Age of Exploration
What was the primary reason Europeans explored during the 1400s?
A. To establsih new trade routes to Asia
B. To establish colonial posts in Africa
C. For scientific discovery of uninhabited areas
D. To escape religious persecution
A. To establish new trade routes to Asia
How did the Mayflower Compact impact the growth of Representative Governments in the 13 Colonies?
A. It was the 1st representative assembly in the Colonies
B. It established self-government and majority rule in the Colonies
C. It was the first written constitution in the Colonies
D. It promoted increased suffrage in the Colonies
B. It established self-government and majority rule in the Colonies
What is the significance of the Battles of Lexington & Concord?
A. First major battle of the American Revolution
B. Turning point of the American Revolution
C. Bloodiest battle of the American Revolution
D. Final battle of the American Revolution
A. First major battle of the American Revolution
What is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
A. To outline the structure of the Federal Government
B. To list important rights that all citizens have
C. To list grievances against the Federal Government
D. To establish a process for making new states
D. To establish a process for making new states
What did the Whiskey Rebellion prove about the US Government?
A. It was ill equipped to handle even a simple rebellion of farmers.
B. It did not care about the economic statuses of veterans of the American Revolution
C. It could exercise its authority and enforce laws that have been passed
D. The Whiskey Rebellion did not prove anything about the US Government
C. It could exercise its authority and enforce laws that have been passed
Which Political Party was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson?
A. The Democratic Party
B. The Whig Party
C. The Republican Party
D. The Know-Nothing Party
B. The Whig Party
What caused the Irish to leave Ireland and immigrate to the United States?
A. Political Unrest
B. A Potato Famine
C. Religious Persecution
D. To Claim Territory
B. A Potato Famine
What year was Louisiana Purchased?
A. 1607
B. 1776
C. 1787
D. 1803
D. 1803
What inspired the start of the Reform Movements in the United States?
A. The First Great Awakening
B. The Second Great Awakening
C. The Enlightenment
D. The Renaissance
B. The Second Great Awakening
How did the 14th Amendment affect African Americans after the Civil War?
A. It gave them the right to vote
B. It denied them citizenship status
C. It gave them citizenship status
D. It ended slavery in America
C. It gave them citizenship status
Why did France colonize North America?
A. To find valuable resources such as gold and silver
B. To utilize costal regions for fishing and whaling
C. To convert non-Christian people to Christianity
D. To establish trading posts with Natives in North America
D. To establish trading posts with Natives in North America
Which of the following accurately describes the economy of the Middle Colonies?
A. Focused on Agriculture utilizing slave labor to grow cash crops
B. Diverse ranging from the growing of wheats and grain to raising livestock
C. Focused on utilizing geographic features to fish, whale and ship build.
D. Focused on mining for precious metals such as gold and silver
B. Diverse ranging from the growing of wheats and grains to raising livestock
Who is known as the Father of the US Navy?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. George Washington
C. John Paul Jones
D. James Madison
C. John Paul Jones
Which of the following principles was utilized in both the US Constitution and English Bill of Rights?
A. Federalism
B. Republicanism
C. Separation of Powers
D. Popular Sovereignty
C. Separation of Powers
Why did Hamilton establish the US National Bank?
A. To support wealthy US business owners
B. To provide loans to veterans of the American Revolution
C. To create government jobs for political supporters of George Washington
D. To collect federal taxes and fix US debt
D. To collect federal taxes and fix US debt
How did Andrew Jackson expand suffrage?
A. By allowing women to vote
B. By passing the 15th Amendment
C. By removing property ownership as a qualification to vote
D. By adding a literacy test before voting
C. By removing property ownership as a qualification to vote
Which of the following inventions led to the rapid urbanization of cities?
A. Steamboats and Railroads
B. The Steel Plow and Mechanical Reaper
C. The Telegraph and Cotton Gin
D. Textile Mills and Interchangeable Parts
A. Steamboats and Railroads
How did the Treaty of Paris contribute to US Westward expansion?
A. It gave the United States Florida
B. It gave the United States the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
C. It gave the United States the land east of the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
D. It gave the United States the Oregon territory south of the 49th Parallel line
B. It gave the United States the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
In what document did the Women's Rights movement outline their demands such as women's suffrage?
A. The Emancipation Proclamation
B. The Farewell Address
C. The Gettysburg Address
D. The Declaration of Sentiments
D. Declaration of Sentiments
Which of the following most accurately describes the economies of both the North and South?
