MID TERM REVIEW QUESTION BANK- 2016
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. How do scientists think people first arrived in North America?
a. After the Ice Age, glaciers melted and people came in small boats.
b. During the Ice Age, the sea froze and people crossed the ice.
c. After the Ice Age, glaciers melted and people crossed land.
d. During the Ice Age, the sea level dropped and people crossed land.
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2. Which is the earliest known civilization in North America?
a. the Aztec
b. the Inca
c. the Maya
d. the Olmec
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3. What early crop did both Mesoamericans and people in the North American Southwest grow?
a. maize
b. wheat
c. barley
d. tobacco
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4. What is an Anasazi kiva?
a. large adobe oven built for the firing of clay pottery
b. pueblo carved into a canyon wall which required the use of ladders to enter
c. underground ceremonial chamber built at the center of a community
d. temple mound built for the religious offering of fresh maize, beans, and squash
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5. The goal of the Iroquois League was to
a. create a strong fishing community.
b. strengthen the alliance against invasion.
c. develop a monetary system.
d. prevent the outbreak of war.
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6. Which of the following religious beliefs did many Native American groups share?
a. Totem poles were central to worship.
b. Spiritual forces were present everywhere.
c. Water and Fire were the sustainers of life.
d. Prayers were only to be spoken at ceremonies.
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7. What made the slave trade important to the West African economy?
a. The slave trade sustained the economy during a time of famine.
b. Slaveholders were ranked by the number of slaves they owned.
c. Arab Muslims became involved in the slave trade.
d. Slaves could be traded for valuable goods in the Middle East and Europe.
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8. Who was the author of the Republic, which describes an ideal society?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Aristotle
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
9. The Black Death affected the European economy by
a. destroying most of the crops.
b. causing a shortage of workers.
c. forcing Europeans to move to Asia.
d. slowing trade between cities.
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10. What does Renaissance mean?
a. awakening
b. enlightenment
c. knowledge
d. rebirth
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11. The new emphasis on people rather than religion that emerged during the Renaissance was called
a. intellectualism.
b. humanism.
c. theism.
d. mercantilism.
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12. How did Prince Henry the Navigator help push exploration forward?
a. He set out on a voyage to explore the west coast of Africa.
b. He financed research by mapmakers and shipbuilders.
c. He published Marco Polo’s inspirational writings on the Silk Road.
d. He funded an observatory to advance the study of astronomy.
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13. How did caravels differ from the galleons that had been used before?
a. They had taller masts.
b. They had square sails.
c. They could sail against the wind.
d. They could be steered using a rudder.
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14. The astrolabe aided explorers in finding new continents by allowing ship navigators to
a. estimate distance from land by measuring the oceans’ depth.
b. check location by charting the position of celestial bodies.
c. determine direction by aligning a magnetic strip with the North Pole.
d. calculate the rate of travel by measuring the speed of headwinds.
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15. Which explorer led Portugal in winning the European race for a sea route to Asia?
a. Vasco de Gama
b. Bartolomeu Dias
c. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
d. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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16. Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
a. Amerigo Vespucci’s
b. Ferdinand Magellan’s
c. Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s
d. Giovanni da Verrazano’s
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17. Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?
a. Explorers shipped stolen wheat and barley to Europe.
b. A successful trade route between the Europe and the Americas.
c. New plants and animals were brought to Europe and the Americas.
d. Columbus discovered new animals in the Americas and wrote to Europe about
them.
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18. In what present-day country did the Aztec Empire exist?
a. Mexico
b. Cuba
c. Dominican Republic
d. Venezuela
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19. Which Spaniard led the defeat of the Inca?
a. Hernando de Soto
b. Francisco Pizarro
c. Juan Ponce de León
d. Hernan Cortés
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20. What was the conquistadors’ biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca?
a. strong leadership
b. steel armor and weapons
c. larger armies
d. immunity to smallpox
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21. What did Bartolomé de Las Casas do to try to change Spain’s way of governing in the Americas?
a. He wrote books and letters defending the American Indians.
b. He revised laws regarding the use of African slaves.
c. He complained about the treatment of plantation owners.
d. He insisted on the use of American Indians for plantation work.
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22. What type of document gave English settlers permission to start a colony?
a. deed
b. title
c. lease
d. charter
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23. Which term describes the voyage taken by slaves across the Atlantic Ocean?
a. Great Migration
b. Middle Passage
c. African Diaspora
d. Terrible Transformation
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24. About how many million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic as slaves between the 1520s
and 1860s?
a.
b.
c.
d.
