Transcript Benchmark 1 Building a Nation

Benchmark 1
Building a Nation
1. Which colony was established
for the purpose of economic
profit?
A.Massachusetts
B.Pennsylvania
C.Rhode Island
D.Virginia
1. Which colony was established
for the purpose of economic
profit?
A.Massachusetts
B.Pennsylvania
C.Rhode Island
D.Virginia
2. Which statement most accurately describes
the population of the American colonies after
1700?
A.Settlers confined themselves to the eastern
seaboard below the tidewater.
B.The settlement of German, French and ScotsIrish peoples was insignificant
C.Increasing numbers of slaves resulted in
significant racial diversity.
D.Catholics comprised the vast majority of non
English newcomers.
2. Which statement most accurately describes
the population of the American colonies after
1700?
A.Settlers confined themselves to the eastern
seaboard below the tidewater.
B.The settlement of German, French and ScotsIrish peoples was insignificant
C.Increasing numbers of slaves resulted in
significant racial diversity.
D.Catholics comprised the vast majority of non
English newcomers.
3. What is the best explanation for the
unprecedented population growth in colonial
America after 1700?
A.Large families were necessary to meet the need
for labor
B.Heavy immigration caused urban growth on the
eastern seaboard.
C.Birthrates rose due to religious beliefs against
contraception.
D.Improved child mortality rates resulted from
better midwifery.
3. What is the best explanation for the
unprecedented population growth in colonial
America after 1700?
A.Large families were necessary to meet the
need for labor
B.Heavy immigration caused urban growth on
the eastern seaboard.
C.Birthrates rose due to religious beliefs against
contraception.
D.Improved child mortality rates resulted from
better midwifery.
4. Why were large numbers of male indentured
servants brought to colonial Virginia?
A.They were needed to defend the colony
against Powhatan attacks.
B.Additional labor was needed to cultivate and
harvest tobacco.
C.Early settlers sought marriageable partners
for their daughters.
D.Their skills were indispensable to the growing
shipbuilding industry.
4. Why were large numbers of male indentured
servants brought to colonial Virginia?
A.They were needed to defend the colony
against Powhatan attacks.
B.Additional labor was needed to cultivate and
harvest tobacco.
C.Early settlers sought marriageable partners
for their daughters.
D.Their skills were indispensable to the growing
shipbuilding industry.
5. Which description of seventeenth-century Massachusetts Bay
Puritans and Pilgrims is accurate?
A. The Puritans and the Pilgrims had sharp doctrinal differences
that stemmed from the Puritan belief in original sin and
predestination.
B. Both shared a belief in Calvinism, but in contrast to the poor
and the uneducated Pilgrims, the Puritans were learned and
prosperous.
C. The Puritans sought to establish a “city on a hill” to be a “light
unto the world,” and the Pilgrims sought to promote
democracy.
D. Both established theocratic governments, but as the purity of
their original visions waned, they began to embrace
democracy.
5. Which description of seventeenth-century Massachusetts Bay
Puritans and Pilgrims is accurate?
A. The Puritans and the Pilgrims had sharp doctrinal differences
that stemmed from the Puritan belief in original sin and
predestination.
B. Both shared a belief in Calvinism, but in contrast to the poor
and the uneducated Pilgrims, the Puritans were learned and
prosperous.
C. The Puritans sought to establish a “city on a hill” to be a “light
unto the world,” and the Pilgrims sought to promote
democracy.
D. Both established theocratic governments, but as the purity of
their original visions waned, they began to embrace
democracy.
6. What was NOT a factor underlying European
efforts to subdue native people in the
Americas?
A.The conviction that inhabitants of the New
World were savages.
B.The threat posed to European ambitions by
well-organized native societies.
C.The genocidal policies of religious leaders.
D.The comparative superiority of European
military technology.
6. What was NOT a factor underlying European
efforts to subdue native people in the
Americas?
A.The conviction that inhabitants of the New
World were savages.
B.The threat posed to European ambitions by
well-organized native societies.
C.The genocidal policies of religious leaders.
D.The comparative superiority of European
military technology.
7. Many historians have noted a transformation
of the institution of slavery during seventeenthcentury colonial America. To what are these
historians referring?
A.Laws against slavery were challenged in court
and overruled.
B.Miscegenation became capital crime.
C.Only whites were eligible for indentured
servitude.
D.Slavery became a hereditary function of race.
7. Many historians have noted a transformation
of the institution of slavery during seventeenthcentury colonial America. To what are these
historians referring?
A.Laws against slavery were challenged in court
and overruled.
B.Miscegenation became capital crime.
C.Only whites were eligible for indentured
servitude.
D.Slavery became a hereditary function of race.
8. What idea was central to the American
Enlightenment?
A.Optimism resides in science and reason.
B.Faith is more significant than intellect.
C.Mortality emerges from a belief in God.
D.Democracy is the highest form of political
life.
8. What idea was central to the American
Enlightenment?
A.Optimism resides in science and reason.
B.Faith is more significant than intellect.
C.Mortality emerges from a belief in God.
D.Democracy is the highest form of political
life.
9. In a symbolic
message to
the Albany Congress
in 1754,
Benjamin Franklin
printed this
image in his
Pennsylvania Gazette.
What was the intent of Franklin’s message?
