United States History I Question Bank
Course Introduction
United States History I provides an in-depth exploration of the social, political, economic, and cultural development of the United States from its pre-colonial origins through the end of the Civil War in 1865. The course examines the experiences of diverse groups, including Indigenous peoples, European settlers, enslaved Africans, and immigrants, as well as the founding of the nation, the creation of the Constitution, and the conflicts and compromises that shaped early America. Particular emphasis is placed on the causes and consequences of major events such as colonialism, the American Revolution, westward expansion, and the Civil War, offering students a comprehensive understanding of the foundations of the United States.
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) What did Leif Erikson do?
A) defeated the Vikings
B) established Vinland
C) invented the longship
D) ended the Norman Conquest
Answer: B
Q2) According to the Arguing History video in section 1.6,estimates of the number of people who lived in the Americas before the European arrival fall between
A) 100,000 and 500,000
B) 1 million and 5 million
C) 10 million and 100 million
D) 800 million and 1 billion
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 took the lead in launching exploratory voyages in the Atlantic in the fifteenth century?
A) Spain
B) Britain
C) Portugal
D) France
Answer: C
Q2) The description of the Spaniards in Bartolomé de las Casas's The Devastation of the Indies and the codices both draw attention to the Spaniards' __________.
A) divinity
B) humanity
C) greed
D) laziness
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) Which of the following made negotiating treaties between the English and the Indians difficult?
A) The English refused to negotiate with the Indians.
B) Indian chiefs refused to negotiate with the English.
C) Tribal borders did not align with colonial borders.
D) English law did not recognize written contracts.
Answer: C
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 3.2,the __________controlled New York before it became an English colony.
A) French
B) Dutch
C) Spanish
D) Portuguese
Answer: B
Q3) Religion played a central role in the founding of which colony?
A) Pennsylvania
B) New York
C) Virginia
D) Carolina
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) Britain returned Louisbourg,which had been seized by the American colonists in 1745,to France in order to expand its empire in __________.
A) Mexico
B) Canada
C) India
D) China
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 4.1,most people left England for the American colonies because they were __________.
A) dissatisfied with the status quo
B) targeted during the witch hunts
C) hoping to enter the Anglican Church
D) seeking cures for diseases
Q3) Benjamin Franklin represented the provincial assembly of which colony in the British Parliament?
A) New York
B) New Jersey
C) Pennsylvania
D) Massachusetts
Q4) What accounts for the differences between the northern and southern colonies?
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Chapter 5: Declaring Independence
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Q1) 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
Q2) The American colonists viewed the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar Act as __________.
A) undermining their interests
B) promoting their well-being
C) encouraging local initiative
D) weakening Indian defenses
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 5.5,Thomas Paine's Common Sense contributed to the American Revolution by __________.
A) proposing that a continental army be formed
B) calling for a congress to be convened
C) defending the actions of Parliament
D) rallying Americans around a common cause
Q4) Compare and contrast American and British expectations of one another.What did the Americans expect from the British,and what did the British expect from the Americans?
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Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
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Q1) According to the Arguing History video in section 6.6,many of the people on the losing side of the American Revolution __________.
A) ran for office
B) left for Canada
C) were killed
D) were enslaved
Q2) According to the How Do We Know? video in section 6.6,what did Abigail Adams comment on in her letters?
A) peace negotiations
B) abolitionist movement
C) the ravages of war
D) the economic crisis
Q3) Loyalist support during the Revolutionary War was the strongest in the backcountry of __________.
A) New York
B) the Carolinas
C) Massachusetts
D) Maryland
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) The Northwest Ordinance established which of the following as the border between free and slave states?
A) Rocky Mountains
B) Appalachian Mountains
C) Mississippi River
D) Ohio River
Q2) Which of the following states would most likely support the proposal that the new land acquired in the Treaty of Paris be given to the states that bordered it?
A) New Hampshire
B) Massachusetts
C) Virginia
D) Rhode Island
Q3) Which of the following shared with the Articles of Confederation the same understanding of how representation should be determined?
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Three-fifths compromise
D) Bill of Rights
Q4) How did the new American government deal with the issue of slavery?
