United States History to 1865 SOL Review

What people developed permanent settlements in the Eastern Woodland area of the U.S.?      

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1. Incas2. Pueblos3. Iroquois4. Kwakiutl

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This route was most likely the one which Pre-Columbian tribes used to migrate from one continent to another: 

25% 25%25%25%1. cross a land bridge from Asia to Alaska

2. along the Mississippi River

3. from the Eastern Woodlands to the Arctic region of North America

4. cross the Pacific Ocean

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The early Americans who worshipped the sun as a religion were the

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1. Inuits.2. Incas.3. Mayans.4. Anasazis.

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Which of the following was NOT a result of Columbus’s voyage?

25% 25%25%25%1. Spanish colonists

settled in the West Indies.

2. Portugal found a sea route to India.

3. Europeans learned about the Americas.

4. Many Native American peoples lost their lands.

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The first permanent English colony was set up in 1607 at

25% 25%25%25%1. Roanoke2. St. Augustine3. Plymouth4. Jamestown

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25% 25%25%25%1. export more than it imports.

2. limit the amount of goods exported.

3. grant self-rule to its colonies.

4. import more than it exports.

The Proclamation of 1763 angered British colonists because it

25% 25%25%25%1. stopped them from moving west.

2. removed British troops from the frontier.

3. caused many Indian nations to attack settlers.

4. gave land west of the Appalachians to the French.

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Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because they

25% 25%25%25%1. believed that no

government had the right to raise taxes.

2. did not have their own representatives in Parliament.

3. accused tax collectors of cheating them.

4. did not want to pay so much for stamps.

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“Give me liberty, or give me death!” “Since nothing but blow will do, let us come to a final separation!” These statements are the words of  

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1. Loyalists.2. Patriots.3. redcoats.4. British officials.

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A turning point in the war for the Americans was at

25% 25%25%25%1. Saratoga.2. Bunker Hill.3. Long Island. 4. Brandywine.

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The author of Common Sense was

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25% 25%25%25%1. Patrick Henry2. Samuel Adams3. John Adams4. Thomas Paine

King George III’s prime minister was

25% 25%25%25%1. Thomas Paine.2. Lord North.3. Lord Cornwallis.4. Nathan Hale.

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The pamphlet that won many colonists to the idea of independence was 

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Democracy.3. Common Sense.4. the Declaration of

Independence.

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25% 25%25%25%1. the American victory at

Saratoga2. the American victory at

Yorktown3. the signing of the

Declaration of Independence

4. the French decision to aid the colonists against Britain

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The British commander who surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown was

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1. Lord North.2. Lord Cornwallis.3. King George III.4. John Paul Jones.

The author and organizer of the Committee of Correspondence was

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1. John Adams.2. Patrick Henry.3. Thomas Paine.4. Samuel Adams.

The initial military confrontation between the British and the American colonists -- “the shot heard around the world” -- was at 

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1. Bunker Hill.2. Saratoga.3. Yorktown.4. Lexington and

Concord.

The American patriot who rode to warn colonial militia at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming was

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25% 25%25%25%1. Samuel Adams.2. Patrick Henry.3. Paul Revere.4. George Washington.

In order to prevent any one branch of government from gaining too much power, the Constitution creates a system of

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1. vetoes.2. checks and

balances.3. impeachment.4. federalism.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement that

25% 25%25%25%1. allowed three fifths of a state’s representatives to Congress to be chosen by the state legislature.

2. counted three fifths of all white men in any state as part of the population.

3. allowed three fifths of the slaves in each state to vote.

4. counted three fifths of the slaves in any state as part of its population.

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“We the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” According to this first sentence of the Constitution, the power of the government comes from

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1. Congress.2. the President.3. the people.4. the Supreme Court

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The Federalists favored

25% 25%25%25%1. a strong national government.

2. limited governments.

3. making Washington king.

4. a bill of rights.

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Pilgrims agreed to work together to make their colony succeed in the

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1. Jamestown Charter.2. Magna Carta.3. Mayflower Compact.4. Laws of the Indies.

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The English Bill of Rights was important to colonists because it

25% 25%25%25%1. set up the system of Parliament.

2. gave women the right to vote.

3. protected the right to a trial by jury.

4. stopped smuggling in the colonies.

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Who was president during the XYZ Affair?

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1. James Monroe2. John Adams3. George Washington4. James Madison

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Who was president during the War of 1812?

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1. James Monroe2. John Adams3. James Madison4. Thomas Jefferson

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As a result of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States

25% 25%25%25%1. went to war with France.

2. lost control of New Orleans.

3. gained land west of the Mississippi River.

4. stretched across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

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Before Oregon became a territory of the United States, it was owned by the United States and

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1. France2. Russia3. Britain4. Mexico

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Lewis and Clark were helped on their expedition by

25% 25%25%25%1. the Prophet.2. Tecumseh.3. Sacajawea.4. Canadian fur traders.

