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G. Colonization-Road to Civil War

Total questions: 141

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ban on all trade

a)

embargo

b)

free enterprise

c)

impressment

d)

isolationism

2.

forcing American men to serve in the British navy

a)

embargo

b)

impressment

c)

intervention

d)

protective tariff

3.

  • American ships were banned from trading with all European countries 

  • No foreign ships could enter U.S ports, and no American ships could leave, except to trade at other U.S ports

a)

impressment

b)

Embargo Act

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Monroe Doctrine

4.

Established the principle of judicial review

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden

b)

McCulloch v Maryland.

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Worchester v. Georgia

5.

Strengthened the federal government and the longest-running Chief Justice of the U.S Supreme Court

a)

John Marshall

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

6.

  • Doubled the size of the United States 

  • Encouraged citizens to move west

  • Gave permanent access to the Mississippi River

a)

War of 1812

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Marbury v. Madison

7.

Causes of the War of 1812 - Choose 3

a)

Impressment

b)

Native American attacks in the NW Territory

c)

"War Hawks"

d)

Burning down the White House

8.

What year did we purchase Louisiana?

(a)  

9.

Effects of the War of 1812 - Choose 3

a)

Federalist Party died

b)

Americans began to increase their manufacturing

c)

Increase land for America

d)

No actual winner

10.

Missouri Compromise - Choose 3

a)

Congress admitted Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Maine as a free state

b)

Banned slavery from the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36º 30’ parallel

c)

Congress admitted Maine to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Missouri as a free state

d)

Kept the balance of free/slave states in Congress

11.

When the Supreme court Determines whether or not a law is constitutional

a)

patriotism

b)

nationalism

c)

judicial review

d)

unconstitutional

12.

  • Claimed the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Embargo Act

13.

  • U.S. acquired Florida from Spain

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Embargo Act

14.

  • The court decided that the federal government had the power to set up a federal bank

  • states did not have the power to tax the federal government. 

  • Addressed the issue of state versus federal power

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Worchester v. Georgia

15.

  • The Supreme Court ruled that federal law overrules state law in conflicts involving more than one state.

  • This case strengthened the power of the federal government in issues dealing with interstate commerce

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Worchester v. Georgia

16.

What job did Hamilton have while Washington was president?

a)

Secretary of State

b)

Secretary of Treasury

c)

Secretary of War

d)

Attorney General

17.

What job did Jefferson have while Washington was president?

a)

Secretary of State

b)

Secretary of Treasury

c)

Secretary of War

d)

Attorney General

18.

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

19.

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

20.

Which describes Washington's beliefs about foreign policy?

a)

Befriend France

b)

Befriend Britain

c)

Stay Neutral

d)

Help both in the war

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

Led by Hamilton

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

24.

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

Favored Manufacturing

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

25.

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

26.

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

Thought the bank was unconstitutional

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Democratic-Republican Party

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

forcing American men to serve in the British navy

a)

embargo

b)

impressemtn

c)

nationalism

d)

free enterprise

34.

A nation's strategy for dealing with other nations

a)

Foreign policy

b)

Domestic policy

c)

Isolationism

d)

Neutrality

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

a)

States

b)

National government

38.

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.

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

Essays written to influence the ratification of the Constitution

a)

Federalist Papers

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Crisis

d)

Declaration of Independence

43.

President of the Constitutional Convention

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

44.

Oldest delegate at the Convention

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

45.

Father of the Constitution

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

46.

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

47.

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

48.

A crop that is raised in large quantities and sold

for profit

a)

Commercial

b)

Raw material

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Plantation

49.

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

50.

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

51.

Reasons for Spanish Exploration

a)

Gold

b)

Fur Trade

c)

Glory

d)

Religious Freedom

e)

Spread Catholicism

52.

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

a)

Boston

b)

New Orleans

c)

Colonization

d)

Jamestown

53.

What year was Jamestown founded

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1776

54.

What year was the Mayflower Compact written?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1776

55.

Reasons for French Exploration

a)

Fur Trade

b)

Religious Freedom

c)

Find Gold

56.

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

57.

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

58.

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

59.

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

60.

An unofficial policy where the British did

not enforce its laws on the colonies

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Transatlantic

d)

Triangular Trade

61.

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

62.

An economy based on farming cash crops and plantations.

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

63.

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

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

64.

An economy based on farming grains

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

65.

Colony set up for Catholics and had freedom of religion.

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

66.

Colony set up for Quakers

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

67.

Colony set up for a refuge for Puritans

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Maryland

68.

Which number represents the location of Plymouth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

69.

Which number represents the location of Jamestown?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

70.

Trading that benefits the mother country

a)

Triangular trade

b)

Plantation

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Shipping

71.

To refuse to buy items to show disapproval

a)

Impose

b)

Boycott

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Propaganda

72.

