Unit 2 Evaluation

Evaluation 2
American History 1
(SSTH 033 060)
This evaluation will cover the lessons in this unit. It is open book, meaning you can use your
textbook and other course materials. You will need to understand, analyze, and apply the
information you have learned in order to answer the questions correctly. To submit the evaluation by
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Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

_____ 1. Colonial American governments were based on the government of

a. France.
b. Great Britain.
c. Spain.
d. Portugal.

_____ 2. In which town were Patriots killed in the first battle of the American Revolution?

a. Concord
b. Lexington
c. Philadelphia
d. Boston

_____ 3. The Loyalists

a. decided to fight against the British.

b. opposed the French Revolution.
c. did not support the American movement for independence.
d. supported the republic that formed after the French Revolution.

_____ 4. In the American Revolution, one of the Patriots’ greatest strengths was

a. superior ships and artillery.

b. George Washington’s leadership.
c. superior troop numbers.
d. their skill in European-style warfare.

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_____ 5. How did the American Revolution affect relations between white settlers and Native
Americans?

a. Tensions between white settlers and Native Americans increased.

b. White settlers reached a peaceful truce with Native Americans.
c. Native Americans willingly gave up their land to Patriots.
d. The revolution had little effect on relations with Native Americans.

_____ 6. After Loyalist forces started losing battles in the South, how did neutral colonists react?

a. They formed their own militias.

b. They began supporting the Patriots.
c. They started to help the British.
d. They lost interest in the war.

_____ 7. During the American Revolution, who often assisted British forces on the frontier?

a. Loyalists
b. French forces
c. Native Americans
d. Irish forces

_____ 8. After the American Revolution, the practice of enslaving African Americans was

a. eliminated in the North.

b. restricted in the North and the South.
c. encouraged in the North.
d. abolished in the South.

_____ 9. Which event contributed to the defeat of British troops in the South?

a. The Patriots improved at waging conventional warfare.

b. British troops lost interest in the war.
c. The Patriots acquired better weapons than the British had.
d. The British did not support Loyalist militias adequately.

_____ 10. Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the members of Congress?

a. citizens
b. governors
c. state legislatures
d. the courts

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Part B: Matching
Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only.

a. Patrick Henry
b. Stamp Act
c. Declaration of Independence
d. Thomas Paine
e. Second Continental Congress

_____ 11. required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials

_____ 12. a young Virginian who claimed only colonial representatives could tax colonists

_____ 13. made George Washington the commander of the Continental Army

_____ 14. document saying people have natural rights a government cannot take away

_____ 15. philosopher whose views fueled the movement for independence

Part C: Matching
Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only.

a. William Howe
b. Battle of Trenton
c. Battle of Yorktown
d. Baron von Steuben
e. Battle of King’s Mountain

_____ 16. a British general who lost many troops at the battle of Bunker Hill

_____ 17. a German military leader who helped train Patriot forces

_____ 18. a battle George Washington won by crossing the Delaware

_____ 19. the last decisive battle of the Revolutionary War

_____ 20. a battle in South Carolina where a Patriot militia defeated a Loyalist militia

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Part D: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

_____ 21. Which act provided a government for the western lands?

a. the Jay Treaty of 1794

b. the Land Ordinance of 1785
c. the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
d. Macon’s Bill No. 2

_____ 22. Which plan was most like the Articles of Confederation?

a. the Virginia Plan

b. the Rhode Island Plan
c. the Connecticut Compromise
d. the New Jersey Plan

_____ 23. Slaveholding states gained more seats in Congress under the

a. Great Compromise.
b. Connecticut Compromise.
c. Three-Fifths Compromise.
d. Fourth Amendment.

_____ 24. Antifederalists criticized the Constitution as

a. concentrating too much power in the hands of a few.

b. granting too much power to the states.
c. weakening the national government by guaranteeing civil liberties.
d. containing too many checks and balances.

_____ 25. The Constitution made which concession to slavery?

a. Slavery was permitted in all parts of the Louisiana Purchase.

b. Slavery was permitted in the Northwest Territories.
c. Each slave was counted as a citizen when figuring representation.
d. Fugitive slaves had to be returned.

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Part E: Matching
Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only.

a. John Dickinson
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. republic
d. James Madison
e. electoral college

_____ 26. a group of people from different states who elect a president

_____ 27. a government in which people elect leaders

_____ 28. a supporter of a British model of government

_____ 29. author of the Virginia Plan

_____ 30. a leader of the Continental Congress

Part F: Matching
Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only.

a. federalism
b. separation of powers
c. Democratic Republican
d. Federalist
e. Antifederalist

_____ 31. a system in which branches of government have different responsibilities

_____ 32. a politician who represented commercial and industrial interests in the North

_____ 33. a politician who represented farmers and southerners

_____ 34. a politician who opposed the United States Constitution

_____ 35. a system in which power is shared between regional and national governments

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Part G: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

_____ 36. What was one part of Alexander Hamilton’s plan for the economy?

a. placing high tariffs on imported goods

b. using cash reserves to pay the national debt
c. stopping the sale of government bonds
d. giving more money to farmers

_____ 37. What led to the Whiskey Rebellion?

a. the tariffs on imported alcohol

b. the high price of corn
c. the tax on whiskey
d. protests against immigration

_____ 38. Why did the United States want to stay neutral in the war between Britain and France?

a. It was dependent on trade with the French West Indies.

b. It feared that a war would bankrupt the federal government.
c. Both Britain and France were neutral toward the United States.
d. The United States wanted a strong relationship with Spain.

_____ 39. Chief Justice John Marshall

a. claimed the power of judicial review.

b. believed that state laws overruled federal laws.
c. ruled against Madison in Marbury v. Madison.
d. opposed the idea of implied powers.

_____ 40. Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from which country?

a. Spain
b. France
c. Britain
d. Portugal

_____ 41. Which president warned against becoming entangled in foreign alliances?

a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Madison
d. John Adams

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_____ 42. American forces won the greatest victory of the War of 1812 two weeks after

a. the end of the French Revolution.

b. the British defeated Napoleon.
c. Spain intervened in the war.
d. the Treaty of Ghent established peace.

_____ 43. Who was the Shawnee chief that tried to unite Native Americans in armed resistance
against United States expansion in 1811?

a. Little Turtle
b. Metacom
c. Powhatan
d. Tecumseh

_____ 44. Which idea was consistent with Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs?

a. the Louisiana Purchase

b. a national bank
c. aid to northern manufacturing interests
d. a strict construction of the Constitution

_____ 45. Which issue encouraged the entry of the United States into the War of 1812?

a. Shays’ Rebellion
b. the X, Y, and Z Affair
c. the Alien and Sedition Laws
d. the impressment of American sailors

Part H: Map Exercise

Refer to the map on page 210 of your textbook. Assuming that loading American ships with French
goods was the first stage of reexport trade, identify the correct order of the rest of the stages.

a. second
b. third
c. fourth
d. fifth
e. sixth

_____ 46. Ships are redirected to the United States.

_____ 47. Ships are allowed to pass through the blockade to France.

_____ 48. French goods are unloaded in America.

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_____ 49. Goods are reloaded on another American ship.

_____ 50. Ships are blocked from crossing the Atlantic by British warships.

Carefully check your answers on this evaluation and make any corrections you feel are
necessary. When you are satisfied that you have answered the questions to the best of your
ability, transfer your answers to an answer sheet. Please refer to the information sheet that
came with your course materials.

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