Foundations of American Civilization Exam
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Course Introduction
Foundations of American Civilization explores the key historical, cultural, political, and social developments that have shaped the United States from its earliest beginnings to the modern era. The course examines the interactions between diverse groups, the emergence of American institutions, and the evolution of American values and identity. Through analysis of primary sources, significant events, and influential figures, students gain a deeper understanding of the forces and ideas that continue to influence American society today.
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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) Which of the following explains why the Americas did not see as many infectious diseases as Europe did?
A) People in the Americas lived in close proximity to livestock.
B) People in the Americas never developed agriculture.
C) The Americas had a low population density.
D) The Americas had a high population density.
Answer: C
Q2) 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
Q3) The "Mound Builders" belonged to which Indian culture?
A) Plains
B) Pueblo
C) Chinook
D) Eastern Woodland
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Exploration and Conquest
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Q1) After the fall of Constantinople,most scholars and artists left and migrated in which direction?
A) south
B) north
C) west
D) east
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following reflects Spain's goals in the Americas?
A) science and technology
B) tolerance and equality
C) justice and peace
D) God and gold
Answer: D
Q3) The oral histories that reflect the Indian perspective of the Spanish conquest of the Americas are recorded in __________.
A) ingots
B) sacraments
C) codices
D) caravels
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) Which country controlled the territory south of Georgia?
A) Netherlands
B) France
C) Portugal
D) Spain
Answer: D
Q2) In his remarks to John Smith around 1609,who does Chief Powhatan blame for the tense relations between the Indians and colonists?
A) George Calvert
B) John Smith
C) William Berkeley
D) King Philip
Answer: B
Q3) Where did King Philip's War take place?
A) Britain
B) Spain
C) New England
D) the Chesapeake
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) What was witchcraft associated with in colonial America?
A) divine will
B) indigenous rights
C) natural science
D) black magic
Q2) According to the video in the introduction,which of the following contributed to the breakdown of relations between Britain and the American colonies from 1689 to 1763?
A) racism
B) sexism
C) language
D) distance
Q3) George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were important figures in the
A) Salem witch trials
B) University of Pennsylvania
C) New England Courant
D) Great Awakening
Q4) Compare and contrast views on religion held by the following people: Cotton Mather,George Whitefield,Jonathan Edwards,and Benjamin Franklin.
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) In 1775,George Washington was appointed the head of the __________.
A) Continental Army
B) Continental Congress
C) Stamp Act Congress
D) Sons of Liberty
Q2) In the image,the stamp on the far right reflects whose view of the Stamp Act?
A) British Parliament
B) American colonists
C) African slaves
D) Indian tribes
Q3) What did John Adams and Richard Henry Lee support?
A) reconciliation with Britain
B) American independence
C) women's suffrage
D) Indian land claims
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) Who was the first to lead the Continental Army?
A) William Howe
B) John Adams
C) George Washington
D) Banastre Tarleton
Q2) The peace that ended the American Revolutionary War was negotiated in which city?
A) Paris
B) London
C) Charleston
D) Philadelphia
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) What was George Washington's strategy in the American Revolutionary War? How effective was it?
Q5) In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
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Chapter 7: The Constitution
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 7.4,what did Benjamin Franklin insist the delegates do at the Constitutional Convention?
A) reduce the power of Congress
B) reinstate the Articles of Confederation
C) sign the constitution
D) stand by their principles
Q2) In the How Do We Know? video in section 7.6,the "necessary and proper" clause is also referred to as the __________ clause.
A) federalist
B) liberal
C) conservative
D) elastic
Q3) How did the new American government deal with the issue of slavery?
Q4) What term did Patrick Henry use to describe the government created by the Constitution?
A) confederation
B) United Colonies
C) consolidated government
D) alliance of states
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following was responsible for interpreting and applying the principles of the Constitution?
A) state legislatures
B) Department of State
C) Congress
D) Supreme Court
Q3) John Adams started an undeclared naval war against which country shown on the map?
