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Benchmark 3 Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Great Awakening?

a)

A religious revival that increased church membership and new denominations

b)

Growth of new Christian denominations and push for equality

c)

Movement to ban alcohol

d)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

2.

What was one major effect of the Great Awakening?

a)

Growth of new Christian denominations and push for equality

b)

A tax on paper goods

c)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

d)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

3.

Who was William Penn?

a)

A Quaker who founded Pennsylvania for religious freedom

b)

Law forcing Native Americans west

c)

A religious revival that increased church membership and new denominations

d)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

4.

How did African culture influence colonial America?

a)

Architecture, farming techniques, and new foods

b)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

c)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

d)

He believed the president lacked power to buy land

5.

What did Great Britain gain from the Treaty of Paris (1763)?

a)

Control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi

b)

Gave a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

c)

Punishments for the Boston Tea Party, including closing Boston Harbor

d)

49° parallel

6.

What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?

a)

A line preventing colonists from settling west of the Appalachians

b)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

c)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

d)

Dispute over Texas borders

7.

How did colonists react to the Proclamation Line of 1763?

a)

They ignored it and moved west anyway

b)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

c)

Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

d)

To organize protests and boycott British goods

8.

What was the purpose of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

a)

To organize protests and boycott British goods

b)

To encourage independence from Britain

c)

Movement to ban alcohol

d)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

9.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

George Washington

c)

William Penn

d)

Andrew Jackson

10.

Why was Common Sense written?

a)

To encourage independence from Britain

b)

To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

c)

Warning to Europe not to colonize the Americas

d)

He believed the president lacked power to buy land

11.

What was the Stamp Act?

a)

A tax on paper goods

b)

Tax on molasses and enforcement of smuggling laws

c)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

d)

Laws banning criticism of the government

12.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Punishments for the Boston Tea Party, including closing Boston Harbor

b)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

c)

Law forcing Native Americans west

d)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

13.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

b)

Gave a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

c)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

d)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

14.

What was the Tea Act?

a)

Gave a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

b)

A tax on paper goods

c)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

d)

Warning to Europe not to colonize the Americas

15.

What were the Townshend Acts?

a)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

b)

Tax on molasses and enforcement of smuggling laws

c)

Laws banning criticism of the government

d)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

16.

What was the Sugar Act?

a)

Tax on molasses and enforcement of smuggling laws

b)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

c)

A tax on paper goods

d)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

17.

How did geography impact the Battle of Saratoga?

a)

Mountains and forests slowed the British army

b)

It convinced France to support the Americans

c)

Control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi

d)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

18.

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point?

a)

It convinced France to support the Americans

b)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

c)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

d)

A line preventing colonists from settling west of the Appalachians

19.

What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do?

a)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

b)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

c)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

d)

To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

20.

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

b)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

c)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

d)

Laws banning criticism of the government

21.

How did Shays' Rebellion show need to revise Articles?

a)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

b)

He set precedents like a cabinet and two-term limit

c)

Law forcing Native Americans west

d)

Dispute over Texas borders

22.

What was the Great Compromise?

a)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

b)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

c)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

d)

49° parallel

23.

Why does the Constitution separate powers?

a)

To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

b)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

c)

Movement to ban alcohol

d)

He believed the president lacked power to buy land

24.

Why was Washington's presidency important?

a)

He set precedents like a cabinet and two-term limit

b)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

c)

Punishments for the Boston Tea Party, including closing Boston Harbor

d)

Warning to Europe not to colonize the Americas

25.

Major point in Washington's Farewell Address?

a)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

b)

To organize protests and boycott British goods

c)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

d)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

26.

What were the Sedition Acts?

a)

Laws banning criticism of the government

b)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

c)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

d)

Movement to ban alcohol

27.

Why was the Louisiana Purchase significant?

a)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

b)

49° parallel

c)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

d)

Control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi

28.

Why did the purchase go against Jefferson's beliefs?

a)

He believed the president lacked power to buy land

b)

To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

c)

Belief U.S. should expand coast-to-coast

d)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

29.

Major cause of War of 1812?

a)

British impressment of American sailors

b)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

c)

Dispute over Texas borders

d)

A tax on paper goods

30.

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

a)

Warning to Europe not to colonize the Americas

b)

Gave a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

c)

Law forcing Native Americans west

d)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

31.

What was the Indian Removal Act?

a)

Law forcing Native Americans west

b)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

c)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

d)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

32.

What was the Nullification Crisis?

a)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

b)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

c)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

d)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

33.

What were parts of the American System?

a)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

b)

Movement to ban alcohol

c)

Taxes on imported glass, paper, and tea

d)

Laws banning criticism of the government

34.

What was the Temperance Movement?

a)

Movement to ban alcohol

b)

Equality and voting rights

c)

A religious revival that increased church membership and new denominations

d)

To organize protests and boycott British goods

35.

