US HIS 121 ch. 1-16 Midterm Review
What was the main reason why the Spanish settlers established a colony in New Mexico rather than remaining in Florida?
Most of the native people of Florida died of disease brought by foreigners
Federalism was most popular in which state?
New Jersey
In which state were the most battles fought between the Continental and British forces in the Revolutionary War?
New York
What happened in the late 1600s that led to changes in the legal status of Africans in the United States?
Other forms of inexpensive labor were becoming scarce
The Anti-Federalists included which early American leader among their number?
Patrick Henry
Which of the following best describes most of the first English settlers to arrive at the colony of Jamestown?
Peasants who had been forced off their farms and sought work
What happened as a result of climate change in North America at the beginning of the Archaic Era?
People turned from hunting and gathering to farming and herding food
What issue was resolved with the Great Compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Representation in the two legislative houses
The city of ________ became a leading center for Muslim scholarship and trade.
Timbuktu
The series of attempts by Christian armies to retake the Holy Lands from Muslims was known as ________.
the Crusades
Which extensive tribe forged a political confederacy to strengthen their influence and resolve internal disputes?
the Iroquois
Peter Minuit was the director of what European nation's first colony in the Americas?
the Netherlands
Evidence of a turquoise trade indicates that the Aztec people probably migrated to central Mexico from what area?
the Southwest
In 1779, which colonial leader traveled to France to negotiate peace with the British?
John Adams
How did the first people to migrate to North America reach it?
By crossing Bering Strait from the west
How did Great Britain respond to the colonial boycott that followed the Stamp Act?
By sending soldiers and occupying Boston and New York City
Where were the first Europeans to establish a colony in North America from?
Spain
What was the primary cause for the population growth in the American colonies in the early 1700s?
Immigration to the Americas from Europe
In 1492, the Spanish forced these two religious groups to either convert or leave.
Jews and Muslims
The language of the Declaration of Independence was greatly influenced by the writings of which Enlightenment philosopher?
John Locke
The New England colonists fought which conflict without the aid of colonial powers?
King Phillip's War
Which War of 1812 battle was the most decisive in asserting American dominance over the British in the Old Northwest?
Lake Erie
When the individual states began writing their constitutions, their experience as royal subjects made which of the following a key concern?
Limiting the powers of government
The Western European curiosity that led to the Columbian Exchange originated with which explorer's travels?
Marco Polo
Which European's travels first provoked the Western European curiosity for exploration and expansion?
Marco Polo
What state was the last of the thirteen colonies to draft and ratify a state constitution in 1780?
Massachusetts
The law that caused the greatest change to the legal status of Africans in North America involved which of the following?
The declaration of slavery as a hereditary condition
What evidence showed that colonial boycotts of British goods created economic and social changes in the American Revolution?
Women's roles in cottage industries become more important
Which Revolutionary War battle ended with the surrender of General Cornwallis to General Washington?
Yorktown
During the Revolutionary War, why did many colonial slaves fight on the side of the British rather than with the colonists?
The colonists did not want to allow slaves to use weapons
Why did the Spanish crown continue to finance the Florida colony even after the explorers failed to find a passage to Asia?
The colony had become an important base for missionaries
What caused the deaths of most of the native population of Hispaniola in the early 1500s?
The epidemic of small pox
Which of the following had the greatest role in the economic growth of Britain's North American colonies in the 1700s?
The expansion of slavery
Which law had the greatest impact on the legal status of Africans in North America in the 1600s?
The law making slavery a hereditary condition inherited through a child's mother
In the years following the American Revolution, churches helped change the social status of free African-Americans by doing which of the following?
Assisting in the establishment of separate communities in Northern cities
The 1657 petition known as the Flushing Remonstrance concerned which of the following?
Freedom of Religion
By 1750, the economic prosperity experienced by the American colonies had resulted in which of the following?
A colonial desire for political autonomy
The first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War was provoked by what act?
A raid by British soldiers on colonial weapons arsenal
How would a Federalist most likely respond to the Anti-Federalist argument that government is the enemy of liberty?
A secure government is necessary in order to secure liberty
The Russians was the first to explore which North American region?
Alaska
Which North American region was the last to be explored by Europeans?
Alaska
The Federalists included which early American leader among their number?
Alexander Hamilton
Where in the colonies did the British military concentrate their attacks?
Along the Atlantic Coast
What led the Iroquois to choose the British forces as allies in the Revolutionary War rather than the colonists?
American's raided the Iroquois' territory, earning their distrust
What was the location of the largest mound-building culture in early North America?
Cahokia
The Hohokam people of modern-day Arizona were best known for which of the following?
Canal construction
Which of the following most drove the governments of European nation states in colonizing the Americas?
Competition with each other
What was the original cause of factionalism in the early United States?
Disagreements over what the role of the government should be
Which of the following nearly decimated the population of Hispaniola in the early 1500s?
Disease
What posed the biggest threat to the early peoples of the American Southwest prior to the year 1300?
Environmental changes
The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787 to accomplish which goal?
