EOCT PRACTICE QUIZ – UNITS 1-3
1. Patrick Henry
March 23, 1775
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Who / what is the adversary Patrick Henry speaks of?
a. Liberty
b. Inaction
c. British
d. Millions of people
2. Which of the following conflicts gave the British Empire effective control over North America?
a. The War of 1812
b. The Napoleonic wars
c. The Revolutionary War
d. The French and Indian War
3. One of the central reasons for the military success of the United States in the American Revolution war ______.
a. Financial and military assistance from France
b. A well armed and well trained military force
c. A superior navy
d. Substantial industrial production of armaments
4. This was the first representative assembly in the English colonies in 1619:
a. Virginia House of Burgesses
b. Mayflower Compact
c. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d. New England town meeting
5. This cartoon printed in 1760 was most likely a protest against
a. pirates
b. British taxes
c. cruelty of British soldiers
d. food safety
6. The federalist papers were written by
a. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratification of the US Constitution
b. Jefferson, in support of the Declaration of Independence
c. Patrick Henry, Robert Yates, and Richard Henry Lee as arguments against ratification of the US Constitution
d. George Washington, as a part of the advice he left his nation in his farewell speech
7. In the government provided by the Articles of Confederation:
a. the states exercised more power than the national government
b. congress enforced its will by the power of taxation
c. the central government exercised most of the power
d. served to successfully unite the varied interests of the states
8. When studying the diagram, one can see that the federalist advocated a structure of the national government that would
a. place power in the hands of a chosen few
b. disperse power so as not to create a rule by faction of voters
c. support the two party system
d. favor the more populous states
9. Which of the following problems did the Great Compromise solve?
a. Slavery in the US following the revolution
b. How many representatives each state would have in the federal legislative branch
c. Debate over when the slave trade would end
d. What rights would be protected under the Constitution
10. Which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights is true?
a. It is part of the declaration of independence
b. It was part of the original draft of the constitution
c. It was added to the constitution before ratification
d. It was added to the constitution after ratification
11. Andrew Jackson’s actions in the Nullification Crisis suggested that he ______.
a. Supported the unlimited use of federal power by the president
b. Believed in the limited use of federal power but also that states were not truly sovereign
c. Was a strong supporter of states’ rights over the power of the national government
d. Supported lower tariffs
12. Which law divided the territories north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi into smaller areas that eventually became five new states?
a. The Northwest Territory
b. The Louisiana Purchase
c. The Northwest Ordinance
d. The ordinate of Saint-Domingue
13. What effect did the Erie Canal have?
a. It hurt new York because other cities could better compete with it economically
b. It discouraged western migration
c. Steam-powered boats were no longer useful because the canal encouraged land travel
d. New York’s economy great because the canal allowed manufacturers to ship products more easily.
14. The Monroe Doctrine was meant to
a. protect US interests in the Americas from European threats
b. establish US colonies
c. end negotiations with the French over western territories
d. invite European nations to establish settlements in the Louisiana Territory
15. Someone who supported John C. Calhoun and backed the state of South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis, MOST LIKELY supported
a. a strong central government
b. states’ rights
c. the Union during the Civil War
d. Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860