American Civilization I Test Questions
Course Introduction
American Civilization I is an introductory course that explores the development of the United States from its pre-Columbian beginnings through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped early America, including indigenous societies, European colonization, the formation of colonial societies, the struggle for independence, the drafting of the Constitution, westward expansion, and the conflicts leading to and following the Civil War. Through analysis of historical documents, literature, and scholarly interpretations, students gain an understanding of the diverse experiences and ideas that influenced the nation's foundations and evolution during its formative centuries.
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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) Humans began migrating to the Americas during the __________.
A) Norman Conquest
B) Agricultural Revolution
C) Viking invasions
D) ice age
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following was first domesticated in the Americas?
A) rice
B) wheat
C) squash
D) barley
Answer: C
Q3) In which century were the Zuñi and Iroquois creation stories recorded in writing?
A) seventh
B) eleventh
C) fifteenth
D) nineteenth
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Exploration and Conquest
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Q1) Which country sponsored Columbus's voyages?
A) Portugal
B) Britain
C) France
D) Spain
Answer: D
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 2.1,who captured Constantinople in 1453?
A) Ottoman Turks
B) Roman senators
C) Spanish conquistadors
D) Inca priests
Answer: A
Q3) According to the How Do We Know? video in section 2.5,what did Columbus do to persuade his crew to continue on with the voyage?
A) appeal to their self-interest
B) threaten to commit suicide
C) throw a sailor overboard
D) imprison anyone who spoke
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 3.1,the agreement that the English colonists drew up affirmed the principle that the __________.
A) individual must always submit to the common will
B) common good was a collective responsibility
C) ends justify the means in matters of religion
D) government should include both men and women
Answer: B
Q2) In contrast to Chief Powhatan's generation,Metacomet's generation believed that __________ was the best way to deal with the English colonists.
A) warfare
B) diplomacy
C) cooperation
D) surrender
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) Compare and contrast views on religion held by the following people: Cotton Mather,George Whitefield,Jonathan Edwards,and Benjamin Franklin.
Q2) Which of the following was a new Indian tribe that emerged from an amalgamation of several different tribes?
A) Seminoles
B) Creeks
C) Choctaws
D) Aztecs
Q3) In contrast to New England,the main source of agricultural labor in the South was provided by __________.
A) prisoners of war
B) African slaves
C) family members
D) hired workers
Q4) The Great Awakening appealed to people's __________.
A) intellect
B) humor
C) emotions
D) reason
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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) In 1775,George Washington was appointed the head of the __________.
A) Continental Army
B) Continental Congress
C) Stamp Act Congress
D) Sons of Liberty
Q3) The Intolerable Acts reflected Britain's response to which event?
A) Battle of Concord
B) Battle of Lexington
C) Boston Tea Party
D) Boston Massacre
Q4) Which of the following did the Americans call the Intolerable Acts?
A) Townshend duties
B) Navigation Acts
C) Magna Carta
D) Coercive Acts
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Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
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Q1) According to the Past and Present video in section 6.6,the United States saw events in twentieth-century Vietnam as a(n)__________.
A) repeat of the American Revolution
B) demand for home rule
C) communist insurrection
D) anticolonial struggle
Q2) During the negotiation of the peace terms of the American Revolutionary War,the demands of which country for the return of Gibraltar stalled the peace process?
A) United States
B) Britain
C) Spain
D) France
Q3) Those who had served as colonial officials appointed by Britain tended to be in which group?
A) Sons of Liberty
B) Tories
C) Whigs
D) Patriots
Q4) In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
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Chapter 7: The Constitution
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Q1) What word would Federalists emphasize in the elastic clause of the Constitution?
A) Officer
B) Laws
C) proper
D) necessary
Q2) Which group won the debate on whether or not to ratify the Constitution?
A) delegates to the Annapolis Convention
B) delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
C) the Federalists
D) the Antifederalists
Q3) What did Daniel Shays and his followers threaten to do?
A) seize the federal arsenal at Springfield
B) dump British tea into Boston harbor
C) claim the territory in the northwest
D) sign a treaty of alliance with Britain
Q4) Under the Articles of Confederation,what could states do?
A) wage war and negotiate peace on behalf of the U.S. government
B) erect trade barriers to protect themselves from competition from other states
C) pass an amendment to the Articles without the consent of the other states
D) impose taxes on the Confederation Congress to support state governments
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 8.1,George Washington was the first president to be inaugurated under the __________.
