Final 150 Part 1 Corrections

Question 1

What document became the first piece of Legislation to stop the westward expansion of slavery in America?

Answer 1

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 2

What court case dealt with the issue of having a free press in the colonies?

Answer 2

John Peter Zenger Trial

Question 3

What document was created in 1787 to create the system of government that we use to this day, the three branches?

Answer 3

The US Constitution

Question 4

What document stopped all western expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?

Answer 4

Proclamation of 1763

Question 5

What farmer uprising convinced that nation that the Articles of Confederation was to weak to govern our country?

Answer 5

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 6

What was the name for the rebellion that was set to attack the House of Burgesses over a lack of protection from Native Americans?

Answer 6

Bacon’s Rebellion

Question 7

Who was the very first Secretary of the Treasury and came up with the plan that allowed the federal government to take over state debates after the war to strengthen the national government’s power?

Answer 7

Alexander Hamilton

Question 8

Who was the creator of Pennsylvania?

Answer 8

William Penn

Question 9

What man is responsible for learning how to grow tobacco in Jamestown and married Pocahontas?

Answer 9

John Rolfe

Question 10

What document became a set of rules and regulations that governed the pilgrims?

Answer 10

Mayflower Compact

Question 11

What patriot soldier became a traitor when he joined the British military secretly after not getting a promotion he felt he deserved?

Answer 11

Benedict Arnold

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 12

Samuel Adams

Question 13

Who was the lead commander of the Patriot forces during the War?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

What path was created between Mississippi and Tennessee that was used by farmers traveling back home after selling their crops down the Mississippi River?

Answer 14

Natchez Trace

Question 15

What Tim period was a time of terrible suffering for George Washington’s troops during the Revolutionary war?

Answer 15

Winter at Valley forge

Question 16

What is the name of the colony of the Puritans?

Answer 16

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 17

What event in early America history was a return tot he strong religious belief of the time when the colonies were created?

Answer 17

First Great Awakening

Question 18

What is the name of the region where the pilgrims settled?

Answer 18

Plymouth Colony

Question 19

What religious group is known for being tolerant of other religions, being pacifists, and being from Pennsylvania?

Answer 19

Quakers

Question 20

What is the title used to describe the power that the Supreme Court gained to determine what is constitutional and what is unconstitutional?

Answer 20

Judicial Review

Question 21

Who was the leader of the Pilgrims?

Answer 21

William Bradford

Question 22

What document was the first national constitution in American History?

Answer 22

Articles of Confederation

Question 23

What S the name of the first 10 amendments of the Constitution?

Answer 23

Bill of Rights

Question 24

What event led to 5 deaths after a fight broke out amongst British officers and colonists?

Answer 24

The Boston Massacre

Question 25

What event was a reaction to taxes placed on citizens after the American Revolution that George Washington had to personally stop?

Answer 25

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 26

What is a name that would describe someone who is using force or fighting in wars?

Answer 26

Pacifists

Question 27

Who was responsible for showing the Pilgrims how to grow certain crops and where to hunt and fish?

Answer 27

Squanto and Samoset

Question 28

What owner of the ship The Liberty was the first person to sign the Deceleration Of Independence?

Answer 28

John Hancock

Question 29

Why were so many Europeans interested in coming to The New World?

Answer 29

To acquire land and spread Christianity

Question 30

What event was a protest over taxes that impacted local tea makers in the colonies?

Answer 30

The Boston Tea Party

Question 31

What conflict began over the issue of taxation without representation?

Answer 31

Cause of American Revolutionary War

Question 32

What Prussian born General came to America to help the war cause by drilling the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 32

Friedrich Von Steuben

Question 33

What laws were passed during John Adams' presidency that threatened 1st Amendments rights?

Answer 33

Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 34

What was the name of the laws that shut down Boston Harbor after the Boston Tea Party as a way of punishing the colonists?

Answer 34

The intolerable/Coercive Acts

Question 35

Who was the French nobleman who became a trusted aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 35

Marquis de La Fayette

Question 36

What conflict began due to the fur trade in the Ohio Iger Valley and later decided control of North America?

Answer 36

Cause of French and Indian War