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The list shows elements of the
Columbian Exchange that moved…
A. from Africa to Europe.
 Horses
 Disease
 Firearms
B. from Europe to Asia.
C. from Europe to the Americas.
D. from the Americas to Europe.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. from Europe to the Americas.
Europeans’ interest in exploring beyond
their boundaries was a direct result of
the…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Reformation.
Crusades.
Mongol invasion of Asia.
Development of the feudal system.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. Crusades
Before the arrival of Europeans,
Native American peoples in the
Southeast were mostly…
A.
B.
C.
D.
farmers and hunters.
farmers only.
hunters only.
hunters and traders.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. farmers and hunters.
The Treaty of Tordesillas resolved
a dispute between Spain and…
A. England.
B. Italy.
C. Portugal.
D. France.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. Portugal.
A consequence of the Columbian
Exchange that no one foresaw was…
A. the development of representative
government in the colonies.
B. rivalry among Native Americans for the fur
trade.
C. increased competition among Europeans
for territory.
D. the devastating transmittal of disease from
Europe to the Americans and vice versa.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. the devastating transmittal of
disease from Europe to the
Americans and vice versa.
Our cries of grief rise up
and our tears rain down,
for Tlatelolco is lost.
The Aztecs are fleeing
across the lake;…
How can we save our
homes, my people?
The Aztecs are deserting
the city:
the city is in flames, and all
is darkness and destruction.
- from The Broken
Spears: The Aztec
Account of the Conquest
of Mexico
Who commanded the troops
that forced the flight of the
Aztec described in this
passage?
A. Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado
B. Hernan Cortes
C. Juan Ponce de Leon
D. Francisco Pizarro
THE ANSWER IS …
B. Hernan Cortes
The Pilgrims’ desire to come to
America was a result of…
A. an opportunity to form a joint-stock
company.
B. the Reformation in England.
C. the promise of land for indentured
servants.
D. the hope of finding gold and returning to
England rich.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. the Reformation in England.
The purpose of the Virginia
House of Burgesses was to…
A.
B.
C.
D.
propose laws for the colony.
draft the colony’s constitution.
advise the governor and his council.
take the place of the governor’s
council.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. propose laws for the
colony.
Why did the Spanish found the town of
St. Augustine?
A. to spread the Christian faith among Native
American groups
B. to begin a chain of missions throughout the
colonies in the Americans
C. to create a central market for the fur trade
D. to protect territorial claims from the French in
the Southeast
THE ANSWER IS …
D. to protect territorial claims from
the French in the Southeast
Which of the following colonies was
founded as a business venture by a jointstock company?
A. Massachusetts Bay
B. Rhode Island
C. Pennsylvania
D. Maryland
THE ANSWER IS …
A. Massachusetts Bay
Which item completes the diagram?
Gradual
Development
A.Fishing and lumber
industries
Slave Codes
Slavery in the
Southern
Colony
Plantation
Economy
B.Royal African Company
C.Urban societies
?
D.Wheat boom
THE ANSWER IS …
B. Royal African Company
Mercantilism mainly benefited…
A.
B.
C.
D.
colonial merchants.
proprietors of colonies.
colonial landowners.
manufacturers and merchants in the home
country.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. manufacturers and merchants in the home
country.
The Great Awakening helped prepare the
way for the American Revolution because it…
A.
B.
C.
D.
appealed to people’s emotions.
established new religious congregations.
began in New England.
questioned traditional authority and taught
that all were equal before God.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. questioned traditional authority and taught
that all were equal before God.
I was a political philosopher and one of the
Enlightenment thinkers. I wrote about natural
rights and the social contract theory of
government. Who am I?
A.Jean Jacques Rousseau
B.John Locke
C.Baron Montesquieu
D.Jonathan Edwards
THE ANSWER IS …
B. John Locke
Which statement describes the
Navigation Acts?
A. England’s first serious attempt to regulate
colonial trade
B. the colonies’ only attempt to unite and
regulate their own trade
C. Parliament’s reaction to French attempts to
trade with the colonies
D. regulations governing trade among the
colonies and other countries
THE ANSWER IS …
A. England's first serious attempt to regulate
colonial trade
According to the map, which battles were
won by the Americans?
