Period 3 APUSH Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The American victory at Yorktown
a. Forced the British evacuation of Boston
b. Induced Great Britain to negotiate an end
to the Revolutionary War
c. Ended Pontiac’s Rebellion
d. Caused French troops to withdraw from
British North America
2. The Albany Congress (1754) was significant because it
a. was the first effort by American women to c. formulated the first bill of rights in the
win equal rights
colonies
b. ended the French and Indian War
d. proposed a colonial union for defense
against the Indians
Source: Benjamin Franklin, Magna Britannia: Her colonies REDUC’D, 1766.
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3. Refer to the picture above. The main point of the cartoon is that
a. the thirteen British North American
c. British policies in North America, notably
colonies should unite in order to better
enacting taxes, could have fatal effects on
advance their grievances against Great
the British Empire.
Britain.
b. the North American colonists, in the
d. the presence of a British standing army in
aftermath of the French and Indian war,
North America will have a detrimental
should develop a better system of
effect on the liberties and rights of the
defending themselves from attacks from
British colonists.
Great Britain.
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4. The primary intended audience for this cartoon was
a. members of Parliament in Great Britain. c. backcountry settlers in Pennsylvania.
b. Boston merchants and traders.
d. members of the Sons of Liberty.
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5. The sentiment reflected in the image above was also reflected in which of the following?
a. Paul Revere’s engraving, “Boston
c. The “Olive Branch Petition,” adopted by
Massacre,” 1770
the Continental Congress in 1775
b. The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
d. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common
Sense, 1776
Read the following excerpts to answer the questions below:
Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it answerably follows that whatever form
thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all
others….Here too is the design and end of government, Freedom and Security.”
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
“[G]overnments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or
to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.”
Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776
_____ 6. The excerpts were written in response to the
a. British government’s attempt to assert
greater control over the North American
colonies
b. British government’s failure to protect
colonists from attacks by American
Indians
c. colonial governments’ failures to
implement mercantilist policies
d. colonial governments’ attempts to extend
political rights to new groups
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7. The ideas about government expressed by Paine and Jefferson are most consistent with which of the
following?
a. The concept of hereditary rights and
c. The principle of religious freedom
privileges
b. The belief in Manifest Destiny
d. The ideas of the Enlightenment
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8. The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the
United States during and immediately after the American Revolution?
a. The development of factions and nascent c. The relatively limited powers of the
political parties
Articles of Confederation
b. The rapid expansion of frontier
d. The growth of conflict between wealthy
settlements
elites and poor farmers and laborers
Read the following excerpt to answer the questions below:
“[H]istory and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican
government….Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom
they actuate to see danger only on one side and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the
other….The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations
to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let
them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe ha a set of primary interests which to us
have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of
which are essentially foreign to our concerns.”
George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
____ 9. The concerns expressed by Washington were a response to the
a. debate over the proper treatment of the
American Indian tribes in the transAppalachian West
b. dispute over the possibility of annexing
Canada from Great Britain
c. controversy regarding support for the
revolutionary government of France
d. conflict with Great Britain over the
treatment of American Loyalists
____ 10. Which of the following groups most strongly opposed Washington’s point of view in the address?
a. Democratic-Republicans
c. Southern plantation owners
b. New England merchants
d. Federalists
____ 11. Using the map above:
The pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted most directly from which of the following factors?
a. The large size of British colonial
c. The orientation of the British colonies
populations relative to American Indian
toward producing commodities for export
populations
to Europe
b. British recognition of Native American
d. British government attempts to impose
sovereignty
greater control over the colonies in the late
1600s
____ 12. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 had which of the following effects?
a. A decrease in the coastal population
c. A decrease in the economic importance of
slavery and other forms of coerced labor
b. An increase in conflicts between British
d. An increase in trade with French Canada
settlers and American Indians
____ 13. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 best explains the
a. development of economic differences
c. significant proportion of colonists who
between the northern and southern
remained loyal to Great Britain during the
colonies
American Revolution
b. colonists’ difficulties in effectively
resisting the British military during the
American Revolution
d. growth of social tensions between
backcountry settlers and coastal elites
____ 14. The American colonists objected to the policies imposed by Parliament after the French and Indian War for
all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. the new restrictions would hinder New
c. the resented quartering British troops now
England trade
that the French threat was removed
b. They believed that only their colonial
d. they believed they should be represented
assemblies had the power to tax them, not
in Parliament if they were subjected to
the British Parliament
mercantilist restrictions
____ 15. Thomas Jefferson relied on the ideas of John Locke in writing the American Declaration of Independence in
all of the following ways EXCEPT Locke’s belief that
a. man is born free and equal
c. the purpose of government is to protect
man’s natural rights
b. man must submit to the General Will to
d. people can overthrow a government that
protect his natural rights
violates man’s natural rights
____ 16. Historians often cite Shays’s Rebellion (1786-1787) as a significant event in U.S. history because it
a. demonstrated the strength, yet fairness of c. made Americans realize that excessive
the newly-created federal government
taxation often leads to violence
b. made many Americans realize that slavery d. demonstrated the weakness of the federal
