Introduction to American History Review Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to American History offers a comprehensive overview of the key events, people, and movements that have shaped the United States from its earliest beginnings to the present day. The course examines major historical periods including colonization, the American Revolution, the development of the Constitution, westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, the World Wars, the Civil Rights Movement, and contemporary America. Emphasis is placed on understanding the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influenced the course of American history, as well as the diversity of experiences among different groups within the nation. Through reading, discussion, and analysis of primary and secondary sources, students will develop critical thinking skills and a deeper appreciation for the complexities of Americas past.
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Revel for Learning U.S. History Semester 1 1st Edition by H. W. Brands
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Chapter 1: Old Worlds and New
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 1.1,which of the following is considered to be the lifeline of civilizations?
A) roads
B) rivers
C) mountains
D) glaciers
Answer: B
Q2) The "Mound Builders" belonged to which Indian culture?
A) Plains
B) Pueblo
C) Chinook
D) Eastern Woodland
Answer: D
Q3) The Zuñi people belong to which Indian culture?
A) Pueblo
B) Iroquois
C) Cherokee
D) Mohawk
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Exploration and Conquest
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Q1) According to the video in the introduction,European expansion in the fifteenth century was motivated by a desire to find a route to the __________.
A) Caribbean
B) South Pacific
C) Americas
D) Indies
Answer: D
Q2) According to the Arguing History video in section 2.5,the European conquest of the Americas was driven by __________.
A) a fear of diseases
B) a combination of motives
C) supernatural forces
D) technological change
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) Religion played a central role in the founding of which colony?
A) Pennsylvania
B) New York
C) Virginia
D) Carolina
Answer: A
Q2) What accounts for the success of the English in colonizing the eastern seaboard of North America?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a.Disease had already decimated most of the Indian population before the English colonists arrived.
b.The Indians did not initially resist; in fact,many welcomed and helped the English colonists.
c.As the English colonies expanded,Indian resistance was weakened by inter-tribal rivalries.
d.King Philip's War failed because some Indian tribes allied with the English.
e.Land speculators were able to acquire tribal land by persuading the chief to sign a treaty.
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) In the Salem witch trials,most of those who were accused of witchcraft were
A) slaves
B) men
C) Indians
D) women
Q2) Which of the following was the main cash crop grown in the Chesapeake?
A) corn
B) wheat
C) coffee
D) tobacco
Q3) According to the video in the introduction,which of the following contributed to the breakdown of relations between Britain and the American colonies from 1689 to 1763?
A) racism
B) sexism
C) language
D) distance
Q4) Compare and contrast views on religion held by the following people: Cotton Mather,George Whitefield,Jonathan Edwards,and Benjamin Franklin.
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Chapter 5: Declaring Independence
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Q1) According to the video in the introduction,the American colonists became less dependent on Britain after the __________.
A) passage of the Declaratory Act
B) signing of the Magna Carta
C) French and Indian War
D) attack on Louisbourg
Q2) What did John Adams and Richard Henry Lee support?
A) reconciliation with Britain
B) American independence
C) women's suffrage
D) Indian land claims
Q3) How did the French and Indian War pave the way for the American Revolution?
Q4) Which of the following imposed taxes that most affected the daily lives of the American colonists?
A) Stamp Act
B) Navigation Acts
C) Magna Carta
D) Proclamation of 1763
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Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
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Q1) The painting shows George Washington leading his army in __________.
A) King Philip's War
B) the French and Indian War
C) the Whiskey Rebellion
D) the American Revolution
Q2) What do the Battle of Waxhaws and the Battle of Kings Mountain share in common?
A) Both highlight the ways in which the Revolutionary War became a civil war.
B) Former slaves who joined the British side played central roles in both battles.
C) The Patriots defeated the Loyalists in both battles.
D) The Loyalists defeated the Patriots in both battles.
Q3) Why did George Washington want a long war?
A) He wanted to give his soldiers more experience in the battlefield.
B) He hoped a war would break out in Europe to distract Britain.
C) The strategy of guerrilla warfare succeeded only in long wars.
D) He needed time to formulate a military strategy and battle plan.
Q4) What was George Washington's strategy in the American Revolutionary War? How effective was it?
Q5) In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
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Chapter 7: The Constitution
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Q1) On the question of what to do with the new land acquired after the American Revolutionary War,the New England states agreed to __________.
A) let the southern states keep their western territories
B) let the northern states keep their western territories
C) make the abolition of slavery a condition for statehood
D) allow slavery to spread into the Northwest territory
Q2) An amendment to the Articles of Confederation required approval from how many states?
A) one quarter
B) one half
C) three quarters
D) all
Q3) Under the Articles of Confederation,what could states do?
A) wage war and negotiate peace on behalf of the U.S. government
B) erect trade barriers to protect themselves from competition from other states
C) pass an amendment to the Articles without the consent of the other states
D) impose taxes on the Confederation Congress to support state governments
Q4) What do the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution reveal about changes in how the states saw their relationship with one another?