A.Philadelphia and Trenton
B.Brooklyn Heights and
Saratoga
C.Bennington and Princeton
D.Ft. Ticonderoga and
Germantown
THE ANSWER IS …
C. Bennington and Princeton
I worked to unite all Bostonians to oppose
British tax policies and helped the
Massachusetts assembly organize resistance
against Britain by coauthoring a “circular
letter.” Who am I?
A.Benjamin Franklin
B.Patrick Henry
C.Thomas Jefferson
D.Samuel Adams
THE ANSWER IS …
D. Samuel Adams
The Stamp Act outraged the colonists
because…
A. it made sending letters more expensive.
B. the stamps were printed in England, not in the
colonies.
C. it was the first direct tax on colonists.
D. Parliament passed it in retaliation for the
Boston Tea Party.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. it was the first direct tax on colonists.
The group that was MOST hurt by the
American Revolution was…
A. Federalists.
B. Loyalists.
C. women.
D. African Americans.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. Loyalists.
As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,
the new United States acquired…
A. the area that would later become Alaska.
B. the area that would later become Oregon and
Washington.
C. Florida.
D. all the land between the new states and the
Mississippi River.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. all the land between the new states and the
Mississippi River.
A major weakness of government under the
Articles of Confederation was…
A. the lack of a strong central government.
B. an overzealous judiciary.
C. a legislature that had so many members that it
was difficult to make decisions.
D. the lack of a process for amending the
Articles.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. the lack of a strong central government.
The purpose of the so-called ThreeFifths Compromise was to determine…
A. how Senators would be elected to Congress
from each side.
B. how power would be divided between an upper
house and lower house in Congress.
C. how African Americans would be counted for
representation in Congress and for taxation.
D. how power would be shared between the
federal government and the states.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. how African Americans would be
counted for representation in Congress
and for taxation.
This passage from the Declaration of
Independence reflects the principle of…
… That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from
the consent of the governed,
That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the
People to alter of to abolish it, and
to institute new Government….
A.republicanism.
B.limited
government.
C.federalism.
D.the social contract.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. the social contract.
The delegates of the Constitutional Convention
added the separation of powers in the
Constitution to respond to concerns…
A. that, similar to the English monarchy, a strong
executive branch would wield too much power.
B. over taxation without representation.
C. that the individual states would have to give up
too much power.
D. that the Constitution did not guarantee
individuals the same rights they had had as
British citizens.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. that, similar to the English monarchy, a
strong executive branch would wield too
much power.
The right to march peacefully in a protest is
an example of a right guaranteed by the…
A. First Amendment.
B. Fourth Amendment.
C. Sixth Amendment.
D. Tenth Amendment.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. First Amendment.
The Preamble to the Constitution reflects
the principle of…
We the People of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings
of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish
this Constitution of the United
States of America.
A. limited government.
B. federalism.
C. popular sovereignty.
D. separation of powers.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. popular sovereignty.
Which of the following is am example of a
check on the power of Congress?
A. The Supreme Court can declare
executive orders unconstitutional.
B. The president can pardon those
convicted of violating federal laws.
C. Congress can declare war.
D. The president can veto legislation.
THE ANSWER IS …
D. The president can veto legislation.
What issue that the colonists had with
Great Britain is addressed by the Third
Amendment?
A. Colonists could be punished without being
tried in a court of law.
B. Colonists were forced to house British soldiers
at their own expense.
C. Colonists could be held in jail for long periods
of time without being charged with a crime.
D. Colonists could be taxed without their consent.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. Colonists were forced to house
British soldiers at their own
expense.
Ratification of the Constitution occurred as
a result of…
A. the election of George Washington as
president.
B. the promise to add a Bill of Rights.
C. the defeat of Antifederalists in election
sin Virginia and New York.
D. the addition of a system of checks and
balances to the Constitution.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. the promise to add a Bill of Rights.
The purpose of the so-called elastic clause
in the Constitution was…
A. to enable the federal government and the
states to regulate the same areas.
B. to nullify the enumerated powers in the
Constitution.
C. to enable future generations to make federal
laws for situation that the Framers could not
have foreseen.
D. to make it possible to add to the reserved
powers of the states in the future.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. to enable future generations to make
federal laws for situation that the
Framers could not have foreseen.