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Louis and Clark were sent to

25% 25%25%25%1. remove Native Americans from Louisiana.

2. France to buy New Orleans.

3. help defeat the French in Haiti.

4. explore and map Louisiana.

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25% 25%25%25%1. the United States should expand to the Pacific.

2. Indians had an equal claim to the lands of the West.

3. slavery should be allowed in the West.

4. no more European colonies would be allowed in the Americas.

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A rallying cry for Texans in their fight for independence from Mexico was

25% 25%25%25%1. “The Union - next to our liberty, most dear!”

2. “Tippecanoe and Tyler too!”

3. “Remember the Alamo!”

4. “Fifty-four forty or fight!”

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As a result of the Mexican War, the United States gained control of

25% 25%25%25%1. Oregon.2. California.3. Missouri.4. Louisiana.

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The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed that

25% 25%25%25%1. European nations must not interfere in the Americas.

2. European nations must grant independence to all their colonies.

3. The United States might intervene in future European wars.

4. The United States would use force to maintain democratic governments in Latin America.

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Steam power was important because it

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25% 25%25%25%1. made the best use of

river sites.2. allowed manufacturers

to use water power.3. allowed manufactures

to build factories almost anywhere.

4. made machines expensive to run.

The cotton gin made growing cotton more profitable because it

25% 25%25%25%1. kept the soil from wearing out.

2. allowed slaves to pick cotton more quickly.

3. allowed slaves to clean cotton more quickly.

4. allowed northerners to build factories anywhere.

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Which state threatened to secede from the Union in 1832?

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1. North Carolina2. South Carolina3. Georgia4. Mississippi

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The small group that dominated southern life and politics was the

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1. poor whites.2. planters.3. merchants and

manufacturers.4. free blacks.

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Slave codes prevented slaves from doing all of the following EXCEPT

25% 25%25%25%1. gathering in large groups.

2. owning weapons.3. practicing religion.4. learning to read

and write.

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Planters dominated the South because they

25% 25%25%25%1. were wealthy and often became political leaders.

2. made up the majority of white southerners.

3. worked in the cotton fields alongside their slaves.

4. manufactured most of the finished goods used in the South.

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The Missouri Compromise resulted in

25% 25%25%25%1. a ban on slavery in new territories.

2. the number of slave and free states staying equal.

3. popular sovereignty in Missouri.

4. a ban on slavery in Missouri.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act applied the principle of

25% 25%25%25%1. states’ rights.2. nullification.3. popular

sovereignty.4. universal suffrage.

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Dred Scott was

25% 25%25%25%1. a Border Ruffian.2. a slave who filed a

lawsuit for his freedom.

3. a Republican senator.

4. the leader of a slave revolt.

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Which of the following led the South to secede from the Union?

25% 25%25%25%1. election of Abraham Lincoln

2. Fugitive slave law of 1850

3. Dred Scott decision

4. Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The best-known black abolitionist was

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1. William Lloyd Garrison.2. Frederick Douglass.3. Angelina Grimke.4. John Russwurm.

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Robert E. Lee surrendered because

25% 25%25%25%1. his troops were trapped by General Grant’s army.

2. he realized that the South had been wrong to secede.

3. Lincoln visited him and asked him to stop fighting.

4. he was seriously wounded.

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The main result of the Confederate army’s attack on Fort Sumter was

25% 25%25%25%1. the start of the Civil War.2. another compromise

between the North and the South.

3. the Dred Scott decision.4. the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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The Emancipation Proclamation said that

25% 25%25%25%1. all slaves in the Union and

the Confederacy were freed immediately.

2. slaves in states loyal to the Union were freed.

3. slaves in states still in rebellion were free.

4. northern blacks could enlist in the Union Army.

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The turning point in the Civil War came at the battle of

25% 25%25%25%1. the Wilderness2. Antietam.3. Gettysburg.4. Appomattox

Courthouse.

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In the Gettysburg address, Lincoln once again said that his main goal was

25% 25%25%25%1. to preserve the Union.2. punishment of the

Confederacy.3. the end of slavery.4. less reliance on

Europe.

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The Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered in the Virginia town of

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1. Appomattox Courthouse.2. Richmond.3. Petersburg.4. Spotsylvania.

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Slavery in the United States was officially banned by the

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1. 13th Amendment2. 14th Amendment3. 15th Amendment4. Civil Rights Act

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The Fourteenth Amendment stated that

25% 25%25%25%1. slavery was banned

throughout the United States.

2. all persons born in the United States were citizens.

3. all black men had the right to vote.

4. the South should be divided into five military districts.

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Which of the following groups did NOT take an active role in Reconstruction governments in the South?

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1. scalawags 2. blacks 3. carpetbaggers 4. Confederate leaders

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