WorksheetsAmericas 1650-1850 Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How were many of the treaties signed between indigenous communities and the American govt. unfair?
they took away land and gave it to American colonizers. They also did not allow indigenous people to practice their own culture.
They took away land and gave it to American colonizers. They also did not allow indigenous people to practices their culture unless they received prior permission.
The treaties were fair. Indigenous people were treated with respect in determining bargains.
These treaties took away land and gave it to other indigenous communities. They also did not allow indigenous people to practice their own culture.
How did European colonizers use systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people?
They molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.
Colonizers believed they were superior to no one, which justified their cruelty
Colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit indigenous people, not others
Colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people
Which of the following excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano describes how people were bough and sold upon their arrival in the Americas?
"At last, when the ship we were in had got in all her cargo, they made ready with many fearful noises, and we were all put under deck, so that we could not see how they managed the vessel."
"This produced copious perspirations so that the air became unfit for respiration from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died."
"On a signal given, (as the beat of a drum) the buyers rush at once into the yard where the slaves are confined, and make choice of that parcel they like best."
"At last we came in sight of the island of Barbadoes, at which the whites on board gave a great shout, and made many signs of joy to us."
Which best describes the Stamp Act
It forced Americans to purchase only British products
It forbad colonists from settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
It put a tax on products such as newspapers, dice, legal documents, and playing cards
It forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense.
Which group immediately benefited the most from the American Revolution?
Loyalists
White nonlandowning males
Black Americans
women
Which of the following events contributed to the emergence of independence movements in Latin America?
The French Revolution
adoption of the English Bill of Rights
the American Civil War
the Industrial Revolution
What were the economic consequences for Spanish America of Napoleon's invasion of Spain?
Long military engagement and disrupted trade led to high taxes and unstable economies in Spanish America
Enslaved people rebelled in St. Domingue seeking liberty and equality
Restrictive trade practices forced colonies to only trade with Spain
Only peninsulars could hold high government and church offices in Spanish America
Why did early American political leaders want to ensure they had a combination of democratic and republican structures in the US government?
They did not want to allow the American people the opportunity to participate in the government at all
They believed it was important to allow people some voice in their government, but wanted to ensure the right people maintained power
Enlightenment thinkers had warned them against using only one of those forms of government alone
They could not decide whether the Greeks or the Romans had done a better job with their government and used both.
Which of the following countries, inspired by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, had long-term success with adopting democracy?
Liberia
France
Spain
Germany
Which statement compares a key similarity between the US, French and Haitian Revolutions?
Each led to the formation of constitutional monarchies
Each led to British dominance in Europe
Each led to equality for women
Each led to the creation of republics
Which of the following accurately states a key difference among the US, French, and Haitian governments following their independence movements?
The French feared counter-revolutionaries
The French government feared too much revolutionary zeal from the masses
The French government feared that the masses would want to end state religion
The French government wanted to extract money from the executed citizens
Between 1808 and 1826, all of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies of the Americas achieved independence except which two colonies?
Cuba and Puerto Rico
Cuba and Venezuela
Haiti and Puerto Rico
Brazil and Mexico
How were coffee and sugar plantations in Hawaii a threat to tribal sovereignty?
they were not a threat
they used Manifest Destiny to force Indigenous people off their lands
they forced indigenous people to trap furs or their families would be killed
they forced indigenous people off the land they had lived on for generations
How did the encomienda system impact the Indigenous peoples of the Americas?
It led to the compassionate treatment of indigenous peoples but also the theft of their native lands
it had no negative effect on indigenous peoples or their lands
it led to the mistreatment of indigenous peoples but they were allowed to keep control of their native lands
it led to the mistreatment of indigenous peoples and the theft of their native lands.
Which excerpt from the primary source--The Confessions of Nat Turner--supports the statement that he believed he was destined for great things from an early age?
"You have asked me to give a history of the motives which induced me to undertake the late insurrection, as you call it..."
"I surely would be a prophet, as the Lord had shewn me things that had happened before my birth."
"My grandmother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached..."
"In this case he has either cut them off or they have nearly disappeared..."
