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WorksheetsMidterm APUSH Practice
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Where were the conquistadores from?
Italy
Who colonized Jamestown?
What role did John Smith play in the Jamestown colony?
How did the Headright System encourage settlers to the New World?
What is the difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person?
How did the French colonies differ front he English colonies?
What strategy did Jesuits use to try to convert natives?
Why were Huguenots banned from settling in the Americas?
What role did the Iroquois play in the Seven Years War?
Why was King Philip's War fought?
What were Quakers views about other religions?
What did William Penn do to make Pennsylvania a successful colony?
How did the Navigation Acts affect trade in the English colonies?
Why was the Dominion of New England created?
What was traded through the Middle Passage?
How did the Slave Codes affect the rights of enslaved people?
How did the First Great Awakening change religious life in America?
Who was an influential preacher during the First Great Awakening?
What was the theology explained in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
What role did Jonathan Edwards play in the First Great Awakening?
The Enlightenment was defined by
How does Deism differ from Christianity?
Which philosopher influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
David Hume
How does Social Contract Theory describe government?
According to Social Contract Theory, what is a natural right?
Rights that people have before forming a social contract. They come from nature or God.
When, according to Social Contract Theory, should people overthrow their government?
What is Thomas Paine known for?
How did Thomas Paine view monarchies?
Oppressive and illegitimate
What did Thomas Paine think about the colonies and their relationship to England?
What nations fought in the Seven Years War?
What area of the Americas was the Seven Years War fought over?
Quebec
Oregon
Ohio River Valley
Florida
Why was the Albany Plan of Union significant?
What was the cause of Pontiac's Rebellion?
What products did the Stamp Act tax?
What does the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation" mean?
Why was the Sugar Act so unpopular?
Why was the Stamp Act Congress formed?
How did the Sons of Liberty protest the British government?
How did the Daughters of Liberty help to protest British taxes?
Who carried out the Boston Tea Party?
What was the Tea Act?
What started the Boston Massacre?
What city did the Intolerable Acts seek to punish?
Why was the First Continental Congress called into session?
What was something accomplished at the Second Continental Congress?
How did the King react to the Olive Branch Petition?
What natural rights were mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?
Why does the Declaration of Independence state the colonies are declaring independence from England?
How did Valley Forge affect the continental army?
What was the result of the Battle of Saratoga?
This French general helped George Washington win the Revolutionary War?
This term meant people who desired for the colonies to be independent from England?
What is Republican Motherhood?
The belief that women played a crucial role in teaching their children to be virtuous citizens
Which one of these revolutions was inspired by the American Revolution?
How was the Haitian Revolution inspired by the American Revolution?
What were the Articles of Confederation?
What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What issue did the Northwestern Ordinance solve?
How did the Articles of Confederation help cause Shays' Rebellion?
Why was the Constitutional Convention convened?
To address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
What states did the Virginia Plan favor?
What type of states did the New Jersey Plan favor?
How did the Great Compromise resolve the disagreements between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan?
What issue did the Three Fifths Compromise resolve?
What did the Fugitive Slave Cause stipulate?
How does the Electoral College decide who is president?
Why did anti-Federalists not support the ratification of the US Constitution?
Why were the Federalist Papers written?
Which Founding Fathers wrote the Federalist Papers?
What are the first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution called?
How did the philosopher Montesquieu influence the US Constitution?
He invented Social Contract Theory
His ideas on separation of powers and checks and balances
What relationship between national and state government does Federalism entail?
A balanced split of powers and responsibilities
State governments have the majority of power
How does separation of powers attempt to prevent dictatorships from emerging?
What is an example of Checks and Balances?
This branch of government is ran by the President.
This branch of government passes laws.
This branch of government includes the Supreme Court.
This is a change to the Constitution.
What was the cause of the Whiskey Rebellion?
What did George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
What position did Alexander Hamilton hold in George Washington's cabinet?
Why was Alexander Hamilton in favor of tariffs?
Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank?
To lend money to France
To promote trade with Canada
Which number of president was John Adams?
How did the XYZ Affair affect relations between France and the Unites States?
How did the Alien and Sedition Acts affect the outcome of the 1800 election?
The Louisiana Purchase happened during which presidency?
What city was the United States originally trying to buy from France (this led to the Louisiana Purchase)?
How expensive was the Louisiana Purchase?
What were the political views of the Democratic-Republican Party?
What was the Democratic-Republican Party's position on the institution of slavery?
How was Thomas Jefferson able to get the electoral votes needed to defeat Aaron Burr?
An endorsement by Hamilton provided him the support of the Federalist party in the House of Representatives
What was the Virginia Dynasty?
How did John Marshall define the powers of the Supreme Court?
What power did the Supreme Court demonstrate that it possessed in Marbury v. Madison?
What was a cause of the War of 1812?
Impressment of American sailors
What was the outcome of the War of 1812?
The war ended in a draw
The United States rejoined the British Empire
What is the Star Spangled Banner about?
What does the Monroe Doctrine state about the intereference of Europe in the Americas?
Europe interfering in the Americas will be interpreted as a declaration of war
Europe should be allowed to setup more colonies in the Americas
Define the Era of Good Feelings.
A time of military conflict and expansion during James Monroe's presidency
A period characterized by a sense of national unity and political harmony during James Monroe's presidency
What problem was the Missouri Compromise attempting to solve?
The issue of when new states would be admitted to the union.
The issue of whether new states would ratify the 13th Amendment.
Which is NOT a tenant of the American System?
tariffs
establishing free trade with Canada and England
a strong national bank
investment in infrastructure
Why is infrastructure an important part of a strong economy?
Investing in infrastructure is a waste of resources and the money is better spend on other things.
Infrastructure has no measurable impact on the economy.
Infrastructure only benefits a small portion of the population that works for the government.
What was the first industry to be automated in the Industrial Revolution?
What are interchangeable parts?
What task does a cotton gin perform?
What was the first mass produced sewing machine?
The Janome 2212
The Howe-Singer Model 1
The Bernina 1008
The Brother LX3817
What is Morse Code?
A method to encode text as sequences of dots and dashes.
A type of computer programming language that encodes text as 0 and 1.
A code used to create smoke signals
How did the steam engine affect transportation in the United States during the Industrial Revolution?
What is nativism?
What was the political platform of the "Know Nothing" Party?
What is suffrage?
What was the political platform of the Democratic Party in the 1800's?
The political platform of the Democratic Party in the 1800's included support for states' rights and opposition to the national bank.
Who was the first president to be elected from the Democratic Party?
What was the political philosophy of the Whig Party?
Which area of the United States tended to support the Whig Party?
What is a veto?
The power to write a law
The power of judicial review
Which state caused the Nullification Crisis?
How did Andrew Jackson solve the Nullification Crisis?
Burned down Charleston, South Carolina.
Threatened and then reached a compromise with South Carolina
