World History Review

Finial Exam

England’s first successful American colonies were established by

Private Companies

A mercantilist would generally oppose

Imports from foreign nations or colonies

Before Europeans arrived, Native American Agriculture was

Highly adapted to particular ecological niches

Central to the sense of British identity in the 18th century was

the concept of liberty

In VA, the headright system quickly led to

plantation agriculture

The spread of European technology among Native Americans often led to

improved material culture and dependence on Europeans

During the 17th century, Maryland and Virginia

Were dominated by small aristocracies

Which is NOT a change that took place between 1500 and 1600?

New Technology was developed that made colonization safe and easy

Puritans New England emphasized

community stability

Between 1605

Between 1650 and 1750

material culture in England’s colonies became more English

The most striking thing about Native American society was

its diversity

By establishing proprietary colonies in America, Charles 2 hoped to

Expand control over new parts of America and ensure those colonies were loyal to the king

For Native Americans, the Columbian Exchange led to

Both good and bad changes to their culture

Newly independent American states departed dramatically from British practice by:

Allowing all white men to vote, allowing all men to vote, allowing unmarried women to vote, none of the above

None

The adoption of slavery required

an economic incentive to have slaves

Someone it seemed appropriate to enslave

The Common sense Thomas Paine called for

an independent American republic

Between 1763 and 1774, Americans showed their anger at Parliament through all of the following except:

Riots, trade boycotts, armed resistance, political pamphlets

Armed resistance

During the 1760’s most American colonists believed that political power in empire

should be divided between Parliament and local assemblies

George Washington’s significance during the War for Independence lay in

his ability to keep his army intact

Which of the following was the result of the Great Awakening

The spread of several new churches

Between 1763 and 1773 American colonists demanded

that Parliament repeal certain illegal taxes

New England Puritans established a society marked by

hierarchy

The Columbian Exchange involved the transfer of

Agricultural products, technology, germs

During the colonial era, the New England economy was dominated by

Fishing and shipping

A mercantilist would generally oppose

imports from foreign nations or their colonies

The right to vote in Anglo-America was often linked to

property ownership

The Battle of Saratoga was important because

It convinced the French government to support the colonies

The Intolerable Acts were intolerable because

They seemed to threaten a number of basic British liberties in the colonies

During the first decades of settlement, colonists in VA were overwhelmingly

Indentured servants

Between 1763 and 1773, Americans and Britons at home argued mainly over

Taxation and representation

Most Native Americans in what in now the US originally lived in

small villages

Compared to colonists in Massachusetts, colonists in early VA were more likely to

Die young

Mercantilism was

an economic theory that sought to promote national power

In America, the Restoration brought

English efforts to tighten control over colonial governments

Between 1650 and 1750, British colonies in America Grew

more stratified economically, more diverse ethnically, more diverse religiously

Prior to European contact, Native Americans

Often traded with or fought with other tribes

In English America, slavery developed

Gradually as it become economically desirable

During the second stage of American opposition to British control (1774-75), Americans

Questioned Parliament’s authority over them

Colonies established during the reigns of Charles II and James II were often

Proprietary

In America, the Glorious Revolution did not

reduce the power of the colonial governors, reduced the power of the colonial assemblies, reduced the power of the colonial judges

17th century VA and MA differed in all of the following except:

Their economic systems, their religious systems, their relations with Native Americans, their family structure

their relations with Native Americans

Following the American Revolution, women in the US

often gained more respect as “Republican Mothers”

Between the middle of 1774 and the middle of 1775, Americans

Ignored their colonial governments and established parallel, illegal governments

Between 1690 and 1750, most colonial governors steadily lost power because

they had no independent revenue and could not resist demands from the assembly

Which of the following was not an important factor in helping Americans win their independence?