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) The idea of nullification was proposed in the __________.
A) Whiskey Rebellion
B) Alien Enemies Act
C) Sedition Act
D) Kentucky Resolution
Q2) The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions reflected the perspective of which group?
A) Republicans
B) Federalists
C) the majority party in Congress
D) the advisers to the president
Q3) Which of the following would have most likely supported the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Madison
D) George Washington
Q4) How did party politics shape American political life during the first two administrations?
Q5) Compare and contrast the goals and priorities of the Federalists and the Republicans.
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Chapter 9: Republicans Take Over
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Q1) The effectiveness of the Embargo Act was contingent on Britain and France being dependent on __________.
A) Spanish silver
B) American trade
C) slave labor
D) prison labor
Q2) What was the northern boundary of the Louisiana Territory?
A) Alaska
B) Canada
C) Colorado River
D) Ohio River
Q3) Evaluate Thomas Jefferson's presidency.What were his successes? What were his failures?
Q4) The Lewis and Clark expedition went across __________.
A) Oregon Country
B) Mexico
C) the Rio Grande River
D) the Great Salt Lake
Q5) To what extent was Thomas Jefferson a man of contradictions?
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Chapter 10: The Second War of Independence
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Q1) How did Indians deal with the encroachment of white settlers into Indian lands in the early nineteenth century?
Q2) The Past and Present video in section 10.6 highlights the role of __________ factors in decisions to go to war.
A) ecological
B) technological
C) physiological
D) psychological
Q3) Which crop grew well in the soil of the southern regions east of the Mississippi River,in what is today Alabama and Mississippi?
A) sorghum
B) coffee
C) cotton
D) tea
Q4) Which of the following ended the War of 1812?
A) Battle of the Thames
B) Battle of Yorktown
C) Hartford Convention
D) Treaty of Ghent
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Chapter 11: Jacksonian Democracy
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Q1) In Worcestor v.Georgia,the Supreme Court ruled in favor of __________.
A) the state of Georgia
B) the president
C) Congress
D) the Cherokees
Q2) Which of the following made slavery more profitable?
A) spread of the slave trade
B) invention of the cotton gin
C) expansion of the franchise
D) relocation of Indians
Q3) According to the Past and Present video in section 11.6,who could vote in national elections in early nineteenth-century America?
A) adult white males
B) all white adults
C) American citizens
D) anyone born in the United States
Q4) Andrew Jackson is referred to as the People's President.To what extent did he live up to that name? To what extent did he fall short?
Q5) How democratic was Jacksonian Democracy? What were its limits?
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Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 12.5,who made the discovery that triggered the California gold rush?
A) James Marshall
B) John Sutter
C) Henry Clay
D) Winfield Scott
Q2) According to the Past and Present video in section 12.6,critics of the notion of American exceptionalism accuse Americans of __________.
A) having a double standard
B) holding themselves to a higher standard
C) adhering to an isolationist foreign policy
D) allowing other countries to choose their own path
Q3) The overland route from the American East to California involved crossing the A) Rocky Mountains
B) Rio Grande River
C) Nueces River
D) Atlantic Ocean
Q4) In what ways were the justifications for slavery and expansion similar?
Q5) How did the issue of slavery divide Americans between 1840 and 1850?
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Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis
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Q1) Before the Civil War,Abraham Lincoln believed that,for the time being,slavery should be __________.
A) allowed in new states
B) banned in existing states
C) allowed in the territories
D) banned in the territories
Q2) The principle of popular sovereignty informed which of the following?
A) Missouri Compromise
B) Compromise of 1850
C) Dred Scott case
D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
Q3) Who used the following quote to describe the situation in the United States in the late 1850s?: "A house divided against itself can not stand."
A) Stephen Douglas
B) Henry Clay
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Calhoun
Q4) How would opponents of slavery have responded to the Fugitive Slave Act,the Dred Scott case,and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Chapter 14: The Civil War
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Q1) Fighting at which of the following places started the Civil War?
A) Vicksburg
B) Bull Run
C) Antietam
D) Fort Sumter
Q2) Which state joined the Confederacy after Abraham Lincoln issued a call to arms?
A) Missouri
B) West Virginia
C) Tennessee
D) Maryland
Q3) What contributed to the victory of the Union over the Confederacy in the Civil War?
Q4) According to the introductory video in section 14.4,Abraham Lincoln drafted portions of the Emancipation Proclamation in the telegraph office of which department?
A) Commerce
B) Treasury
C) War
D) State
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) The Fifteenth Amendment increased the political influence of which group?
A) Southern white men
B) Southern white women
C) African American women
D) African American men
Q2) By the end of 1877,Southerners would consider all the former Confederate states to have been __________.
A) emancipated
B) redeemed
C) assassinated
D) compromised
Q3) According to the video in the introduction,the period from 1865 to 1877 is referred to as __________.
A) Redemption
B) Peace Policy
C) Reconstruction
D) The Birth of a Nation
Q4) Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln,Andrew Johnson,and Ulysses Grant.
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