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