US/VA History SOL Practice Questions

American Indian populations were most impacted by the introduction of European ___________.

• weapons

• diseases

• religion

• culture

Which factor was significant to the cavaliers in the early colonization of eastern Virginia?

• Debt forgiveness

• Free land

• Political freedom

• Religious tolerance

During the American Revolution, this cartoon by Benjamin Franklin attempted to ____________.

• persuade colonists to support the Loyalists

• recruit colonists for the Royal Navy

• encourage colonists to resolve their differences

• convince colonists to maintain state sovereignty

One major element of George Washington's military strategy during the American Revolution was avoiding ___________.

• direct confrontations

• night attacks

• important cities

• naval battles

• * Presidents can veto an act passed by Congress

• * Congress can override a veto by the President

• * Courts can declare a law unconstitutional

These powers are a result of _________.

• a suggested amendments to the Articles of Confederation

• a system of constitutional checks and balances

• foreign influences on the colonies and territories

• an idea taken from the Articles of Confederation

Which amendment to the Constitution of the United States was directly influenced by the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 5th

• 8th

*Opposed the Bank of the United States

*Opposed the Jay Treaty with Great Britain

*Favored an economy based on agriculture

Which early United States political party believed in these positions?

• Federalists

• Whigs

• Know-Nothings

• Democratic-Republicans

One of the fundamental beliefs of Jacksonian Democracy was that ________.

• political parties should have popular leaders

• ordinary citizens should participate in politics

• religious leaders should hold elected offices

• federal jobs should go to qualified individuals

"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"

• -President Abraham Lincoln, 1862

President Lincoln was speaking to _________________

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Jefferson Davis

Which role did this person play in the nation's history?

• Leader in the Texas Revolution

• Justice on the Supreme Court

• General in the Mexican-American War

• President of the Confederate States of America