SOL Review

VA & U.S. History

For students in classes of

Mrs. Eberly, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Hassell,

And Mrs. Hubert

2008-2009

U.S. HISTORY REVIEW QUESTIONS

Use these questions to review for the SOL test.

VUS.2 REVIEW #1

  1. What was the result of early European exploration and colonization? ______
  2. From where did the people who settled in the Americas come? ______
  3. Exploration and colonization initiated what? ______
  4. What did colonization lead to? ______
  5. Who settled in New England?______
  6. Why did they come to New England? ______
  7. What is a “covenant community”? ______
  8. On what was this community based? ______
  9. What was the Mayflower Compact? ______
  10. (True)(False) The Puritans were tolerant of other religions ______

VUS.2 REVIEW #2

  1. What did they practice during town meetings? ______
  2. Who settled in the Middle Atlantic region? ______
  3. What were they seeking? ______
  4. Why did people settle in Virginia and the southern colonies? ______
  5. Who were Virginia “cavaliers”? ______
  6. Who did they receive land from? ______
  7. Where did poor English immigrants settle? ______
  8. What did their occupations tend to be? ______
  9. Who was hired to work on tobacco plantations? ______

VUS.2 REVIEW #3

  1. What did an indentured servant agree to do? ______
  2. When was Jamestown founded? ______
  3. Who established it? ______
  4. Why was Jamestown established? ______
  5. What is important about Jamestown? ______
  6. What was the first elected assembly in the New World? ______
  7. When was it established? ______
  8. What is it known as today? ______
  9. What is another name for American Indians? ______

VUS.2 REVIEW #4

  1. Where did the Spanish settle? ______
  2. What were 2 results of interactions between the English and American Indians? ______

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  1. Where did the French settle? ______
  2. What were relations like between the French and American Indians? ______
  3. Why was this different than the Spanish and English? ______
  4. The agricultural economy of the Southern colonies and Caribbean was based on what? ______
  5. Large landholdings in the Southern colonies and the Caribbean became known as what? ______
  6. What was the result of the plantation system in the South and the Caribbean? ______
  7. When was slavery introduced to Jamestown? ______

VUS.3 REVIEW #5

  1. What shaped regional economic development in the regions of America? ______
  2. Why did America’s plantations need slaves? ______
  3. On what was the economy of New England based? ______

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  1. What values made the Puritans successful? ______
  2. What is subsistence farming? ______
  3. Name the 5 Middle Colonies. ______
  4. What were the largest seaports and commercial centers of the Middle Colonies? ______
  5. The economies of the Middle Colonies were based on what? ______
  6. The economies of the Southern colonies were based on what? ______
  7. Where were the Southern colonies established? ______

VUS.3 REVIEW #6

  1. What were the cash crops of the south? ______
  2. What did southerners do with their cash crops? ______
  3. On what was the economy of the Appalachian foothills based? ______
  4. What economic beliefs did the colonists practice? ______
  5. On what was New England’s colonial society based? ______
  6. What did the Puritans believe should be connected? ______
  7. What colony was established by dissenters fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts? ______
  8. (True)(False) The Puritans were very tolerant of other religious beliefs. ______
  9. What religious beliefs were practiced in the Middle Colonies? ______
  10. What religion was practiced in Pennsylvania? ______

VUS.3 REVIEW #7

  1. What religion was practiced in Maryland? ______
  2. (True)(False) The Middle Colonies practiced religious toleration. ______
  3. What is an entrepreneur? ______
  4. Who made up the middle class of the Middle Colonies? ______
  5. (True)(False) The social structure of the Middle Colonies was very rigid. ______
  6. On what was the social structure of Virginia and the southern colonies based? ______
  7. Who dominated colonial government and society in the southern colonies? ______
  8. What was the established church in the southern colonies? ______
  9. Which region of the colonies had the closest ties to England? ______
  10. Society in the mountains and valleys in the southern colonies was made up of what 3 groups? ______

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  1. Of what descent were most of these groups? ______

VUS.3 REVIEW #8

  1. What was the “Great Awakening”? ______
  2. What did the Great Awakening lead to? ______
  3. What were 2 of the evangelical religions which challenged the religious establishment in the colonies? ______
  4. Describe the climate in the coastal lowlands of the South? ______
  5. What did the plantation economy of the South require? ______
  6. From where did indentured servants come? ______
  7. What agreement did indentured servants make? ______