9
10
11
12
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25. The term African Diaspora refers to the
a. harsh voyage taken by slaves across the Atlantic Ocean.
b. forced labor of West Africans in mines and on farms and plantations.
c. scattering of enslaved Africans all across the New World.
d. regulation of slave treatment and behavior by colonial lawmakers.
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26. Why did the population of Jamestown plummet between 1609 and the spring of 1610?
a. The Algonquian Indians attacked and burned down much of the colony.
b. The London Company closed the settlement because it wasn’t making a profit.
c. A combination of famine, disease, and a harsh winter killed many in the colony.
d. Infertile soil caused many settlers to seek better farmland in the middle colonies.
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27. Which was a factor in Virginia colonists’ decision to use slave labor?
a. They could purchase more land if they put more slaves to work.
b. There were not enough indentured servants to meet the high demand.
c. There had not been a significant slave rebellion in the northern colonies.
d. The cost of purchasing slaves had fallen dramatically.
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28. Which colonies had the strictest slave codes?
a. The colonies with the largest farming areas.
b. The colonies with the most slaves.
c. The colonies that had freed the most slaves.
d. The colonies that had experienced rebellions.
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29. The Mayflower Compact could best be described as a/an
a. detailed list of reasons why the Pilgrims left England for the United States.
b. trade contract between Great Britain and merchants in the Virginia colony.
c. early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.
d. basic agreement requiring colonists to obey Virginia law.
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30. In large part, who filled the growing labor needs of the economy of the middle colonies?
a. indentured servants
b. former slaves
c. apprentices
d. skilled craftsmen
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31. In European nations, the practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth was
called
a. mercantilism.
b. brokering.
c. capitalism.
d. profiteering.
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32. What was the Great Awakening?
a. a movement of thinkers who believed in the idea that reason and logic could
improve social and political life
b. the migration of thousands of English people to the New England colonies and the
Caribbean islands
c. the series of witchcraft trials in which groups of young girls accused church
ministers of casting spells
d. a religious movement that swept through the colonies and changed colonial
religion, society, and politics
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33. Colonists who were upset by Parliament’s effort to tax them might have made all of the following
remarks, except
a. “Just say ‘no’ to British goods!”
b. “No one asked us if we wanted to be taxed!”
c. “End the boycotts now!”
d. “No Taxation without Representation!”
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34. What event directly sparked the Boston Massacre?
a. A crowd of sailors dared British troops to shoot at them.
b. A British soldier standing guard hit a colonist during an argument.
c. An African American sailor shot and wounded a British soldier.
d. Colonists spread negative propaganda about British troops.
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35. The Boston Tea Party clearly demonstrated how
a. unhappy colonists were with new British laws.
b. much colonists cared for tea in relation to other imports.
c. easily colonists could tell cheap tea from expensive tea.
d. angry colonists were even before the Boston Massacre.
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36. What did colonists call the Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament in spring of 1774?
a. the Intolerable Acts
b. the Tariff of Abominations
c. Acts of Cruelty
d. Lord North’s Revenge
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37. Which of the following is not one of the ways Massachusetts was punished for the Boston Tea
Party?
a. Its charter was canceled.
b. Boston Harbor was closed.
c. The colonial governor had to approve when the legislature could meet.
d. Bostonians had to search for and recover the discarded tea.
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38. The goal of the First Continental Congress was to
a. draft a declaration of independence from the British crown.
b. establish a colonial government to rival the king.
c. develop a plan for undermining the decisions of the king.
d. state the concerns of colonists to the king.
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39. Which battle is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a. Battle of Lexington
b. Battle of Concord
c. Battle of Boston
d. Battle of Breed’s Hill
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40. How would the opinions of delegates to the Second Continental Congress be best characterized?
a. Delegates were always in agreement and the meeting was unnecessary.
b. Delegates were somewhat divided on minor details of their plan.
c. Delegates were far from unified but were open to compromise.
d. Delegates were completely at odds and failed to come to a consensus.
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41. Delegates to the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British by
a. creating the Continental Army.
b. paying George Washington.
c. minting a new currency.
d. gathering foreign allies.