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) Why were farmers negatively affected by the federal tax on whiskey?
A) They consumed the most whiskey.
B) They distilled corn into whiskey.
C) They could not buy any other alcohol.
D) They controlled the black market.
Q2) Compare and contrast Federalist and Republican views on the French Revolution.
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) How many amendments were ratified by the states for inclusion in the Bill of Rights?
A) five
B) ten
C) twelve
D) twenty-six
Q5) 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) What prompted Congress to pass the Embargo Act in 1807?
A) Farmers were going bankrupt and ending up in debtors' prisons.
B) Moses Austin established a colony in Spanish-controlled Texas.
C) Britain and France were seizing American merchant vessels.
D) Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase Louisiana from France.
Q2) Which amendment required that candidates for president and vice president run on the same ticket?
A) Tenth
B) Eleventh
C) Twelfth
D) Thirteenth
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 9.1,what was the outcome of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr?
A) Hamilton stepped away.
B) Burr stepped away.
C) Hamilton died.
D) Burr died.
Q4) Evaluate Thomas Jefferson's presidency.What were his successes? What were his failures?
Q5) 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) The image shows the Battle of __________.
A) New Orleans
B) the Thames
C) Bladensburg
D) Fort McHenry
Q2) Americans hoped that war with Britain would result in the American annexation of __________.
A) Canada
B) Mexico
C) Louisiana
D) the Ohio Valley
Q3) Which of the following countries would have most likely disagreed with the artistic interpretation of the Peace of Ghent shown in the image?
A) Britain
B) Belgium
C) United States
D) Italy
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 Memorial of the Cherokee Nation,the Cherokees were being relocated to lands __________.
A) west of the Arkansas territory
B) along the Proclamation Line of 1763
C) in the Michigan Territory
D) in Oregon Country
Q2) The inauguration of the president elected in which year signaled a radical departure from traditional politics?
A) 1816
B) 1820
C) 1824
D) 1828
Q3) Which of the following was a characteristic of the population in the West?
A) Tradition was important to many.
B) Most were recent immigrants.
C) The majority were extremely poor.
D) The majority were extremely rich.
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) In what ways were the justifications for slavery and expansion similar?
Q2) Which of the following characterized the frontier that emerged in California?
A) rural
B) stable
C) isolationist
D) cosmopolitan
Q3) Which of the following did the United States receive in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A) California
B) Oregon
C) Florida
D) Idaho
Q4) 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
Q5) How did the issue of slavery divide Americans between 1840 and 1850?
Q6) 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?
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Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis
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Q1) 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
Q2) To many Southerners,John Brown was a __________.
A) hero
B) martyr
C) murderer
D) swindler
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 13.2,what put Stephen Douglas at a disadvantage in his courtship of Mary Todd?
A) his affiliation with the Whig Party
B) his affiliation with the Democratic Party
C) his loss of the senate seat to Abraham Lincoln
D) his frequent bouts of depression
Q4) How did events in the middle of the nineteenth century push the South toward secession?
Q5) 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) What did all the states that joined the Confederate States of America share in common?
A) They all practiced slavery.
B) They were all in the West.
C) They had all voted for Lincoln.
D) They had all boycotted the 1860 election.
Q2) In what respects was the conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865 a civil war? In what respects was it a rebellion? In what respects was it a war of independence?
Q3) Which state joined the Confederacy after Abraham Lincoln issued a call to arms?
A) Missouri
B) West Virginia
C) Tennessee
D) Maryland
Q4) Who was the president of the Confederacy?
A) Jefferson Davis
B) Robert E. Lee
C) George McClellan
D) Robert Anderson
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) Who was impeached by the House of Representatives?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Ulysses Grant
D) Thaddeus Stevens
Q2) According to the Past and Present video in section 15.6,the phrase "forty acres and a mule" refers to freedmen's expectations of __________ equality during Reconstruction.
A) political
B) economic
C) social
D) cultural
Q3) Which of the following expressed the main message of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech?
A) "Thus always to tyrants"
B) "With malice toward none"
C) "Treason must be made odious"
D) "traitors must be punished"
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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