A) Articles of Confederation
B) U.S. Constitution
C) Virginia Resolution
D) Coinage Act
Q2) Who started out as a Federalist and later switched to the Republican Party?
A) George Washington
B) James Madison
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Alexander Hamilton
Q3) Which of the following described the Alien and Sedition Acts as "the most palpable violation of one of the Rights,thus declared and secured"?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Virginia Resolution
C) Report on Manufactures
D) Jay Treaty
Q4) How did party politics shape American political life during the first two administrations?
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Chapter 9: Republicans Take Over
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Q1) The Lewis and Clark expedition was sent to explore the lands acquired from the
A) Treaty of Paris
B) Proclamation of 1763
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) Louisiana Purchase
Q2) Low population density contributed to the growth of the American population by
A) exhausting the fertility of the soil
B) slowing down the spread of diseases
C) motivating people to live closer together
D) draining the dwindling food supply
Q3) Which amendment required that candidates for president and vice president run on the same ticket?
A) Tenth
B) Eleventh
C) Twelfth
D) Thirteenth
Q4) To what extent was Thomas Jefferson a man of contradictions?
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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) According to the video in the introduction,what was the significance of the War of 1812?
A) established the principle of human rights in international law
B) established the principle of judicial review in constitutional law
C) created American empires in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific
D) confirmed the United States as a full-fledged, independent country
Q4) The War of 1812 ended in a draw,yet Americans thought they had won the war.What gave Americans the impression that they had emerged victorious?
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Chapter 11: Jacksonian Democracy
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Q1) 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
Q2) What did George W.Harkins and George Guess share in common?
A) Both were vocal supporters of the Indian Removal Act.
B) Both were relocated under the Indian Removal Act.
C) Both challenged the Supreme Court ruling in Worcestor v. Georgia.
D) Both supported legislation that denied Indian legal claims to tribal lands.
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 11.2,who symbolized the contradiction in America between democracy and slavery?
A) George Washington
B) Andrew Jackson
C) James Madison
D) Thomas Jefferson
Q4) Andrew Jackson is referred to as the People's President.To what extent did he live up to that name? To what extent did he fall short?
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Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny
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Q1) Which of the following groups played an important role in publishing slave narratives in the nineteenth century?
A) slave traders
B) slaveholders
C) abolitionists
D) apologists
Q2) John L.O'Sullivan and James K.Polk would have both agreed that __________.
A) the land claims of Indians should be upheld
B) democracy opened the door to mob rule
C) isolationism should be the basis of U.S. foreign policy
D) America should expand to the Pacific Ocean
Q3) Who led the Texans in their war of independence against Mexico?
A) Sam Houston
B) Zachary Taylor
C) John Tyler
D) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Q4) To what extent was the expansion of the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century more a result of greed than a reflection of divine will?
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) What did John Brown oppose?
A) expansion
B) conscription
C) slavery
D) taxation
Q2) Which state would have been the most likely to oppose the admission of California into the Union?
A) Massachusetts
B) New York
C) South Carolina
D) Pennsylvania
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 13.4,John Brown and his followers were different from other abolitionists because of their __________.
A) use of violence
B) use of the law
C) focus on changing the Constitution
D) tolerance of existing slavery
Q4) How was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 weakened in the middle of the nineteenth century?
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Chapter 14: The Civil War
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Q1) Which of the following conclusions is supported by the information provided in the map?
A) All slave states joined the Confederacy.
B) Some slave states remained in the Union.
C) Some free states joined the Confederacy.
D) The first states to secede were all in the West.
Q2) Which of the following states seceded from the Union in 1861?
A) Missouri
B) Kentucky
C) Kansas
D) Louisiana
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 14.6,why was the family of Ulysses
S.Grant's wife able to keep their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?
A) It was an exchange for Grant's service.
B) The military was exempt from the law.
C) They lived in a border state.
D) Grant protected them from the law.
Q4) What contributed to the victory of the Union over the Confederacy in the Civil War?
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) Which of the following was proposed by Congress to deal with the financial panic that broke out in 1873?
A) Ku Klux Klan Act
B) Peace Policy
C) Inflation Bill
D) Reconstruction Amendments
Q2) According to the Arguing History video in section 15.6,who were barred from holding federal office during Reconstruction?
A) Confederate leaders
B) African Americans
C) Radical Republicans
D) Southern Democrats
Q3) Compare and contrast the goals of the Republicans and the Democrats in 1877.
Q4) In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,one of the banners read,"Our past the Block,our future the School." What does the Block symbolize?
A) education
B) slavery
C) redemption
D) suffrage
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