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1) What was the connection between Shays' Rebellion and the Constitutional Convention?
A
Shays' Rebellion was the first topic discussed at the Constitutional Convention.
B
Shays' Rebellion contributed to the call for a stronger government.
C
Shays' Rebellion started after the Constitutional Convention met.
D
Shays' Rebellion indicated the need to pay members of Congress.
2) Which goods did European merchants want from Asia?
A
cotton and wool
B
lumber and fish
C
horses and cattle
D
silks and spices
3) Where did many German immigrants settle after coming to the United States?
A
Easter cities such as Boston and New York
B
Southern cities such as Atlanta and Charlotte
C
Mainly in Midwestern cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati
D
Mainly in West Coast cities of Seattle and San Francisco
4) What was life like for women in the United States in the early 1800's
A
They had few rights.
B
They could own property and businesses.
C
They could get a college education.
D
They had good jobs.
5) What did Prince Henry do to improve sea travel?
A
He started a navigation school.
B
He hired Bartolomeu Dias.
C
He made treaties with other countries.
D
He sailed around the Southern tip of Africa
6) Which of the following statements is true about both the Pilgrims and Puritans?
A
Both groups left England to find religious freedom.
B
Religion remained important for the Pilgrims, but not the Puritans.
C
Both groups had good relationships with Native Americans.
D
The Puritans, who were not religious, hoped to become rich in New England.
7) What was the main outcome of the French and Indian War?
A
France lost much of its territory east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.
B
France kept control of its territory in the Mississippi River Valley.
C
French and British troops transmitted many European diseases to Native Americans. Thousands of Native Americans died.
D
Both French and British returned large amounts of land to Native Americans.
8) What war led to a treaty that extended the western border of the United States to the Pacific Ocean?
A
French and Indian War
B
Civil War
C
War of 1812
D
Mexican War
9) What was one difference between the Articles of Confederation and the constitution?
A
Under the Constitution, the government could not pass laws to collect taxes
B
Under the Articles of Confederation, the government only had one branch
C
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was strong.
D
Under the Constitution, all states had to approve laws.
10) Where was the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine located?
A
Cuba
B
On the island of Hispaniola
C
In the north of Florida
D
At the mouth of the Rio Grande
11) What did colonists want MOST from Native Americans?
A
They wanted to learn their ways.
B
They wanted to trade.
C
They wanted their land.
D
They wanted to help with farming.
12) Which of the following is an example of how Native Americans benefited from their relations with Europeans?
A
They traded with French and English settlers.
B
They sold their land to French and English settlers.
C
They developed strong armies to protect themselves.
D
They bought enslaved people from the Europeans.
13) Which of the following BEST explains why so many Mormons migrated west into what is now Utah during the mid-1800's?
A
The farmland they lived on was exhausted, and they wanted to move west to find better farmland.
B
They believed they had to convert all Native Americans to Christianity and heard there were many Native Americans in Utah.
C
Mormons in the East were persecuted because of their religious beliefs and wanted to move where they could practice freely.
D
Like many other settlers in Utah, the Mormons were attracted by the possibility of becoming rich through gold mining.
14) Which of the following was a reason why the colonists chose a peninsula on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia as the site for the Jamestown Colony?
A
English explorers had discovered large amounts of gold on the peninsula.
B
There were no Native Americans living on the site.
C
There was a French fort on the site. The colonists had been instructed to destroy the fort and start their colony there.
D
The colonists believed that the site would be easy to defend from attack by foreign forces.
15) Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between Dutch colonists in New Netherland and the Native Americans?
A
The colonists in New Netherland avoided contact with the Native Americans.
B
Native Americans attacked the colonists over land, as a result, the Dutch abandoned their colony and returned to Netherlands.
C
The Dutch enslaved the Native Americans in New Netherland and forced them to work on their farms or in their businesses.
D
In the north, the two groups cooperated through the fur trade, but in south conflicts took place over land.
16) Which statement BEST describes how the members of the Second Continental Congress felt after they published the Declaration of Independence?
A
They believed that Native Americans and enslaved Africans would rise up against the British.
B
They thought that Great Britain would grant the colonies independence.
C
They felt that several European nations would help the colonies.
D
They knew that Great Britain could find them guilty of treason, and that a war for independence would follow.
17) If the price of a good goes down, demand for that good will MOST likely
A
stay the same.
B
go up.
C
go down greatly.
D
go down.
18) In the United States, a government official who commits a crime can go to jail. This is an example of
A
the separation of powers.
B
the rule of law.
C
popular sovereignty.
D
checks and balances.
19) Which statement BEST explains why the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence?
A
The Congress wanted to set up an American monarchy.
B
The Congress wanted to recognize Great Britain's dominion over the colonies.
C
The congress wanted the colonies to be independent because Great Britain refused to recognize certain rights.
D
France convinced the Congress to declare war on Great Britain.
20) One of the Intolerable Acts forced colonists to quarter British soldiers. What does it mean to quarter someone?
A
to give them your house
B
to give them food and shelter
C
To give them one quarter of your money
D
to buy them a house
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