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Exam Review 2
Review questions for 2nd Quarter exam 2019-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which compromise settled the issue of how representation in Congress would be determined? | The Great Compromise |
| What are the two chambers of the U.S. legislative branch (Congress)? | The House of Representatives and the Senate |
| How many members of the Senate is each state allowed to have? | Two senators from each state |
| How are the number of representatives for each state determined for the House of Representatives? | It depends on the population of the state |
| Which compromise allowed southern states to count some of their slaves as part of their total population? | The Three-fifths Compromise |
| What is stated in the Three-fifths Compromise? | Allowed 3/5 of the slave population to count for representation in Congress |
| Which system is used to prevent any one branch of the U.S. government to gain too much power? | The system of checks and balances |
| What was the first attempt at a Constitution for the United States. | The Articles of Confederation |
| How does the U.S. government get it's power? | From the people |
| Who were the people who remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution? | Loyalists |
| Which battle was the turning point of the war in the South? | The Battle of Kings Mountain |
| Why was the French and Indian War one of the causes of the American Revolution? | The British were in debt from fighting the war |
| Why did the British plan to take Sullivans Island fail? | The palmetto logs outside the fort absorbed the British cannon balls instead of breaking the walls |
| What fort on Sullivan's Island did the British try to capture? | Fort Moultrie |
| Why were so many battles fought in SC? | Because of the large number of Loyalists that lived there |
| Which language in SC was developed by the slaves? | Gullah |
| How were the battles of Camden and Cowpens different? | The Patriots won the Battle of Cowpens, but retreated from the battle of Camden. |
| The British won many of the first battles, but the Patriots won the war. True or False | True |
| Who wanted independence from Great Britain? | The Patriots |
| After which battle did France decide to support the American Revolution? | The Battle of Saratoga |
| Which Act placed a tax on paper goods? | The Stamp Act |
| Which Act placed a tax on Tea, glass and other goods? | The Townshend Act |
| Which Act forced colonists to house British soldiers? | The Quartering Act |
| Which Act led to the Boston Tea Party? | The Tea Act |
| Which Act was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts |
| What was a direct result of the Stono Rebellion? | A stricter slave code |
| What were the men called who tried to keep law and order in the Upcountry? | Regulators |
| WHY was there so much lawlessness in the Upcountry? | The Upcountry didn't have sheriffs or courts to enforce the law. |
| What did the policy of Mercantilism require of the colonists? | Colonists were required to provide food and raw materials to the mother country. |
| To refuse to do something (buy a particular product) | Boycott |
| To officially cancel a law | repeal |
| A tax on imported goods | Duty |
| The long slave voyage across the Atlantic Ocean | The Middle Passage |
| Which important cash crop did Eliza Lucas Pinckney cultivate for S.C? | Indigo |
| To formally approve a document | ratify |
| Carolina Gold | rice - a valuable cash crop in SC |
| What did The New Jersey Plan (small states) include for representation in Congress? | Equal representation for all states |
| Which document was designed to protect personal rights and liberties? | The Bill of Rights |
| What is the supreme law of the United States? | The U.S. Constitution |
| What are the 3 branches of government in the U.S? | Executive, Legislative and Judicial |
| What did Shay's Rebellion accomplish? | Our leaders realized that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised |
| In what battle did the British surrender which ended the Revolutionary War? | The Battle of Yorktown |
| Which Document officially ended the American Revolution? | The Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Paul Revere's engraving of which event further angered the colonists? | The Boston Massacre |
| How did S.C. benefit from the creation of the colony of Georgia? | It provided a buffer zone between SC and Spanish Florida |
| After the French and Indian War the colonists wanted the land west of the Proclamation line - true or false? | True |
| African slaves were captured by other Africans and sold to Europeans - true or false? | True |
| Known as the Swamp Fox | Francis Marion |
| U.S. President and author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| The monarch in charge of Great Britain | King George III |
| The leader of the British Army who surrendered at Yorktown | Lord Cornwallis |
| The leader of the American Continental Army | George Washington |
| Citizens elect representatives to govern the country | Representative Democracy |
| A government ruled by a king or queen | Monarch |
| A government where one person is in total control | Dictatorship |
| A lack of government where no one is in control | Anarchy |
| Government ruled by a small group | Oligarchy |
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