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  1. Who did the labor on most plantations? ______
  2. (True)(False) Some Africans worked as indentured servants and eventually gained their freedom. ______
  3. What was the Middle Passage? ______
  4. What did the southern economy eventually lead to? ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #9

  1. What justified the Declaration of Independence? ______
  2. What inspired the American Revolution? ______
  3. What was the Enlightenment? ______

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  1. Who was John Locke? ______
  2. Which of the following were TRUE statements from John Locke?
  3. The people promise to obey the law established by the government--”ordered liberty”. ______
  4. Government’s powers are unlimited. ______
  5. Whenever government threatens the people’s natural rights, the people have the right to alter or overthrow it. ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #10

  1. Which of the following were TRUE statements from John Locke?
  2. All people are free, equal, and have “natural rights”. ______
  3. Natural rights include life, liberty, and property. ______
  4. All power rests with the government. ______
  5. The people enter into a “social contract” to form a government to protect their rights.______
  6. What kind of government did most countries have? ______
  7. Who was the English immigrant to America who wrote Common Sense? ______
  8. What pamphlet challenged the rule of the King of England over the American colonies? ______
  9. Why was Common Sense an important document? ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #11

  1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? ______
  2. Whose ideas were included in the Declaration of Independence? ______
  3. According to the Declaration of Independence---
  4. What are self-evident? ______
  5. How are men created? ______
  6. What are man’s unalienable rights? ______
  7. Who grants man these rights? ______
  8. Governments derive their power from whom? ______
  9. When a government is destructive, what do people have the right to do? ______
  10. What else did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence? ______
  11. What led to the French and Indian War? ______
  12. What was the result of this war? ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #12

  1. What actions did the English take which angered the American colonists and led to the American Revolution? ______
  2. What prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? ______
  3. Why was the Proclamation passed? ______
  4. What placed new taxes on legal documents, tea and sugar? ______
  5. Why were these taxes enacted? ______
  6. What was the Boston Tea Party? ______
  7. What was called to discuss problems with the British? ______
  8. Who sent representatives to the First Continental Congress? ______
  9. What was the first time all the colonies worked together to resist British rule? ______
  10. This was when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators. ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #13

  1. Who were the Minutemen? ______
  2. What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War? ______
  3. What did the Patriots want? ______
  4. Who said “Give me liberty, or give me death”? ______
  5. What 2 writers influenced the patriots? ______
  6. Who led the American army? ______
  7. Who made up the American army? ______
  8. Where was George Washington from? ______
  9. What were Loyalists called? ______
  10. Why were the Loyalists loyal to England? ______

VUS.4 REVIEW #14

  1. Why did the Loyalists think it was right to pay taxes to England? ______
  2. What were the colonists called who did not want to be involved in the Revolution? ______
  3. Why did the Americans win their independence in the Revolutionary War? ______
  4. Who was America’s ally in the Revolutionary War? ______
  5. What diplomat negotiated the alliance treaty with France? ______
  6. What did Washington do to win the Revolutionary War? ______
  7. What was the impact of Washington’s leadership? ______
  8. What battle ended the Revolutionary War? ______
  9. Who fought there? ______

VUS.5 REVIEW #15

  1. Why did political leaders establish theArticles of Confederation? ______
  2. What document established the government of the U.S. directly after the Revolutionary War? ______
  3. Did it establish a strong or weak national government? ______
  4. What did Congress NOT have the powers to do? ______
  5. (True)(False) All states had their own currency. ______
  6. How many votes did each large state have? ______
  7. How many votes did each small state have? ______
  8. How many branches were established in the national government? ______
  9. What document established the government which we have today? ______
  10. What are 3 characteristics of the Constitution? ______

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VUS.5 REVIEW #16

  1. How can the government be changed in an orderly manner? ______
  2. Who shares the power in the U.S. government today? ______
  3. What is the supreme law in the land? ______
  4. (True)(False) States were able to govern themselves within federal laws. ______
  5. How many senators does each state have? ______
  6. The number of representatives in the House of Representatives is based on what? ______
  7. What are the 2 houses in Congress? ______
  8. Why were these 2 houses created in the Constitution? ______
  9. To determine representation in the House of Representatives, how were slaves counted? ______
  10. Why were the 3 branches in the national government established? ______

