US History 3rd 9 Weeks Test

Question 0

Of the men at the Convention, half of them were of what profession?

Answer 0

Lawyers

Question 1

What idea led to people’s attitudes changing from being associated with their state to being a true American?

Answer 1

Nationalism

Question 2

Which plan held the idea that we should have three separate branches of government with representation in congress based upon population size?

Answer 2

Virginia

Question 3

Which plan held the idea that all powers should lay in the hands of congress and keep a one state-one vote system?

Answer 3

New Jersey

Question 4

Who did the 3/5’s compromise count in the state’s population?

Answer 4

Blacks

Question 5

Which state did not send a representative to the convention?

Answer 5

Rhode Island

Question 6

Where did the convention take place?

Answer 6

Philadelphia

Question 7

In which branch of government do members serve for life?

Answer 7

Judicial

Question 8

Who was our first vp?

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

What characteristics did the convention members have?

Answer 9

Wealthy and well educated in politics

Question 10

Who was the father of the constitution?

Answer 10

James Madison

Question 11

What is the 3rd amendment?

Answer 11

Quartering of soldiers

Question 12

What is 8th amendment?

Answer 12

Punishment for crimes

Question 13

What is the 2nd amendment?

Answer 13

Right to bear arms

Question 14

What is the 1st amendment?

Answer 14

Religious and political freedom

Question 15

What is the 4th amendment?

Answer 15

Search and seizure

Question 16

What were the contents of the great compromise?

Answer 16

Two houses(senate and House of Representatives),each state would only have two senators,senate=representation,3 branches,and the number representatives would based on population size. This was proposed by Roger Sherman

Question 17

What does it mean to have a “living constitution?”

Answer 17

The constitution would be able with times and as society’s needs change

Question 18

Who was responsible for solving the US debt crises early in nation’s history?

Answer 18

Alexander Hamilton

Question 19

What were the three major divisions of Alexander Hamilton’s plan to fix the nation’s debt?

Answer 19

Taxes,capitalism,and the bank

Question 20

What inspired the French Revolution?

Answer 20

The American revolution

Question 21

What were the first two “political” parties in the US? Who led each?

Answer 21

Federalists:Alexander Hamilton

Democratic-republican:Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

Which act made it a crime to criticize the government?

Answer 22

Sedition

Question 23

Who was France’s dictator in the 1800s?

Answer 23

Napoleon

Question 24

What did Jefferson say was the first principle of democracy?

Answer 24

Majority rule

Question 25

What established the Supreme Court's power to rule an act if congress unconstitutional?

Answer 25

Marbury v. Madison

Question 26

What was the tribute the Barbary pirates had to pay?

Answer 26

Every year the Barbary pirates would accept payments from foreign nations as a means of protection in which pirates could not attack their ships.

Question 27

Who did the US buy the Louisiana purchase from?

Answer 27

France

Question 28

Who was the first African American to cross the western frontier?

Answer 28

York

Question 29

Who would use the press gangs to impress citizens?

Answer 29

British

Question 30

What removed the restrictions on trade with England and France?

Answer 30

Macon's Bill #2

Question 31

How much was the Louisiana purchase?

Answer 31

$15M

Question 32

How did Alexander Hamilton die?

Answer 32

Shot in a duel by Burr

Question 33

What banned all exports from the US?

Answer 33

Embargo act

Question 34

Why was Jefferson against the sedition act?

Answer 34

It took away free speech

Question 35

What were Lewis and Clark's achievements?

Answer 35

They found the MS river's true course,discovered passes through the Rockies,brought back many new plants,proved continent was wider than thought,and discovered many Indian tribes.

Question 36

What group of Indians made up the red stick confederacy?

Answer 36

Creek

Question 37

What was the name of our first major naval ship?

Answer 37

The constitution

Question 38

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

Answer 38

Old hickory

Question 39

Which US general guarded New Orleans?

Answer 39

Andrew Jackson

Question 40

Who had a large role in women education rights?

Answer 40

Benjamin Rush

Question 41

Ownership of what resource was a sign that a person was free and independent?

Answer 41

Land

Question 42

What accomplishment is accredited to Eli Whitney?

Answer 42

Interchangeable parts

Question 43

What was placed on imported goods to make American goods cheaper and increase our economy as a result?

Answer 43

Protective tariff

Question 44

What did Richard Ark Wright invent?

Answer 44

The water frame

Question 45

Who brought the factory into America by memorizing blueprints if England factories?

Answer 45

Samuel Slater

Question 46

What city set the standard for education in America early in the 1800s?

Answer 46

Boston

Question 47

What kind of economy combines agricultural production with manufacturing?

Answer 47

Diversified

Question 48

Who were the war hawks?

Answer 48

Political party from the south to west that supported the war of 1812.

Question 49

Who was Tecumseh?

Answer 49

Creek Indian who formed the red stick confederacy to oppose US expansion.

Question 50

What was salvaged front the White House after its burning?

Answer 50

Silverware and oil painting of George Washington

Question 51

What result did the burning of Washington have on the American morale?

Answer 51

Roused them to fight harder and enlist more men to fight

Question 52

What were two unique units of soldiers in the battle of New Orleans made up of?

Answer 52

Patriotic pirates and "free" African Americans

Question 53

What is the monrue doctrine?

Answer 53

US policy that would not tolerate European involvement in the Western Hemisphere

Question 54

Why was the combined road so important?

Answer 54

It linked east to west

Question 55

Who made up the labor forceps the construction of the Erie coral?

Answer 55

European immigrants

Question 56

Define the industrial revolution.

Answer 56

The process of making goods by machines in factories instead of making goods by hand.

Question 57

What kind of jobs did women have in the colonies?

Answer 57

Shopkeepers,midwives,ducturesses, and journalists

Question 58

Describe the transportation revolution.

Answer 58

New products like railroads,steam engines,and canals linked easterners and westerners and made everyone wealthy.

Question 59

Explain the burning of Washington.

Answer 59

British troops set fire to all the public buildings in Washington including the White House. This rallied the US troops to fight harder and ultimately win the war of 1812.