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D. Memory Monday Colonization - Early Republic 1

Total questions: 111

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Name

Class

Date

1.

What job did Hamilton have while Washington was president?

a)

Secretary of State

b)

Secretary of Treasury

c)

Secretary of War

d)

Attorney General

2.

What job did Jefferson have while Washington was president?

a)

Secretary of State

b)

Secretary of Treasury

c)

Secretary of War

d)

Attorney General

3.

What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 establish?

a)

A federal court system

b)

Judicial Review

c)

A neutral relationship with France and Britain

d)

A national bank

4.

How did Hamilton's financial plan get passed?

a)

rock, paper, scissors

b)

move the capital north to New York

c)

move the capital south

d)

It didn't get passed

5.

Which describes Washington's beliefs about foreign policy?

a)

Befriend France

b)

Befriend Britain

c)

Stay Neutral

d)

Help both in the war

6.

What was the effect of the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

Showed how weak the national government was

b)

Showed the need for a national bank

c)

Showed the power of the state government

d)

Proved the strength of the national government

7.

Which of the following did Washington advise in his Farewell Address?

a)

Keep out of debt

b)

Avoid permanent alliances

c)

Encourage the growth of country to be coast to coast

d)

Warned against political parties

8.

Does the following represent the Federalist Party or the Democratic-Republican Party:

Led by Hamilton

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

9.

Does the following represent the Federalist Party or the Democratic-Republican Party:

Favored Manufacturing

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

10.

Does the following represent the Federalist Party or the Democratic-Republican Party:

Favored state government over the national government

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

11.

Does the following represent the Federalist Party or the Democratic-Republican Party:

Thought the bank was unconstitutional

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

12.

Does the following represent the Federalist Party or the Democratic-Republican Party:

Believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

13.

What laws infringed on the 1st amendment by making it harder for immigrants to become citizens and people could be arrested for making negative statements about the government

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

XYZ Affairs

c)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

d)

Judiciary Act of 1789

14.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 do? Choose 2.

a)

Allowed slaves to escape

b)

Allowed people to hunt down escaped slaves

c)

Fine people for helping escaped slaves

d)

Made slavery illegal

15.

What was an effect of the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

XYZ Affair

b)

Increase in immigration

c)

Washington was elected

d)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

16.

What concept did Virginia and Kentucky use to disagree with the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

states' rights

b)

sedition

c)

impressment

d)

manifest destiny

17.

What is the definition of civic virtue?

a)

a responsibility that a citizen of a country has because they live and benefit from its services

b)

describes the character of a good participant in a system of government

c)

Being good

18.

forcing American men to serve in the British navy

a)

embargo

b)

impressemtn

c)

nationalism

d)

free enterprise

19.

A nation's strategy for dealing with other nations

a)

Foreign policy

b)

Domestic policy

c)

Isolationism

d)

Neutrality

20.

Tax on imported goods with the aim to make imported goods cost more than domestic goods

a)

tariff

b)

protective tariff

c)

free enterprise

d)

Assumption

21.

The first constitution/government for the United States

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

First Continental Congress

22.

Under the Articles of Confederation, who had more power - the states or the national government

a)

States

b)

National government

23.

What was the effect of Shays' Rebellion?

a)

Farmers were upset and marched on the arsenal

b)

Massachusetts ordered the farmers to sell land to pay of debts

c)

There was a money shortage in the United States after the war

d)

It showed how weak the national government was.

24.

Representation in Congress would be based on population.

Wanted 3 branches with two houses in Congress.

Liked by highly-populated states such as Virginia and Pennsylvania.

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5th Compromise

25.

Representation in Congress would be equal.

Wanted 3 branches with only one house in Congress.

Liked by small, less populated states.

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5th Compromise

26.

Created a two-house Congress: House of Representatives based on population and Senate one equal representation (two per state).

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Virginia Plan

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5ths Compromise

27.

Essays written to influence the ratification of the Constitution

a)

Federalist Papers

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Crisis

d)

Declaration of Independence

28.

President of the Constitutional Convention

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

29.

Oldest delegate at the Convention

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

30.

Father of the Constitution

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

31.

Original purpose of the Constitutional Convention

a)

To make peace with Britian

b)

To create the Constitution

c)

To revise the Articles of Confederation

d)

To come up with an idea of how to admit new states

32.

