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- 1. Multiple ChoiceCahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?Baton RougeNew OrleansSt. LouisMemphis
- 2. Multiple ChoiceNative American religions were closely linked tovisions from the world of spiritsideas of male dominancehuman sacrificethe natural world
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwestwere the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societiesdeveloped sophisticated politial systemsfished salmon as their principal occupationdid not have permanent settlements
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn the late 15th century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred bysignificant population growththe absence of a merchant classthe declining political power of many monarchsthe expansion of feudalism
- 5. Multiple Choice17th century-English colonial settlementswere isolated from contact with other nationswere tightly controlled by the English gov.were essentially business enterpriseswere well-planned and successful from the start
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Virginia Company developed the "headright" system toa developmentdiscourage poor people from moving to the colonyattract new settlers to the colonyrequire families to migrate together
- 7. Multiple ChoiceBacon's Rebellionsaw the royal governor of Virginia forced to resignspread throughout several coloniescarried on for several yearswas a conflict between eastern and western Virginia
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Puritan founders described described their colony as a "city upon a hill" becausethey wanted to create a community that was open to all faithsthey sought to create a community in which all people were equalthey wanted to construct their community on high ground to prevent Indian attacksthey were creating a holy community that would be a model for the rest of the world
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers wereScottish and Irish gentry desiring to secede from Englandsupporters of King Charles Ithe forces of Parliament, who were largely Puritansboth the forces of Parliament and supporters of King Charles I
- 10. Multiple ChoiceRegarding colonial life expectancy during the 17th centurybackcountry settlers had a similar life expectancy to that of settlers in coastal areaslife expectancy was highest in the southern coloniesone in two white children in the Chesapeake died in infancylife expectancy in New England was unusually high
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe term "middle passage" refers to the movement of enslaved Africansfrom the coastal regions of colonies to their interiorsfrom Africa to Europebetween individual North American coloniesfrom Africa to the New World
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn the 17th and 18th centuries, medical practionerswere nearly all malesgrew to understand the link between bacteria and infectionhad little or no knowledge of sterilizationgrew to understand the link between bacteria and infection
- 13. Multiple ChoiceCommerce in colonial America relied in large part onpaper currencybartergoldsilver
- 14. Multiple ChoiceDuring the witchcraft hysteria, those who were accused were most commonlywomen of low social positionindentured servantscriminalsnot members of the church
- 15. Multiple ChoiceGeorge Whitefield is associated with theGreat AwakeningQuakersfounding of the American Baptist Churchgrowth of American Catholicism
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe major participants of the Seven Years' War in North America were thecolonists, the English, and the SpanishFrench, the colonists, and the SpanishIroquios, the English, and the FrenchFrench, the Spanish, and the English
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe proposed Albany Plan of 1754revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each otherwas intended to give the colonies great independency fro royal authoritywas approved by the colonial assemblies but was vetoed by Parliamentrecognized the land rights of Indian tribes living within the colonies
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe Frech and Indian War was fought inIndiathe West Indiesthe North American interiorAll of these
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Proclamation of 1763disrupted England's western trade in the colonieswas generally effectivewas supported by many Indian tribesencouraged settlement of teh western edge of the colonies
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Quebec Actwa passed by England to appease the French governmentwas approved of by most English colonistsreduced the boundaries of Quebecgranted political rights to Roman Catholics
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Declatory Act of 1766caused renewed protests throughout the colonieswas a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority over the coloniesthreatened teh colonies with military action should future protests developwas an attempt by outgoing minister George Grenville to save face
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration of Indepedencecalled for the formation of a two-party democracyavoided making any direct criticism of the kingwas never formally approvedborrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe war effot by American colonists would be financed primarily byprinting paper moneyspending hard currencyborrowing from abroadselling bonds
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe battle of Yorktown involvedthe most bloodly battle of the warthe suicide of the commanding British generalevidence that the British were executing prisoners of wara combined French and American army and navy
- 25. Multiple ChoiceFor most Revolutionary American political thinkers, the concept of equality means that there should be equality ofrights, regardless of race, sex, or propertyconditionopportunity and conditionopportunity
- 26. Multiple ChoiceUnder the Articles of Confederation,each state had a vote in Congressall states had to approve any important measurethere could be no amendments to the Articlesno legistlation could be passed without all states voting on the issue
- 27. Multiple ChoiceOne effect of Shay's Rebellion was that ittemporarily brought a halt to the new American governementled the federal government to adopt the gold standardled to the downfall of the state government in Massacusettscontributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAt the start of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 the delegates agreed thatslavery would have to preserved within the U.S.the country needed a stronger central governmentstates would have proportional voting based on each state's populationtheir proceeding would be open to the public
