Final

Question 1

Scientists know exactly when people first arrived in the Americas.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Aztec women -

Answer 2

tended fields, raised children, cooked, did cloth weaving and went to the market

Question 3

Coming into contact with the Europeans affected the Indians in what way?

Answer 3

They were not immune to the diseases that were brought over.

Question 4

Scholars define the biological encounter between two sides of the Atlantic as the

Answer 4

Columbian Exchange

Question 5

Slavery was in existence in Africa long before the arrival of the Portuguese

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The “sugar islands” were the economic jewels of France.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The Navigation Acts established the principle that

Answer 7

• Certain American products could be sold only in England
• Only English or colonial merchants could engage in colonial trade
• All colonial goods that were to be sold in England had to be shipped in English vessels.

Question 8

The population of British North America shrunk during the 18th century.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The Stamp Act required that

Answer 9

stamped paper was required for everything

Question 10

Women were not very active in the revolutionary cause.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Slaves were supportive of the Revolution

Answer 11

True

Question 12

To mold a new generation of virtuous citizens, Americans looked to -

Answer 12

Education, Religion and Architecture

Question 13

The lack of _______ during this time hindered economic exchange

Answer 13

Specie

Question 14

The _________ was a series of essays first published in newspapers in New York.

Answer 14

Federalist

Question 15

The first amendment -

Answer 15

Protected the freedom of the press and religion

Question 16

The second amendment -

Answer 16

Gave people the right to bear arms

Question 17

What were some available reading materials besides the newspaper?

Answer 17

Books, Magazines and Pamphlets

Question 18

Americans turned to magazines for _____ and _____.

Answer 18

Education, amusement

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson instructed Lewis and Clark to obtain information about geography and biology only during their expedition.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

In 1819 the demand for ______ boosted the American economy.

Answer 20

Cotton

Question 21

Where was Davy Crockett a celebrated figure?

Answer 21

on the stump and in popular literature

Question 22

Davy Crockett became a politician on purpose.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Andrew Jackson’s supporters were a rowdy crowd.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The term Trail of Tears refers to the:

Answer 24

horrifying conditions experienced by the Cherokees during their removal.

Question 25

The Trail of Tears is also known as The Path Where They Cried

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Racism during this time was directed at

Answer 26

Native Americans and Slaves

Question 27

At the start of the 19th Century, most _____ households only produced a small surplus that was traded locally.

Answer 27

Rural

Question 28

The Farmer's Almanac was a publication that gave information about becoming a farmer.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

In 1800 America's largest urban centers could be considered "walking cities".

Answer 29

True

Question 30

A typical planter lived in a plantation home.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Temperance was the:

Answer 31

movement that developed in response to the concern over rising alcohol consumption.

Question 32

Who successfully mailed himself in a box from Virginia to Philadelphia?

Answer 32

Henry Brown

Question 33

Who labeled slavery "the peculiar institution"?

Answer 33

John C. Calhoun

Question 34

The Mexican Army annihilated American Texans at:

Answer 34

the Alamo

Question 35

The Mexican-American War was the first conflict that professional journalists covered and reported almost on a daily basis.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Manifest Destiny was a vision of American's future where the nation, with God's blessing, took possession of the entire continent.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

When the Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, it became a war against slavery.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

A good advantage of the North was that they had a good source of industrial power.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Population helped the war more than having an effective military leader.

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Most laws had left slaves illiterate.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

The Ku Klux Klan targeted:

Answer 41

Blacks, Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

Question 42

Even after slavery "ended" blacks were still suppressed.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Sharecropping is:

Answer 43

the right to farm on a plot of land in exchange for rent paid in the form of a share of the harvest.