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Post Assessment Review
Unit 2-
1- Complete the following matrix using information from Unit 2-
Nation | Geographic location colonized | How profits were made from colonies |
France | much of Canada and the land between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains | Fur trade |
Spain | West coast of south America, Central America, Southwest US, and Southeast US | Gold |
England | East Coast of US and land along Hudson Bay | Farming, fishing and trade |
2- Explain the result of Spain and England exploring the western hemisphere?
The build colonies and profit from resources exported from the region. Both Europe and the Americas are forever changed from the exchange between the continents
3- Why did the English form the colony of Jamestown?
To profit from resources (hopefully gold) sent back to England. They also hope to make a Protestant planting in the New World and end some social problems in England.
4- What group of people started the colony of Plymouth and why was it founded?
Separatist (Pilgrims)
Unit 3-
5- Describe what the English hoped to use the Ohio River Valley for in the 1750s
To farm and Build settlements
6- Describe what the French hoped to use the Ohio River Valley for in the 1750s
Fur trade
7- Identify the economic base(s) of each of the geographic regions of the English colonies listed below-
- New England Colonies: fishing, whaling, ship building, trade, manufacturing
- Middle Colonies: farming (grains such as wheat, rye, etc) manufacturing, timber, mining
- Southern Colonies: cash crop agriculture. Growing rice, indigo, and tobacco
Unit 4-
8- Identify three British policies (acts) that the North American colonists opposed and explain why British Colonists opposed each. Stamp Act- passed without representation
Tea Act- Passed without representation; Tonshend Acts- Passed without colonial representation
9- Define boycott and identify what effect colonial boycotts had on British policy.
To refuse to buy certain products in protest to policy. This works because it hurts British merchants economically who then put pressure on Parliament to change British policies in the colonies
10- Explain why British colonists in North America were opposed to being taxed by the British Parliament. Because they do not have a voice (vote) in the British Parliament which violates their rights as Englishmen.
Unit 5-
11- Identify where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. Lexington Green
12- What did citizens have the right to do if their government fails to protect or secure the rights of the citizens according to Thomas Jefferson. Overthrow their current government and form a new government that will uphold their rights.
13- What was the title of the document that listed colonial grievances against King George III?
Declaration of Independence
14- Identify three rights that all citizens had according to Thomas Jefferson.
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness
Unit 6-
15- Identify the name of the document that set up the first national government for the United States of America.
Articles of Confederation
16- Describe three weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation
Could not tax, Could not regulate the value of money, could not enforce laws
The government was too weak
17- Explain the significance of Shays’s Rebellion-Proved to many that the government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to successfully run the nation
18- The state of Massachusetts divided its citizens into voting groups. As a result of this system, what groups of people did not have a voice in the Massachusetts government?
people that do not own land (women, African Americans, children, poor) could not vote
Unit 7-
19- Complete the table below
Name of Compromise | Disagreement resolved by compromise | What disagreeing parties agreed to |
Great Compromise | Representation in Congress Small pop. states want = representation Large states wanted proportional rep | Great Compromise- House of Representatives has proportional Repp and Senate has equal Rep |
Three-fifths Compromise | How to count slaves in population. South wants to count slaves North does not | ⅗ Compromise- Each slave will count as ⅗ of a person |
20- What effect did slaves in a state’s population have on representation in Congress and why did the south want each slave to be counted in each state’s population? so they would get more votes in the House of Representatives
21- Which right guaranteed to people living in the U.S. is being violated if a person is forced to say the words “under God” when saying the Pledge of Allegiance?
1st Amendment. The Freedom of Religion.
22-Which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for enforcing laws?
The Executive Branch
23- Which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for writing laws?
The Legislative Branch
24- Which branch of the U.S. government is responsible for interpreting laws?
The Judicial Branch
Unit 8
26- Identify what the Federalist Party supported and describe the characteristics of a typical Federalist.
The Federalists wanted a strong central government, believed the Constitution was constructed loosely, wanted a government that was run by the educated elite. They also supported an economy based on trade and manufacturing. It was led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams
The Federalist Party tended to gain support from upper class, creditors, who owned the means of manufacturing and banking. They were the well educated elite faction of society. Most Federalist support came from the Northeastern states.
27- Identify what the Democratic-Republicans supported and describe the characteristics of a typical Democratic-Republican.
The Democratic-Republicans feared a strong central government so they supported strong state governments. They believed the government should be run by the common man and supported an agricultural based economy. Most Democratic-Republican support came from the southern and western states.
The Democratic-Republicans were supported by creditors, laborers, farmers, and the uneducated. Most Democratic-Republican support came from the southern and western states.
28- Define precedent- An action that serves as an example for the future
29- What was the cause of the Whiskey Rebellion? Congress passed an excise tax on whiskey to pay for the operation of the federal government and to pay debts.
30- Describe what occurred during the Whiskey Rebellion-
Western farmers, especially in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, rebelled by refusing to pay the tax, tar and feathering tax collectors, and putting up liberty poles. George Washington led in troops to collect the tax. This is significant because it shows that the new government under the Constitution is strong enough to enforce its laws.
31- Explain the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion-
This is significant because it shows that the new government under the Constitution is strong enough to enforce its laws.
Unit 9
32- What major event in U.S. History resulted from the decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court in Worchester v. Georgia? The Trail of Tears
33- How did canals effect where railway lines and interstate highways developed?
Railways and highways developed parallel to the canals connecting cities that grew up as a result of the canals. Examples I-90 runs parallel to the Erie Canal in New York state and I-77 runs parallel to the Ohio and Erie Canal in Ohio.
34- Explain how new inventions, such as canals and railway lines affected population distribution during the 19th century.
Canals allowed population to move away from natural waterways because people now had the ability to trade without using rivers and the ocean to ship goods. Example- as a result of the Erie Canal people could now move into the land along the Great Lakes because they could ship their agricultural goods to Buffalo by lake then along the Erie Canal to New York City. They could also receive manufactured items using the same routes. Prior to the canal, people living west of the Appalachian Mountains had to settle along the Ohio River and its tributaries in order to ship goods through the port of New Orleans.