US History Pretest

The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________

• Triangular Trade Route
• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Bermuda Triangle

The trade route that delivered slaves to the Americas was called what?

• The Triangular Trade
• The Atlantic Trade
• The Square Trade
• The Pacific Trade

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

• French vs. Indians
• British vs. French
• British vs. French and Indians
• Indians vs. British

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What were the 2 main reasons for the French and Indian War?

• Control of land and trade with Native Americans
• Land and Slaves
• Gold
• Claim to land in Europe

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As a result of the cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?

• Killed them
• Removed them from the land in the colonies just like the Indians.
• Imposed taxes to pay for the war
• Paid for the war out of his own pocket

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What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

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The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

muckraker

• a journalist who exposes problems

• a person who cleans stalls

• a railroad worker

the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company

• laissez faire

• capitalism

• monopoly

• patent

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South