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42. As George Washington prepared to lead the colonists against the British, Congress
a. attempted to make peace with King George III.
b. prepared the troops for a fierce battle.
c. invested in a dozen new cannons.
d. released 250 British war prisoners.
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43. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense led many colonial leaders to
a. reject Enlightenment ideas.
b. challenge British authority.
c. understand the good sense of monarchy.
d. agree to bound by British laws.
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44. In Common Sense Thomas Paine argued that laws should be made by
a. kings and queens.
b. citizens.
c. church leaders.
d. male landowners.
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45. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Adams
d. George Washington
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46. The idea that the colonies had the right to break away from Britain was based on the
Enlightenment idea of the
a. Mayflower Compact.
b. rights of royal subjects.
c. social contract.
d. contract of the governed.
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47. Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as
a. Redcoats.
b. Patriots.
c. Loyalists.
d. Whigs.
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48. Why was the idea of taxation without representation so important to the revolutionary cause?
a. Colonists believed King George III had violated their rights by taxing them
without their consent.
b. Great Britain would have ended taxation if colonists had kept the peace.
c. Colonists believed that Great Britain should only tax certain items.
d. Great Britain only taxed the colonists to force them into war.
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49. The Declaration of Independence raised questions about slavery because the document
a. stated that colonial leaders did not believe slavery should be legal.
b. ensured that slaves would have to fight in the Revolution.
c. proposed passing laws that would grant rights to slaves.
d. conveyed a message that was not consistent with the practice of slavery.
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50. Which of the following did not happen in reaction to the signing of the Declaration of
Independence?
a. More than 50,000 Loyalists fled the colonies as a result of clashes with Patriots.
b. One of George Washington’s closest friends fled to Britain because he was a
Loyalist.
c. Debates arose over the conflict between the ideals of liberty and the practice of
slavery.
d. Women rallied against being excluded by the claim that “all men are created
equal.”
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51. Among colonists, which group made the greatest contribution to the war effort?
a. soldiers
b. mercenaries
c. spies
d. militia men
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52. Why did thousands of African American slaves sign on with the British Army?
a. George Washington would not pay them for service to the revolutionary army.
b. The British offered freedom to any slave who served in their army.
c. British forces were better trained and equipped than American forces.
d. British forces pledged to put an end to the institution of slavery in America.
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53. Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point for the Patriots?
a. The Patriots gained the support of France and Spain.
b. The Patriots saved the army from losing enlisted men.
c. The Patriots got a Prussian to train the Continental Army.
d. The Patriots realized they did not need foreign allies.
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54. The winter at Valley Forge was a difficult time for the Continental Army because the army
a. lacked protection and supplies.
b. began to turn against the Revolution.
c. had just lost several important battles.
d. refused to drill and train.
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55. Which of these was not a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
a. America’s borders were set.
b. The war was officially over.
c. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
d. Land west of the thirteen colonies was given to France.
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56. The Battle of Yorktown
a. convinced colonists to comply with British rule.
b. allowed the French to gain colonial territory.
c. showed the British that they could defeat the Patriots.
d. was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
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57. As drafted by the Second Continental Congress the Articles of Confederation established the
a. process of electing representatives to the Congress.
b. first national government of the United States.
c. requirements for being president of the Congress.
d. three branches of the United States government.
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58. The Articles of Confederation made it difficult for Congress to protect the nation against foreign
threats by
a. placing high tariffs on imports of military supplies.
b. not creating a national budget for defense spending.
c. declaring it impossible to force states to provide soldiers.
d. not instituting a mandatory draft.
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59. Which factors indicate that there was an economic depression in the United States after the
Revolutionary War?
a. Trade laws differed across states and each state followed its own interests.
b. The country went deeper into debt as it raised taxes.
c. The price of goods was rising but the value of money was decreasing.
d. Trade activity was minimal and unemployment was on the rise.
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60. The main cause of Shays’s Rebellion was the
a. corruption of wealthy leaders, which divided the local government.
b. collection of taxes on land to pay off war debts, which hurt farmers.
c. overproduction of worthless paper money, which slowed the economy.
d. inability of the Congress to regulate trade, which led to unemployment.
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61. What were Daniel Shays and his men protesting?
a. the death penalty
b. the use of debtors’ prisons
c. federal control of the judicial system
d. high taxes and heavy debts
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62. Why did Shays’s Rebellion target the Massachusetts Supreme Court?
a. The courts were forcing farmers who were in debt to sell off their land.
b. The courts were using farmers’ taxes to pay for new buildings.
c. Judges were sentencing farmers to debtor’s prison without due process of law.
d. Judges were taking money from corrupt lawyers to convict innocent farmers.
