APUSH Semester 1 Review

How did the Mayflower Compact foreshadow the U.S. Constitution?

• It ensures both the right to free speech and the separation of church and state

• It limits the term of office for all government officials

• It puts the source of government power in the people rather than in God

• It establishes three branches of government in order to create a system of checks and balances

Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflict between Native American tribes and the early colonists?

• The Stono Uprising

• Bacon's Rebellion

• King Philip's War

• The Pequot War

One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe was...

• the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase

• the introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners

• the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor

• an acceleration of feudalism

The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from

• African slaves

• Spanish indentured servants

• Native Americans

• women

By the 1750s, the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

• Many religious denominations

• A growing number of non-English settlers

• Acceptance of slavery as a labor system

• Disdain for British constitutional monarchy

All of the following were immediate social or economic consequences of the American Revolution EXCEPT

• Reform of primogeniture inheritance laws

• Increased opportunities for land settlement in the West

• The opening of many areas of trade and manufacture

• Expanded rights for women to hold property

The Treaty of Paris included the following terms EXCEPT

• Britain formally recognized American independence

• The Americans promised to compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated during the war

• Britain was allowed to maintain several forts in the area west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to protect its trading posts

• American fishing ships were given permission to fish off the coast of Newfoundland

Shays’ Rebellion

• Was eventually suppressed when the federal government sent troops to Massachusetts

• Convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government

• Convinced many political leaders of the destructive consequences of a strong central government

• Came about when American settlers clashed with the British over western land claims

Why did Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists refuse to support the French Revolution?

• Because King Louis XIV of France had given the Americans favorable trade terms

• Because the French officials “X, Y, and Z” had requested bribes before meeting with American envoys

• Because of the radicalism and mob-rule of the French Revolution

• Because the United States was too busy at war with the British

All of the following encouraged American expansion between 1800 and 1848 EXCEPT

• Notions of racial and cultural supremacy over the Native Americans and Mexicans

• The growth of American industrial power, in search of new markets

• An interest in competing with threats of the expansion of British, Mexican, or Spanish influence in North America

• The rise of American nationalism