US History EOCT Review Game #1—Units 1-6

  1. Compare the Spanish and French colonies in North America. Give one similarity about their (a) government and (b) religion
  2. Three part question: (a) What “saved” Jamestown by allowing the colonists to make huge sums of money? (c) What was the name of the first colonial assembly in American history (in Virginia)? (c) What was the name of the poor farmer who led a rebellion against the Virginia government?
  3. Two part question: (a) Why was Massachusetts founded? (b) What type of governments existed in New England?
  4. Name 2 differences between the Massachusetts and Virginia colonies.
  5. Three part question: (a) Which European nation controlled “New York” before it was taken by the British? (b) Which British colony was known for the “holy experiment” for Quakers? (c) Why was the Georgia colony founded?
  6. What is economic idea that the colonies should the mother country profit by providing cheap raw materials and buying manufactured goods (Countries should have more exports than imports)
  7. What was Great Awakening?
  8. Three part question: Define each term: (a) salutary neglect; (b) mercantilism; (c) parliamentary sovereignty
  9. How was the end of the French & Indian War in 1763 the beginning of the American Revolution in 1776?
  10. Put these 3 events in chronological order: (a) Lexington & Concord, (b) Intolerable Acts, (c) Stamp Act
  11. Put these 3 events in chronological order: (a) Sons of Liberty lead a boycott against the Townshend Acts, (b) publication of CommonSense, (c) meeting of the First Continental Congress to protest the Intolerable Acts
  12. What was the most effective way the American colonists responded to British taxes, such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts?
  13. Two part question: (a) Who wrote Common Sense? (b) Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
  14. The Declaration of Independence is based upon the ideas of which European Enlightenment thinker?
  15. Who was the American in charge of the Continental Army?
  16. Why was Saratoga the “turning point” battle of the Revolutionary War?
  17. Name two provisions (parts) of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 (that ended the American Revolution):
  18. Two part question: (a) Name 1 reason the national government under the Articles of Confederation could be considered a “success”. (b) Name 2 reasons it could be considered a “failure”
  19. How did Shays’ Rebellion lead to the formation of the Constitution?
  20. Name 2 ways the national government under the Constitution was stronger than the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
  21. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, how did the “Great Compromise” settle the disagreement between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
  22. The Constitution is based on 5 major principles: popular sovereignty, limited government, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances. What are (a) separation of powers, and (b) federalism?
  23. Two groups played key roles in the debate over the ratification of the Constitution. One group favored the strong powers given to the national government and wanted this Constitution to be ratified. The other group feared these new powers and thought that the Constitution should not be ratified. What were the names of these two groups?
  24. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were important members of Washington’s first cabinet, but they disagreed on a lot of issues. Name 3 differences between Hamilton and Jefferson.
  25. What two pieces of advice did Washington give Americans in his Farewell Address in 1796?
  26. What legal precedent was established by the Marbury v. Madison (1803) case?
  27. Which U.S. president purchased Louisiana from France?
  28. Two part question: (a) What caused the War of 1812? (b) What was the treaty that ended the war?
  29. Name 2 things that Henry Clay’s “American System” created for the United States
  30. What was the name of the declaration that proclaimed that the United States would protect the Western Hemisphere from European influence?
  31. Two part question: (a) Why were “common white men” able to vote by the 1830s? (b) Who was the “common man” president?
  32. What political party did Andrew Jackson create?
  33. Name 2 key events of the Andrew Jackson presidency
  34. Two part question: (a) What is temperance? (b) What is abolitionism?
  35. What does “manifest destiny” mean?
  36. Two part question: (a) What caused the Mexican-American War? (b) The new territory gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American War that included New Mexico, California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming was collectively known as the:
  37. Two part question: (a) Which sectional compromise created the 36°30’ line that outlawed slavery in northern territories in the West? (b) Which compromise created the Fugitive Slave Law?
  38. The Kansas-Nebraska Act created popular sovereignty which enraged northern abolitionists. What is popular sovereignty?
  39. Why did many Republicans (like Abraham Lincoln) refer to themselves as “free-soilers” rather than “abolitionists”?
  40. In Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), the Supreme Court ruled this act unconstitutional:
  41. Who was the leader of the Harper’s Ferry, Virginia raid who hoped to use the attack to end all slavery in the South?
  42. Two part question: What was Lincoln’s war goal when the Civil War began? What was Lincoln’s new war goal after the Battle of Antietam?
  43. Put the following Civil War events in the correct chronological order:
    (a) FortSumter, (b) Lincoln’s election as president in 1860, (c) secession of South Carolina, and (d) the Civil War begins
  44. Name two advantages of the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War
  45. Which Civil War document said: “…all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”?
  46. What battle (in Pennsylvania) was considered the “turning point” of the Civil War because the Confederate army never attacked in Northern soil and began to lose the war
  47. Two part question: (a) What is “Reconstruction”? (b) Name two goals of the Union during Reconstruction
  48. Two part question: (a) What did the 13th Amendment do? (b) What did the 15th Amendment do?
  49. What happened to President Andrew Johnson when he vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau law, argued against the 14th Amendment, and violated the Tenure of Office Act in 1868?
  50. How did the Compromise of 1877 bring an end to Reconstruction?