What did women want at Seneca Falls?

a)

Equality and voting rights

b)

Law forcing Native Americans west

c)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

d)

To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

36.

How did the Missouri Compromise balance slavery?

a)

MO slave, ME free, 36°30' line

b)

He should be free for living in free territory

c)

Whether slavery would expand into new territories

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

37.

Why did the U.S. fight Mexico?

a)

Dispute over Texas borders

b)

British impressment of American sailors

c)

49° parallel

d)

Government could not tax or enforce laws

38.

What issue followed Mexican Cession?

a)

Whether slavery would expand into new territories

b)

States refusing to obey national tariffs

c)

Movement to ban alcohol

d)

A tax on paper goods

39.

What border did the U.S. want for Oregon?

a)

49° parallel

b)

Control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi

c)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

d)

Warning to Europe not to colonize the Americas

40.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

Belief U.S. should expand coast-to-coast

b)

Created rules for surveying and selling western land

c)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

d)

Gave a monopoly to the East India Tea Company

41.

What law used popular sovereignty?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

MO slave, ME free, 36°30' line

c)

National bank, transportation, tariffs

d)

Law forcing Native Americans west

42.

What did Dred Scott argue?

a)

He should be free for living in free territory

b)

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

c)

To encourage independence from Britain

d)

Created a two-house Congress combining VA and NJ plans

43.

Court ruling in Dred Scott?

a)

African Americans not citizens; Congress can't ban slavery

b)

He believed the president lacked power to buy land

c)

Government was too weak to stop uprisings

d)

It convinced France to support the Americans

44.

Who was John Brown?

a)

An abolitionist who attacked Harpers Ferry

b)

CA free, Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty

c)

Southern states seceded

d)

More factories and railroads

45.

What was the Compromise of 1850?

a)

CA free, Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty

b)

An abolitionist who attacked Harpers Ferry

c)

Nation must stay united and honor the dead

d)

Protect freedmen and punish Confederate leaders

46.

Result of Lincoln’s election?

a)

Southern states seceded

b)

Union gained control of Mississippi River

c)

Boosted Northern morale and helped Lincoln win

d)

Granted citizenship and equal protection

47.

North’s advantage in Civil War?

a)

More factories and railroads

b)

Fighting on home territory with strong generals

c)

Lenient plan allowing Southern states back quickly

d)

Help freedmen with education, jobs, healthcare

48.

South’s advantage?

a)

Fighting on home territory with strong generals

b)

More factories and railroads

c)

Quickly reunite nation with lenient terms

d)

Gave African American men voting rights

49.

Gettysburg Address message?

a)

Nation must stay united and honor the dead

b)

CA free, Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty

c)

Abolished slavery

d)

Union gained control of Mississippi River

50.

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan?

a)

Quickly reunite nation with lenient terms

b)

Protect freedmen and punish Confederate leaders

c)

Lenient plan allowing Southern states back quickly

d)

More factories and railroads

51.

Significance of Vicksburg?

a)

Union gained control of Mississippi River

b)

Abolished slavery

c)

Boosted Northern morale and helped Lincoln win

d)

Freed enslaved people in Confederate states

52.

Why was Atlanta important?

a)

Boosted Northern morale and helped Lincoln win

b)

Granted citizenship and equal protection

c)

Fighting on home territory with strong generals

d)

CA free, Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty

53.

Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Freed enslaved people in Confederate states

b)

Gave African American men voting rights

c)

An abolitionist who attacked Harpers Ferry

d)

Protect freedmen and punish Confederate leaders

54.

Johnson’s Reconstruction?

a)

Lenient plan allowing Southern states back quickly

b)

Protect freedmen and punish Confederate leaders

c)

Nation must stay united and honor the dead

d)

Union gained control of Mississippi River

55.

Purpose of Radical Reconstruction?

a)

Protect freedmen and punish Confederate leaders

b)

Quickly reunite nation with lenient terms

c)

More factories and railroads

d)

CA free, Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty

56.

13th Amendment?

a)

Abolished slavery

b)

Granted citizenship and equal protection

c)

Gave African American men voting rights

d)

Freed enslaved people in Confederate states

57.

14th Amendment?

a)

Granted citizenship and equal protection

b)

Abolished slavery

c)

Union gained control of Mississippi River

d)

Quickly reunite nation with lenient terms

58.

15th Amendment?

a)

Gave African American men voting rights

b)

Granted citizenship and equal protection

c)

Abolished slavery

d)

Fighting on home territory with strong generals

59.

Purpose of Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

Help freedmen with education, jobs, healthcare

b)

Lenient plan allowing Southern states back quickly

c)

Nation must stay united and honor the dead

d)

More factories and railroads