US History to 1877 Test 2 Chapters 5-8

Question 1

Parliament passed the Proclamation of 1763 because they

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wanted to ensure continued trade with native peoples.

Question 2

The Stamp Act was a

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tax on printed documents.

Question 3

In virtual representation

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Parliament represents everyone.

Question 4

The Coercive Acts included what?

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1) a renewal and expansion of the Quartering Act.
2) closing the Boston Harbor
3) allowing British soldiers’ criminal trials to be held outside the colonies.

Question 5

The native war of the 1760s, during which Indians joined into a loose confederation to oppose the British after the French and Indian War is known as

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

Question 6

A significant consequence of the Battle of Great Bridge was

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the royal governor was forced out of Virginia.

Question 7

George Washington’s army defeated a Hessian outpost in late 1776 a the battle of

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Trenton

Question 8

George Rogers Clark’s capture of Vincennes was important because it

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resulted in nearly the entire Northwest Territory coming under American control.

Question 9

The American Revolutionary War ended at the Battle of Saratoga. True or Fale

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True

Question 10

During the era of the Constitutional Convention, advocates of the Virginia Plan promoted

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a two-house legislature with representation in the lower house based upon the sizeof a state’s population, an upper house with representatives chosen by the lower house.

Question 11

Which of these was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A) Separate legislative and executive branches, but no judicial branch.
B) Congress’s ability to tax overwhelmed American taxpayers.
C) Both states and Congress could make foreign treaties
D) The presidents had to get congressional permission before he could make any official government decisions.

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C) Both states and Congress could make foreign treaties.

Question 12

Democratic Republicans

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supported a limited federal government

Question 13

Famous African-American poet who illustrated that black Americans were as intelligent and capable as whites was

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Phillis Wheatley

Question 14

True or False

In the early 1800s, those who rallied in favor of war were known as War Hawks.

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Ture

Question 15

To strengthen the federal government, Alexander Hamilton promoted “assumption,” which meant that

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the US federal government should take control of state debts.

Question 16

The United States secured the right to navigate the Mississippi River to New Orleans through

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Pinckney’s Treaty

Question 17

The Alien & Sedition Acts were passed in large part to

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suppress the Democratic Republicans.

Question 18

Why did Napoleon desire the sale of Louisiana?

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He needed money to fight the war in Europe.

He no longer needed the land to grow food with which to feed the french colony in the Caribbean.

Question 19

Tecumseh created his confederacy to do ALL of the following EXCEPT
A) encourage whites to join the Pan-Indian alliance
B) create an Indian country with the Ohio River as the boundary with the United States.
C) recover the Northwest Territory.
D) prevent white expansion westward

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A) encourage whites to join the Pan-Indian alliance.

Question 20

One of the causes of the War of 1812 was

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British impressment of American sailors.