Periods 1 & 2
In the period of 1650-1750, all of the following contributed to British North American colonists' sense of identity as British subjects EXCEPT the
A. growth of commerce across the Atlantic Ocean
B. increased circulation of London newspaper articles reprinted in the colonies
C. expansion of the colonies into western frontier regions
D. warfare against the French and their American Indian allies
C. expansion of the colonies into western frontier regions
What statement is true of the United States Constitution?
A. the Constitution cannot be amended
B. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Constitution
C. The Constitution was modeled on the French system of government
D. The Constitution's checks and balances helped establish a stable government
D. the Constitution's check's and balances helped establish a stable government
What did the Northwest Ordinance accomplish?
A. It prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
B. it resolved the boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania
C. It established procedures by which territories could become states
D. It guaranteed that the US would not violate the Iroquois Confederacy's territory
C. It established procedures by which territories could become states
The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?
A. the emergence of a larger middle class in the North
B. a decline in economic inequality in urban areas
C. an increased demand for agricultural workers in the Midwest
D. the improvement of working conditions in factories
A. the emergence of a larger middle class in the North
The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it
A. provided for the gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri
B. excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
C. Condemned the fugitive slave law
D. closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery
D. closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery
In the 1850s, the South differed from the North in that the South had
A. a better-developed transportation system
B. a better-educated White population
C. more cities
D. fewer European immigrants
D. fewer European immigrants
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
A. admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state
B. admitted California to the Union under the principles of popular sovereignty
C. prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia
D. enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
D. enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
The Republican party of the 1850s took which of the following positions on slavery?
A. residents of territories could decide on the basis of popular sovereignty whether to have slavery
B. Slavery could remain where it existed but should not be extended in to territories or new states
C. the federal government should abolish slavery
D. slavery was a state issue, and the federal government should play no role in its regulation
B. Slavery could remain where it existed but should not be extended in to territories or new states
Which of the following happened as a result of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676?
A. Governor William Berkeley abolished Virginia's House of Burgesses
B. Virginia passed new laws protecting workers' rights
C. tensions between backcountry farmers and the tidewater gentry were exposed
D. the king allowed Virginia colonists to select their own governor
C. tensions between backcountry farmers and the tidewater gentry were exposed
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT
A. create a government that would be satisfactory to both slave and free states
B. create a government that would be satisfactory to both large and small states
C. determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights
D. establish a balance of power between the 3 branches of national government
C. determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to
A. limit western expansion of colonial settlement
B. establish a defensible boundary and the French colonists along the Appalachian Mountains
C. divide western territories into future royal colonies
D. restrict British immigration to the North American colonies
A. limit western expansion of colonial settlement
Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT
A. Indian removal
B. the rights of nullification
C. the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States
D. the use of the presidential veto power
B. the rights of nullification
President Monroe articulate the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to
A. respond positively to recent Latin American revolutions
B. rule out US involvement in South America
C. provide a rationale for US intervention in the Isthmus of Panama
D. warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere
D. warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere
The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison?
A. States have the authority to nullify acts of Congres
B. The Bank of the United States is constitutional under the implied powers clause.
C. The Supreme court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts
D. Government contracts cannot be repealed by popular majority
C. The Supreme court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case of 1857 effectively repealed the
A. Missouri Compromise
B. Fugitive Slave Act
C. Ostend Manifesto
D. Wilmot Proviso
A. Missouri Compromise
Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
A. Dred Scott decision
B. election of 1860
C. Wilmot Proviso
D. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
B. election of 1860
Colonial cities functioned primarily as
A. mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods
B. places where most poor immigrants settled and worked as independent artisans
C. centers were large scale financial and banking operations were conducted
D. places to which wage earners commuted from numerous surrounding
A. mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods
The Federalist papers were written to
A. mobilize popular support for keeping the Articles of Confederation
B. persuade voters to support Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800
C. frustrate Spanish efforts to sway the political loyalty of the Southwest
D. attain ratification of the Constitution
D. attain ratification of the Constitution
What was the primary intention of the Adams administration in enforcing the Sedition Act?
A. to stop illegal aliens from voting
B. to intimidate critics of Adams' foreign policy toward France and England
C. to prosecute Democratic-Republicans who violated American neutrality
D. to prepare for war against Great Britain
B. to intimidate critics of Adams' foreign policy toward France and England
The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the US?
