US History 3rd Weeks Test Review

Which number marks the location of the first permanent English

Colony in the New World?

A – 1

B – 2

C – 3

D - 4

1

2

3

4

John Locke’s philosophy on natural rights asserts that all people have

certain basic rights from birth. In the Declaration of Independence, these are

referred to as

1. Political rights

2. Unalienable rights

3. Women’s rights

The Virginia Colony survived and grew economically because the

English Colonists1. Were well cared for by the Virginia

Company

2. Began growing tobacco for sale

In what year was the Declaration of Independence approved?

1. 1777

2. 1776

3. 1775

What document did Puritans sign to create a government?

1. The Constitution

2. The Mayflower Compact

What group would most likely feel the king was justified in taxes, and

it was their duty to pay what he asked?

1. Patriots

2. Neutrals

3. Loyalists

Who was chosen as president of the Constitutional Convention in

Philadelphia in 1787?

1. James Madison

2. George Washington

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. Abraham Lincoln

Which was NOT a reason for American Revolutionary War

Victory?

1. The British not wanting to commit the necessary resources

2. The French aiding the Americans

3. The ratification of the Constitution

4. The guerilla warfare used by Patriots

A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation

1. High federal taxes on goods and services

2. Lack of strong central government

3. Repression by a strong central government

W.E.B DuBois hoped education would-

1. Assimilate African Americans into white culture

2. Show African Americans how to win white acceptance

3. Provide leadership for African Americans in their fight for civil rights

Freedom of SpeechFreedom of ReligionRight to bear ArmsRight to an attorney

All of the above are contained in…?

1. The Preamble

2. The Great Compromise

3. The Bill of Rights

In order to ratify the Constitution, what common ground was

necessary to balance Federal Power and Individual Rights

1. Addition of the Bill of Rights

2. Revision of the Articles of Confederation

3. Elimination of the national Bank

The Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison established.

1. The right of citizens to criticize the government

2. The power of Congress to declare war

3. The Supreme court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

This is called – Judicial Review!!!!

What group opposed a national bank and favored strong state

governments?1. Anti-Federalists

2. Federalists

3. Whigs

All but one are true about Federalists

1. Believed in a weak national government

2. Advocated for a commercial economy

3. Believed in a strong national government

4. Were led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton

What’s that purple place

1. Texas

2. Mars

3. Mexican Cession

4. Louisiana Purchase

What was a major cause of the War of 1812?

1. Native American control of Florida

2. French interference with United States trade

3. British interference with American Shipping

4. Spanish control of the Louisiana Territory

What is the best explanation for the increase in popular vote between

1824 and 1828

1. Women were given the right to vote

2. Slaves were given the right to vote

3. Property ownership was dropped as a requirement for voting

4. Immigration more than tripled the number of voters

What was the first legislative body in the colonies?

1. General Assembly

2. Virginia House of Burgesses

3. Articles of Confederation

When did the first slaves arrive in America (Virginia/Jamestown)?

1. 1607

2. 1609

3. 1619

What group favored strong central government and Jay’s Treaty

1. Federalists

2. Anti-Federalists

3. Whigs

The women’s suffrage movement began with the

1. Emancipation Proclamation

2. Nineteenth Amendment

3. Seneca Falls Declaration

4. Fifteenth Amendment

Nicknames for troops fighting in the Civil War were

1. The rough-riders

2. The Blue and the Gray

3. Rugrats

4. Tories and Patriots

How did the Civil War affect the South

1. The economy was ruined, and gave rise to large class of poor tenant farmers

2. Massive migration from the south, leaving the area unpopulated

3. Freed slaves all moved to land in the west provided by the federal government

In Plessy v. Ferguson – The Supreme Court upheld the

constitutionality of1. Poll taxes

2. Jim Crow Laws

3. Literacy tests

4. Grandfather Clauses

After surrender at Appomattox Court House, Robert E. Lee encouraged Southerners to-

1. Run and hide

2. Continue to fight

3. Repeal the current set of laws and pass Jim Crow laws

4. Admit defeat and rejoin the Union

In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted – and then most immigrants

came from1. Northern European Countries

2. Southern and Eastern European Countries

3. Japan and China

4. Mexico and Central America

Settlement houses in the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers-

1. Aid in the form of money

2. Social services

3. Protection from crime

4. Asylum from corrupt city governments

What characterized urban regions in the early 1900s

1. Slums and tenements

2. Growing middle class

3. Open spaces, trees and parks

4. Ethnically and racially mixed neighborhoods

What anti-immigration law was passed in the 1800s?