President Jefferson thought the BEST
solution to the impressment of U.S. sailors
by the British was…
A.
B.
C.
D.
passage of a naturalization act.
passage of an embargo act.
a declaration of war.
to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. passage of an embargo act.
Napoleon’s offer to sell the Louisiana
Territory to the United States was the direct
result of…
A. his need for money to wage war in Europe.
B. his desire to keep both Great Britain and Spain
from gaining the area.
C. his opinion that the territory had few valuable
resources.
D. his losing interest in adding American lands to
his empire.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. his need for money to wage war in
Europe.
The policies listed here are MOST closely
associated with…
• Protective tariffs
• A nation built on
manufacturing
• Loose interpretation
of the Constitution
A.Thomas Jefferson.
B. Aaron Burr.
C. Alexander Hamilton.
D. George Washington.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. Alexander Hamilton.
According to Alexander Hamilton, the main
purpose of repaying the nation’s debt was to…
A.
B.
C.
D.
control federal spending.
erase the national deficit.
build confidence in the nation’s finances.
exert financial pressure on his political
opponents.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. build confidence in the nation’s finances.
In his Farwell Address, George Washington
cautioned Americans against…
A. foreign trade.
B. war with Europe.
C. sectionalism at home.
D. too rapid growth of the nation’s
boundaries and economy.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. sectionalism at home.
The main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine
was to…
A. asset U.S. independence from Great Britain.
B. challenge British policy in the Western
Hemisphere.
C. keep Spain and Russia from expanding their
holdings in the Western Hemisphere.
D. help Spain’s colonies in South America gain
their independence.
THE ANSWER IS …
C. keep Spain and Russia from expanding
their holdings in the Western Hemisphere.
I was vice president of the United States during
the nullification crisis and a strong supporter of
nullification. I also believed in states’ rights and
wrote The South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
Who am I?
A. Henry Clay
B. Robert Hayne
C. Daniel Webster
D. John C. Calhoun
THE ANSWER IS …
D. John C. Calhoun
Which of the following statements
describes the result of the Battle of
Horseshoe Bend?
A. The Creek nation was forced to surrender land
covering nearly half of what is today Alabama.
B. The British retreated to defend New Orleans.
C. The Spanish were driven from what is today
Alabama.
D. Spain sold Florida to the United States.
THE ANSWER IS …
A. The Creek nation was forced to surrender
land covering nearly half of what is today
Alabama.
In Andrew Jackson’s opinion, the spoils
system was democratic because it…
A. managed the government efficiently.
B. allowed ordinarily people to participate in
government.
C. provided work for the unemployed.
D. allowed many different opinions to be
heard at one time.
THE ANSWER IS …
B. allowed ordinary people to participate in
government.
Which was a favorite theme of the
transcendentalists?
A. the nation’s history
B. the struggle between good
and evil
C. the frontier
D. nature
THE ANSWER IS…
D. nature
The first American settlers in Oregon
were…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mormons.
German immigrants.
missionaries.
emigrants from Mexico.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. missionaries.
William Lloyd Garrison divided the abolition
movement with his demand that…
A. slavery be ended immediately.
B. African Americans be returned to Africa.
C. slavery be ended gradually to avoid
disruption of the U.S. economy.
D. slaveholders be compensated for their
losses as a condition for abolition.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. slavery be ended immediately.
Andrew Jackson’s purpose in removing
Native Americans from the Southeast to
west of the Mississippi was to…
A. provide the with better farm and grazing
lands.
B. move them to lands he thought white
settlers would never want.
C. clear them from land wanted for the
transcontinental railroad.
D. force them to adopt white American culture.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. move them to lands he thought white
settlers would never want.
Many Northerners opposed the annexation
of Texas because they…
A. did not agree with the idea of Manifest
Destiny.
B. feared that the balance in Congress
between slave states and free states would
be upset.
C. did not want war with Mexico.
D. wanted to settle the dispute with Canada
over the Oregon Territory first.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. feared that the balance in Congress
between slave states and free states
would be upset.
As a result of the war with Mexico, the
United States…
A. Gained the area that became the state of
California and most of the states of the
West and Southwest.
B. Annexed Texas.
C. Established the Nueces River as the
southern boundary of Texas.
