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Pre and Post Exam HIST 1301 1 HISTORY 1301 PRE AND POST TEST 1. How did the first people come to America? A. sailing in large ships B. sailing in canoe-like boats C. by crossing Beringia D. by using the South Pacific islands 2. Why did so many native Americans die of disease so quickly after coming in contact with Europeans? A. they lacked proper medical care. B. they lacked any immunities to common European diseases. C. because of their poor diet, native peoples had no energy to heal themselves. D. disease did not kill off Indians in any large numbers. 3. North America was colonized by which European power(s)? A. Great Britain B. Spain C. France D. all of the above 4. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1620 because of its A. religious mission. B. fine quality tobacco. C. religious toleration. D. reliance on indentured servitude. 5. The primary factors dictating how quickly English colonists adopted African slavery were A. the English used thousands of slaves back home. B. need for plantation laborers and the availability of inexpensive African slave laborers. C. the slaves were serving prison terms. D. the slaves were laborers who had no other marketable skills. 6. The Jamestown settlers' greatest problem in the early years of settlement was A. Dutch invaders. B. hostile Indians. C. religious conflict. D. disease and starvation.Pre and Post Exam HIST 1301 2 7. Georgia’s adoption of slavery in 1752 came about because: A. The colonists in Georgia demanded that slaves be brought into the colony. It was a conscious and purposeful decision. B. Slavery in Georgia came about much like it did in other colonies. It was a natural solution to the labor shortage. C. Georgia did not have slaves. The colonists banned slavery because of humanitarian reasons. D. The slaves could be used to hold off the Spanish and French in the region. 8. Between 1763 and 1776, the American colonists were united in two beliefs: A. They believed that their rights as English citizens had never been defined and that King George III was determined to enslave them. B. They believed that Parliament had no right to pass laws that applied to them and that they were not required to obey any law passed by Parliament. C. They believed that the English Board of Trade and Parliament had become dictatorial. D. They believed that they were entitled to a government of their own choosing and that parliament had violated their rights as English citizens. 9. The debates over the principle of “no taxation without representation” focused on the question of whether A. any governmental body could legitimately tax Americans. B. it was appropriate for American colonial assemblies to collect taxes. C. Britain’s House of Commons could tax Americans. D. women and propertyless men should have the right to vote. 10. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was A. John Adams. B. Thomas Jefferson. C. Joseph Galloway. D. Patrick Henry. 11. The Articles of Confederation had the authority to: A. make treaties. B. carry on military and foreign affairs. C. request the states to pay its expenses. D. all of the above. 12. The ideals of the American revolution were contradicted by the existence of slavery. As a result, A. every state south of Delaware eliminated slavery. B. every state north of Delaware eliminated slavery. C. the issue was ignored by most because it was too troublesome. D. slavery was prohibited in the US Constitution.Pre and Post Exam HIST 1301 3 13. Why did the Confederation government not survive the decade of postwar adjustments? A. It was too weak to solve the nation's economic and social problems. B. It was bogged down with fighting Indian wars. C. It faced too many diplomatic difficulties with France and England. D. America had no territory west of the Appalachian Mountains into which it could grow. 14. Who is known as “the father of the Constitution”? A. George Washington B. Gouverneur Morris C. James Madison D. John Adams 15. Under the Articles of Confederation: A. each state retained its sovereignty and independence. B. each state could ratify treaties. C. unanimous consent of the states was necessary for any changes. D. each state’s representation in Congress was determined by its population. 16. Much of the conflict in Congress in the early 1790s revolved around A. policy toward revolutionary France. B. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton’s economic goals. C. the creation of political parties. D. westward expansion. 17. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin was an important technological improvement because: A. it eliminated the British monopoly on processing cotton. B. it reduced the need for slave labor. C. the cotton gin made the easier to process short staple cotton . D. the gin gave all regions of the country an incentive to grow cotton. 18. The significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803) is that it A. established the precedent that the Supreme Court could determine the constitutionality of federal laws. B. settled once and for all the power of the president to make judicial appointments. C. made it clear that the president of the United States is not above the law. D. greatly strengthened the powers of states to interpret the Constitution. 19. How did the expansion of cotton production in the South change slavery? A. It gave slaves more control over their work schedule and more freedom. B. It increased the number of Indians forced into slavery. C. Slaves were now forced to work in textile mills. D. It increased the need for more slaves because it expanded the number of acres in cotton production.Pre and Post Exam HIST 1301 4 20. Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes blacks’ resistance to slavery by the 1820s? A. The frequency of escape to Florida and the frontier increased. B. Many slaves planned or participated in revolts, knowing that some would be successful. C. Most slaves still clung to the hope of returning to Africa. D. Most blacks had no choice but to build the best possible lives for themselves where they were. 21. The Missouri Compromise of 1820: A. came about because the Congress was unanimously in favor of Missouri being admitted as a state. B. provided for Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave. C. prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory south of latitude 36 30’. D. all of the above. 22. In 1857, in the Dred Scott decision,


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