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Level 3 History MT
US History Mid-term exam 1/28/05
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is NOT an example of the impact of European settlers on the American Indians? | migration to the east |
| Which was NOT a reason the Spanish came to the New World? | tobacco |
| Which is NOT a reason nations wanted colonies? | social experiments |
| Which of the following is NOT associated with King Phillip's War? | Pequot Nation |
| Which was NOT a southern colony before the American Revolution? | Florida |
| Which was NOT a New England colony before the American Revolution? | Vermont |
| Which was NOT a middle colony before the American Revolution? | Maryland |
| Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the economy of New England? | trading of food commodities |
| Which was NOT associated with the Middle Colonies? | witch trials |
| Which of the following is NOT associatd with the Southern Colonies? | Separatists |
| Most Europeans believed that Indians were | heathens whose customs deserved little respect |
| England foucsed its colonizing activities on which area? | the Atlantic seaboard of North America |
| Spain focused on colonizing which area? | Central and South America |
| Spain's primary reason for establishing colonies in America was | to find gold and other precious metals |
| Which of the following was most directly driven by religious motivations? | move of the Puritans to Massachusetts |
| Which of the following colonies was founded as a result of Puritan intolerance of dissent? | Rhode Island |
| King Phillip's War illustrates how | Native Americans fought to maintain their culture. |
| Rice was one of the principal products of: | South Carolina |
| The tobacco boom in VA led to: | a boom in immigration of indentured servants to VA |
| Bacon's rebellion was caused by which of the following? | conflict between large planters and settlers on VA's western frontier |
| Freedom of religion was a characteristic of which colony? | Rhode Island |
| Europeans sough to conquer the Americas largely because they wanted to: | convert America's natural resources into wealth. |
| Which of the following did not contribute to th Native Americans' population decrease? | Christianity |
| Which colony is incorrectly matched with the type of people that it was founded for? | New York--Puritans |
| Large-scale plantation agriculture was a feature of all of the following EXCEPT: | Conneticut |
| How did African-American immigrants differ from other immigrants who arrived in the colonies? | They were forced to come, they did not come on their own free will. |
| The financing for VA colony came from: | a joint-stock company |
| The primary aim of the explorations of Balboa, Magellan, Verrazano, and ariter was the find | a water passage through Americas to reach Asia. |
| In the Declaratory Act, Parliament stated that | it had the right to legislate for the colonies in all matters, including taxes. |
| How did the French and Indians War differ from King Williams, Queen Anne's, and King George's wars? | As a result of the French and Indian war, France lost her empire in the U.S. |
| The chief reason for the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Townshend duties by Parliament was the | harmful effects of colonial boycotts and nonimportation agreements on British business |
| Americans objected to the Tea Act because | still a tax on tea and customs duties paid to royal governors |
| The Navigation Acts | required British-American colonists to ship their tobacco, rice, etc. to England first |
| The author of the passage most likely wrote this excerpt during what period of the U.S. history? | Revolutionary Period, 1773-83 |
| Patrick Henry states that | he would rather die than give up liberty |
| George Grenville pusehd through the Stamp Act of 1765 in order to | make colonies pay cost of the French and Indian War |
| The American people who opposed separation from Britain were known as | Tories |
| Which of these was most responsible for American independence from Great Britain? | the publication of Common Sense |
| Which of the following helped the 2nd Continental Congress to vote for independence? | Common Sense |
| Which of these events occured FIRST? | Stamp Act |
| Which of these events occured LAST? | the adoption of the Decl. of Ind. |
| Parliament's attempt to separate the colonists and the Native Americans in 1763 was known as the | Proclamation Line |
| Jefferson said, "If a gov't takes away your rights, you have the right to..." | alter it or abolish it |
| The colonial slogan in response to the Townshend Acts, originated by James Otis, was | no taxation w/o representation |
| What was the first direct tax on the colonists? | Stamp Act |
| The Intolerable Acts were a result of the | Boston Tea Party |
| What were Writs of Assistance? | broad based search warrants |
| Indirect duties on paint, lead, glass, and tea were known as the | Townshend Acts |
| Thomas Paine's Common Sense | blamed George III for the colonies' problems and urged Americans to declare independence |
| The Intolerable Acts included all of the following EXCEPT | new taxes on glass, lead, paper, and tea |
| The most important consequence of the Boston Tea Party was the | enactment by parliament of the Coercive Act |
| One accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was to | petition the king to recognize the colonists' rights |
| The Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War, | gave the U.S. territory as far west as the Mississippi |
| The turning point of the Revolutionary war | Saratoga |
| The colonies' most important ally during the war | France |
| Persuaded France to contribute troops to the American cause and is the only foreigner to become an honorary citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia | Lafayette |
| Where did Putnam state, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes" | Bunker Hill |
| Which was NOT a compromise concluded at the Constitutional Convention? | slave trade is legal for a minimum of 20 years |
| What were the greatest domestic accomplishment of the government under the Articles? | the Land and Northwest Ordinances |
