwell
Godspeed
Mayflower
Who was the Confederate President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
People who fought to abolish slavery and equality for all as
the Declaration of Independence intended.
Abolitionist
Angels
Fugitives
Union
exaggerated devotion to the interest of one’s region over the
country.
Patriotism
Nationalist
Sectionalism
Regionalism
adding territories as states to United States.
Addition
Confederacy
Annexation
Union
the order by Abraham Lincoln in which he freed all slaves in the
Confederate States of America.
Gettysburg Adress
First Inaugural Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Second Inaugural Address
the act where 11 states withdrew from the United States, because
they felt slavery would be abolished and it would hurt their economy.
Succession
Secession
Divorce
Break-up
Law that allowed slave owners find runaway slaves and bring them back to their plantation.
Fugitive Slave act
Runaway slave act
Underground Railroad
Ex slave act
_______________ was the turning point in the American Revolution because this victory is what convinced the French to ally with American troops to help win the war.
Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
Oglethorpe
At the end of the American Revolution, following the Battle of Yorktown and General Cornwallis’s surrender to American troops, Great Britain and the United States signed
.
a New Deal
a Gentleman's Agreement
Washington's surrender
a peace treaty known as the Treaty of Paris
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness are known as our
The King's Rights
Constitutional Rights
Unalienable Rights
Our First Amendment Rights
Which of the following was a belief held by John Brown (1800–1859)?
Individual states should decide whether to allow slavery.
Abolitionists should work for gradual change.
The South should work to diversify its economic base.
Slavery should be abolished by violent means.
When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
William H. Harrison
General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because
it placed the Mississippi River under Union control.
important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.
it convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his forces as a direct result of Sherman's victory.
Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
preserve the Union.
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.
encourage sectionalism.
end slavery throughout the entire country.
Which Civil War battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River?
Antietam
Murfreesboro
Appomattox
Vicksburg
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
the expansions of slavery into new territories
the sale of federal lands to slave owners
the right of Northerners to own slaves
the return of slaves who had escaped from the South
a broad interpretation of the Constitution, meaning that Congress has more powers than those specifically given in the Constitution
loose construction
broad construction
narrow construction
strict construction
a narrow interpretation of the Constitution, meaning that Congress has only those powers specifically given in the Constitution
loose construction
strict construction
narrow construction
broad construction
President James Monroe’s declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization.
The Monroe Doctrine
Anti-Colonialism
Manifest Destiny
The Jefferson Doctrine
What were the Pilgrims fleeing in England?
high taxation
religious persecution
famine
a sassy King James I
The French and Indian War was fought primarily between whom?
the British and Iroquois tribe
the French and British
the United States and British
the French and Indians
What British law taxed all printed paper products in the American colonies?
Townshed Act
Navigation Act
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
What famous protest was carried out by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in 1773?
the Boston Massacre
the Boston Tea Party
"Occupy Boston"
the Battle of Lexington
Who was asked to be leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Hood
What was the first system of government in the new United States?
Direct Democracy
the Constitution (Representative Democracy)
Monarchy
the Articles of Confederation
What was the major cause of the War of 1812?
British Impressment of American sailors
British failure to give up Canada
American taxes of British goods
British desire to re-conquer the Colonies
What city was captured and burned by the British in the War of 1812?
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington DC
What was the system of awarding government jobs to supporters, begun by Andrew Jackson called?
Merits System
Spoils System
Party System
Bureaucratic System
What Andrew Jackson policy led to the deaths of over 5,000 Native Americans on the "Trail of Tears?"
Nullification Crisis
Spoils System
Indian Removal Act
Assimilation Act
What was the decision in the Dred Scott vs. Sandford, and landmark US Supreme Court case?
slaves brought into free states were automatically freed
slaves could not be brought from slave to free states
slavery was condemned by the Supreme Court
slaves were determined to have no rights, and not considered citizens of the US
What were the first shots of the Civil War?
the Northern Invasion of Virginia at Bull Run
the Southern Invasion of Maryland at Antitam
the Northern shelling of New Orleans
the Southern bombing of Fort Sumter at Charleston
Who is Henry Clay?
The President that purchased the louisiana purchase
The commander of the Texans
The Great Compromiser
The person that created the plow
What is the Gadsen Purchase?
An area of land bought from Mexico for Native Americans
An area of land bought from Mexico in order to complete Manifest Destiny
An area of land for free slaves
Area of land that was bought from Mexico to complete the Transcontinetal Railway
What general used a method of "Total War" in his march through the South, particularly Georgia?
Ulysses S. Grant
Phillip Sheridan
William Tecumseh Sherman
James "Stonewall" Jackson
What is J?
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
A soldier who was ready to fight in a minute's notice (very quickly).
Monopoly
Minuteman
Militia
What did the slogan, "No Taxation Without Representation" mean?
Colonists did not want a representative government
Colonists did not want representation if that meant paying new taxes
Colonists did not feel it was fair to be taxed when they are not represented in Parliament
Who are the Loyalists?
They are Americans who are loyal to America.
They are British who are loyal to America.
They are Americans who are loyal to Britain