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63. Shays’s Rebellion led most Americans to call for a
a. ban on rebellious activity.
b. federal judiciary.
c. national guard.
d. stronger central government.
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64. The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s
Independence Hall was to
a. grant citizenship to free African Americans.
b. draft a Constitution of the United States.
c. distribute power equally among the states.
d. improve the Articles of Confederation.
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65. Which of these important figures attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
a. John Adams
b. Patrick Henry
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. James Madison
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66. Women, African Americans, and Native Americans did not take part in the Constitutional
Convention because they
a. did not have the rights of citizenship.
b. opposed expanding the central government.
c. were protesting against the new constitution.
d. could not find a delegate to represent them.
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67. The Great Compromise resolved the debate over state representation in the federal government by
a. creating a bicameral legislature.
b. creating a unicameral legislature.
c. deciding individually on the number of delegates each state would have.
d. deciding that each state would have the same number of delegates.
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68. The Three-Fifths Compromise
a. freed three-fifths of slaves in the southern states.
b. granted three-fifths of freed slaves the right to vote.
c. determined how many representatives a state would have in the Congress by
counting three-fifths of the state’s slave population.
d. decided to give an extra delegate to each state that had banned the slave trade,
giving northern states a three-fifths majority in the Congress.
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69. Many delegates from the southern states threatened to leave the Union if the Constitution
a. lowered tariffs.
b. banned the slave trade.
c. included the word “slavery.”
d. increased the government’s powers.
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70. The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to
a. outline the powers held by each branch of government.
b. keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
c. give the people an opportunity to control the branches of government.
d. strengthen the powers held by each branch of government.
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71. The framers of the Constitution granted legislative power to the
a. Congress.
b. President.
c. Supreme Court.
d. state governments.
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72. What is federalism?
a. a government system where the central government holds supreme power
b. a system that keeps each branch of government from obtaining too much power
c. the sharing of power between a central government and the states of a country
d. the part of government responsible for making the laws of a country or nation
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73. The Federalist Papers attempted to reassure Americans about the new federal government created
under the Constitution by saying that the government would
a. be more like Great Britain’s.
b. not overpower the states.
c. one day abolish slavery in the nation.
d. grant the states political independence.
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74. The Bill of Rights is the document
a. added to the Constitution to protect citizens’ rights.
b. used to limit the powers of state governments.
c. outlining the rights of the federal government.
d. stating the ways in which citizens can participate in government.
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75. An amendment to the Constitution is a/an
a. suggested addition.
b. official change.
c. legal clarification.
d. judicial opinion.
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76. What is a federal system of government designed to do?
a. place sovereign authority in the hands of the executive branch
b. limit the role of the central government to providing postal services
c. divide powers between the states and the national government
d. stretch the reserved authority of the states when necessary
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77. Which powers are concurrent, or shared by the states and the federal government?
a. coining money and regulating trade
b. taxing, borrowing money, and enforcing laws
c. creating local governments and holding elections
d. establishing an army and conducting foreign policy
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78. The federal government is divided into separate branches to
a. keep any one branch from growing too powerful.
b. make the government run more efficiently.
c. provide flexibility in the interpretation of laws.
d. ensure one branch is in charge at all times.
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79. What determines how many members represent each state in the House of Representatives?
a. the U.S. Census, a nationwide population count taken every ten years
b. the U.S. Constitution, which assigned a fixed number of seats to each state
c. apportionment, a system designed to keep the number of representatives at 435
d. state tax revenues, which indicate how valuable a state’s voice is to the nation
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80. What is the function of Congress in the federal government?
a. Congress is the judicial branch, which enforces the nation’s laws.
b. Congress is the legislative branch, which makes the nation’s laws.
c. The judicial branch is led by Congress, which interprets the nation’s laws.
d. The executive branch is led by Congress, which can veto the nation’s laws.
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81. Why is it difficult for Congress to override a veto?
a. They would need to go against an executive order.
b. They would have to get a judge to approve the bill.
c. They would need to have a two-thirds majority vote.
d. They would have to stick to a very strict timeframe.
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82. The president can check the power of the legislative branch by
a. vetoing a law.
b. issuing an executive order.
c. granting a pardon.
d. petitioning Congress.