| The Battle of Trenton was crucial to the American war effort because | Washingtn and his men captured many Hessians, which was a great morale booster |
| Who was the farmer who led a rebellion in Massachusetts? | Daniel Shays |
| Which statement about the men who wrote the U.S. Constitution is correct? | wealthy men who were convinced that unless the national gov't was strengthened, they would fail |
| The Northwest Ordinance did all of the following EXCEPT | remove Native Americans and guarantee white settlers the right to buy land in the territory |
| The British justified their refusal to evacuate their military forts in the Ohio Valley after the Revolution by pointing to America's failure to | reutrn or pay for loyalists' property and pay British creditors |
| Shays' Rebellion as provoked by | the heavy burden of the teaxes on the farmers of western Massachusetts |
| Which of the following men was both an author of the U.S. Constitution and an outspoken supporter of its ratification? | James Madison |
| The greatest achievement of the Anti-Federalists was to | force the Federalists to agree to add a bill of rights to the Constitution |
| Our founding fathers created a new constitution mainly to provide a feature that the Articles of Conderation had not established. This was | a strong central gov't |
| Which of the following probisions of the Constitution is MOST democratic? | direct election of members of the House of Representatives |
| Which of the following compromises helped ensure Sotuehrn support for the proposed Constitution? | counting 3/5 of the slave population for purposes of representation |
| George Washington once said, "There are combustibles in every state which a spark might set afire." What event in American history was he describing? | Shays' rebellion |
| Created in haste, it was a wartime gov't, a "leagure of friendship" suffering many pressures from the beginning. It lacked the power to enforce its laws, to tax directly, and to regulate internal commerce. Which government is described? | Articles of Confederation |
| The majority of the Native American tribes avoided involvement in the Revolutionary War. But one tribe, led by Joseph Brant raided settlements on the New York and PA frontier during the war to stop penetration of their lands. They were the ___ | Mohawks |
| The Great Compromise during the writing of the Constitution involved | the respective powers of and representation in the House and the Senate |
| The Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful as a gov't system because it established | a weak national gov't |
| The Founding Fathers had a general opinion of who should be allowed to participate in gov't. This was | all of the above (masses, little to do, 100 K pounds) |
| Which of the following did Hamilton use to justify the creation of a National Bank? | Elastic Clause |
| What Native American was a valuable guide to Lewis and Clark? | Sacajawea, Mohawks |
| How did Jefferson reduce the national debt? | by reducing the military spending |
| What closed the western hemisphere off to further colonization? | Monroe Doctrine |
| Hamilton's excise tax was the major cause of | the Whiskey Rebellion |
| Which was NOT true about the Federalist party? | supported universal manhood suffrage |
| Which precendent was established the Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison? | judicial review |
| Which of the following would NOT have been followers of the Federalist party? | planters |
| Which of the following would not have been supporters of the Democratic party? | merchants |
| In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice J. Marhsall argued successfully that the Supreme Court could | declare federal laws unconsitutional |
| Which of the following does NOT describe the Louisiana Purchase? | The French empire expanded in the Western Hemisphere |
| the causes of the war of 1812 included all of the following EXCEPT: | strong sectional rivalries that could only be overcome by an external enemy |
| In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court declared that | a state cannot tax an agency of the federal government |
| In the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 | nothing was settled beyond a restoration of the prewar status quo |
| Chief justice John Marshall asserted that only Congress, not the states, possessed the power to control interstante commerce. This case was | Gibbons vs. Ogden |
| Recent historians describe "The Era of Good Feelings" as | free of idealogical disputes |
| the Missouri Compromise of 1820 did all of the following except | establish the principle of popular sovereignty south of 36'30 |
| The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to | surpress the Republican opposition to Federalist policies |
| Which was NOT included in James Madison's address to Congress when asking them to declare war against Great Britian in 1812? | the opporutnity to grab part of Canada |
| Which of the following was NOT true about Aaron Burr? | He was tried for treason in Richmond VA and found innocent |
| The territory NOT claimed by the US after the Louisiana Purchase was still MAINLY controlled by | Spain |
| "Citizen" Edmund Genet came to the US to | mobilize support for France ho was at war w/ Britain and Spain |
| Which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights is NOT true? | amendments were ratified at the same time as the Constitution |
| By 1840, what portion of Americans lived b/t the Appalachian Mountains and the MI River? | 1/3 |
| The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 as from | the Atlantic coast to the areas b/t the Appalachians and the MI River |
| William Henry Harrison was the first president elected from what party? | Whig |
| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act destroy the Missouri Compromise? | were not supposed to allow slavery but chose opular soverignty |
| Which of the following is NOT true about the Fugitive Slave? | both Norht and South accept it as a necessary evil |
| The Lecompton Constitution was written to | give Kansas a proslavery gov't |
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