1. Dawes Act

2. Chinese Exclusion Act

3. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

4. Pacific Railway Act

A dramatic population shift occurred after the Civil War

1. Native-born Americans returned to their farms, discouraged with city life

2. African Americans moved into the cities in the North

3. Immigrants came to industrial centers of the United States

4. American moved abroad to act as recruiters for potential workers

Which of the following individuals is most directly associated with the

railroad industry?1. Andrew Carnegie

2. John D Rockefeller

3. Cornelius Vanderbilt

4. J. P. Morgan

The Purpose of the Geneva Convention was to---

1. Hold trials for war criminals

2. Ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations

3. Form a committee to redraw the boundaries of Western Europe

4. Exterminate any remaining POWs

The Virginia Colony survived and grew economically because…

1. Everyone worked together for the good of the colony

2. They began growing tobacco for sale

3. They developed lasting friendships with the Indians

Which was NOT a cash crop?

1. Rice

2. Corn

3. Tobacco

4. Indigo

The ongoing effort to increase production through the use of

machines

1. Great Awakening

2. Industrial Revolution

3. Great Migration

4. Enlightenment

What is the main idea of this political cartoon?

1. The Senate is working for the people

2. Owners of business monopolies control the Senate

Most supporters of laissez-faire policies

1. Believed that minimal government interference was best

2. Encouraged government regulation of business

3. Refused government land grants

4. Were democrats

The NAACP

1. Called for African-Americans to be denied rights

2. Called for full political equality for African-Americans

3. Focused on giving all citizens the right to bear arms

4. Called for full implementation of segregation laws

Which statement best summarizes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington

1. The best solution for African-Americans was to return to Africa

2. The most immediate means for African Americans to achieve equality was to expand their opportunities for vocational education

3. African Americans should demand and work actively for civil rights

Which of the following best describes the AFL?

1. Combined many separate skilled craft unions

2. Organized unskilled workers

3. Advocated military agitation and willful destruction of business property in cases of disputes

Factory workers felt they had no choice but to accept harsh working conditions

in the late 19th century because

1. The factories provided workers with good benefits

2. It was too difficult to sue an employer

3. Immigrants provided an ample supply of replacement workers

4. They would forfeit state-supplied unemployment benefits if they quit

The Pullman Strike of 1894 was a turning point because it led to--

1. The intervention of government into labor unions

2. An economic depression

3. The breakup of the Knights of Labor

4. Widespread union corruption

Which of the following pieces of legislation was a response to

muckraking?

1. Federal Reserve Act (1913)

2. National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)

3. Immigration Act (1924)

4. Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

The 19th Amendment guaranteeing womens suffrage was most directly a result of women participating in-

1. Industrial production in World War I

2. Nursing in the Civil War

3. Frontier farming

4. Labor unions

All of the following are examples of the US abandonment of isolationist

foreign policy EXCEPT

1. Open Door Policy

2. Roosevelt Corollary

3. Transcontinental Railroads

4. Dollar Diplomacy

All of the following are effects of the Spanish American War EXCEPT

1. Spanish maintained control of Cuba

2. Philippines annexed by the United States

3. US asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

4. Cuba became independent (somewhat)

Which territories were acquired by the US as a result of the Spanish-

American War

1. New Mexico and Oklahoma

2. Hawaii and Alaska

3. Puerto Rico and the Philippines

4. Florida and Texas

What was NOT and advantage of building the Panama Canal?

1. Americans saved money when they shipped goods

2. Travel time between East Coast and West Coast was reduced

3. Allowed for strong American military presence in Central America

4. Strengthened ties between Columbia and the US

American marine occupation of Cuba and Nicaragua in the early 1900s are two examples of Taft’s

foreign policy – dubbed -

1. The Open Door Policy

2. Dollar Diplomacy

3. Monroe Doctrine

The most immediate cause of WWI was

1. The Zimmerman note

2. Siberian invasion of Hungary

3. Assassination of the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne

4. German seizure of Alsace-Lorraine

All of the following are a part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points EXCEPT-

1. League of Nations

2. Self-determination

3. Socialism

4. Mandate System

The poster above demonstrates that during WWII, the US found

diverse ways to---1. Protect children

during air raids

2. Finance the war effort

3. Maintain their isolationist stance

4. Provide for families of soldiers

Complete the blank event IN WWI timeline

1. Russia Enters WWI

2. US enters WWI

ASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE

ASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE

FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY

FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY

ZIMMERMAN NOTEZIMMERMAN NOTE

? ?DEFEAT OF GERMANY

DEFEAT OF GERMANY

The Treaty of Versailles terms increased likelihood for future war

because

1. They destroyed the old balance of power

2. Punished Germany too severely

3. Ignored self-determination

4. Stripped France of colonies

At the end of WWI, President Wilson and Congress disagreed

most on-

1. The Fourteen Points

2. The League of Nations

3. Self-determination

4. reparations

In the 1920’s all of the following took place EXCEPT

1. Rise of new KKK

2. Prohibition

3. Scopes Trial

4. Rosenberg Trial

President Roosevelt used the radio to talk to the people in his -

1. Inaugural address

2. Fireside chats

3. State of the union address

4. Yearly speech

One main cause of the stock market crash of 1929 was

1. Excessive use of credit

2. Not enough investment

3. Start of WWII

4. Distrust of President Hoover

The Great Compromise created a bicameral Congress.

