First Semester Final US History Reteach
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- Q1Which of the following is a reason for the growth of representative government and institutions in colonial America?The Colonies had a single and strong centralized governmentEngland set up a Parliament for all the coloniesCatholic churches elected leaders and were self governingProtestant churches elected leaders and were self governing120sEditDelete
- Q2"How do we finance a war? Who has the power to negotiate treaties? What prevents the executive from becoming too powerful?" --Which group was responsible for answering these questions?Colonists negotiating the Albany Plan of UnionSettlers creating the Mayflower CompactRepresentatives drafting the Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutDelegates writing the Articles of Confederation120sEditDelete
- Q3The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it...encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitutionproposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territoriesestablished a method for establishing new states to the Unionmore than doubled the size of the United States120sEditDelete
- Q4From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice as "salutary neglect." Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal coloniesMany colonies sought economic aid from other countriesthe colonies developed a strong tradition of self-governmentThe colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense120sEditDelete
- Q5What was the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislaturesThe king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful.The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent VirginiaColonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor120sEditDelete
- Q6"Here in the autumn of 1777, American forces met, defeated, and forced a major British army to surrender. This crucial American victory in the Battle of _____ renewed patriots' hopes for independence, secured essential foreign recognition and support, and forever changed the face of the world." Which of the following best completes this excerpt?TrentonSaratogaConcordYorktown120sEditDelete
- Q7"America may boast that she has accomplished what no power before her ever did, contending with Britain---captured two of their celebrated generals and each an Army of thousands of veteran Troops to support them." --Abigail Adams, 1781. To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt?the arrival of French aid after the Battle of SaratogaThe American victory at the Battle of YorktownThe negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomatsThe bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge120sEditDelete
- Q8George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed its ratification because he believed that it--did not adequately protect individuals from potential government abuseprevented the legislative branch from effectively governing the statesdid not give the executive branch enough power to oversee the militaryprevented the judicial branch from using judicial review to overturn acts of the legislature120sEditDelete
- Q9Patrick Henry opposed ratifying the Constitution because he believed that under it--individuals would exercise too much power of the federal governmentthe states would surrender too much power to the federal governmentalliances could not be formed with other countriesthe courts would not be able to hold government officials accountable120sEditDelete
- Q10"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." --Tenth Amendment. Which principle of US government is most clearly reflected in the amendment above?checks and balancesseparation of powersfederalismdue process120sEditDelete