DEUSH Period 1-5 Review

the statements expressed by Columbus in the excerpt above best support which future Spanish goal?

attempting to change indigenous people’s beliefs and worldviews

how did the introduction of infectious disease into North America impact African populations?

the need for laborers led to the development of slavery as a labor system in the New World

how did disease impact the American Indian population after contact with Europeans?

American Indian populations experienced a catastrophic decline due to the introduction of European disease

the mayflower compact suggests that religious culture among british north american colonists was influenced by

puritan self-government religious congregation

what facts in the article support the argument that the pilgrims were democratic?

the greater good of the people outweighed the individual

the Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents

a clear step toward self-government

an agreement between the people and their leaders in which the people agree to give up some liberties so that other liberties are protected is called

a social contract

the trends described by ryken most directly illustrate which of the following major historical developments in the colonies

their sense of priority of a god-centered life would establish a close knit homogenous society

the puritans who settled New England hopes to

create a model religious society based on biblical principles

which provision of the constitution best exemplifies hal’s argument in the excerpt?

three-fifths clause

compromise over slavery in the constitution most directly reflected

the influence geography had on the development of the Southern economy

which of the following best describes the role of britain’s more northern colonies in the global trade as illustrated in the map above?

they had an export economy based on food products and raw materials

which of the following is a 16th century idea that reflects the trade patterns in the map above?

columbian exchange

which of the following groups would be most in favor of the establishment of the bill of rights as a part of the u.s.?

anti-federalist/republicans

which of the following documents would be most closely associated with the formation of the bill of rights?

john locke’s two treatises of government

which of the following describes king george’s view of the colonists?

they always had planned to revolt

which of the following does king george hold primarily responsible for the American revolt?

the “tratorious views” of some colonial leaders

which of the following groups or individual would have been most likely to agree with king george?

loyalists

king george III addressed parliament declared that great britain would

not give independence to the colonies

the passage was written in response to

british efforts to tax the colonies

which of the following historical developments most directly precipitated the conditions leading to the argument in the passage above? 

the large british debt incurred from the seven years’ war

which group would most likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above?

patriots rebels in the 1780s and 1790s

the excerpts were written in response to the

british government’s attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies

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?

the relatively limited powers of the articles of confederation

which of the following did washington believe was very important for the united states to avoid

foreign alliances

the speech above best reflects which of the following continuities in united states history?

debates over the proper role of political parties

the kentucky and virginia resolutions were issued in recation to

passage of the alien and sedition acts

in the Kentucky and virginia resolutions, thomas jefferson and James Madison asserted that

the states, not the supreme court, were the final judges of the limits and legality of federal power

which individual or group among the following would be the strongest supporter of the kentucky resolution?

democratic-republicans

patrick henry’s statement of a british guard will be stationed in every house was a reference to the british practice of quartering that was detested by the colonials and was later outlawed in the

bill of rights

the speech is credited with having singlehandedly convinced the virginia house of burgesses to

pass a resolution delivering the virginia troops to the revolutionary war

based on the excerpt, which statement best explains how thomas paine influenced the declaration of independence?

by stressing that government is based on the consent of the governed, he reminded the delegates that they had a natural right to depose the king and establish their own nation

thomas paine’s 1776 pamphlet entitled common sense is based on enlightenment ideas. which of the following ideas is the primary basis for common sense?

people have the natural right to rule themselves because they are capable of using their powers of reason to understand their world

the tenor of common sense was to get the colonists to

challenge the authority of the british government and monarchy

the letter above was most likely written in response to

passage of the missourI compromise

the concerns expressed in the letter above can best be understood in the context of

debates over extension of slavery into the western territories

which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt?

changes in voting patterns and office holding that occurred during reconstruction

which of the following contributed most directly to the end of the reconstruction?

the warning commitment to reform in the north

the ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence of which of the following?

concepts of republican self-rule found in the declaration of independence

the process described in the passage above most directly led to political controversies in the 1840s and 1850s over the

expansion of slavery into the newly acquired territories

which of the following was a motivating factor behind manifest destiny?

a sense of American cultural superiority and exceptionalism

which of the following was a result of westward expansion depicted in the cartoon?

the diminished population of indigenous people living in california 

lincof felt the need to delay the issuance of the emancipation proclamation after a key military victory in part because

issuing the document while the war was going poorly would be viewed as an act of desperation by his critics

starting with the emancipation proclamation and progressing through the reconstruction period, constitutionally african americans were

granted freedom from slavery, citizenship and male voting rights

after the civil war and the passage above the 13th amendment in 1865, african americans in the south fell into an exploitive agricultural system known as

sharecropping

weyman wrote this poem in response to

legislation that provided for popular sovereignty in the territory of kansas

the actions described in both excerpts would provide outrage from which of the following groups

northern abolitionists

which future developments in regard to slavery would invalidate both provisions of the fugitive slave act and the kansas-nebraska act?

the requirement for all states to ratify the 13th and 14th amendements

after columbus arrival in the west indies, spanish religion and christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

justify the subjugation of american indians