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READING SKILL BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE ON YOUR TEST YOU WILL FIND 3 TYPES OF QUESTIONS

Question #1 What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

Question #2 How do historians deal with historical bias?

Question #3 How were European countries able to send explorers on long voyages to find possible trade routes?

Question #4 Describe the land of the New England colonies.

Question #5 Describe representative government.

Question #6 Give two examples of representative governments in the English Colonies.

Question #7 What was the MAIN reason for the French and Indian War?

Question #8 Why did the British establish the Proclamation of 1763?

Question #9 Why did Britain pass a series of tax laws in the English Colonies after the French and Indian War?

Question #10 Explain the phrase, “no taxation without representation”.

Question #11 Give a couple examples of how the British punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.

Question #12 List advantages AND disadvantages of the Patriots entering the Revolutionary War.

Question #13 What was the purpose of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense?

Question #14 According to the Declaration of Independence, Americans felt they were being denied their N _ _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _.

Question #15 Which battle prompted the French to aid the American cause during the Revolutionary War?

Question #16 Which European nations helped the American cause during the American Revolution?

Question #17 What was the MAIN weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Question #18 Describe how states would be represented in the U.S. Constitution according to the Great Compromise.

Question #19 Why did Antifederalists want a bill of rights added to the U.S. Constitution?

Question #20 What purpose does the Preamble serve in the Constitution?

Question #21 Explain the idea of federalism in the U.S. Constitution.

Question #22 Why was the amendment process included in the U.S. Constitution?

Question #23 List the freedoms of Americans protected under the First and Second Amendments

Question #24 What does President George Washington say about foreign policy in his Farewell Address?

Question #25 Give a few examples of how President Washington strengthened the federal government.

Question #26 Identify why Alexander Hamilton wanted to establish a national bank.

Question #27 Describe Hamilton’s view on the power of the federal government.

Question #28 What is the MAIN reason for the formation of the first two political parties in America in the 1790’s?

Question #29 Describe how Republicans responded to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Question #30 Give a few examples of Thomas Jefferson’s democratic style demonstrated during his time as President.

Question #31 What power did the Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?

Question #32 Why was the Louisiana Purchase from France significant?

Question #33 What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Question #34 Describe a few results from the War of 1812.

Question #35 What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on where Americans lived in the 1800’s?

Question #36 Why did President James Monroe issue the Monroe Doctrine?

Question #37 Identify a few examples of how roads were improved during the early 1800’s.

Question #38 Since no candidate won a majority in the Presidential Election of 1824, how was the winner determined?

Question #39 Describe the principle of “Jacksonian Democracy”.

Question #40 What type of people would have supported Andrew Jackson?

Question #41 Describe how the spoils system worked.

Question #42 Describe Andrew Jackson’s feelings towards the Bank of the United States.

Question #43 What was the purpose of a protective tariff?

Question #44 What caused South Carolina to pass the Nullification Act?

Question #45 Identify examples of why the Oregon territory appealed to settlers.

Question #46 What caused Americans living in Texas to go to war with Mexico?

Question #47 What did the Texans’ defeat at the Alamo encourage?

Question #48 Describe a few challenges of the Lone Star Republic.

Question #49 Explain the idea of the Manifest Destiny.

Question #50 Identify a few results of the Mexican War.

Question #51 Why did the Mormons move to Utah?

Question #52 What effect did the discovery of gold in California in 1849 have on westward expansion?

Question #53 As industry in the U.S. grew during the early 1800s, what role did immigrants play in the economy?

Question #54 How did the Cotton Gin change life in the South?

Question #55 Explain the connection between Cotton & Slavery; and why they expanded in the South and not the North.

Question #56 What was the purpose of the “Slave Codes”?

Question #57 How did African Americans resist and fight back against slavery?

Question #58 Identify 3 of the major areas of reform in the mid- 1800s.

Question #59 Who was Frederick Douglass?

Question #60 Why is Harriet Tubman significant to the abolitionist movement?

Question #61 Who was SOJOURNER TRUTH?

Question #62 What were the goals the 200 women & 40 men of the Seneca Falls Convention hoped to achieve?

Question #63 Some people wanted the slavery issue to be decided in the new territories by “Popular Sovereignty”, which would mean what? People decide

Question #64 What was the primary goal of the Free Soil Party? No slavery

Question #65 What were the details of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

Question #66 What popular book was written in response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

Question #67 Why did Kansas get the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”?

Question #68 What decision did the Supreme Court reach in the Dred Scott case AND how did this decision impact Congress’s ability to decide the slavery issue out West?

Question #69 In his “House Divided” speech, what does Abe Lincoln suggest?

Question #70 How was the new Republican Party similar to the Free Soil Party? No slavery

Question #71 What series of debates helped make Abe Lincoln known all across the United States?

Question #72 Refer to the Election of 1860 map. What do the four candidates in the election tell us about the state of the Union?

Question #73 In his first inaugural address, Abe Lincoln makes his primary goal as president clear – what is it?

Question #74 Abe Lincoln argued that individual states could not leave the Union because the country was united from the start … W _ the P _ _ _ _ _ and not “we the states”.

Question #75 The dispute over slavery resulted in the formation of the C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; the creation of new P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ parties; and violence in the U.S. S _ _ _ _ _.

Question #76 Which occurs first: Abe Lincoln’s election OR Civil War? THEN… 1 2

Question #77 Identify CONFEDERATE Strengths AND Weakness during the Civil War.

Question #78 Identify UNION Strengths AND Weaknesses during the Civil War.

Question #79 How did the Civil War benefit the Northern economy?

Question #80 Why was the Union victory at Vicksburg so important? Captures the Miss. River

Question #81 What do many historians consider the turning point for the Union of the Civil War?

Question #82 What is Ulysses S. Grant’s plan to end the Civil War?