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe greatest complaint by opponents of the proposed Constitution of 1787 was about theabsence of specific listing of personal libertiesomission of references to Godcreation of a federal militarynaming of the new federal district after Washington
- 30. Multiple ChoiceAs treasury secretary, Alexander Hamiltonencouraged the federal government to focus on the needs of the independent farmersupported the creation of a national bankopposed the federal government's assumption of state debtswanted to eliminate the national debt
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWho described the election of 1800 as the "Revolution of 1800"?Alexander HamiltonThomas JeffersonJohn AdamsJames Madison
- 32. Multiple ChoiceIn the early 19th century, school education was largely the responsibility ofthe federal governmentthe statesindividual cities and townsprivate institutions
- 33. Multiple ChoiceIn 1800, Washington D.C.,had yet to be occupied by a national governmentwas widely recognized as a city built on a grand scalewas little more than a simple villagehad grown in size equal to Philadelphia
- 34. Multiple ChoiceDuring the War of 1812, the U.S. achieved early military successon the Great Lakesin the Carolinasin New Englandon the Atlantic Ocean
- 35. Multiple ChoiceAfter the War of 1812, it was clear that the U.S. needed an improvedinternal transportation systemsystem for selling public landssystem of tariffstrade policy with Europe
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe "era of good feeling" following the War of 1812 reflectedthe renewed good relations between the U.S. and the European continentrising nationalism and optimism in the U.S.increased political division in the U.S. federal governmentdeclining violence in the West between the U.S. and the Indian tribes
- 37. Multiple ChoiceThe Missouri Compromise of 1819extended slavery throughout the Louisiana Territorymaintained teh nation's equal number of slave and free stateswas roundly criticized by nationalists in the Northdenied statehood for Missouri for two more years
- 38. Multiple ChoiceIn Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court affirmed federal authority overboth individual states and all American tribesthe remainer of the Louisiana Purchaseall American Indian tribesindividual states
- 39. Multiple ChoiceBy the 1830s, political parties were generally regarded asbeing in the control of special interest factionsunnecessary to the political processa dangerous threat to the democratic processa desired and essential part of the democratic process
- 40. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1820s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullificationto support trade tariffsas a means to end the national bankas an alternative to possible secessionto reduce the political power of Andrew Jackson
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhich city did NOT owe its growth to the Great LakesCincinnatiClevelandChicagoMilwaukee
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThe Erie Canal waslimited to flat landbuilt entirely by private investorsbuilt without locks or gatesa tremendous financial success
- 43. Multiple ChoicePrior to 1860, the most significant invention for middle-class American homews was thecast-iron stoveair conditionericeboxelectric iron
- 44. Multiple ChoiceShort-staple cottonhelped to keep the South a predominantly agricultural regionwas less course than long-staple cottonwas easier to process than long-staple cottonwas more susceptible to disease than long-staple cotton
- 45. Multiple ChoicePrior to 1860, Southern women differed from northern women in that theygenerally had a lesser engagement in the economic life of the familyhad fewer childrenwere expected to be more subordinate to mentended to have more formal education
- 46. Multiple ChoiceSouthern, white. lower-class resentment of teh aristocratic system was most likely to be found inthe moutain regionsthe Upper Southriver and ocean port townsthe cities
- 47. Multiple ChoiceOne actual slave revolt in the 19th century South was led byFrederick DouglassGabriel ProsserDenmark VessyNat Turner
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe transcendentalist write Ralph Waldo Emersonasserted that through nature, individuals could find personal fullfillmentbelieved American thinkers should be allied with European intellectualsasserted that organized religion served no useful purpose in societywas a leading critic of the American political system
- 49. Multiple ChoiceMormonismbelieved in human perfectibilityemphasized individual libertywas founded by Brigham Youngbegan in the Midwest
- 50. Multiple ChoicePrior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was theBaptistsPresbyteriansUnitariansQuakers
- 51. Multiple ChoiceThe origins of the majority of human existence in North American beganas a result of the development of the wheellong after the last ice age endedwith migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Straitwith the explorations of Christopher Columbus
- 52. Multiple Choice
At the start of the Civil War, the armed forces of the United States
Saw many of its soldiers stationed in the west
Did not include a Navy
Was largely made up of military draftees
Had almost entirely defected to the Confederate side
- 53. Multiple Choice
The wartime South saw
An increase in cotton sales overseas
Numerous bloody slave revolts
Almost no black market commerce
A significant decline in the production of goods
- 54. Multiple Choice
Which group of women from what region of the United States were more likely to be involved in the feminist movement?
Wives of plantation owners who lived in the South
Middle Class women in lived in the Northeast
women in the Northeast who worked in factories
All of the following are true
- 55. Multiple Choice
Which abolitionist/writer promoted immediate emancipation for slaves?
Marcus Garvey
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
- 56. Multiple Choice
Henry Clay is often referred to as “the great compromiser.” What compromise was he instrumental in forming and getting passed?
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
- 57. Multiple Choice
What did the Tenure of Office Act declare?
Term limits on the President
The president could not remove members of his own cabinet
Protection for the rights of freed slaves
Universal suffrage for men regardless of race or previous condition
- 58. Multiple Choice
What was Henry Grady’s vision for the “New South?”
He encourage a diversification and expansion in agriculture
He encouraged romantic ideals of the South and spoke of an artistic revolution to prove the superiority of the intellectual South
He encouraged total racial equality in Southern society
He encouraged industrialization and modernization throughout the South
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