Under the Northwest Ordinance, which three of the following did a territory have to meet in order to become a state?

a)

60,000 free settlers

b)

Have a constitution

c)

Slavery would be permitted

d)

Maintain trial by jury and freedom of religion

33.

A crop that is raised in large quantities and sold

for profit

a)

Commercial

b)

Raw material

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Plantation

34.

What is the climate of the New England colonies?

a)

Hot and humid summers and long growing season

b)

Mild climate

c)

Short mild summers & long winters

35.

What is the climate of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Hot and humid summers and long growing season

b)

Mild climate

c)

Short mild summers & long winters

36.

Reasons for Spanish Exploration

a)

Gold

b)

Fur Trade

c)

Glory

d)

Religious Freedom

e)

Spread Catholicism

37.

The first permanent English settlement in the “New World” was ________________________..

a)

Boston

b)

New Orleans

c)

Colonization

d)

Jamestown

38.

What year was Jamestown founded

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1776

39.

What year was the Mayflower Compact written?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1776

40.

Reasons for French Exploration

a)

Fur Trade

b)

Religious Freedom

c)

Find Gold

41.

House of Burgesses

a)

First self-government of the English colonies

b)

First representative government in the English colonies.

c)

First constitution in the English colonies

42.

Mayflower Compact

a)

First self-government of the English colonies

b)

First representative government in the English colonies.

c)

First constitution in the English colonies

43.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

a)

First self-government of the English colonies

b)

First representative government in the English colonies.

c)

First constitution in the English colonies

44.

What was a natural barrier that kept colonists from moving west?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Proclamation Line of 163

d)

Ohio River

45.

An unofficial policy where the British did

not enforce its laws on the colonies

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Transatlantic

d)

Triangular Trade

46.

Why did the colonies develop self-government?

a)

The distance between the colonies and England was too great

b)

England did not want to rule the colonies

c)

The French allowed it

d)

Too many languages were spoke in the colonies

47.

An economy based on farming cash crops and plantations.

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

48.

An economy based on shipping and trading lumber, ship building, whaling and fishing

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

49.

An economy based on farming grains

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

50.

Colony set up for Catholics and had freedom of religion.

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

51.

Colony set up for Quakers

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

52.

Colony set up for a refuge for Puritans

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Maryland

53.

Which number represents the location of Plymouth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

54.

Which number represents the location of Jamestown?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

55.

Trading that benefits the mother country

a)

Triangular trade

b)

Plantation

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Shipping

56.

To refuse to buy items to show disapproval

a)

Impose

b)

Boycott

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Propaganda

57.

An intellectual movement that focused on the search for practical knowledge and inventions and stressed the power of reason.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

First Great Awakening

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Revolution

58.

Religious movement that spread throughout the colonies

a)

Enlightenment

b)

First Great Awakening

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Revolution

59.

Guaranteed that Englishmen had certain rights, right to a fair trial, and no cruel and unusual punishment, and supported free speech.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Mayflower Compact

60.

Unalienable rights are life, liberty, pursuit of happiness (property).

He believed that if a government starts to take away its citizens’ rights, they should alter or abolish and institute a new government

a)

Montesquie

b)

Hooker

c)

Jefferson

d)

Locke

61.

a self-governing state

a)

Sovereignty

b)

Colony

c)

Mother Country

d)

Militia

62.

He believed in separation of powers among three branches of government

He believed civic virtue was the love of one’s country and its laws, and the willingness of the individual to work for the

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Jefferson

c)

Locke

d)

Hooker

63.

What does the red line represent?

a)

The 13 Colonies

b)

French Occupation Line

c)

Proclamation Line of 1763

d)

Intolerable Line

64.

Caused the British to go in debt

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Mercantilism

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Proclamation Line of 1763

65.

Required the colonists to pay a tax on most printed materials, such as newspapers, pamphlets, marriage licenses, and playing cards.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Intolerable Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Stamp Act

66.

Slogan of the Sons of Liberty

a)

No taxation without representation

b)

No taxation without consent

c)

Representation is everything

d)

Remember the Ladies

67.

Required colonists to find lodging for British soldiers in addition to providing food, drink and other costs.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Tea Act

68.