A. North-Livestock and Cattle/South-Slave Trade
B. North-Manufacturing/South-Agriculture
C. North-International Trade/South-Manufacturing
D. North & South both produced potato crops
B. North-Manufacturing/South-Agriculture
How did Spain influence Culture in the Southwest United States?
A. Through the creation of representative governments
B. Through agricultural methods
C. Through culture such as religion, architecture and language
D. Spain had no influence on the Southwestern United States
C. Through culture such as religion, architecture and religion.
Which of the following correctly matches the religious groups the colony they founded to escape religious persecution?
A. New York-Puritans & Georgia-Pilgrims
B. South Carolina-Muslims & North Carolina-Hindu
C. New Jersey-Jews & Virginia-Mormons
D. Pennsylvania-Quakers & Maryland-Catholics
D. Pennsylvania-Quakers & Maryland-Catholics
Which of the following correctly describes the order of events?
A. Boston Tea Party-Tea Act-Intolerable Acts
B. Intolerable Acts-Boston Tea Party-Tea Act
C. Tea Act-Intolerable Acts-Boston Tea Party
D. Tea Act-Boston Tea Party-Intolerable Acts
D. Tea Act-Boston Tea Party-Intolerable Acts
Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of the Constitution?
A. It did not contain a Bill of Rights
B. It created three branches of Government
C. It required 9 out of 13 states to agree to new laws
D. It lacked a judicial branch
A. It did not contain a Bill of Rights
Which of the following best describes the Federalist Party?
A. Founded by Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong national government, supported wealthy business owners
B. Founded by Thomas Jefferson, wanted state's rights, supported by farmers
C. Founded by Andrew Jackson, wanted Jacksonian Democracy, supported by the Common Man
D. Founded by Abraham Lincoln, wanted to limit the expansion of slavery, supported by the North
A. Founded by Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong national government, supported wealthy business owners
What was Andrew Jackson's plan for Native Americans with the passage of the Indian Removal Act?
A. To purchase native land and relocate them to ancestral land
B. To force Natives off their land and remove them to modern day oklahoma
C. To negotiate a treaty with natives to share their land for agricultural purposes
D. To create borders between the United States and native land to prevent conflict
B. To force Natives off their land and remove them to modern day oklahoma
Which of the following factors led to increased urbanization of cities?
A. Westward Expansion
B. The Free Enterprise System
C. The Plantation System
D. Increased Immigration
D. Increased Immigration
How did the Gold Rush contribute to California becoming a state?
A. It increased the population to the required number to apply for statehood
B. It provided enough money for California to pay the application fee for statehood
C. It provided the necessary jobs required by all states in the Union
D. The Gold Rush had no affect on California's statehood status
A. It increased the population to the required number to apply for statehood
How did Henry David Thoreau practice civil disobedience?
A. By throwing tea in the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
B. By staging a rebellion to protest a whiskey tax
C. By refusing to pay taxes to protest the US Mexican War
D. By enforcing a poll tax to protest the passage of the 15th Amendment
C. By refusing to pay taxes to protest the US Mexican War
What are the three causes of the Civil War?
A. Religious Persecution, Economic Differences, Debates over taxes
B. Interference with Shipping, Impressment, Support of Native Resistance
C. A Border Dispute, Political Differences, Political Parties
D. Sectionalism, States Rights, Slavery
D. Sectionalism, States Rights, Slavery
How did Spain spread Christianity during the Colonial Era?
A. By establishing missions where Catholicism was taught to Native Americans
B. By rapidly printing copies of the Bible in a variety of languages
C. By opening worship centers throughout the Asian continent
D. Through religious revivals held throughout Europe
A. By Establishing missions where Catholicism was taught to Native Americans
Why was the Transatlantic Slave Trade established?
A. To provide labor for Southern plantations
B. To provide labor for Northern carpenters and tradesmen
C. To create economic relations with the African continent
D. To establish a North American slave trade
A. To provide labor for Southern plantations
What is the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?
A. First major battle of the American Revolution
B. Turning point of the American Revolution
C. Bloodiest battle of the American Revolution
D. Final battle of the American Revolution
D. Final battle of the American Revolution
Which of the following correctly matches the amendment to the rights it contains?