1. True

2. False

How did Americans respond to the crash of 1929?

1. Spend more money on consumer goods

2. Many quit their jobs

3. Panicked and tried to withdraw their money from banks

4. Nothing changed

Over speculation in stocks is-

1. Buying stocks with borrowed money that cannot be repaid

2. Failure to prevent widespread collapse of banks

3. Political unrest

4. Massive migration

All of the following were effects of the Great Depression EXCEPT

1. Homelessness

2. Prosperity

3. Farms foreclosed

4. Banks closed

The result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff

1. Improved international trade

2. Lowered tariffs between the US and Asia

3. Retaliatory tariffs from foreign countries

In FDR’s inaugural speech in 1933, he stated, “The only thing we have to fear

is fear itself.” He was referring to -

1. The Great Depression

2. World War II

3. Urban Violence

FDR’s New Deal recovery programs were designed to -

1. Make FDR look like a hero

2. Make the Great Depression last longer

3. Allow the government to have total control over the economy

4. Bring the country out of the depression over time

5. Italy

Which of the following programs was designed to offer safeguards

for workers?1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2. Social Security Act

3. Workers Progress Administration

4. Agricultural Adjustment Administration

“Suppose my neighbor’s home catchers fire, and I have a length of garden house four or five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire…I don’t say to him before that operation, ‘Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15; you have to pay me $15 for it—I want my garden hose back after the fire is over.”

Franklin D. RooseveltDecember 17, 1940

Which of the following policies was FDR referring to in the quote?

1. Defeat Hitler First

2. Cash and Carry Program

3. Lend-Lease Program

4. The Good Neighbor Policy

Which of the following was NOT true about African Americans in World War II

1. They generally served in segregated units

2. They generally serviced in non-combat roles

3. They were treated equally

4. The demanded to serve in combat rather than support roles

A reason the Japanese violated the terms of the Geneva Convention and treated the

Allied prisoners so savagely in the Philippines may have been due in part -

1. That Japanese soldiers found it more honorable to commit suicide than to surrender

2. The Geneva Convention did not cover the war in the Pacific

3. The US used the atomic bomb

4. There were so many more Allies in the Philippines than Japanese soldiers

Women contributed to the war effort during WWII by--

1. Fighting in combat

2. Replacing male workers in the factories to keep industries going

3. Overseeing the military operations in Europe

4. Supporting the end of the fighting

Which of the following was NOT accurate about the treatment of

Japanese Americans

1. There was a strong anti-Japanese prejudice on the West Coast

2. Japanese-Americans were relocated to internment camps

3. Japanese-Americans were sent back to Japan

4. There was a belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy

What counted slaves as part of the population for purposes of

representation?

1. Great Compromise

2. Slave Trade Compromise

3. 3/5 Compromise

The American government used the media during WWII to--

1. Encourage economic development

2. Maintain strict censorship over reporting of the war

3. Black out programs they did not approve of

4. Create brainwashing ads to ensure support for the war

All are reasons for American Victory in the Revolutionary War

EXCEPT:

1. French Aiding America through an alliance

2. Ratification of the Constitution

3. Guerilla war used by the Patriots

Which isn’t correct?

1. Legislative branch makes laws

2. Executive branch enforces laws

3. Judicial branch makes laws

Freedom of speechRight to Bear ArmsRight to an attorney

Protection from baseless search and seizure

1. Great Compromise

2. Preamble

3. Bill of Rights

All of the above are included in the …….

Federalists believed in a strong national government and wanted to

ratify the Constitution.1. True

2. False

Which is NOT true about James Madison?

1. Father of the Constitution

2. Wrote Virginia Declaration of Rights

3. Created the Virginia Plan

4. Kept copious notes of convention

All 13 states were needed to ratify the Constitution

1. True

2. False

The essential difference between slaves and indentured servants

was that----1. Slaves were African, while indentured

servants were European

2. Indentured servants were free when they had worked out their term

3. Indentured servants did household chores rather than field work.

The Trail of Tears

1. Was the journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to America

2. Was the series of battles that Andrew Jackson fought in the War of 1812

3. The forced march of the Cherokee from the southeastern states to Oklahoma

Who explored the area of the Louisiana Purchase?

1. Lewis and Clark

2. Sonny and Cher

3. Penn and Teller

The United States bought Florida from.

1. England

2. France

3. Portugal

4. Spain

The Supreme Court Case that Established that only the federal government could

regulate interstate commerce and affirmed the importance of federal law over state law

1. Gibbon v. Ogden (1824)

2. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

3. Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

1. James Madison

2. George Mason

3. Thomas Jefferson

How did Thomas Jefferson change the size of the United States?

1. Purchased Maine from Canada

2. Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France

3. Purchase the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains from Britain

4. He purchased the Texas Territory from Mexico

The Constitution was written to repalace…

1. The Declaration of Independence

2. The Articles of Confederation