1. Question 1
Indentured laborers are not voluntary immigrants in the ordinary sense, led by spontaneous desire of bettering their conditions; they are not slaves, seized for violence, brought over in fetters, and working under the lash. They have been raised, not without effort, like recruits for the military service.
Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements is most accurate? (pg 111, DT)
Indentured servants differed from slaves because they volunteered to work on farms to pay off their debts.

2. Question 2
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...”
- Declaration of Independence

3. Question 2
Thomas Jefferson’s writing above was heavily influenced by a 17th century natural rights philosopher. Jefferson agreed with the philosopher who said all people have “the right to life, liberty, and property?” Who was the philosopher? (pg 122, DT)
John Locke

4. Question 3
The King of England believed he had a right to control the colonists after the French and Indian War. Which of the following statements best supports the King’s reasoning? (pg 146, DT)
He provided troops to protect the colonies.

5. Question 4
Which monarch was the ruler of England during the American Revolution? (pg 172, DT)
George III

6. Question 5
After colonists declared their independence from Great Britain, many Americans distrusted a strong central government. This distrust is best shown by the (pg 206, DT)
plan of government set up by the Articles of Confederation.

7. Question 6
Which branch of the U. S. government is responsible for making laws? (pg 213, DT)
legislative

8. Question 7
Which of the following politicians did not contribute to The Federalist Papers?
(pg 218, DT)
Thomas Jefferson

9. Question 8
The first ten Amendments to the US. Constitution are known by which name? (pg 221, DT)
 Bill of Rights

10. Question 9
What is the main purpose of the Bill of Rights? (pg 221, DT)
to guarantee the protection of individual freedoms

11. Question 10
“The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining peace and war...”
- Articles of Confederation, 1778

12. Question 10
Which of the following has the authority to declare war in the United States? (pg 232, DT)
federal government

13. Question 11
Which of the following responsibilities is not an enumerated, or delegated, power of the Congress? (pg , DT)
to establish police departments

14. Question 12
Which document serves as the supreme law of the United States? (pg 238, DT)
US Constitution

15. Question 13
Which of the following is a check and balance power the President has over Congress?
(pg 257, DT)
the power to approve or veto all bills created by Congress

16. Question 14
Which process identifies how a person can become a US Supreme Court justice?
(pg 263, DT)
appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate

17. Question 15
Which of the following is not associated with tariffs? (pg 286, DT)
the amount charged to obtain a passport

19. Question 16
President Thomas Jefferson achieved which of the following goals for his administration by purchasing the Louisiana Territory? (pg 315, DT)
expanding the country westward toward the Pacific Ocean

20. Question 17
President Jefferson tasked Lewis and Clark with exploring the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. One of their main objectives was to determine (pg 317, DT)
whether the Pacific Ocean could be reached through water routes

21. Question 18
In 1823, President James Monroe created a doctrine, or plan, to prevent which of the following actions? (pg 347, DT)
European involvement in regional affairs

22. Question 19

23. Question 19
Based on the information from this map, what is the best explanation for why this journey was called the “Trail of Tears”?
(pg 358, DT)
Native Americans were forced from their ancestral homelands to western territories.

24. Question 20
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the slave economy in the United States during the first quarter of the nineteenth century? (pg 396, DT)
invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin

25. Question 21
In July 1848, hundreds of reformers gathered in Seneca Falls, N.Y., to organize and to act in support of women’s rights. Participants included Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Frederick Douglass. They signed a Declaration of Sentiments that stated, in part, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal...”

26. Question 21
The Declaration of Sentiments illustrates the lasting impact of which document?
(pg 428, TBQ, DT)
Declaration of Independence

27. Question 22
The main goal of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) was (pg 428,DT)
to obtain equal rights for women.

28. Question 23
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico agreed to surrender nearly all of its territory north of the Rio Grande River in exchange for $15 million. In addition to creating New Mexico, Arizona, and California, the United States protected and secured which highly contested territory? (pg 458, DT)
Nevada

29. Question 24

30. Question 24
Based on the information in the cartoon, what can be inferred about the upcoming vote in Kansas? (pg 490, DT)
The decision as to the slave/free status of Kansas will be controversial.

31. Question 25
Which of the following choices lists the order of events leading to the end of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg,
General Sherman enters Atlanta,
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox, President Lincoln is assassinated in Washington D.C.

32. Question 26
Which of the following lists the events in chronological order?
1. Reconstruction (pg 546)
2. Emancipation Proclamation (pg 525)
3. South Carolina secedes (pg 500)
4. General Lee surrenders at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia (pg 537)
3, 2, 4, 1

33. Question 27

34. Question 27
Which statement best summarizes the events of the Reconstruction Era? (TBQ, DT)
With the end of the Civil War, African Americans gained some rights
but eventually lost many of them.

35. Question 28
What events on the timeline show the growing presence of segregation in the South? (TBQ, DT)
the passage of Jim Crow laws and Plessy v. Ferguson

36. Question 29

37. Question 29
Which of the following choices would be the best title for the graphic? (TDQ, DT)
How a Bill Becomes a Law

38. Question 30

39. Question 30
Between 1851 and 1860, which of the following countries had the fewest total immigrants entering the United States? (TDQ, DT)
How a Bill Becomes a Law