D. Passed the Homestead Act to encourage
settlement in the new territories.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Gained the area that became the state
of California and most of the states of
the West and Southwest.
Mexican control of what is today California
officially ended when…
A. U.S. naval forces occupied San Francisco
and San Diego.
B. Mexico ceded territory to the United States
in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
C. American settlers rebelled and declared
California to be the “Bear Flag Republic.”
D. the U.S. army marched into California and
declared it a U.S. state.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. Mexico ceded territory to the United
States in the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo.
I thought that I could save the Union by
abandoning the Missouri Compromise and
allowing slavery in all western territories. I
championed popular sovereignty and proposed
the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Who am I?
A.Stephen A. Douglas
B.James Buchanan
C.Roger B Taney
D.Henry Clay
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Stephen A. Douglas
The turning point in the nation’s struggle
over slavery was…
A. The Supreme Court ruling in the Dred
Scott case.
B. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
C. The election of Abraham Lincoln as
president.
D. John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal
in Harpers Ferry.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. The election of Abraham Lincoln as
president.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Abraham
Lincoln declared that the goal of the North
was to…
A. Abolish slavery.
B. Extend slavery based on popular
sovereignty.
C. Punish anyone who took up arms
against the Union.
D. Preserve the Union.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Preserve the Union.
Many people in the hill country of northern
Alabama opposed secession because…
A. Fewer of them were slaveholders
dependent on cotton farming and slave
labor.
B. Many of them were former Northerners.
C. Of the influence of abolitionists.
D. They wanted to avoid certain war.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Fewer of them were slaveholders
dependent on cotton farming and
slave labor.
As a result of the fall of Vicksburg, the
Confederacy was…
A. In command of the Mississippi River.
B. Recognized by the British
government.
C. Cut in two.
D. Unable to launch another attack on
the North.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. Cut in two.
Before the Civil War ended, Republicans
and antislavery Democrats began working
together to pass the…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Congressional Reconstruction Plan.
Wade-Davis Bill.
Thirteenth Amendment.
Civil Rights Act.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. Thirteenth Amendment.
The purpose of the black codes was to…
A. Get around the Fourteenth
Amendment.
B. Support Johnson’s Reconstruction
Plan.
C. Codify all laws relating to African
American activities.
D. Keep freed African Americans in a
position similar to slavery.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Keep freed African Americans in a
position similar to slavery.
Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment was
a result of the…
A. Large African American turnout in the election
of 1868 that assured a large Republican
majority in both houses of Congress.
B. Pressure President Grant put on Congress to
speed Reconstruction.
C. Presence of large numbers of African
Americans in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
D. Democratic attempts appeal to African
Americans voters.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Large African American turnout in the
election of 1868 that assured a large
Republican majority in both houses of
Congress.
Reconstruction ended as a result of…
A. The Democrats’ regaining control of all the
Southern state legislatures.
B. The removal of all federal troops from the
South by President Hayes.
C. The Panic of 1873, which made it too
expensive to keep federal troops in the
South.
D. Congressional disinterest in continuing
Reconstruction policies.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. The removal of all federal troops from
the South by President Hayes.
The purpose of the alliance between
Northern financiers and Southern leaders
after the Civil War was to…
A. Industrialize the South.
B. Finance old-style plantation
agriculture.
C. Tie African Americans to the land as
sharecroppers.
D. Control Southern legislatures.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Industrialize the South.
The closing of the frontier in 1890 meant
that…
A.
B.
C.
D.
All inhabitable land between the Mississippi River
and the Rockies had been settled.
Native Americans were living only on reservations.
The only way young people and immigrants could
make a living was by going to work in factories.
Settlers had taken possession of so much land
across the nation that there was no longer a clear
boundary between settled and unsettled lands.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Settlers had taken possession of so
much land across the nation that there
was no longer a clear boundary
between settled and unsettled lands.
Bonanza farms, threshing machines, and
mechanical reapers are characteristics of…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Commercial farming in the Midwest.
Agriculture in the New South.
Dry farming methods.
Farming methods used in the Great
Plains.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Farming methods used in the Great
Plains.
As a result of the Dawes Act, Plains Indians
were…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sent to live on reservations.
