US History ReviewChapters 1-6

• The trade of goods between Europe and the Americas is known as

• 1. the Columbian Exchange.• 2. triangular trade.• 3. bartering.• 4. ripping the Native Americans off

• Which of the following caused Jamestown’s near failure?

• 1. the discovery of gold and silver in the colony

• 2. John Smith’s leadership• 3. the failure of the tobacco crop• 4. the swampy site chosen for its

settlement

• The British policy of salutary neglect• 1. prevented the colonies from

developing diverse economies.• 2. sent many royal officers to run the

colonies.• 3. enforced strict laws such as the

Navigation Act.• 4. allowed the colonies economic

freedom

• Britain did not want the colonies to manufacture goods because

• 1. it did not want colonial farming to suffer.

• 2. it wanted to ship raw materials to the colonies and sell them there.

• 3. it wanted the profit from selling manufactured goods to the colonies.

• 4. it wanted to ship bullion to the colonies

• The Puritans migrated to New England to

• 1. escape religious persecution.• 2. establish Catholic missions.• 3. maintain the practices of the

Anglican Church.• 4. start tobacco plantations.

• Both Pennsylvania and Maryland were established to

• 1. offer a haven for certain religious groups.

• 2. provide freedom for enslaved Africans.

• 3. train Native Americans in the colonists’ ways.

• 4. provide new homes for the New York Dutch.

• Quakers believed that• 1. the King of England was a god.• 2. non-Christians should be killed.• 3. all people were equal.• 4. the Church should be purified.

• Which of these is an accurate statement about the British colonies?

• 1. Children benefited from an excellent system of public education.

• 2. Politics and society were dominated by landowning men.

• 3. Society provided equal opportunities for all groups.

• 4. Society could not be divided into clear social levels.

• The experiences of African Americans living in the colonies were

• 1. harsh only on plantations.• 2. similar to those of indentured

servants.• 3. the same as those of Native

Americans.• 4. varied depending on where they

lived.

• How did the rapid spread of English settlements affect Native Americans?

• 1. It expanded trade.• 2. It threatened their way of life.• 3. It improved village life.• 4. It improved their farming methods.

• The desire in the colonies to increase the production of staple crops like tobacco and rice led to

• 1. a decrease in the use of indentured servants as a labor force.

• 2. an increase in the number of slaves brought from Africa.

• 3. the establishment of the Navigation Act.

• 4. a lessening of the flow of immigrants to the colonies.

• The Sugar Act and Stamp Act are examples of how the

• 1. British continued to leave the colonies alone.

• 2. British tried to raise money in the colonies.

• 3. colonists eagerly sacrificed to pay their war debts.

• 4. British tried to stimulate colonial economies.

• The Revolutionary War began with the• 1. Battle of Saratoga.• 2. Battle of Trenton.• 3. Battles of Lexington and Concord.

• 4. Battle of Bunker Hill.

• The idea of natural rights is best defined as

• 1. individuals’ duties to their government.

• 2. the economic interests of the people.

• 3. a government’s powers over its citizens.

• 4. rights belonging to all people because they are human.

• The Americans won the Revolutionary War mainly because

• 1. their armies were better trained and disciplined than the British.

• 2. British arms were inferior to American arms.

• 3. they had the determination to outlast the British.

• 4. the American navy was superior to the British navy

• American victory in the Revolutionary War led to

• 1. expanded political and legal power for women.

• 2. the abolition of slavery in the Southern Colonies.

• 3. the strengthening of the Iroquois League.

• 4. the spread of the idea of liberty at home and abroad.

• The phrase “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to

• 1. complaints against the king.• 2. a manifesto for living.• 3. a justification for capitalism.• 4. specific inalienable rights.

• According to the Treaty of Paris (1783), the new United States would control

• 1. New England and all the lands west of the Mississippi River.

• 2. all the land from New England to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes.

• 3. Florida and all the lands west.• 4. British Canada and the Spanish

territory.

• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were initially supposed to

• 1. throw out the Articles of Confederation and start all over.

• 2. write new constitutions for the states they represented.

• 3. amend the Articles of Confederation.• 4. determine whether slavery would be

allowed to continue.

• The system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that

• 1. no one branch of government will gain too much power.

• 2. the Senate will not be controlled too much by the people.

• 3. the President will be elected directly by the people.

• 4. state legislatures will share power with the Congress

• The anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because they thought it

• a. gave the federal government too much power.

• b. provided no way to change the Constitution.

• c. gave the state governments too much power.

• d. created a weak federal court system.

• According to the Great Compromise, the number of representatives in the Senate would be

• 1. the same number for every state.• 2. based on a state’s population.• 3. two for large states, and one for

small states.• 4. affected by the size of a state’s

enslaved population.

• The winner of the presidential election of 1800 was

• 1. John Adams.• 2. Thomas Jefferson.• 3. James Monroe.• 4. Alexander Hamilton.

• The election of 1800 showed both Americans and Europeans that

• 1. Americans disliked the political process.

• 2. the electoral college was unnecessary.

• 3. Adams was devoted to public service.

• 4. political power could be transferred peacefully.

• The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because of

• 1. increased trade with Spain.• 2. a desire to take British land.• 3. a prior alliance with France.• 4. continued British harassment.

• Shays’ Rebellion grew out of• 1. protest against strong government

under the Articles of Confederation.• 2. unrest among Massachusetts

farmers over taxes.• 3. dissatisfaction with the outcome of

the Annapolis Convention.• 4. the widespread desire for more

power for state governments.

• Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• 1. Only Congress had the power to tax.

• 2. There was no legislative branch of government.

• 3. State governments had no authority.

• 4. There was no national court system.

• What issue did the Great Compromise resolve?

• 1. representation in the legislature

• 2. abolition of slavery• 3. the veto power of the executive

• 4. whether taxes were to be paid in specie or paper money

• Following the War for Independence, most Americans wanted the power of government to be held by

• 1. state governments.• 2. the Continental Congress.• 3. George Washington.• 4. the courts.

• John Marshall is remembered for• 1. killing Alexander Hamilton in a

duel.• 2. serving as Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court for 34 years.• 3. negotiating treaties that gained

new lands for the United States.• 4. serving many terms in the House

of Representatives.

• A major goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to

• 1. drive the Spanish out of the lands of the Southwest.

• 2. gain control over the Native Americans living west of the Mississippi.

• 3. gather information about natural resources west of the Mississippi.

• 4. drive the French out of fur trading forts along the Miss

• To deal with the United States, Native American leader Tecumseh called for

• 1. accepting white culture and living in peace.

• 2. blending Indian and American cultures.

• 3. returning to Indian religious traditions.

• 4. taking military action against the expansion of the United States.

• The War of 1812 ended with• 1. a clear victory for the United

States• 2. a clear victory for Britain.• 3. the removal of all British claims to

land in North America.• 4. a return to the prewar boundaries

between United States and British territories.

• What was the outcome of Gabriel Prosser’s rebellion?

• 1. Slaves in Richmond, Virginia, were granted their freedom.

• 2. The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were passed.

• 3. Prosser and other slave rebels were executed.

• 4. Prosser’s master was punished for cruel treatment of his slaves.

• Which was a provision of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• a. Missouri and Maine were denied statehood.

• b. Western territories north of Missouri’s southern border were closed to slavery.

• c. Slavery could not spread to any western lands.

• d. Free states could never outnumber slave states.