Establish relations with North American tribes
Which of the following was most helpful to the success of the Columbian Exchange in the New World?
Established Native American trade routes
The first permanent colony established by Europeans in North America was in what modern-day state?
Florida
The first migrants to North America reached it from which direction?
From the west
Aside from the British settlers, of what nationality were the largest number of European settlers to immigrate to the American colonies in the 1700s?
German
Which ideas of the European Enlightenment were most influential to the American colonists?
Inalienable rights
How was Pennsylvania's constitution radically different from other state constitutions?
It allowed for only one legislation body and no governor
What was the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison in determining the role of the Supreme Court in American government?
It established the Supreme Court's authority to declare laws unconstitutional
Why did most Americans view the French Revolution differently than they did the American Revolution?
It marked the end of a Federalist influence
Aside from the issue of taxation by representation, why did the Virginia House of Burgesses object to Parliament's stamp tax?
It would create a great economic burden for the colonists
Which European explorer's travels laid to rest the idea that a northwest passage to Asia existed?
James Cook
The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War in 1783, ceded the territory of which future U.S. state to the United States?
Michigan
Which Spaniard was the first to explore Florida?
Ponce de León
Which New World crop soon became a dietary staple for Europeans?
Potatoes
The Flushing Remonstrance was a petition for freedom of religion written by people from what religion?
Quakers
Which nation first entered Alaska, the last region in North America to be explored by Europeans?
Russia
Which of the following characterized the post-Archaic phase in North America?
Sedentary village life
What was a consequence of the growth in population that occurred in the American colonies in the early 1700s?
The gap between the rich and the poor became wider
In the 1780s, what evidence shows that the early government of the United States was not as strong and united as its founders had hoped it would be?
States relied on their own constitutions, which often stated very different laws
What was a major concern for the group known as the Anti-Federalists?
That a federal government would take away states frights
What was a major concern for the group known as the Federalists?
That the new nation would be unable to confront foreign threats
Which statement gives one justification for the United States declaring war on Great Britain in the War of 1812?
The British encouraged Native American tribes to rebel against the Americans
Americans who did not support the French Revolution made which primary distinction between it and the American Revolution?
The French Revolution was unnecessary violent and brutal
Where did the Treaty of Paris set the boundary of the United States?
The Mississippi River
In the 1770s, the American Revolution was met with the most resistance by which group of people?
The Native Americans
What was the principal cause of the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico?
The Spanish had attempted to keep the Pueblos from practicing their native religion
The Congressional response to the Alien and Sedition Acts set an important precedent by making which suggestion?
The US states could nullify federal laws if they disagreed with them
Which statement gives the best evidence for the need for Federalism in the late eighteenth century?
The Untied States national debt had grown out of control
What was the justification for replacing the Articles of Confederation with a different document?
The central government it created was weak and had little power
What evidence suggests that the American colonies' declaration of independence against Great Britain was bound to happen decades before it did?
The colonies had developed their own economic structures independently from Great Britain
What was the first organized act of resistance in the colonies in response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts?
The meeting of the First Continental Congress
In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine made which radical assertion?
The monarchy was an illegitimate form of government
What was the most significant change produced by human populations on the environment and biodiversity of North America during the Paleo-Indian Era?
The overhunting of large mammals
What right did many American women begin to demand in the early nineteenth century?
The right to an education
Shortly after the United States gained its independence, American women began to pursue which right?
The right to an eductaion
The final draft of the U.S. Constitution took which right away from the individual states?
The right to issue and print currency
Why did slavery play a larger role in driving economic expansion in the southern colonies than those further north?
The southern colonies' economies depended more heavily on agriculture
After explorers were unable to find a passage to Asia through Florida, what led the Spanish crown to continue financing the Florida colony?
The work of the Franciscan missionaries with their native people
During the Revolutionary War, which was an advantage that the Continental forces had over the British forces?
They had soldiers who were better trained
What actions by the Spanish settlers in the New Mexico colony led to the Pueblo Revolt?
They kept them from practicing their native religion
What was a consequence of the fact that the early people of the Americas did not have horses or oxen?
They never developed wheeled vehicles
How did the French settlers approach colonization in the New World differently from the Spanish?
They sought to make alliances with the native people instead of subjugating them
Why were West Africans preferred over the native people of the Americas for enslaved labor?
They were able to resist diseases that had affected the native peoples
For what reason were the Alien and Sedition Acts unpopular with most Americans?
They were at odds with the US Constituion
Which U.S. President negotiated the sale of French Louisiana with Napoleon Bonaparte?
Thomas Jefferson
Why did King Louis XIV first send French explorers to the Great Lakes region?
To find a direct route to china
What was the purpose of adding the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution?
To secure individual rights against possible government intrusion
What was the most likely reason why loyalism to the British crown was more concentrated around New York City than Boston?
Very little patriot activity had occurred in New York City
In which state was Anti-Federalism most popular?
Virginia
What was the driving force behind the Europeans' desire to find an oceanic route to Asia?
being able to circumvent Arabic merchants