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

73.

Religious movement that spread throughout the colonies

a)

Enlightenment

b)

First Great Awakening

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Revolution

74.

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

75.

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

76.

a self-governing state

a)

Sovereignty

b)

Colony

c)

Mother Country

d)

Militia

77.

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

78.

What does the red line represent?

a)

The 13 Colonies

b)

French Occupation Line

c)

Proclamation Line of 1763

d)

Intolerable Line

79.

Caused the British to go in debt

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Mercantilism

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Proclamation Line of 1763

80.

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

81.

Slogan of the Sons of Liberty

a)

No taxation without representation

b)

No taxation without consent

c)

Representation is everything

d)

Remember the Ladies

82.

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

83.

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

84.

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

85.

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

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

86.

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

87.

Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Thomas Paine

88.

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

89.

Founded the Sons of Liberty. Led the Boston Tea Party

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Thomas Paine

90.

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

91.

An American who favored American Independence

a)

Loyalist

b)

Vigilante

c)

Patriot

d)

Monarch

92.

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

93.

Reigned over England during the American Revolution

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

King George III

d)

Thomas Jefferson

94.

Commander of the Continental Army

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

George Washington

95.

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

96.

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

97.

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

98.

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

99.

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Patrick Henry

100.

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

101.

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

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Mercy Otis Warren

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

Thomas Jefferson

102.

This was the first battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

103.

This was the last battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

104.

Rights that cannot be taken away

a)

Unalienable

b)

Tangible

c)

Constitutional

d)

Limited

105.

This was the turning point of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

106.

This victory got the French to join the American side.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

107.

Officially ended the American Revolution

a)

Declaration of Independece

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

First Continental Congress

108.

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

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Yorktown

109.

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

110.

Tax on imported goods (also known as a tariff)

a)

Repeal

b)

Bill

c)

Compensate

d)

Duty

111.

To cancel or reverse a law

a)

Duty

b)

Repeal

c)

Enact

d)

Act

112.

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

113.

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

a)

Limited Government

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

114.

Citizens elect representatives

a)

Limited Government

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

115.

Each branch of government has some influence over the other branches

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

116.

The people rule

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Individual Rights

117.

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

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Republicanism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Individual Rights

118.

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

a)

Jefferson

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Franklin

119.

Which Enlightenment thinker helped develop the principle of individual rights ?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Franklin

120.

Which are freedoms guaranteed in the 1st amendment?

a)

Speech

b)

Religion

c)

Press

d)

Petition

e)

Assembly

121.

Which amendment guarantees no unreasonable search and seizure?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

d)

7th

122.

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

123.

Which amendment is most related to federalism?

a)

7th

b)

8th

c)

9th

d)

10th

124.

Which branch of government makes laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

125.

Which branch of government enforces laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

126.

Which branch of government interprets laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

127.

devotion or loyalty to the interest of one’s own region over those of a country as a whole.

a)

Patriotism

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Industrialism

128.

related to cultivation and farming

a)

agrarian

b)

industrial

c)

ore

d)

secede

129.

Choose the section(s) that apply:

pro-tariffs

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

130.

Choose the section(s) that apply:

Labor force based on slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

131.

What did enslaved people and free Blacks have in common

a)

Did not receive wages for work

b)

Faced discrimination

c)

Could not marry

d)

Denied citizenship rights

132.

States should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government.

The idea is rooted in the 10th Amendment.

Believed that a state could leave, or secede, from the United States.  

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Federalism

c)

States' rights

133.

Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was a free state. It outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Bleeding Kansas

134.

A bill passed to use popular sovereignty to vote whether or not they wanted to be a slave state.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Bleeding Kansas

135.

Admitted California as a free state and made the Fugitive Slave Law

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Bleeding Kansas

136.

Debate over slavery turned violent

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Bleeding Kansas

137.

Which of the following were effects of the Dredd Scott case? Choose all that apply,

a)

  1. No African American (free or slave) could be a citizen.


b)

  1. Court claimed that slaves were property and you could not outlaw the property rights of slaveholders in territories. 

c)

Slavery was outlawed above the 36º 30' line

d)

  1. Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

138.

Effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Choose 2.

a)

  • South - hated the book

b)

  • South - Supported the book by the South

c)

  • North - stirred northerners hatred of slavery and increased the push for abolitionism

d)

  • North - stirred northerners hatred of slavery and decreased the push for abolitionism

139.

Event that caused South Carolina to secede

a)

Election of 1860

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

John Brown's Raid

d)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

140.

What is the significance of Ft. Sumter?

a)

Slavery was outlawed

b)

It was the first secession of the Civil War

c)

Joh Brown attacked there

d)

First battle of the Civil War

141.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Henry David Thoreau

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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