could not last
government under the Articles of
Confederation
____ 17. Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had which of the following powers?
I. The power to collect taxes.
II. The power to negotiate treaties.
III. The power to supersede state law.
a. I only
c. I and III only
b. II only
d. I, II, and III
____ 18. The Battle of Saratoga proved to be a significant turning point in the Revolutionary War because it
a. was a major defeat for the Rebel forces
c. demonstrated the superiority of British
and motivated Benjamin Franklin to go to
naval power, thus convincing the
England to negotiate with the British
Americans to alter their strategy
b. demonstrated to France that the
Americans might win the war and
subsequently led to the Franco-American
Alliance of 1778
d. exposed the weakness of American
military leadership and paved the way for
General George Washington to assume
command of the Continental Army
____ 19. The success of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 hinged on compromises over
a. slavery and representation in Congress
c. the number of branches of government to
be formed
b. taxation and term limits
d. universal manhood suffrage
____ 20. Which of the following events represented the most significant action on the part of the colonists against
British authority?
a. Bacon’s Rebellion
c. The Albany Congress
b. The Whiskey Rebellion
d. The Stamp Act Congress
____ 21. Which of the following statements concerning the Federalist Papers is true?
a. Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton drafted c. They were written as propagada to support
them.
the ratification of the Constitution.
b. They contained essays that both defended d. They were banned int he New York
and criticized the Constitution.
newspapers.
____ 22. The chief goal of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
a. suppress immigration
c. uphold the rights guaranteed by the First
Amendment
b. limit the power of the press
d. check the power of the DemocraticRepublicans
____ 23. In 1798 President John Adams delivered the following message to Congress:
“I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and
honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.”
What event inspired this comment?
a. The XYZ Affair
b. Jay’s Treaty
c. The Hartford Convention
d. The Pinckney (Transcontinental) Treaty
____ 24. In the eighteenth century, British colonists wishing to settle west of the Appalachians were principally
motivated by
a. The comparatively small numbers of
c. freedom from the threat of Spanish
American Indians in the old Northwest
authorities
b. The low price and easy availability of land d. a desire to escape overcrowded cities
along the Atlantic coast
____ 25. What is a unicameral legislature?
a. a lawmaking body with a single house of elected representatives
b. a lawmaking body with two houses of elected representatives
c. an executive committee that preserves Britain’s political traditions
d. an executive committee that shares power with state governments
____ 26. Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the federal government’s congress of delegates?
a. the president
c. state governors
b. the people
d. state legislatures
____ 27. Under the Articles of Confederation, small states like Rhode Island, wielded as much power as large states
such as Virginia, because
a. each state had one vote in Congress.
b. there was no executive branch of government.
c. representation was determined by a state’s population.
d. the legislature had no lawmaking power.
____ 28. Which of the following provided a plan for governing western lands?
a. Continental Congress
c. Land Ordinance of 1785
b. Articles of Confederation
d. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
____ 29. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention met to
a. write a new Constitution.
c. put down Shays’ rebellion.
b. dismantle the national government.
d. revise the Articles of Confederation.
____ 30. Which proposal most resembled the Articles of Confederation?
a. the Virginia Plan
c. the Great Compromise
b. the New Jersey Plan
d. the Federalist Papers
____ 31. The Three-Fifths Compromise resulted in
a. abolition of the slave trade.
b. abolition of slavery in Northern states.
c. more representation in Congress for larger states.
d. more representation in Congress for Southern states.
____ 32. The Federalists favored ratification because they wanted
a. a weak executive branch.
b. a strong central government.
c. a purely democratic form of government.
d. a balance of power that favored state governments.
____ 33. Which principle provides for a system in which the government derives its power from the governed?
a. Federalism
c. popular sovereignty
b. limited government
d. separation of powers
____ 34. Which of the following was a prominent Federalist?
a. Samuel Adams
c. Richard Henry Lee
b. Patrick Henry
d. James Madison
____ 35. To win support for the Constitution, Federalists promised to add
a. the abolition of slavery.
c. a strong federal judiciary.
b. the popular election of the president.
d. a bill of rights.
Essay
36. To what extent was the American Revolution a radical break with the past, and to what extent was it a
conservative attempt to protect the status quo?
Answer the following prompt in a 4-5 paragraph essay. Use specific evidence from notes, readings, class
activities, or outside research. Please include a thesis, introduction and conclusion.
You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning the essay (outline) and 30 minutes writing your response.
Cite relevant evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.
Rubric:
0-3 Points
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Total Possible Points
Thesis makes historical defense or claim that responds to
all parts of question. 1 or more sentence in introduction
or conclusion.
Describes relative significance of historical individuals,
events, and developments to support argument.
Explains reasons for relative significance of individuals,
events, developments in support of argument.
Describes causes and/or effects of historical event,
development, or process.
Explains reason for causes and/or effects of historical
event, development, or process.
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Outline idea:
Intro (thesis that argues whether AmRev was MORE of a radical break with past or conservative
attempt to protect status quo and REASONS to support your argument)
Body Paragraph 1: How it was a radical break of past, specific examples to support
Body Paragraph 2: How it was a conservative attempt to protect status quo, specific examples
Body Paragraph 3: Support thesis about which was more true/historically significant/accurate. Use
specific examples about why it was more radical or conservative (or vice versa).
Conclusion: restate thesis, relate your argument to something else in history if possible, or an event
in a different country in 1-2 sentences for an extra point!