US History EOCT Review Game #1—Units 1-6

THE ANSWERS

  1. Spanish & French colonies comparison
  2. Government—both were strictly controlled by the king, ruled by royal governors, they were not allowed to create their own self-gov’t.
  3. Religion—both were Catholic and tried to convert Indians
  4. (a) tobacco, (b) The House of Burgesses, (c) Bacon
  5. (a) as a religious colony by Puritans (“city on a hill”); (b) town hall meetings led by religious leaders of the colony
  6. Any two will do: (a) Massachusetts (MA) was settled by religious Puritans with their families; Virginia (VA) was settled by young, single men looking to make money; (b) MA was relatively healthy, marriage was possible, and colonists lived a long time, but VA was deadly place to live and there were few women; (c) In MA, people worked together, created churches, schools, town meetings, and towns, but in VA, people did not work together, plantations were used, the rich took advantage of the poor; (d) in MA slavery and indentured servants were used, but not nearly as much as in VA.
  7. (a) the Netherlands (also known as the Dutch or Holland); (b) Pennsylvania;
    (c) To serve as a buffer colony between British colonies and Spanish Florida
  8. mercantilism
  9. The religious revivalism in America in the 1730s that challenged people to re-examine their eternal destiny?
  10. (a) “Beneficial ignoring” meant that Britain did not strictly control the North American colonies and allowed them to create their own colonial assemblies. Salutary neglect was the norm BEFORE the French and Indian War; (b) The colonies should benefit the mother country; Strong nations have favorable balances of trade (more exports than imports); Colonial trade is regulated by Britain. This was the norm before and after the French and Indian War; (c) Parliament has absolute authority over the colonies and will strictly control laws and taxes; This was the norm AFTER the French & Indian War.
  11. When the French & Indian War ended in 1763, salutary neglect ended and parliamentary sovereignty began. This was the beginning of British taxes and laws make by Parliament and not by colonial assemblies.
  12. This is the order: Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Lexington/Concord
  13. This is the order: Townshend Acts, First Continental Congress, Common Sense
  14. Boycotting
  15. (a) Thomas Paine; (b) Thomas Jefferson
  16. John Locke
  17. George Washington
  18. Because this American victory allowed France to commit to an alliance with America.
  19. Any two will do: America gained independence, America gained all lands east of the Mississippi (everything from the colonies to the Mississippi River became the USA); Spain got Florida; Britain kept Canada; France got nothing (even though they helped America).
  20. (a) The national government did not become tyrannical; did not overtax the states (because the government did not have the power to tax) and did not tax away citizens liberties (because the national government had few powers at all); The national government dealt with western lands well with the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. (b) The national government was too weak; it did not have the power to tax, had no president to offer leadership, had no national courts, had no way of unifying the states together, had no national currency, and could not raise an army to put down Shays’ Rebellion in 1787.
  21. This rebellion proved that the Articles of Confederation were too weak. When the national government could not collect taxes to raise an army to stop the rebellion, people began calling for a stronger national government and the Constitution was created (which replaced the Articles as our national government)
  22. Under the Constitution, the national gov’t had the power to tax, a president, a national court system, a national currency, a national bank and had supremacy over the states.
  23. This compromise created a bi-cameral Congress with a House of Representatives and a Senate. The Senate made the small states happy because each state had two representatives, regardless of its population size. In the House of Representatives, state population size was used to determine the number of representatives. The larger states had more votes than the small states. To pass a law, both the House and the Senate had to have majority votes.
