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WorksheetsMidterm Review 2.0
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World was...
the growth of the food supply, which led to population increase
slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners
the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor
a draining of capital from the royal families shifting wealth to the merchant class
Spanish friar who argued for the protection of Native Americans under Spanish control.
Bartolomeo de las Casas
Juan Sepulvida
Vasco de Gama
Francisco Pizarro
A New England colonist that strongly believed in religious toleration and fair dealings with Native Americans.
William Penn
John Rolfe
Roger WIlliams
John Smith
were a series of English laws enacted in the 17th century that regulated colonial trade and commerce by requiring colonial goods to be transported on English ships and sold primarily to English markets, thereby establishing a trade monopoly and benefiting the British economy at the expense of colonial economic autonomy.
Navigation Acts
Mercantilism
Stamp Act
The British Transatlantic Trade Laws
The snake on the flag represents . . .
The 13 British Colonies in North America
Parliament
The King of England
The King of France
What was the name given to the idea that educated women were essential for the success of the republic?
Republican Motherhood
Enlightened Feminism
Revolutionary Sisterhood
Patriotic Maternity
Why was the Bill of Rights amended to the Constitution?
Federalists felt the Constitution was not long enough to be effective.
Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution did not effectively protect the rights of the citizen.
Federalists believed that the government held too much power.
Anti-Federalists were looking for a way to overthrow the current administration.
Why is the Bill of Rights referred to as the anti-Federalists legacy?
It was added in response to fears that the new government would take away from liberties of the people/states.
The anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
It was added to the Constitution through the formal amendment process.
The Bill of Rights was ratified two years after the Constitution went into effect.
Why did the British impose the Stamp Act?
As payback for the repeal of the sugar act
To repay debts formed from the French and Indian War
To punish the colonies for the Declaration of Independence
To help defeat the French in the 7 Years War
All of the following are examples of improvements made by the "American System", except?
New transportation systems built
Protective tariffs to encourage American manufacturing
A strong national leader
A new national bank
What is the Market Revolution?
The immigration of European immigrants, particularly Irish and German, to the United States
The rapid growth of industrial cities in the northern part of the country
The emergence of a middle class in the North
The linking of northern industries with western and southern farms through advancements in agriculture, industry, and transportation
Which of the following would be most likely to oppose Jackson's bank policy
A Southern planter
A western planter
A western immigrant
An Urban Laborer
A northern Businessman
Developed the American System that included taxes on imported goods & federal spending on roads, etc. Represented KY. in both the United States Senate and H.O.R. & was a War Hawk.
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Frederick Douglass
Who would most disagree with John C Calhoun;s description of slavery as a "positive good"?
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Why did James K. Polk want to go to war with Mexico?
To claim Texas for the U.S.
To claim California and New Mexico for the U.S.
To defend America from an attack from Mexico
To stop Native American attacks on the border of the two countries
These were named for a speech in which Abraham Lincoln (W-IL) called upon President Polk to name the precise location on the ground where American blood had allegedly been shed.
Dot Resolutions
Slidell Resolutions
Spot Resolutions
Leighton is a Communist
This party called for slavery to be banished from the western territories and free land for homesteaders
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
Know-Nothing Party
Liberty Party
What is popular sovereignty?
A way to be involved in all decisions for a country.
Government based on the consent of the people.
Government based on the popularity of the people.
Government that is separate but equal.
Which of the following ways does NOT represent popular sovereignty?
People are involved directly or by representation.
The constitution is made and ratified by the people.
People are indirectly involved in actions by the government.
Support by the people is shown in elections.
The constitution makes the people accountable.
Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves
Fugitive Immigrant Law
Runaway Slave Clause
Fugitive Slave Law
Property Abandonment Clause
Which of the following was a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Slavery ended in Kansas and Missouri
Slavery was allowed to continue in the Union
California was admitted as a slave state
The Fugitive Slave law became more extensive in the North
The Civil War fighting began...
When southern states succeeded from the union
When Abraham Lincoln became president
When the Confederacy attacked the federal Ft. Sumter
When Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederacy
Superior transportation, an industrialized economy, and a large population describes the
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
Agricultural economy, superior military leadership, and a large slave population describes
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
What was gone after the battle of Bull Run?
the innocence of the army
the belief the war would be over by christmas
The general of the Union Army
All of the above
What was the impact of the Civil War on the economy of the South?
The Civil War had no impact on the economy of the South.
The Civil War led to economic prosperity in the South.
The Civil War devastated the Southern economy, destroyed infrastructure and the end of slavery disrupting the agricultural economy.
The Civil War led to the industrialization of the South.
Hardships faced by black regiments like the 54th Massachusetts included all of the following except:
Lack of proper footwear
Salary discrepancy as compared to white soldiers
Harsher treatment than their white officers if captured by the Confederacy
Initial hesitation by the Union Army to allow them to go into a combat situation
Laws passed in southern states to restrict the rights of former slaves; to nullify the codes, Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Black Codes
Sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