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83. An executive order is a
a. presidential command that has the power of law.
b. judicial ruling that frees those convicted of federal criminal offenses.
c. congressional override of a president’s veto.
d. declaration of war by any elected official in the president’s cabinet.
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84. When the House of Representatives impeaches a president they
a. pardon him of high crimes or misdemeanors.
b. appeal to him to override a veto.
c. vote to bring charges of serious crimes against him.
d. permanently remove him from office.
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85. What role does the Constitution assign to the judicial branch?
a. giving legal advice
b. interpreting the law
c. writing new laws
d. setting legal precedents
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86. Who drafted the list of proposed constitutional amendments that became the Bill of Rights?
a.
b.
c.
d.
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Paine
James Madison
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87. According to the idea of majority rule, whose decisions make policy for everyone?
a. the greatest number of people in a society
b. the oldest people in a society
c. the most talented people in a society
d. the person elected to lead a society
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88. The First Amendment protects
a. the right to a speedy and public trial.
b. the right to keep and bear arms.
c. freedom of religion, expression, and assembly.
d. freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
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89. A search warrant protect a person’s individual rights by
a. allowing law enforcement agents to preserve evidence in emergency situations.
b. permitting the victim of a theft or burglary to make a citizen’s arrest of the
criminal at any time.
c. requiring authorities to repay citizens whose property is taken for public use.
d. guarding someone suspected of a crime from having officials go though their
property for no reason.
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90. Which abuse inspired the inclusion in the Bill of Rights of the Fourth Amendment rule against
“unreasonable searches and seizures”?
a. the impressment of British naval officers discovered on U.S. ships during the
Revolutionary War
b. colonists’ being forced to have their belongings inspected for illegal goods by
British soldiers
c. court-ordered takeovers of property owned by farmers who were in debt due to
high property taxes
d. the confiscation of goods brought from the West Indies on the grounds that they
were smuggled
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91. Opponents of gun-control laws argue that the Second Amendment was intended to protect
a. an individual’s right of self-defense.
b. the right of states to maintain militia units.
c. an individual’s right to nationalized health care.
d. the right of states to secure the police against criminals.
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92. Cases in which a harm has been done but no crime has been committed are decided
a. in civil court.
b. in appeals court.
c. without juries.
d. by lawyers.
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93. In the United States, most naturalized citizens are Americans who
a.
b.
c.
d.
were born outside of the United States to foreign-born parents.
have to use passports for airline travel within the United States.
had one American parent and one foreign-born parent at birth.
were adopted at birth by American parents in a foreign country.
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94. Why do American men 18 years old or older have to register with selective service?
a. so the local court system can call on them to sit for jury duty
b. so that state colleges can tell them about financial aid programs
c. so the federal government can contact them in case of a draft
d. so that state-based political campaigns can get them to vote
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95. How do citizens accept responsibility for protecting others’ Sixth Amendment rights to a public
trial?
a. They serve on juries.
b. They watch court cases on television.
c. They read newspapers.
d. They discuss court cases with friends.
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96. Which of these duties of a citizen is encouraged, but not required?
a. serving on a jury
b. paying taxes
c. signing up for the draft
d. voting in elections
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97. Many Americans wanted George Washington to be president because he
a. was seen as an honest leader.
b. urged them to vote for him.
c. passed the Judiciary Act of 1789.
d. had a popular wife named Martha.
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98. The electoral college is a
a. body of delegates from each state that casts the deciding votes for president.
b. school for the advanced study of voting practices and political campaigning.
c. group of voters hand-picked for cabinet positions by the president-elect.
d. name given to all voters who cast ballots in presidential elections.
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99. The national debt can best be defined as the amount of money owed
a. to the nation by the nation’s citizens and by foreign countries.
b. by the nation to foreign countries and the nation’s citizens.
c. to the federal government by individual states.
d. by the federal government to domestic debtors.
____ 100. Which of the following actions was part of Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan?
a. replacing interest-bearing bonds with low-value bonds
b. taxing domestic goods and adding tariffs to foreign imports
c. eliminating the national mint to add more cash to the economy
d. requiring states to pay their Revolutionary War debts
____ 101. A “protective tariff” adds a tax to the price of imported goods to protect domestic products from
foreign
a. contamination.
b. competition.
c. theft.
d. boycott.
