American Civilization I Exam Bank
Course Introduction
American Civilization I explores the development of the United States from its pre-Columbian roots through the aftermath of the Civil War. The course examines Native American societies, European exploration and colonization, the foundations of American society, the American Revolution, the creation of the Constitution, and the expansion and transformation of the young nation. Emphasis is placed on social, political, economic, and cultural changes, including issues of slavery, gender, and regional differences, as well as the factors that led to the Civil War and shaped the early American identity.
Recommended Textbook Revel for Learning U.S. History Semester 1 1st Edition by H. W. Brands
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Chapter 1: Old Worlds and New
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Q1) The dwelling shown in the image is best suited for __________ cultures.
A) nomadic
B) agricultural
C) sedentary
D) industrial
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following was a feature of the culture of the Pueblo Indians known as the Anasazi?
A) potlatch
B) teepee
C) mounds
D) cliff dwellings
Answer: D
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 1.3,which of the following describes the purpose of the potlatch?
A) redistribute resources to achieve equality
B) show off the wealth and power of the host
C) honor warriors who died in battle
D) establish the ruler's divine status
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Exploration and Conquest
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Q1) What did Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro both do?
A) establish centers to preserve indigenous traditions
B) fund public projects to promote Christopher Columbus
C) redistribute their wealth to the indigenous poor
D) hold hostage the ruler of the empire they conquered
Answer: D
Q2) Who was the ruler of the Aztec empire when the Spanish conquest began?
A) Atahualpa
B) Moctezuma
C) Henry VIII
D) Elizabeth
Answer: B
Q3) What was the goal of mercantilist policies?
A) provide public relief for the poor
B) support the arts and sciences
C) limit the power of the state
D) increase the wealth of the state
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) King Philip's War was waged against the colonists from which country?
A) Portugal
B) France
C) Spain
D) England
Answer: D
Q2) What accounts for the success of the English in colonizing the eastern seaboard of North America?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a.Disease had already decimated most of the Indian population before the English colonists arrived.
b.The Indians did not initially resist; in fact,many welcomed and helped the English colonists.
c.As the English colonies expanded,Indian resistance was weakened by inter-tribal rivalries.
d.King Philip's War failed because some Indian tribes allied with the English.
e.Land speculators were able to acquire tribal land by persuading the chief to sign a treaty.
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) In the written accounts and image of a witchcraft trial,the people accused of witchcraft were __________.
A) foreigners
B) Indians
C) men
D) women
Q2) The naming of colonies as New York and New Hampshire reflects the American colonists' efforts to __________.
A) sever cultural ties with England
B) re-create the English way of life
C) assert their economic independence
D) challenge royal authority
Q3) What accounts for the differences between the northern and southern colonies?
Q4) Who published Poor Richard's Almanack?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Jonathan Edwards
C) George Whitefield
D) Cotton Mather
Q5) Compare relations between Britain and its American colonies in 1689 and in 1763.
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Chapter 5: Declaring Independence
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Q1) Which of the following was a colonial response to the Stamp Act?
A) cooperating with Indians
B) allying with France
C) settling the Ohio Valley
D) boycotting British goods
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 5.1,what did Britain do after it withdrew its forces from the western frontier in America?
A) issue the Proclamation of 1763
B) arrest the Sons of Liberty
C) dissolve the Stamp Act Congress
D) pursue a policy of salutary neglect
Q3) Compare and contrast American and British views on the events leading up to the American Revolution.Be sure to identify specific events and explain how the Americans and the British saw those events.
Q4) Which commodity continued to be taxed after the Townshend duties were rescinded?
A) paint
B) paper
C) lead
D) tea
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Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
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Q1) What was George Washington's strategy in the American Revolutionary War? How effective was it?
Q2) Who are the Rebels referred to in this statement?: "...those brave,but unfortunate Loyalists,who all,with their last breath and blood,held the Rebels and their cause as infamous and base,and as they were turning off,extolled their King and the British Government."
A) Tories
B) Patriots
C) British
D) Indians
Q3) What did William Howe offer Americans who surrendered and pledged allegiance to Britain?
A) a pardon
B) a title
C) land
D) promotion
Q4) In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
Q5) Who were the people who supported British rule,and what were their reasons for supporting the British side in the American Revolutionary War?
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Chapter 7: The Constitution
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Q1) Which of the following did Patrick Henry say should hold the most power?
A) Congress
B) the Supreme Court
C) the military
D) state governments
Q2) In the Past and Present video in section 7.6,which group is more likely to subscribe to the Federalist view on the role of government?
A) Democrats
B) Republicans
C) conservatives
D) anarchists
Q3) On the question of what to do with the new land acquired after the American Revolutionary War,the New England states agreed to __________.
A) let the southern states keep their western territories
B) let the northern states keep their western territories
C) make the abolition of slavery a condition for statehood
D) allow slavery to spread into the Northwest territory
Q4) What does the Shays Rebellion reveal about America in the years after the Revolutionary War?
