John Midterm Exam
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| Who were the first Europeans to "discover" and colonize areas of North America? | show 🗑
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| Bartolomé de Las Casas spoke out against: | show 🗑
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| show | Global transfer of plants, animals, and disease as a result of Europeans landing in the Americas
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| show | True
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| show | The new foods improved the health of Europeans and sparked rapid population growth
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| The first Europeans to sail around Africa and on to India were the: | show 🗑
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| The introduction of horses to Plains tribes: | show 🗑
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| True or False: Cortés enlisted the aid of surrounding populations to help overthrow the Aztecs? | show 🗑
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| The city of Tenochtitlán was the capital city of which of the following peoples? | show 🗑
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| show | It was the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States
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| show | mostly single, unskilled Spanish men who, as soldiers, conquered and then settled and ruled the lands of Spanish America
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| The competition between Catholic Spain and other European countries, such as England, the Netherlands, and even France, was partly driven by which of the following events of the 1500s? | show 🗑
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| The primary objective of the hundreds of priests in New Spain was to: | show 🗑
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| show | It meant the native Indians were effectively enslaved as forced laborers for wealthy Spaniards
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| In 1565, the first permanent European town was established in the current-day United States at: | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| Recent archaeological evidence suggests that prehistoric human migrations from Asia to the Americas: | show 🗑
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| Elaborate earthen burial mounds, sometimes topped with thatch-roofed temples, were a distinctive characteristic of early cultures in this region of the Americas: | show 🗑
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| show | the offspring of Spanish and Native American parents
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| show | England
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| What does the term "chattel" refer to? | show 🗑
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| show | The Puritans moved Native Americans to "praying towns"
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| How did the Jamestown colony survive? | show 🗑
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| How did the English conquer New Netherland? | show 🗑
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| Where in the Western Hemisphere did most African American slaves arrive? | show 🗑
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| show | Chesapeake
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| True or False: Because of its harsh winters, New England was generally the least healthy place to live in the Americas | show 🗑
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| What statement accurately describes the English Puritans? | show 🗑
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| The stockholders who invested in the Virginia company were motivated primarily by what factor? | show 🗑
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| What was the key feature of the Quaker belief system? | show 🗑
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| show | Squanto
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| After unloading human cargo in the Americas, which of the following did slave ships carry in large amounts for the return voyage? | show 🗑
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| What produced a civil war in England in the 1640s? | show 🗑
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| show | the league consisted of clans led by women and guided by a constitution
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| Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for which of the following groups? | show 🗑
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| show | Sugar
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| How did Jamestown finally attain a measure of prosperity? | show 🗑
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| show | the ship headed across the Atlantic bound for the Virginia colony
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| Why did division arise within the Anglican Church under James I? | show 🗑
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| True or False: As a result of their forced conversion to Christianity, enslaved Africans emphasized themes of deliverance found within Christianity | show 🗑
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| Which immigrant group settled primarily in the backcountry because of the lure of cheap land? | show 🗑
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| show | Germany
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| show | True
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| Where did the first enslaved Africans land in North America in 1539? | show 🗑
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| show | they allowed them to remain in their villages
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| show | True
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| show | Pennsylvania
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| show | False
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| What was the outcome of the 1712 "Negro plot" in NYC? | show 🗑
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| show | some of the accused were executed
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| show | churches
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| what made the Conspiracy of 1741 unique among slave uprising plots? | show 🗑
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| True or False: initially, in the early 17th century, many of the first slaves were treated like indentured servants and earned their freedom: | show 🗑
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| Describe the triangular trade: | show 🗑
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| show | New York
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| show | patroonship
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| True or False: New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood: | show 🗑
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| show | to have them help establish a European settlement
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| show | tobacco
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| Which of the following groups of people dominated educational opportunities in the colonies? | show 🗑
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| True or False: the publishing of the pamphlet "Common Sense" created a sense of caution among the colonists, urging them to support the British monarchy for fear of punishment | show 🗑
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| show | it required revenue stamps on legal documents
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| show | they organized protests, wrote pamphlets, and convinced colonial assemblies to pass resolutions advocating boycotts
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| Who was among the most radical of the American rebels and organized the Committee of Correspondence? | show 🗑
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| King James II established the Dominion of New England in 1685 in order to: | show 🗑
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| The French & Indian War was triggered by: | show 🗑
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| John Locke's contract theory of government argued that: | show 🗑
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| show | a devastating ambush and defeat for the British
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| What happened in the Boston Tea Party? | show 🗑
