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US History to 1877 Final Exam Review

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What did Shays' Rebellion demonstrate to the United States
The Articles of Confederation outlined a too-weak federal government that could not tax the states
All of the following were motivations for English imperial ambitions in North America, except to
Enslave the indigenous population and ship them across the Atlantic
How were joint-stock companies related to the establishment of English colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
Wealthy gentlemen bought shares in a joint-stock company, giving it the capital funds to state and supply a colony
Cahokia is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site located outside St. Louis consisting of over 100 earthen man-made hills
What were 'freedom dues'?
Promised to indentured servants that completed their contracts, they often too the form of land and clothing
What statement about the Virginia Plan is not correct?
The Virginia Plan proposed to retain a unicameral house where each state would have one vote
Which statement about the Virginia Company is not correct?
Families tended to settle the colony of Virginia, unlike those seeking religious freedom in New England
What statement about immigration to colonial America is NOT correct?
While most blacks arrived in America as slaves, all white settlers came to America seeking religious freedom
The Portuguese were the
First European colonizers to engage in the Atlantic Slave Trade
The chancel burials at the Jamestown church revealed
A Catholic artifact that complicates the common narrative of English settlement being a Protestant endeavor
How do the Pilgrims relate to the Puritans?
The Pilgrims of 1620 were more religiously radical than the Puritans of 1630
Which statement about the Great Awakening is NOT TRUE?
Typical preachers delivered soft sermons, focusing on positive images of the promise of Heaven
Which statement about the Salem Witch Trials is TRUE?
Within 20 years of the trials, the General Court of Massachusetts declared the trials unlawful and the colony passed a bill restoring the rights and good names of those accused
The Columbian Exchange refers to
The biological and ecological transfer across the Atlantic World
Which of the following was a triumph of the Articles of Confederation?
The Northwest Ordinance created the ability to grow the nation, and prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River
What statement about artistic depictions of Pocahontas is NOT true?
Artists always focused on her exotic appearance, depicting her in Native American dress
The African slave trade
Deposited the largest numbers of Africans in Brazil and Caribbean
What statement best describes the idea of Republican Motherhood?
It was a belief that patriots' daughters can and should pass on republican values to the next generation
What statement about the Puritans is NOT correct?
They welcomed Quakers into New England, where the Puritans hoped to convert them
What statement about seventeenth-century immigration to Virginia is NOT true?
The majority hailed from Ireland, fleeing religious oppression
Which colony was founded by radical separatists that believed the Anglican Church was unredeemable?
Plymouth
Inspired by McCarthyism, playwright Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible about event at which location?
Salem
What was the first entity to reach a population of 60,000 in the Northwest Territory?
Ohio
Which of the following individuals was NOT a 17th-century figure?
Thomas Jefferson
Which event is not associated with the revolutionary war?
Battle of Fort Necessity
Which statement about governance in the U.S. Constitution is NOT correct?
Slavery was outlawed north of the Ohio River
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride immediately preceded which event?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the historical significance of the French & Indian War?
It ended all French territorial claims in North America
Who fought each other in King Philip's War?
New England colonists and Indians
What statement best describes European immigration to North America in the 18th century?
Immigrants hailed from various countries in Europe, affording more social and cultural diversity
Why would American colonists be frustrated with the Quebec Act of 1774?
The legislation gave concessions to the former enemy still living in Quebec territory (now Canada)
Which of the following series of events are in the correct chronological order, from earliest to most recent?
Founding of Jamestown > Drafting the Articles of Confederation > Shays' Rebellion > Passage of Bill of Rights
Which of the following series of events are in the correct chronological order, from earliest to most recent?
Townshend Acts > Battle of Yorktown > Treaty of Paris (1783) > Constitutional Convention
The musical 1776 portrays
The efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for independence and to sign the Declaration
The French & Indian Ware was merely one theatre of what larger global conflict?
Seven Years' War
The engraved print to the right famously embellished an infamous event that occurred in what location?
Boston
Which event, according to some historians, was responsible for an independent American identity, one separate and distinct from Britain?
King Philip's War
What was NOT a reason for examining various pre-Columbian UNESCO World Heritage Sites in class?
To illustrate why Mexico has petitioned the United Nations to move the US-Mexico border
Why were some of the most important early battles of the French & Indian War in western Pennsylvania?
This frontier land was on the edges of both British and French-claimed territory
Who were the rebels in Shays' Rebellion
Farmers in western Massachusetts
Why did noted artist Benjamin West not finish the famous painting of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
The British delegation refused to pose as they conceived the treaty as a embarrassing failure
Modifications to the Articles of Confederation required the approval of ____________ of the state legislatures
All 13
What was the significance of Pontiac's War?
Knowing it could not afford to protect settlers in the western frontier, the British Parliament created the Proclamation Line of 1763
How did Shays' Rebellion end?
Boston merchants raised a private army to put down the rebellion
In the letter to his parents, what did Richard Frethorne ask his parents to do?
Buy out the remained of his indentured contract
What was one effect that emanated from the Republican ideals described in the Declaration of Independence?
Slavery was gradually outlawed in northern states
From the British perspective, what was the consequence of the American Revolutionary War?
Their imperial focus shifted from the Atlantic World to the Indian subcontinent
In what part of the United States would one find Mesa Verde, Taos Pueblo, and Chaco Culture National Historical Park?
American Southwest
The map to the right depicts North America in what year?
1760
Jonathan Edwards is an individual associated with what event?
The Great Awakening
Which of the following routes did the Lewis & Clark Expedition follow?
West-northwest from St. Louis on the Missouri River, eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean in modern-day Oregon
What was NOT an impetus or justification for the National Road?
To link Great Lakes cities like Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago
Which of the following series of events are in the correct chronological order (from earliest to most recent)?
Cotton gin invented > Lewis & Clark Expedition > Jackson elected President > Seneca Falls Convention
Why was France to eager to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
Napoleon viewed North America as a lost cause after numerous slave revolts in French Caribbean holdings made colonial efforts untenable
What quadrant of Ohio was the last to be settled by white Americans?
Northwest
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