A. severely damaged American manufacturing
B. enriched many coton plantation owners
C. disrupted American shipping
D. It was ruinous to subsistence farmers
C. disrupted American shipping
The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?
A. prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase
B. provided for admission of the Union of all future states in pairs of one free and one slave
C. allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
E. provided for the annexation of Texas
C. allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?
A. they were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the Mississippi
B. They were limited to noncombat duty
C. they were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat
D. For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank
D. For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to
A. end the Civil War
B. abolish slavery
C. free slaves held in the border states
D. strengthen the moral cause of the Union
D. strengthen the moral cause of the Union
Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850s?
A. admission of California as a free state
B. establishment of the principle of popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession
C. the ban on the slave trade in the District of Columbia
D. strengthened the Fugitive Slave law
D. strengthened the Fugitive Slave law
In the eighteenth century, colonial Virginia and colonial Massachusetts were most alike in that both
A. relied on the marketing of a single crop
B. were heavily dependent on slave labor
C. had an established Anglican church
D. were royal colonies
D. were royal colonies
Under the Articles of Confederation the United States central government had no power to
A. levy taxes
B. make treaties
C. declare war
D. amend the Articles
A. levy taxes
Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after
A. slavery was allowed to continue without federal interference
B. several slave revolts rocked the Carolinas and Virginia
C. they were assured that the Supreme Court would have the power of judicial review
D. they were assured that the Supreme Court would have the power of judicial review
D. they were assured that the Supreme Court would have the power of judicial review
Which of the following best explains a change in the United States society during the early 1800s?
A. the claims to land by American Indian groups prevented the migration of White settlers westward
B. the system of indentured servitude allowed Europeans living in poverty to immigrate to North America
C. the increased importance of Southern cotton coincided with substantial immigration from abroad to the region
D. the rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas
D. the rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas
The US went tow ar in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to
A. end British claims for repayment of Loyalist debt
B. prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory
C. stop the British from searching and seizing American ships
D. appease members of Congress who advocated war
B. prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory
The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to
A. close public schools to children of former slaves
B. promote the return of former slaves to Africa
C. enable Black citizens to vote in federal elections
D. place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people
D. place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”-14th Amendment
The provision above overturned the
A. Aliend and Sedition Acts
B. Chinese Exclusion Act
C. Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott
D. Supreme Court ruling in McCulloch v Maryland
C. Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott
Which of the following was a serious constitutional question after the Civil War?
A. restoration of the power of the federal judiciary
B. legality of the national banking system
C. political and legal status of former Confederate States
D. proposed annexation of Columbia
C. political and legal status of former Confederate States
Which of the following was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?
A. The life expectancy of Native Americans increased.
B. Horses and smallpox were introduced in Europe
C. Sugar and rice were introduced in Africa.
D. The diets of Europeans improved.
D. The diets of Europeans improved
"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution" Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to
A. support his argument for a strong central government in The Federalist papers
B. justify revising the Articles of Confederation
C. convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States
D. substantiate his strict interpretation of the Constitution
C. convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States
The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to
A. the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War
B. Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts
C. British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy
D. British attacks on colonial troops at Lexington and Concord
C. British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy
The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison
A. States have the authority to nullify acts of Congress
B. the Bank of the United States is constitutional under the implied powers clause
C. states may not interfere with interstate commerce
D. the Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts
D. the Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts
Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?
A. The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) which limited rights for foreign born residents
B. the conflict between Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolution
C. The persecution of religious dissenters in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
A. The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) which limited rights for foreign born residents
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
A. the clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrializing regions
B. the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
C. differences over the morality and future of slavery
D. a constitutional crisis pitting states' rights against federal power
B. the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
Which of the following occurred during Radical Reconstruction?
A. the passage of the Black Codes
B. a permanent shift of Southern voters to the Republican Party
C. The creation of a new industrial base in a majority of Southern States
D. The formation of the KKK
D. The formation of the KKK
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
A. the freed slaves had been successfully integrated into Southern society
B. the treaty ending the Civil War had set such a time limit
C. most of the politically active Black people had left the South for Northern cities
D. The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election
D. The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election