VUS.5 REVIEW #17

  1. What are the 3 branches of government? ______
  2. What does each branch do? ______
  3. Who was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention? ______
  4. Why was his leadership important? ______
  5. Who was the “Father of the Constitution? ______
  6. Where was he from? ______
  7. Why is he important? ______
  8. What was the “Virginia Plan”? ______
  9. Who wrote the Bill of Rights? ______
  10. What 2 documents are the blueprint for the American government? ______

VUS.5 REVIEW #18

  1. What was the “pro-ratification” group regarding the Constitution? ______
  2. What kind of government did the Federalists favor? ______
  3. Why did the Federalists want the “check and balance” system?______
  4. Why did the Federalists believe a strong national government was necessary? ______
  5. ______
  6. (True)(False) The Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights. ______
  7. Why was a republic possible in the U.S.? ______
  8. (True)(False) The Federalists believed the Constitution protected the basic rights of the people. ______
  9. What did most states already have by the time the Constitution was written? ______
  10. What was the “anti-ratification” group regarding the Constitution? ______
  11. Why did the Anti-Federalists not want a strong national government? ______

VUS.5 REVIEW #19

  1. Why did the Anti-Federalists want a national Bill of Rights? ______
  2. What did the Anti-Federalists force the Federalists to promise? ______
  3. What did the Virginia Declaration of Rights state? ______
  4. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? ______
  5. Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom? ______
  6. What did the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom outlaw? ______
  7. What does this mean? ______
  8. On what was the U. S. Bill of Rights based? ______
  9. What is the Bill of Rights? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #20

  1. What led to territorial expansion all the way to the Pacific? ______
  2. What ideology caused Americans to move to the frontiers? ______
  3. When did George Washington’s presidency end? ______
  4. When did the first political parties emerge? ______
  5. What were the 2 first political parties? ______
  6. Who led the Federalists? ______
  7. In what did the Federalists believe? ______
  8. Who supported the Federalists? ______
  9. In what area were the Federalists centered? ______
  10. Who led the Democratic Republicans? ______
  11. In what did the Democratic Republicans believe? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #21

  1. Who supported the Democratic Republicans? ______
  2. In what area were the Democratic Republicans centered? ______
  3. Why was the election of 1800 important? ______
  4. Who was elected? ______
  5. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the early 1800’s? ______
  6. What established the power of the federal courts to declare laws unconstitutional?______
  7. What is judicial review? ______
  8. What court decision established judicial review? ______
  9. What court decision prohibited states from taxing agencies of the federal government? ______
  10. Who was president in 1803? ______
  11. What land purchase is he known for? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #22

  1. Who did he buy it from? ______
  2. What effect did this have on the size of the U.S.? ______
  3. What expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase? ______
  4. Where did they explore? ______
  5. Who served as the expeditions guide and translator? ______
  6. Who won the War of 1812? ______
  7. What lands did America gain because of the War of 1812? ______
  8. From whom did America gain Florida? ______
  9. What was considered the “West” in the early 1800’s? ______
  10. Why did settlers move West? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #23

  1. When was the Monroe Doctrine signed? ______
  2. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Monroe Doctrine?
  1. Europe should not colonize any American continents in the future. ______
  2. Nations in the Americas are different than those in Europe because they are republics, not monarchies.______
  3. If European powers tried to impose their system on an independent state in the Western hemisphere, it would be considered a threat to the peace and safety of the United States. ______
  4. The United States would interfere with European affairs. ______
  1. The building of what helped the growth of America’s industrial economy? ______
  2. Who invented the cotton gin? ______
  3. What did it lead to? ______
  4. What did American migration into Texas lead to? ______
  5. What happened at the Alamo? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #24