  24. (a) Power of the national government is divided among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Each has their own powers and responsibilities;
    (b) The idea that power is divided between the national government and state governments. The national government has powers to declare war, coin money, make laws and taxes, but the states have powers to create school, roads, make laws and taxes.
  25. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists
  26. Any three will do: Hamilton was Sec of Treasury/ Jefferson was Sec of State; Hamilton believed in a strong national government/Jefferson believed in a weak national government and more power to states; Hamilton wanted the “elite” to rule/Jefferson wanted the “people” to rule; Hamilton believed that the Constitution could be “loosely” interpreted/Jefferson believed it had to be “strictly” interpreted; Hamilton wanted a national bank and the “assumption” of state debts/Jefferson did not; Hamilton supported Britain/ Jefferson supported France.
  27. Watch out for political parties; Avoid “entangling alliances” with foreign nations, especially European nations.
  28. Judicial Review—Supreme Court has the right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
  29. Jefferson
  30. (a) British impressment of American sailors OR violations of American free trade,
    (b) Treaty of Ghent
  31. Creation of the 2nd Bank of the US; protective tariff to promote industry (Tariff of 1816); building of roads/turnpikes (like the National Road); building of canals (like the Erie Canal); increased commerce among North, South, West; led to railroad construction in 1830s
  32. Monroe Doctrine
  33. (a) The property qualifications that were required for men to vote were reduced or eliminated which allowed “common” (poor) white men to vote; (b) Andrew Jackson
  34. Democrats
  35. Indian Removal of the Cherokee (Trail of Tears); Nullification Crisis when South Carolina refused to pay the tariff (tax); Jackson killed the Second Bank of the US; Spoils System
  36. (a) A social reform that tried to end alcohol abuse; (b) The desire to end slavery
  37. Western expansion; annexation of newly-settled lands; God wants the US to become stronger
  38. (a) Disagreement over the southern border of Texas; (b) The Mexican Cession
  39. (a) Missouri Compromise/Compromise of 1820; (b) Compromise of 1850
  40. the idea that the residents of western territories have the right to decide if slavery will be allowed in their territory
  41. The wanted to stop the expansion of slavery into the west but they did not intend to force the South to end its slave system because it was protected by their state constitutions
  42. The 36°30’ line created as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820—Congress has no authority to prohibit slavery in the territories
  43. John Brown
  44. Correct order: (b) Lincoln’s election, (c) South Carolina secession, (a) Fort Sumter, (d) the Civil War begins
  45. (a) Lincoln’s initial goal was to “preserve the Union” and bring the South back into the USA
    (b) After Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and made the Civil War about ending slavery
  46. Any two will do: Larger population for troops, more factories, more railroad lines, an advanced navy, more available farmland for food
  47. The Emancipation Proclamation
  48. Gettysburg
  49. (a) The era after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877; (b) Goals include: Bringing the Southern states back into the Union; Ending slavery; Protecting African-Americans; Deciding how or if to punish Confederates for their role in the Civil War; Rebuilding the nation, especially the South
  50. (a) Ended slavery (b) Guaranteed black men the right to vote
  51. He was impeached by the House of Representatives (but not removed from office by the Senate)
  52. The deal that was made between Democrats and Republicans as a result of the election of 1876. When the election results came back tied, Democrats agreed to support the Republican candidate Rutherford B Hayes as president if Hayes would agree to end military districting in the South; Reconstruction officially ended with the Compromise of 1877

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