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12thgrade
US History Milestone Review (Colonization through Constitution)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes why the Southern colonies were established?
Settlers were seeking religious freedom.
Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade.
Settlers wanted to convert American Indians to their religion.
Settlers wanted to create more wealth for the English economy.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement accurately describes a difference between the Southern colonies and the New
England colonies?
The Southern colonies were known for a much colder climate.
The Southern colonies were founded more for religious reasons.
The Southern colonies were settled much later in the time period.
The Southern colonies were more dependent on the plantation system.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which TWO factors explain the change shown in the table?
the invention of the cotton gin, which made cotton a more popular crop
the trans-Atlantic trade, which made growing cash crops more profitable
the slave codes, which were passed to control a large enslaved population
the increased use of steamships, which transported goods throughout the South
the demand for cotton and tobacco, which increased in both the colonies and Europe
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes the New England colonies?
They were primarily established by people looking for religious freedom.
They traded goods produced on large plantations and farms in the South.
They had the longest growing season and the warmest weather of any of the colonies.
They were established as a buffer zone between the colonies and the Spanish settlements.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The elements in the list below were all vital to
- molasses
- sugar
- rum
- iron
- tobacco
- Indigo
the cash crop economy
the Great Awakening
the trans-Atlantic trade
the New England economy
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the Intolerable Acts seek to do?
tax colonists in order to pay off British debt
punish Massachusetts after the colonists protested
require colonists to pay for British military supplies
stop all settlement to the west of the colonies
- 7. Multiple Choice
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and
reason ... teaches all mankind, ... that being all equal and independent, no one
ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions ... —excerpt from Second Treatise, John Locke
Which of these political ideals from the Declaration of Independence is BEST supported by the
excerpt?
All men are created equal.
Governments are created by men to provide education and safety to all citizens.
All changes made to the government should be accomplished after much thought and consideration.
When government abuses its power, it is the responsibility of citizens to rise up and change
governments
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect the 1790 census results?
Citizens in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.
Enslaved persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.
Only three-fifths of the citizens in each state were eligible to vote in elections.
Only three-fifths of enslaved peoples in each state were eligible to vote in elections.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes an immediate impact of the 1790 census information shown in the table?
Southern states gained more influence in the House of Representatives.
Slavery was declared unconstitutional and outlawed in the United States.
Enslaved persons in the South earned the right to participate in the electoral process.
Northern and Southern states went to the Supreme Court to contest the census data.
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