  1. What brought Texas into the U.S.? ______
  2. What did the American victory in the Mexican War lead to? ______
  3. What states of today did this include? ______
  4. What is Manifest Destiny? ______
  5. How were the American Indians affected by this policy? ______
  6. What was the Trail of Tears? ______
  7. What is a reservation? ______
  8. Why was the Age of Jackson important? ______
  9. Why was the election of Andrew Jackson important? ______
  10. What is universal manhood suffrage? ______
  11. Where was universal manhood suffrage happening? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #25

  1. What was happening which allowed more people to vote? ______

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  1. Why was Jackson’s use of the veto important? ______
  2. Define aristocracy. ______
  3. What is an aristocrat? ______
  4. What is a presidential veto? ______
  5. What is the Spoils System? ______
  6. What was the Panic of 1837? ______
  7. Before the election of 1828, what were Americans content to have happen? ______
  8. How did society change around 1828? ______
  9. How was a presidential candidate selected? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #26

  1. How did Jackson use the Spoils System? ______
  2. What was the Bank of the United States? ______
  3. Why did Jackson mistrust the idea of this bank? ______
  4. What did Jackson veto? ______
  5. Who was Henry Clay? ______
  6. What did he support? ______
  7. What caused the Panic of 1837? ______
  8. What brought about the series of crises which led to the Civil War? ______
  9. What caused conflicts before the Civil War? ______
  10. What was a free state? ______
  11. What was a slave state? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #27

  1. What issue affected power in Congress? ______
  2. What kind of economy was in the Northern states? ______
  3. On what was the industrial economy of the North based? ______
  4. What kind of tariffs did Northern manufacturers favor? Why? ______
  5. What kind of economy did the South have? ______
  6. On what was it based? ______
  7. Who worked in the foothills and valleys of the Appalachian Mountains? ______
  8. Why did the South oppose high tariffs? ______
  9. Who was the abolitionist publisher of The Liberator? ______
  10. What was The Liberator? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #28

  1. Where was there a strong abolitionist movement? ______
  2. What is an abolitionist? ______
  3. Why were many Northern religious leaders abolitionists? ______
  4. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?______
  5. What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the North? The South? ______

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  1. Who led slave revolts in Virginia? ______
  2. What was the effect of these slave revolts? ______
  3. What effect did these revolts have on Southerners who favored abolition? ______
  4. Why did admission of new states lead to conflicts? ______
  5. The Missouri Compromise was passed in what year? ______
  6. What did it state? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #29

  1. What did the Compromise of 1850 state? ______
  2. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repeal? ______
  3. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 state? ______
  4. What was this known as? ______
  5. What was the result of this act? ______
  6. When did the Republican party begin? ______
  7. Why was the Republican party formed? ______
  8. What did Southerners believe individual states should be able to do? ______
  9. Why did the South believe they could leave the Union? ______
  10. What does nullify mean? ______

VUS.6 REVIEW #30

  1. What does the word secede mean? ______
  2. Who were the 2 candidates for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 1858 who participated in a series of debates?

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  1. What political party did each candidate represent? ______
  2. What did each candidate stand for? ______
  3. What Supreme Court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery? ______
  4. What did the Fugitive Slave Act require? ______
  5. Who said “A house divided against itself cannot stand”? ______
  6. To what issue does this refer? ______
  7. What was the Seneca Falls Declaration? ______
  8. What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony want? ______

VUS.7 REVIEW #31

  1. What was the issue which triggered the Civil War? ______
  2. What were 3 results of the Civil War. ______
  3. Over what 2 issues was the Civil War fought? ______
  4. In what year did Lincoln become president? ______
  5. What was the result of this election? ______
  6. What did southerners fear would happen? ______
  7. Where was the opening shot of the war fired? ______
  8. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? ______
  9. After what battle was it issued? ______
  10. What battle was the turning point of the war? ______

VUS.7 REVIEW #32

  1. Where did Lee surrender to Grant? ______
  2. Who won the Civil War? ______
  3. Who were the Confederates? ______
  4. Who was the Union? ______
  5. Who was president of the United States during the Civil War? ______
  6. Who insisted that the U.S. be held together by force if necessary? ______
  7. Who was the leader of the Union military forces? ______
  8. (True)(False) The Union had many generals lead their army. ______
  9. (True)(False) The Confederacy had many generals lead their army. ______
  10. Who led the Army of Northern Virginia? ______

VUS.7 REVIEW #33