____ 102. Alexander Hamilton’s vision of a robust economy depended on the contributions of business
people and manufacturers, but Thomas Jefferson’s vision placed greater emphasis on
a. teachers.
b. farmers.
c. merchants.
d. doctors.
____ 103. Alexander Hamilton believed in a flexible interpretation of the Constitution while Thomas
Jefferson believed in a
a. loose construction.
b. soft construction.
c. strict construction.
d. tight construction.
____ 104. “Loose construction” is best defined as the idea that the
a. Constitution need not be interpreted in the context of the whole.
b. federal government can take reasonable actions in special cases as long as they are
not specifically forbidden by the Constitution.
c. Constitution is flexible, enabling politicians to stretch it in order to deal with new
situations.
d. Constitution allows only necessary means to deal with new situations and should
not be stretched merely because politicians find it convenient.
____ 105. George Washington’s statement that America would not take sides in disputes between warring
European countries was called the
a. Swiss Pact.
b. Neutrality Proclamation.
c. Peace Treaty of 1793.
d. Treaty of Greenville.
____ 106. As secretary of state Thomas Jefferson criticized U.S. policy toward France because he
a. disagreed with George Washington’s stance on foreign alliances because he was
sympathetic toward France.
b. believed the United States owed France support since France backed it during the
Revolutionary War.
c. wanted to undermine Alexander Hamilton’s pro-British stance and reduce his
rival’s influence on the president’s foreign policy.
d. was eager to quit his position in George Washington’s cabinet and saw the French
issue as a convenient excuse.
____ 107. Pinckney’s Treaty addressed settlers’ disputes over the Florida border with which country?
a.
b.
c.
d.
France
Britain
Spain
Mexico
____ 108. The main threat faced by Americans in the Northwest Territory was
a. tornadoes that destroyed much of the farmland.
b. Native American tribes supplied with guns and ammunition by the British.
c. Native American attacks on supply lines into the territories.
d. harsh winter conditions and inadequate forts.
____ 109. Which of the following contributed to the Whiskey Rebellion?
a. The federal government was overprotective of the settlers.
b. Spain was blocking trade along the Mississippi River.
c. Farmers could not afford the tax on whiskey.
d. Farmers found whiskey difficult to transport.
____ 110. President Washington personally led the militia against the westerners in the Whiskey Rebellion
because he believed
a. individual farmers should have to pay off the national debt through taxes.
b. the federal government was owed taxes for providing settlers with protection and
opportunities for trade.
c. people needed to understand the constitutional right of Congress to institute tax
laws.
d. the rebellion might spark similar incidents of violence.
____ 111. In his farewell address George Washington warned against
a. observing good faith and justice towards all nations.
b. burdening future generations with debt.
c. establishing political unity within the nation.
d. maintaining the institution of slavery.
____ 112.
“The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred … from the obligation which justice and
humanity impose on every nation … to maintain inviolate [unchanging] the relations of peace and
amity [friendship] towards other nations.”
—George Washington, from his Farewell Address
Which statement accurately paraphrases George Washington’s views?
a. Washington believed his plan was safest for the long run.
b. Washington believed that the United States would be torn apart by political parties.
c. Washington felt any just and humane nation would practice neutrality.
d. Washington felt the United States would lose its freedom if it tolerated unfriendly
neighbors.
____ 113. According to George Washington in his Farewell Address, what was the key to national success?
a. political unity
b. neutrality in foreign policy
c. economic security
d. checks and balances
____ 114. Which of these slogans might a Federalist have shouted at a party rally?
a. Central Government over All!
b. States Rule!
c. Power to the People!
d. Jefferson for President!
____ 115. During the presidency of John Adams, three French agents would discuss a treaty with the United
States only in exchange for a bribe. The incident came to be known as the
a. ABC Talks
b. ABC Incident
c. XYZ Event
d. XYZ Affair
____ 116. Why did John Adams face a challenging task as president?
a. He was not perceived as being honest or hard-working.
b. People were angry because Adams declared war on France.
c. He did not win the presidential election fairly.
d. Adams replaced George Washington whom people adored.
____ 117. The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalists to
a. protect the government from its critics.
b. increase government power.
c. imprison foreigners.
d. punish French speakers.
____ 118. Republicans’ main criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts was that they
a. gave too much power to the government.
b. took too many rights from foreigners.
c. went against the American policy of neutrality.
d. forced the press to publish falsehoods.