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48 Cards in this Set
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Look at the source and decide if it is a Primary Source or a Secondary Source.
Choose 1,2,3 for Primary Choose 4,5 for Secondary |
(3) Notes taken by George Washington taken during meetings.
(5) A book about the civil war written in 2010 (2) A personal diary (1) A Newspaper (4) Your textbook |
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Which of the following is true of Spain’s explorations of the New World?
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Florida was the first region in the present-day United States that Spain colonized.
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The first French explorations of the New World:
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were intended to locate the Northwest Passage.
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As colonization began, the European idea of freedom:
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included the idea of abandoning sin to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?
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Negotiating treaties
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In 1492, the Native American population:
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lived mostly in Central and South America.
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Why did King Henry VII break from the Catholic Church?
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He did not break with the church; his son and successor Henry VIII did.
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Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:
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was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691.
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How did most Puritans view the separation of church and state?
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They allowed church and state to be interconnected by requiring each town to establish a church and levy a tax to support the minister.
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Puritans relied on and deeply valued education.
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True
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How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony’s development?
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It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another’s passage.
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In the 1640's, leaders of the House of Commons:
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accused the king of imposing taxes without parliamentary consent.
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Great Britain sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?
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Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles
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William Penn obtained the land for his Pennsylvania colony because:
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the king wanted to cancel his debt to the Penn family and bolster the English presence in North America.
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What was the Covenant Chain?
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an alliance made by the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy
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The economy of the Carolina colony:
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originally centered on cattle-raising and trade.
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Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest?
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South Carolina rice planters
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Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?
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They controlled colonial government.
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Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that “all men are created equal” did not radically alter society.
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False
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Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?
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20 to 25 percent
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Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?
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Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.
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According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic?
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equality
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The property qualification for voting was hotly debated during the 1770's and 1780's.
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True
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As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:
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upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches.
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The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:
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it would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority.
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Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?
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They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly.
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Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer described America as a melting pot of Europeans.
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True
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The Constitution is a lengthy, wordy document that outlines the structure of government in great detail.
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False
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As designed by the Constitution:
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federal judges were appointed by the president, not elected by the people.
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Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:
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should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so.
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Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade’s effect in West Africa?
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It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa, whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.
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Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?
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The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.
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Recent scholarship has suggested that Olaudah Equiano may have been born in the New World rather than Africa.
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True
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“Republicanism” in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of ____________ as the essence of liberty.
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active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
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The American Philosophical Society in its modest beginnings was called:
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the Junto.
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The language of British liberty:
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was used by humble members of society as well as by the elite.
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The Sedition Act targeted:
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the Republican press.
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Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?
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Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism.
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Gabriel’s Rebellion:
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demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.
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The Battle of Washington, D.C., valiantly fought by the Americans, was a much needed victory.
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False
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Which of the following is true of women and political life in the new republic of the 1790's?
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Some women contributed to a growing democratization of political life by arguing for increased rights for their sex.
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Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?
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It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field.
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British possessions in the West Indies:
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remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution because their leaders feared slave uprisings.
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Samuel Adams defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in a court of law.
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False
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The French played a significant role in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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True
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The Quebec Act:
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granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.
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What armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina’s county officials, was defeated by the colony’s militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?
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the Regulators
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The Treaty of Paris was negotiated within six months after Cornwallis’s surrender.
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False
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