This was used as propaganda for the colonists after 5 men were killed in Boston

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Coercive Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Sons of Liberty

69.

This made King George III and British Parliament angry which led to the Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts.

a)

Writing the Declaration of Independence

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Tea Act

d)

Boycotting the Stamp Act

70.

Effects of this Act: Colonists formed the First Continental Congress.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

71.

Was the Tea Act a tax on tea?

a)

Yes; it raised the prices

b)

Yes; the colonists were so mad they threw tea into the harbor

c)

No; it gave the British East Indies company a complete monopoly on the tea trade

d)

No; It made drinking tea illegal

72.

Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Thomas Paine

73.

Mercy Otis Warren is famous for

a)

Wrote Common Sense

b)

She was a spy for the Patriots in Boston

c)

Wrote plays against the British government

d)

Created "The Bloody Massacre" engraving

74.

Founded the Sons of Liberty. Led the Boston Tea Party

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Thomas Paine

75.

What was Common Sense about?

a)

Why the Patriots should make peace with Britian

b)

That the colonists should pay for the French and Indian War

c)

The reasons why the colonists should seek independence from Great Britain

d)

How to beat the British in war

76.

An American who favored American Independence

a)

Loyalist

b)

Vigilante

c)

Patriot

d)

Monarch

77.

Influential woman who wrote letters to her husband encouraging him to "Remember the ladies."

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Mercy Otis Warren

c)

Martha Washington

d)

Betsy Ross

78.

Reigned over England during the American Revolution

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

King George III

d)

Thomas Jefferson

79.

Commander of the Continental Army

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

George Washington

80.

First African American to serve in a public office. Was a messenger. African American

a)

James Armisted

b)

Wentworth Cheswell

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Paul Revere

81.

Father of the Navy. "I have not yet begun to fight."

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

82.

Enslaved person who was a spy prior to the Battle of Yorktown

a)

Wentworth Cheswell

b)

Marquis de Lafeyette

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

James Armistead

83.

A skilled orator and patriot and made the famous speech “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Patrick Henry

84.

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Patrick Henry

85.

French governor and volunteer who became one of Washington’s most valued advisors

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Wentworth Cheswell

86.

Patriot writer who wrote “Common Sense” and the “American Crisis”

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Mercy Otis Warren

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Thomas Jefferson

87.

This was the first battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

88.

This was the last battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

89.

Rights that cannot be taken away

a)

Unalienable

b)

Tangible

c)

Constitutional

d)

Limited

90.

This was the turning point of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

91.

This victory got the French to join the American side.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

92.

Officially ended the American Revolution

a)

Declaration of Independece

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

First Continental Congress

93.

Washington trained the troops here and read The Crisis during a cold winter.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

94.

Helped convince France to send military aid to colonies to fight the British. During the French and Indian War, he wrote the Albany Plan of Union.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

George Washington

95.

Tax on imported goods (also known as a tariff)

a)

Repeal

b)

Bill

c)

Compensate

d)

Duty

96.

To cancel or reverse a law

a)

Duty

b)

Repeal

c)

Enact

d)

Act

97.

The principle that requires all U.S. citizens, including government leaders, to obey the law.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

98.

Government powers are divided among the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

99.

Citizens elect representatives

a)

Limited Government

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

100.

Each branch of government has some influence over the other branches

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

101.

The people rule

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Individual Rights

102.

Rights guaranteed to all United States citizens under the Bill of Rights

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Individual Rights

103.

Which Enlightenment thinker helped develop the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Franklin

104.

Which Enlightenment thinker helped develop the principle of individual rights ?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Franklin

105.

Which are freedoms guaranteed in the 1st amendment?

a)

Speech

b)

Religion

c)

Press

d)

Petition

e)

Assembly

106.

Which amendment guarantees no unreasonable search and seizure?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

7th

107.

What is due process, which is protected under the 5th Amendment?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Ability to choose your own lawyer.

c)

Fair treatment of citizens through the judicial system

d)

No unreasonable search and seizure of your belongings

108.

Which amendment is most related to federalism?

a)

7th

b)

8th

c)

9th

d)

10th

109.

Which branch of government makes laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

110.

Which branch of government enforces laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

111.

Which branch of government interprets laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

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