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| What describes the Paxton Boys in Pennsylvaina? | show 🗑
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| show | Pontiac's Rebellion
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| True or False: George Washington's bungled expedition and surrender at Fort Necessity gave France control of the Ohio Country and helped trigger a world war: | show 🗑
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| show | a disaster for a young George Washington, who was forced to surrender
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| show | it gave French explorers access to the Mississippi watershed and the vast heartland of the continent and its fur trade
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| What occurred at the Battle of Bunker Hill? | show 🗑
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| show | few patriots were ready for independence; most still wanted to remain loyal British subjects
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| show | true
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| As royal governor of the Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| What accurately describes the Navigation Act of 1651? | show 🗑
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| True or False: though rare, there were examples of women participating in the Revolution as ordinary soldiers in the Continental Army: | show 🗑
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| True or False: the Articles of Confederation left many powers to the states: | show 🗑
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| What accurately describes a challenge faced by Washington in creating an effective army? | show 🗑
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| show | it bolstered American morale
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| In late December 1776, George Washington was able to reverse American fortunes by: | show 🗑
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| show | by providing land grants and cash bonuses to soldiers
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| show | Battle of Yorktown
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| show | to train American soldiers how to march, shoot, and attack in formation
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| show | retire from his post as commander in chief of the army and return to his home at Mount Vernon
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| Most of the state constitutions adopted during the Revolution: | show 🗑
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| show | was basically rejected, included by her husband John Adams
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| show | the American army was fortunate to make a narrow escape overnight
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| Which general surrendered his army of over 5,800 troops at the Battle of Saratoga, creating a catastrophic defeat for the British? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| what was the importance of the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom? | show 🗑
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| Immediately after the end of the Revolution, the most important and popular public ritual in the US became: | show 🗑
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| show | states would have a republican form of government with limited powers to protect the rights of the people
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| On the western frontier, the Mohawks, Shawnees & Delawares convinced the Cherokees to | show 🗑
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| Although it was drafted in July 1776 and used during the war, the nation's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was not ratified until 1781; what explains the main reason for the delay? | show 🗑
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| What was a result of the Battle of Saratoga? | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay
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| show | high protective tariffs
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| show | it prevents Congress from establishing an official religion
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| The Sedition Act prohibited | show 🗑
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| What is true of Madison's Virginia Plan? | show 🗑
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| show | States were asked to "voluntarily" contribute to Congress' budget but rarely did or sent little
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, western lands would be: | show 🗑
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| What was a promise of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? | show 🗑
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| Who was an anti-Federalist? | show 🗑
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| show | New York City
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| The Convention, which assembled in May 1787, was supposed to: | show 🗑
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| The Bill of Rights was written to: | show 🗑
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| show | it expressed neutrality, warning Americans not to aid either side
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| show | a shortage of gold and silver coins
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| show | national unity
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| show | veto acts of Congress
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| show | farmers
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| The "Federalist Papers" argued that | show 🗑
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| show | He cemented Federalism within the judiciary
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| Shays' Rebellion broke out in | show 🗑
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| show | a tone of republican simplicity and conciliation
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| show | Henry Clay
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| Why was the Battle of New Orleans significant even though the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed? | show 🗑
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| show | British warships stopped American merchant ships and forced sailors into the British navy
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| show | a small but capable navy
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| Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to map out and explore well beyond the MS river; they eventually: | show 🗑
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| show | Andrew Jackson won a decisive victory over the Red Stick Creeks
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| Why did Thomas Jefferson decide to purchase Louisiana despite his constitutional concerns? | show 🗑
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| Who served as Thomas Jefferson's secretary of the Treasury and earned the respect of both Republicans and Federalists with his financial skills? | show 🗑
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| The Louisiana Purchase was made possible by: | show 🗑
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| show | John Marshall
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| Which of the following did the US feel could be done with only slight pressure? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| In the case of Marbury vs. Madison, the Supreme Court decided that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was | show 🗑
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| True or False: the congressional vote to declare war for the War of 1812 was the closest in America's history of warfare | show 🗑
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| True or False: Marbury vs. Madison was sparked by Jefferson's attempts to repeal the judgeships initiated by Adams' last-minute appointments | show 🗑
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| show | learned the value of some Federalist policies
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| How did Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807 impact the American economy? | show 🗑
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| show | capture Florida from the Spanish and British
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| What is true of teh Leopard's attack on the Chesapeake? | show 🗑
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