A) Batavian Republic
B) Ottoman Empire
C) French Republic
D) Great Britain
Q4) Compare and contrast Federalist and Republican views on the French Revolution.
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Chapter 9: Republicans Take Over
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Q1) The Embargo Act reminded many Americans of the __________.
A) Sedition Act
B) Coinage Act
C) Intolerable Acts
D) Alien Act
Q2) According to the Past and Present video in section 9.6,what evidence does the Constitution require to substantiate a charge of treason?
A) personal correspondence in which the accused mentions treason
B) testimony from two eyewitnesses who saw the alleged act of treason
C) circumstantial evidence that strongly suggests an act of treason
D) publication of materials that call for resisting federal laws
Q3) In the Arguing History video in section 9.6,Britain and France claimed neutral rights during __________.
A) the American Civil War
B) the Napoleonic Wars
C) Embargo Act
D) World War I
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) According to the How Do We Know? video in section 10.6,Tecumseh's portrayal of which group was the most positive?
A) French
B) British
C) Spanish
D) Americans
Q2) What was the purpose of the constitutional amendments proposed by the Hartford Convention?
A) expand the powers of the president in matters of national security
B) expand the powers of the president in matters of Indian removal
C) make declarations of war more difficult to pass through Congress
D) make declarations of war easier to pass through Congress
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 10.3,what did Britain consider doing with the western half of the Mississippi Valley if they won the Battle of New Orleans?
A) establish a colony for fugitive slaves
B) create an Indian buffer state
C) sell the land to Spain
D) sell the land to France
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Chapter 11: Jacksonian Democracy
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Q1) Which of the following made specific provisions that ensured the continued existence of slavery in the United States?
A) Louisiana Purchase
B) Trail of Tears
C) Bank of the United States
D) Missouri Compromise
Q2) The image of Sequoya highlights his role in the development of a writing system for which tribe?
A) Cherokee
B) Choctaw
C) Sioux
D) Chippewa
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 11.3,the election of 1824 was the first one in which __________.
A) the people chose the electors
B) state legislatures chose the electors
C) the popular vote decided the presidency
D) the secretary of state became president
Q4) How democratic was Jacksonian Democracy? What were its limits?
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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) According to the Arguing History video in section 12.6,which of the following provides the strongest evidence that American democracy has expansionist tendencies?
A) Whig Party
B) Battle of the Alamo
C) Civil War
D) Manifest Destiny
Q3) 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
Q4) 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) According to the Past and Present video in section 13.6,the Republicans knew they would win which presidential election?
A) 1848
B) 1852
C) 1856
D) 1860
Q2) Which of the following weakened the Fugitive Slave Act?
A) Compromise of 1850
B) Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act of 1855
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Q3) In the election of 1860,the Republican Party did not need a single __________ vote to win the presidency.
A) Southern
B) Northern
C) Western
D) centrist
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) According to the introductory video in section 14.3,the Battle of __________ signaled the Confederacy's strategy to take the war to the North.
A) Fort Sumter
B) Antietam
C) Bull Run
D) Vicksburg
Q2) According to the video in the introduction,Abraham Lincoln __________ the South's secession.
A) tolerated
B) encouraged
C) resisted
D) legalized
Q3) The Emancipation Proclamation left slavery intact in which state?
A) Missouri
B) Georgia
C) Mississippi
D) Texas
Q4) How did both the Southern states that seceded and Abraham Lincoln use the Constitution to make their respective arguments for and against secession?
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) Under the Radical Republicans,the Confederate states were placed under the administration of the __________ until each state wrote a new constitution.
A) military
B) president
C) Senate
D) Supreme Court
Q2) What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
A) restrict the electorate
B) expand the electorate
C) abolish slavery
D) define citizenship
Q3) Which of the following can be inferred from the map?
A) The last states to be readmitted into the Union were Florida and Louisiana.
B) The former Confederate states won control of the Senate from the Republicans in the Union.
C) Readmission to the Union was contingent on the reestablishment of a conservative government.
D) White Southerners controlled state politics throughout the South when Reconstruction ended.
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