A. 2nd Amendment-No Quartering of Troops, 9th Amendment-No Cruel or Unusual Punishment, 10th Amendment-Rights not listed still belong to citizens
B. 1st Amendment-Freedom of Speech, 4th Amendment-No Unreasonable Searches of Seizures, 5th Amendment-Protection from Self Incrimination
C. 6th Amendment-Right to bear arms, 3rd Amendment-Freedom of Religion, 7th Amendment-Right to a trial by jury in criminal cases
D. 1st Amendment-Right to an attorney, 8th Amendment-Right to a jury in civil cases, 9th Amendment-The federal and state governments share power
B. 1st Amendment-Freedom of Speech, 4th Amendment-No Unreasonable Searches of Seizures, 5th Amendment-Protection from Self Incrimination
Which of the following correctly lists the causes of the War of 1812?
A. British interference with US shipping, impressment of US sailors and British support of Native American resistance.
B. A British embargo on US manufactured goods, the bribing of US diplomats and the attempt to reclaim lost colonial lands in North America
C. A British Naval Blockade along the Eastern coastline of the US, a refusal to meet with US diplomats and the burning of the White House
A. British interference with US shipping, impressment of US sailors and British support of Native American resistance
How did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v. Georgia ?
A. The state of Georgia could not force Native Americans off their land
B. The Cherokee are not recognized as a Native American tribe
C. All US land officially will be returned to Native Americans in North America
D. The court did not rule on the case and deferred to the lower courts
A. The state of Georgia could not force Native Americans off their land
What guaranteed fair pricing and high quality goods during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Increased Urbanization
B. Increased immigration to the US
C. The Free Enterprise System
D. The Factory System
C. The Free Enterprise System
What issue was made worse due to the acquisition of the Mexican Cession?
A. Persecution of Mormons
B. Damage to the environment
C. The debate over the expansion of slavery
D. The debate over whether citizens should fund wars through their taxes
C. The debate over the expansion of slaver
Which reform movement focused on self-reliance, individualism and a connection to nature?
A. Reconstruction
B. Romanticism
C. Temperance
D. Transcendentalism
D. Transcendentalism
How did the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford affect both free and enslaved African Americans?
A. It provided both groups a pathway to citizenship
B. It provided both groups protected status in the United States
C. It ensured the fair treatment under the law of both groups
D. It denied both groups their basic civil liberties
Which of the following best describes the practice of Mercantilism?
A. The mother country produces raw materials, the colonies takes the raw materials and uses it to produce manufactured goods, those goods are sold back to the mother country
B. The colonies produce raw materials, the mother country takes the raw materials and uses it to produce manufactured goods, those goods are sold back to the colonies
C. Both the raw materials and the manufactured goods are produced in the mother country and then sold to the colonies at a low cost
D. Both the raw materials and the manufactured goods are produced in the colonies and then sold to the mother country at a high cost
B. The colonies produce raw materials, the mother country takes the raw materials and uses it to produce manufactured goods, those goods are sold back to the colonies
A. The Enlightenment
B. The War of 1812
C. The First Great Awakening
D. The Second Great Awakening
C. The First Great Awakening
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
A. To list grievances against the British Government
B. To outline a new American federal government
C. To formally declare war against Great Britain
D. To establish new borders between the United States and French Louisiana
A. To list grievances against the British Government
How did the Great Compromise resolve the issue between the large and small states?
A. It ensured that businesses would open in both small and large states
B. It decided that small and large states would allow slavery
C. It ensured that large states would not over power small states through representation
D. It allotted land to both large and small states
C. It ensured that large states would not over power small states through representation
What was established the Marbury v. Madison?
A. Limited Government
B. Judicial Review
C. Federalism
D. Popular Sovereignty
B. Judicial Review
What was the primary question in the Nullification Crisis?
A. Can a state levy taxes against federal property?
B. Who has jurisdiction over interstate commerce?
C. Can the Supreme Court declare acts of the Government unconstitutional?
D. Can a state annul a federal law?
D. Can a state annul a federal law?
A. It decreased the need for slave labor
B. It increased the need for slave labor
C. It ensured that slaves would get paid fair wages
D. It lowed the amount of wages slaves would be paid
B. It increased the need for slave labor
How did the Gadsden Purchase contribute to US Westward Expansion?
A. It provided more territory for Native Americans to settle in
B. Gold was discovered in the Gadsden Purchase which brought and influx of people moving to the territory
C. It allowed for the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
D. It provided the US with its preferred border with Mexico
C. It allowed for the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
What did reformers such as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman work to accomplish?
A. Women's suffrage
B. Abolition of slavery
C. Reducing the consumption of alcohol
D. Better wages and shorter working hours
B. Abolition of slavery
How did the 15th Amendment affect African Americans after the Civil War?
A. It gave them the right to vote
B. It denied them citizenship status
C. It gave them citizenship status
D. It ended slavery in America
A. It gave them the right to vote