Spring Final Exam

When and where was the Mayflower Compact signed?

• 1607, Virginia

• 1620, Plymouth

• 1629, Maryland

• 1639, Connecticut

Which policy controlled colonies for all the MAJOR European trading countries in the 16th-18th centuries?

• mercantilism

• revolution

• globalism

• conservatism

The FIRST shots of the American Revolution were fired at —

• Lexington.

• Saratoga.

• Trenton.

• Yorktown.

Which domestic issue was part of President John Adams' administration?

• War of 1812

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Louisiana Purchase

• first session of Congress held

After the American Revolution, the U.S. needed to pay a huge war debt. How did Alexander Hamilton want to do this?

• borrow money from England

• sell farms and public land

• tax Americans

• conduct a door to door campaign

Which of the following directly impacted the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the Jacksonian Era? Select TWO correct answers.

• A. Indian Removal Act

• B. Embargo Act

• C. Nullification Crisis

• D. Worcester v. Georgia

• E. Underground Railroad

Which location on the map did the United States acquire after negotiations with Great Britain in 1846?

• Oregon Territory

• Texas

• California

• Florida

Which location on the map did the United States acquire in the Louisiana Purchase?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Western region

Which acts were passed to address the question of whether slavery should be an allowed practice in newly added states during the era of Sectionalism? Select THREE correct answers.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• The Compromise of 1850

• Louisiana Purchase

How was the Battle of Vicksburg a turning point in the Civil War?

• It shattered the will of the North to fight.

• It concentrated Southern forces around New Orleans.

• It encouraged Britain to resupply the South.

• It isolated the western part of the Confederacy.