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Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 31mins
How were the Committees of Correspondence, Sons of Liberty, and Daughters of Liberty similar?
All organized colonial resistance to British policies.
They were all British loyalist groups.
What was the main difference between the settlement of Virginia and Massachusetts?
Both were settled for military purposes.
Virginia was settled for economic reasons; Massachusetts for religious freedom.
What event resulted from tensions between New England settlers and Native Americans?
King Philip’s War.
The Salem Witch Trials.
What major factor influenced New England settlement?
Religious motivations (Puritanism).
Economic opportunities in gold mining.
What were defining characteristics of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Large plantations and cotton production.
Diversity, good ports, and grain production.
Why did Britain begin taxing colonists in the 1760s?
To support the British navy in Asia.
To pay for the French and Indian War.
Which philosopher influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Hobbes.
John Locke.
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson.
Why were Lafayette and von Steuben important at Valley Forge?
They led the Boston Tea Party.
They trained and strengthened the Continental Army.
What disagreement did the Three-Fifths Compromise resolve?
How the president would be elected.
How enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.
How did Shays’ Rebellion show weaknesses of the Articles?
The government couldn’t stop the rebellion.
The government passed new laws quickly.
Why was the central government weak under the Articles?
Fear of creating another tyranny like Britain.
Need for more trade with Europe.
What economic plan included tariffs and internal improvements?
The American System.
The Square Deal.
What was the main idea of the Monroe Doctrine?
The U.S. should remain neutral in all conflicts.
Europe must not interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
How did the Sedition Act affect the election of 1800?
Had no effect on the election.
Hurt Adams and helped Jefferson.
What movement aimed to end slavery?
The Abolitionist Movement.
The Temperance Movement.
From which country was the Louisiana Purchase made?
France.
Britain.
What did canals, roads, and railroads represent in early American history?
Foreign policy.
Internal improvements.
Who transformed Northern industry and Southern slavery?
Eli Whitney.
Thomas Jefferson.
What change helped Andrew Jackson win in 1828?
Expanding voting rights to all white men
Lowering the voting age to 18
Which person was NOT an abolitionist?
Harriet Tubman
John C. Calhoun
What explains the differences between North and South economies before the Civil War?
Industry vs. agriculture/slavery
Urban vs. rural population
What military strategy is known as the Anaconda Plan?
Invading Canada
Blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River
What was Lincoln’s purpose in his Second Inaugural Address?
Announce his retirement
Promote reconciliation
Which general fought at Bull Run and was absent at Gettysburg?
George Meade
Stonewall Jackson
Who led the March to the Sea during the Civil War?
General Robert E. Lee
General William T. Sherman
How did disparities between the North and South affect the outcome of the Civil War?
Northern advantages helped it win.
Both sides were equally matched.
What were the KKK, Black Codes, and poll taxes used for after Reconstruction?
Promoting equal rights.
Limiting rights of African Americans.
Define mercantilism
The belief that a nation's wealth is calculated by the amount of gold and silver it has.
The belief in many gods.
What is the purpose of the American colonies under mercantilism?
To make England rich
To fight with everyone
When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?
the Middle Passage
the Lower Passage
The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the
first elective legislative body in America
the first time a council advised the Virginia Company
Which of the following best describes the Great Awakening?
A religious revival in colonial America
A scientific revolution in colonial America
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
a British rule which banned Americans from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
an agreement giving more land to the French in North America
1) What made the Battle of Yorktown significant?
It was the final battle of the American Civil War.
It was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Which compromise included the agreement that there would be two houses of government where the lower house was based on population and the upper house got two votes per state?
The Great Compromise
Slave Trade Compromise
Why did Daniel Shays and other farmers rebel and start a fight in 1786?
they were angry that George Washington was leading the Congress
they were in debt, their land was being taken and they were being thrown in prison
What is a precedent?
something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow
a tax on imported goods
What are causes of the War of 1812?
Interference with US shipping and French embargo
British supporting Native American resistance against the U.S , Impressment of Sailors and British interference of U.S. Maritime Trade.
What is Manifest Destiny?
A religious term used to explain how to be saved
The belief that it was America's destiny to expand from coast to coast.
Antietam was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history.
TRUE
FALSE
What were some of the achievements of the Freedman's Bureau?
Providing food, medical care, education, and legal assistance to newly freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
Building railroads across the South
What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To abolish slavery in the entire United States
To declare all enslaved people in Confederate territory to be forever free.
What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?
Granted the right to vote regardless of race
Ended slavery in the United States
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Government taking total command
People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary between
Rio Grande River
Sabine River
Which of the following was when Mexico gave its provinces of California and New Mexico up to the United States?
Mexican Cession
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?
Slavery was banned.
The people would decide whether they wanted slavery.
The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...
Fugitive Slave Act.
Type of freedom for all slaves
The Fugitive Slave Act...
was part of the compromise of 1850 and declared anyone caught helping a fugitive slave would be punished
set free all slaves
