USH Unit 1 & 2 Test

The economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more than it imports. Britain operated under this policy since the colonies supplied Britain with raw imports and a market for exports.

• Salutary Neglect
• Mayflower Compact
• Stamp Act
• Mercantilism

Which colonial region had the most religious diversity during the 1700s?

• New England Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Western Colonies

Parliament pursued a policy of ___________ with the colonies, leaving them to govern themselves. However, this would change after the French and Indian War.

• Magna Carta
• Mercantilism
• Salutary Neglect
• Taxation without Representation

How was the Mayflower Compact important to the development of colonial America?

• It was an example of British protests
• It was the first form of representative government in the colonies
• It protected private ownership of property
• It granted voting rights to all white males

The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of:

• The British
• States rights
• Dictatorship
• A strong central government

Which of the following best describes the Great Compromise?

• It combined parts of both the New Jersey and Virginia Plan to create the House of Representatives and the Sentate
• It said that the slave population in the South would only count as 3/5 of a states population
• It created a system of government where representation was based on population
• It created a system of government where representation was equal among states

Which law required that Native Americans leave their lands east of the Mississippi River and move to the "Indian Territory"?

• Compromise of 1850
• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Which of the following was a weakness under the Articles of Confederation?

• The small states received more votes in Congress than the large states
• The national government could not enforce laws with no army and could not tax
• Too much power given to the president
• State governments could not coin money

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• The New Jersey plan mandated it
• It was necessary to maintain trade relations with foreign countries
• Anti-Federalist wanted citizens to have guarantees of protection from government tyranny
• Federalist wanted to add it to protect the rights of minorities

How did westward expansion and land policies affect Native Americans?

• They were granted the right to maintain their ancestral lands
• Native Americans lived together peacefully with American settlers
• Native Americans were forced off of their land by the federal government
• They were the only people given the right to hunt buffalo across the Great Plains