A. To encourage ratification of the Constitution.
B. To encourage work on a declaration of independence.
C. To promote unity against British tyranny.
D. To promote interest in a bill of rights.
9. In a symbolic
message to
the Albany Congress
in 1754,
Benjamin Franklin
printed this
image in his
Pennsylvania Gazette.
What was the intent of Franklin’s message?
A. To encourage ratification of the Constitution.
B. To encourage work on a declaration of independence.
C. To promote unity against British tyranny.
D. To promote interest in a bill of rights.
10. How was Bacon’s Rebellion associated with
slavery during colonial America?
A.Bacon’s rebels betrayed the slaves and
returned them to their masters.
B.Slaves asserted their right to secede from the
Virginia colony.
C.Enslaved blacks were promised freedom is
they fought on Bacon’s side.
D.The rebellion was the first of many related to
the southern cotton economy.
10. How was Bacon’s Rebellion associated with
slavery during colonial America?
A.Bacon’s rebels betrayed the slaves and
returned them to their masters.
B.Slaves asserted their right to secede from the
Virginia colony.
C.Enslaved blacks were promised freedom is
they fought on Bacon’s side.
D.The rebellion was the first of many related to
the southern cotton economy.
11. What was the main significance of the Shays’
Rebellion?
A.It exemplified the adverse impact of currency
laws on the independence of small farmers.
B.It revealed the inability of the weak central
government to maintain order.
C.It established paper currency as a solution to
economic problems cause by unfair trade.
D.It suggested merchants’ interest had greater
national significance than those of the
agricultural class.
11. What was the main significance of the Shays’
Rebellion?
A.It exemplified the adverse impact of currency
laws on the independence of small farmers.
B.It revealed the inability of the weak central
government to maintain order.
C.It established paper currency as a solution to
economic problems cause by unfair trade.
D.It suggested merchants’ interest had greater
national significance than those of the
agricultural class.
12. Which statement accurately generalizes the plight
of American woman at the time of the American
Revolution?
A. European women had greater political, economic,
and social rights that American women.
B. Unlike European women, American women could
not divorce or own property.
C. The formal education of American women was
usually inferior to that of men.
D.Laws against spousal abuse protected married
women in most American colonies.
12. Which statement accurately generalizes the plight
of American woman at the time of the American
Revolution?
A. European women had greater political, economic,
and social rights that American women.
B. Unlike European women, American women could
not divorce or own property.
C. The formal education of American women was
usually inferior to that of men.
D.Laws against spousal abuse protected married
women in most American colonies.
13. Why did poet Ralph Waldo Emerson describe the
battles fought at Lexington and Concord as “the shot
heard round the world”?
A. The use of hyperbole was consistent with the
transcendentalist literary style.
B. Those conflicts began the fight that led to the
creation of the U.S. and inspired revolutions
elsewhere.
C. He sought to commemorate the history of those
areas in which the conflicts occurred.
D. Literature was commonly used to encourage people
in other countries to revolt against tyranny.
13. Why did poet Ralph Waldo Emerson describe the
battles fought at Lexington and Concord as “the shot
heard round the world”?
A. The use of hyperbole was consistent with the
transcendentalist literary style.
B. Those conflicts began the fight that led to the
creation of the U.S. and inspired revolutions
elsewhere.
C. He sought to commemorate the history of those
areas in which the conflicts occurred.
D. Literature was commonly used to encourage people
in other countries to revolt against tyranny.
14. What action by delegates of the First
Continental Congress suggests their political
stance was predominantly conservative?
A.They agreed to make restitution to Britain for
the Boston Tea Party.
B.They reprimanded South Carolina for its selfserving stance on exports.
C.They refused to endorse the Suffolk Reserves.
D.The upheld regulations that were beneficial
to the British Crown.
14. What action by delegates of the First
Continental Congress suggests their political
stance was predominantly conservative?
A.They agreed to make restitution to Britain for
the Boston Tea Party.
B.They reprimanded South Carolina for its selfserving stance on exports.
C.They refused to endorse the Suffolk Reserves.
D.The upheld regulations that were beneficial
to the British Crown.
15. Consider this statement from the ruling in the
1803 Supreme Court case, Marbury v. Madison:
“Those who apply the rule to particular cases must of
necessity expound and interpret that rule.”
What fundamental principle of government was
established by that statement?
A. Checks and balances
B. Judicial review
C. Trial by jury
D. Popular sovereignty
15. Consider this statement from the ruling in the
1803 Supreme Court case, Marbury v. Madison:
“Those who apply the rule to particular cases must of
necessity expound and interpret that rule.”
What fundamental principle of government was
established by that statement?
A. Checks and balances
B. Judicial review
C. Trial by jury
D. Popular sovereignty
16. Although the War of 1812 failed to resolve Britain’s
violation of American neutral rights on the high seas,
how was the outcome advantageous to Americans?
A. The British defeat in the Battle of New Orleans
boosted American morale.
B. The British agreed to stop indicting American slave
ships.
C. The British departure allowed the U.S. government to
initiate treaties with the Indians.
D. The British promised to end their support of
Tecumseh and other tribal leaders.
16. Although the War of 1812 failed to resolve Britain’s
violation of American neutral rights on the high seas,
how was the outcome advantageous to Americans?
A. The British defeat in the Battle of New Orleans
boosted American morale.
B. The British agreed to stop indicting American slave
ships.
C. The British departure allowed the U.S. government to
initiate treaties with the Indians.
D. The British promised to end their support of
Tecumseh and other tribal leaders.