PASS

Social Studies – U.S. History & Constitution

Test 1

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  1. When he worked to settle the Pennsylvania colony in the late 1600s, William Penn was most interested in which of the following?

/ expanding the British Empire
/ protecting religious freedom
/ converting Native Americans to Catholicism
/ prospecting for gold

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  1. The location, characteristics, and heavy focus on agriculture made which of the following the best example of a Southern Colony in the early 1700s?

/ Louisiana
/ Maryland
/ Barbados
/ Virginia

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  1. The list of "Motivations" and "Experiences" shown above would best be used to describe which of the following groups during the late 1600s and early 1700s?

/ Muslims wishing to convert to the Roman Catholic Church
/ Travelers on a boat sailing to the New World
/ Natives interacting for the first time with European settlers
/ Royal family members trying to gain a powerful position in a European monarch

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  1. The French Huguenots who built a settlement in South Carolina in the mid-1500s were motivated by which of the following?

/ Finding a Fortune
/ Adventure
/ Religious Freedom
/ Claiming Land

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  1. Upon arriving in America, the Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact to limit which of the following problems experienced by the settlers?

/ Harsh weather and terrain
/ Trouble with the Natives
/ Disagreements on how to govern
/ Limited supplies

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  1. The flow chart, shown above, lists different colonial groups in what order?

/ by the amount of federal income tax they were expected to pay
/ by the amount of representation they had in colonial governments
/ by the extent of their agricultural knowledge
/ by the extent of their knowledge in skilled trades (such as blacksmithing)

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  1. In order to become a political leader in colonial America, it was most helpful to have close ties with which of the following groups?

/ Yeomen farmers living in America
/ Apprentices working in the New World
/ Parliamentary representatives serving in England
/ Indentured servants arriving from Europe

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  1. In colonial America, slaves were not viewed as citizens. Instead, they were most often regarded as the personal property of which of the following?

/ Indentured servants
/ Political leaders
/ Yeomen farmers
/ Plantation owners

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  1. Which of the following documents from the Middle Ages had the most influence on the representative government that would form in the American colonies?

/ the Quran
/ the Papal bulls
/ Dante's Divine Comedy
/ the Magna Carta

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  1. In the Declaration of Independence, what are the "Unalienable Rights" being referenced by the above quote?

/ Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of press
/ The right to bear arms, the right to a speedy trial, the right to an attorney
/ Voting rights, property rights, and legal rights
/ Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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  1. When the delegates wrote the Declaration of Independence, who were they accusing of threatening their "Unalienable Rights"?

/ African slaves
/ Colonial governors
/ Continental Army
/ British Parliament

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  1. The quote above is from the Declaration of Independence. After declaring independence, which of the following events was necessary for that independence to be fully recognized?

/ an American victory in the Revolutionary War
/ the election of George Washington as President
/ the removal of King George III from the throne in England
/ the signing and ratification of the Constitution

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  1. Which of the following documents can be accurately described as a list of grievances against the King of England?

/ The Mayflower Compact
/ The United States Constitution
/ The Federalist Papers
/ The Declaration of Independence

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  1. The Articles of Confederation allowed the individual states to play a primary role in the government. This proved to be a weakness for which reason?

/ It prevented the federal government from having any real power
/ It threatened individual liberties more than a central government
/ It closely resembled the English monarchy
/ It made it too easy for individual states to trade with foreign nations

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  1. The Articles of Confederation was very difficult to change in any way, which forced delegates to abolish it completely and create the Constitution in 1787. This is a result of what weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

/ It gave the states too much power
/ It did not coordinate over trade
/ It did not have taxing authority
/ It required a unanimous vote to amend

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  1. The inability of the Articles of Confederation to levy taxes resulted in which of the following?

/ a rapid rise in the nation's economy
/ a sharp decline in the power of state governments
/ a return to power of the British Parliament over the United States
/ a federal government with no funds to operate

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  1. The map above shows that there was strong opposition to the Constitution in many states. The main reason for this opposition was that people feared the Constitution would do what?

/ give state governments too much power
/ fail to unite the people under one nation
/ give the federal government too much power
/ make the country too dependent on England

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  1. North Carolina and Rhode Island were the last two of the original states to ratify the Constitution. Why are they shown in black on the above map?

/ because they were forced to ratify the Constitution by the Continental Army
/ because enough states had already ratified before them to make the Constitution official
/ because they had populations that were too low to be considered states
/ because they ratified the Constitution but did not support the Bill of Rights

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  1. Which of the following events took place soon after the ratification of the Constitution became official in 1788?

/ George Washington became the first president of the United States
/ The Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
/ The United States was recognized by Great Britain as an independent nation
/ Delegates met to amend the Articles of Confederation

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  1. The flow chart to the left represents which of the following?

/ Separation of Powers
/ Popular Sovereignty
/ The Bill of Rights
/ U.S. Foreign Policy

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  1. Aside from the President, which of the following individuals would also fall under the Executive Branch of the federal government?

/ Senate Majority Leader
/ Secretary of State
/ Supreme Court Justice
/ Speaker of the House

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  1. Which of the following is an accurate example of the balance of power between the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch?

/ Executive Branch can amend Constitution and the Legislative Branch can decline change
/ Executive Branch creates laws and the Legislative Branch can declare them unconstitutional
/ Legislative Branch nominates judges and the Executive Branch can reject them
/ Legislative Branch creates laws and the Executive Branch can veto them

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  1. In the map to the left, the majority of the citizens in the states that supported Thomas Jefferson held which view?

/ The federal government must be very powerful to hold the nation together
/ State governments should be stronger than the federal government
/ The new government should be modeled after the English monarchy
/ Establishing industry should be a main focus because it is the future of the economy

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  1. The map above shows that the most of the population of the North in 1796 was Federalist. What is a primary reason for this?

/ The population in the South was far more wealthy than in the North
/ Most of the country's industry was in the North
/ The use of slave labor was most common in the North
/ All of the country's farmers lived in the North

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  1. Based on his political beliefs, Alexander Hamilton held which of the following opinions of the 1796 election?

/ He wanted the federal government to be abolished
/ He wanted a Democratic-Republican victory
/ He wanted a Federalist victory
/ He wanted two presidents-a Democratic-Republican and a Federalist

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  1. The sentence shown above accurately describes which of the following terms?

/ Popular Sovereignty
/ Manifest Destiny
/ Balance of Power
/ Judicial Review

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  1. The definition written above explains how a great deal of authority was granted to which of the following?

/ Executive Cabinet
/ Judicial Branch
/ House of Representatives
/ Congress

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  1. Which of the following individuals was most responsible for the doctrine defined in the sentence above?

/ Thomas Jefferson
/ Patrick Henry
/ James Madison
/ John Marshall