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) According to the How Do We Know? video in section 8.6,what was a penalty for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A) community service
B) labor camp
C) imprisonment
D) death
Q2) How did party politics shape American political life during the first two administrations?
Q3) The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions contributed to the __________.
A) Whiskey Rebellion
B) Alien Enemies Act
C) war in Europe
D) doctrine of states' rights
Q4) In the Past and Present video in section 8.6,freedom of speech becomes more restricted during periods of __________.
A) war
B) peace
C) prosperity
D) mourning
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Chapter 9: Republicans Take Over
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Q1) The effectiveness of the Embargo Act was contingent on Britain and France being dependent on __________.
A) Spanish silver
B) American trade
C) slave labor
D) prison labor
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 9.2,what had been Napoleon's original plan for Louisiana?
A) use it re-create the French empire in North America
B) sell it to American immigrants settling in the West
C) transfer it back to Spain as payment for war debts
D) turn it into a penal colony for French revolutionaries
Q3) Which of the following is considered a failure of Jefferson's administration?
A) Revolution of 1800
B) Alien and Sedition Acts
C) Embargo Act
D) Louisiana Purchase
Q4) To what extent was Thomas Jefferson a man of contradictions?
Q5) Evaluate Thomas Jefferson's presidency.What were his successes? What were his failures?
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Chapter 10: The Second War of Independence
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Q1) Before the British entered Washington,D.C.,on August 24,1814,Dolley Madison ensured the safety of the portrait of which president?
A) James Madison
B) James Monroe
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) George Washington
Q2) What did Tecumseh use to his advantage in his campaign for Indian unity?
A) Marbury v. Madison ruling
B) American Revolutionary War
C) Embargo Act of 1807
D) New Madrid earthquakes
Q3) Which of the following participated in the sacking of Washington,D.C.?
A) Francis Scott Key
B) Henry Clay
C) Andrew Jackson
D) George Glieg
Q4) How did the Republicans and the Federalists shape American politics in the early nineteenth century?
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Chapter 11: Jacksonian Democracy
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Q1) According to the How Do We Know? video in section 11.6,what did John Quincy Adams's campaign use to discredit Andrew Jackson during the 1828 presidential election?
A) Worcestor v. Georgia
B) Indian Removal Act
C) coffin handbills
D) cotton gins
Q2) Which of the following was an argument made in favor of the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state?
A) Slavery was currently practiced in Missouri.
B) Missouri was located in the geographical south.
C) All states created from the Louisiana Territory should be slave states.
D) It would create an even number of slave and free states.
Q3) Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis in 1832 and the battle over the Bank of the United States reflects the
A) weakness of the executive branch
B) strength of the executive branch
C) weakness of the legislative branch
D) strength of the legislative branch
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Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 12.3,the notion of Manifest Destiny is linked to a belief in __________.
A) cultural relativism
B) global multiculturalism
C) American exceptionalism
D) American isolationism
Q2) What did George Fitzhugh call "slaves without masters"?
A) cannibals
B) heroes
C) fugitives
D) abolitionists
Q3) Who was an important figure in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century?
A) George Fitzhugh
B) William Henry Harrison
C) William Lloyd Garrison
D) John Tyler
Q4) In what ways were the justifications for slavery and expansion similar?
Q5) How did the issue of slavery divide Americans between 1840 and 1850?
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Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis
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Q1) Which of the following contained a provision requiring all states to return fugitive slaves?
A) the Constitution
B) the Declaration of Independence
C) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) the Missouri Compromise
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 13.1,who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A) Mary Todd
B) Nat Turner
C) John Brown
D) Harriet Beecher Stowe
Q3) Before the Civil War,Abraham Lincoln believed that,for the time being,slavery should be __________.
A) allowed in new states
B) banned in existing states
C) allowed in the territories
D) banned in the territories
Q4) How would opponents of slavery have responded to the Fugitive Slave Act,the Dred Scott case,and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Chapter 14: The Civil War
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Q1) Which of the following explains why Britain was reluctant to support the Confederacy?
A) Britain's support of the international slave trade
B) Britain's decline in the global textile industry
C) Britain's dependence on cotton from the South
D) Britain's commitment to the abolition of slavery
Q2) This statement expresses the main idea in which of the following documents?: "...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then,thenceforward,and forever free."
A) Gettysburg Address
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) the "Cornerstone Speech"
D) the Declaration of Independence
Q3) How many states had seceded by March 1861?
A) three
B) five
C) seven
D) nine
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 15.5,which of the following reflected the Southern view of the Civil War and Reconstruction?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) The Birth of a Nation
C) the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
D) the Reconstruction amendments
Q2) The Fifteenth Amendment increased the political influence of which group?
A) Southern white men
B) Southern white women
C) African American women
D) African American men
Q3) Which of the following was an "unredeemed" state when the presidential election of 1876 took place?
A) Arkansas
B) Texas
C) Virginia
D) South Carolina
Q4) Compare and contrast the goals of the Republicans and the Democrats in 1877.
Q5) To what extent was Reconstruction a success? To what extent was it a failure?
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