Granted U.S. citizenship.
Given land allotments to farm.
Provided with food and clothing in
return for peaceful coexistence with
settlers.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. Given land allotments to farm.
The land grant system enabled…
A. Farmers to buy land at low cost from the
federal government.
B. State government to sell land to farmers on
credit.
C. Railroads to raise money for construction by
selling vacant land given to them by the federal
government.
D. Real estate companies to act as intermediaries
in the sale of public lands to private individuals.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. Railroads to raise money for
construction by selling vacant land
given to them by the federal
government.
A company that owns all the businesses
that are needed to manufacture and sell
its products is…
A. A trust.
B. A monopoly.
C. A holding company.
D. Vertically integrated.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Vertically integrated.
The Knights of Labor preferred a method of
resolving conflicts between employers and
unions involving an impartial third party.
This method is called…
A. boycott.
B. closed shop.
C. arbitration.
D. lockout.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. arbitration.
As a result of a surge in nativist feelings
among Americans, Congress in 1872
passed a…
A. Law stating that strikes were “conspiracies in
restraint of trade.”
B. Law restricting immigration.
C. Law banning union organization in industries
with large numbers of immigrants.
D. Law tightening the nationalization process.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. Law restricting immigration.
Individualism and overcoming all obstacles
were the themes of all the novels of…
A.
B.
C.
D.
William Dean Howells.
Henry James.
Horatio Alger.
Edith Wharton.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. Horatio Alger.
Farmers joined farm organizations such as
the Grange and the Farmers’ Alliance
mainly to…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Seek help with their economic problems.
Participate in social gatherings.
Take advantage of educational programs.
Pool their resources to buy farming
equipment.
THE ANSWER IS…
A. Seek help with their economic
problems.
As a result of the Supreme Court ruling
in Wabash v. Illinois, states could…
A. Pass safety regulations for railroads.
B. Set shipping rates for railroads.
C. No longer regulate commerce across state
lines.
D. Regulate the selling practices of farmers’
cooperatives.
THE ANSWER IS…
C. No longer regulate commerce
across state lines.
The People’s Party, also know as the
Populists, was strongest among…
A. Industrial workers in the Northeast.
B. Southern and western farmers.
C. Northeastern and Midwestern city
dwellers.
D. Immigrants in all sections of the country.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. Southern and western farmers.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court
ruled that…
A. Private organizations could not be held
accountable for discriminatory practices.
B. States could be sued for alleged discriminatory
laws.
C. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was
unconstitutional.
D. Separate but equal facilities for African
Americans were legal.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Separate but equal facilities for African
Americans were legal.
U.S. interest in trade with China resulted in
the…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Roosevelt Corollary.
Open Door Policy.
“big stick” approach to foreign policy.
Leasehold strategy.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. Open Door Policy.
Women were granted the right to vote by
the…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fourteenth Amendment.
Fifteenth Amendment.
Seventeenth Amendment.
Nineteenth Amendment.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Nineteenth Amendment.
The United States declared war on
Germany as a result of…
A. The Zimmerman note.
B. Great Britain’s heavy losses in the
war.
C. Germany’s refusal to agree to the
Sussex Pledge.
D. Germany’s resumption of unrestricted
submarine warfare in 1917.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Germany’s resumption of unrestricted
submarine warfare in 1917.
The Red Scare grew out of American’s fear
and suspicion of…
A. African Americans.
B. Germans.
C. Russian immigrants.
D. Communists.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Communists.
A major theme of the Harlem Renaissance
was…
A. The role of women.
B. Racial pride.
C. The Great Migration.
D. The rural South.
THE ANSWER IS…
B. Racial pride.
The purpose of the Dawes Plan was to…
A. Raise tariffs on all European goods.
B. Raise tariffs on European agricultural
products only.
C. Enable Germany to repay its war debts.
D. Enable Germany to pay its reparations and
forgive Britain and France their war debts.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. Enable Germany to pay its reparations
and forgive Britain and France their
war debts.
A turning point in the fight to defeat Hitler in
Europe was…
A. The Battle of Midway.
B. The Battle of Britain.
C. The blitzkrieg.
D. The Battle of Stalingrad.
THE ANSWER IS…
D. The Battle of Stalingrad.