The refusal of British troops to adopt guerrilla tactics

Early English settlers in New England often disagreed about

How to interpret the Bible

Under the headright system, many poor men and woman

became plantation workers

The American Revolution was

A struggle for national independence, part of a global battle among European empires and Native nations, a conflict over what sort of nation an independent American should be

The New Constitution

said almost nothing about American citizenship

Thomas Jefferson objected to the creation of a national bank because

he objected to the use of implied powers to create it

The emergence of political parties in the United States

was a surprising and disruptive element in the new nation

Members of the Constitutional Convention agreed that the central government

Should have more power

Should operate directly on the people

Issues that divided Americans into political parties between 1788 and 1800

funding and assumption, he Alien & Sedition Acts, support for the French Revolution

The concept of federalism explains

he division of power between state and national governments

The War of 1812 led to

he collapse of the Federalist Party

According to Federalist 10, Americans’ liberty was secure because

America was too big for any one group to agree on ways to restrict American liberty

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton often disagreed about

The United States’ economic development

The most important accomplishment under the Articles of Confederation was

establishing rules for settling the American West

Americans’ experience in the British empire initially made many Americans

Trust state government more than central government

When opponents of the Constitution talked about consolidation they meant

central government abolishing the states

Most Anti-Federalists believed that a strong Congress

could endanger citizens’ liberty

Alexander Hamilton wanted to make the United States

a commercial and economic power like Britain

The Alien and Sedition Acts were

a Federalist effort to silence their political opponents

According to Frederick Douglass, slaves’ songs

Were a testimony against slavery

Under Andrew Jackson the United States tried to

force Native Americans into Indian territory

Between 1800 and 1860, Southerners rarely invested in factories because

they could make more money investing in slaves and cotton

According to Federalist 51, which of the following would protect Americans against a tyrannical central government?

the separation of powers

Between 1800 and 1820 many Democratic-Republicans came to support a stronger national government because

the Democratic-Republicans controlled the national government

The us of interchangeable parts led to

a shift to unskilled labor in manufacturing

To most white southerners, free Blacks were

A dangerous threat to southern safety

Members of the Constitutional Convention wanted to

make the states subordinate to the central government

when Missouri applied for statehood, it triggered a debate over

slavery in the Louisiana territory

Members of the Hartford Convention wanted to amend the Constitution

The reduce the power of southern slave-holders

According to Frederick Douglass, his time in Baltimore was

A time of much greater freedom than he enjoyed on the plantation

Thomas Jefferson’s economic plan for the United States focused on

westward expansion, independent farmers, and free trade

Perhaps the greatest problem facing the government under the Articles of Confederation was

the government’s lack of revenue

President Andrew Jackson’s greatest problem with the South came over

Tariffs

As Chief Justice, John Marshall stood for

Judicial nationalism

The name “King Andrew” referred to

Andrew Jackson’s tendency to govern as he though best

Enslaved workers

were found throughout the southern economy

In response to the Sedition Act,

VA and Kentucky declared states could block unconstitutional laws

The Bill of Rights emerged out of

Anti-federalists’ concern that the national government was too strong

Before the Civil War, Irish immigrants to the US were not

in search for religious freedom, welcomed because of their skills as farmers, or welcomed because of their work experience

the Market Revolution was sparked by

Innovations in transportation and communication

Among slaves in the Antebellum South

marriage and family were very important

Free Blacks in the antebellum North had which advantage over free Blacks in the South?

they could establish independent black churches

During the 1790s, followers of Alexander Hamilton

a. favored levying tariffs in order to help American industry

in the United States the most common form of slave resistance was

b. doing poor work and disrupting the plantation routin

In Federalist 39, James Madison argued that

the Constitution created a government that was partly national and partly federal

When Missouri applied for statehood,

many southerners thought that banning slavery in Missouri would reduce their political power

The Cult of Domesticity led to

c. an emphasis on women’s role as homemakers

When opponents of the Constitution talked about consolidation they meant

central government abolishing the states

. Between 1820 and 1850, the construction of canals

reoriented the American economy toward New York

Emergence of the market economy often led to

a higher standard of material living
b. the perception of greater social ills
c. a change in the roles of women

supporters of nullification believed

c. individual states could prevent the enforcement within their borders of any act of Congress

Antebellum slaves rarely rebelled because

a. their chances of success were so very small

Between 1790 and 1830, many American states lowered

c. economic restrictions on voting

The Nullification Crisis involved

c. a state challenging the national government