Bedford year 3 non-particiapting Student Post-Test 1. Default Section Question Title * 1. What is the name of your social studies teacher? Question Title * 2. The "Three - Fifths Compromise" originally contained in the Constitution referred to the Proportion of states permitted to practice slavery. Rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation. Number of African Americans who could vote. Number of American Indians allowed citizenship. Question Title * 3. The concept of separation of powers, as articulated by the framers of the Constitution refers to the Right of freedom of assembly. Organization of the national government into three branches. Separation of church and state. Political rights of the states. Question Title * 4. Henry Clay served the Union which of the following ways? Emphasizing patriotism. Creating compromises to hold the nation together. By defining the role of the Speaker of the House. All of the above. Question Title * 5. The Townsend Acts placed taxes on Cotton. Deeds, birth certificates, and playing cards. Tea. Leather. Question Title * 6. The first permanent settlement in America by the English was Plymouth. Jamestown. St. Augustine. New York. Question Title * 7. Which of the following is not a major reason people participate in revolutions? Feelings of injustice. Programs of reform. Anger at the government. Feelings of hopelessness. Question Title * 8. Before the Revolution, George Washington worked as a Politician. Carpenter. Planter and Surveyor. Preacher. Question Title * 9. The men who first encouraged violence against the English were a part of an organization called The Masonic Order. The Order of Cincinnatus. Sons of Liberty. The American Patriots. Question Title * 10. Indentured servants were different from slaves because indentured servants came from the West Indies were freed at the end of their term were paid less money did much easier work Question Title * 11. The favorite drink in the colonies before the revolution was Coffee. Milk. Coca Cola. Tea. Question Title * 12. The Declaration of Independence contained the following ideas except for All men are created equal. All men have the right to participate in government. The King had no right to tax the colonies. When the leadership becomes tyrannical the people have the right to rebel. Question Title * 13. A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. — Abraham Lincoln, 1858 What did Abraham Lincoln mean in this speech? The South should be allowed to separate from the United States. The government should support slavery in the South. Sometime in the future slavery would disappear from the United States. Americans would not be willing to fight a war over slavery. Question Title * 14. What was the most important reason the American colonists formed the First Continental Congress? Religious conflict inside the colonies. The desire to write a constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation. Colonial frustration with laws passed by the British Parliament. The desire to stop the war between the colonies and Great Britain. Question Title * 15. Which of the following best describes the British colonial policy called mercantilism? Encouraging the colonists to sell manufactured goods to European countries. Sending raw materials to England. Exercising British control over economic activities in the colonies. Attempting to make the colonies economically self - sufficient. Question Title * 16. Which of the following four was the culmination of the four events? Proclamation Act. Boston Massacre. Formation of the Continental Congress. Declaration of Independence. Question Title * 17. Which group of Americans followed what has become known as the "Trail of Tears" when they were forced to leave their homes? Japanese Americans Irish Americans Cherokee Indians Mormons Question Title * 18. What impact did the Anti - Federalists have on the U.S. Constitution? Their argument helped abolish the slave trade. Their influence assured the existence of a standing army. Their complaints led to the adoption of a Bill of Rights. They demanded the right of the federal government to levy taxes. Question Title * 19. According to the Declaration of Independence the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are Rights given to citizens but not non-citizens. The right to freedom of the press and religion. God-given rights proper government cannot take away. Rights that are made into laws by government. Question Title * 20. The British made little effort to control the American colonies before 1763 because The colonies were largely unprofitable. The leadership of the Hanoverian Kings in England. British policy toward the French in Canada. The treatment of the colonies before 1763. Question Title * 21. Another name for the French and Indian War is Queen Anne's War. Seven Years War. World War I. War of Austrian Succession. Question Title * 22. The Enlightenment contributed all but one of the following to the American experiment All men are created equal. All men, including kings and presidents, are subject to the same law. All men have intellectual potential. Separation of powers. Question Title * 23. As a result of the Revolutionary War, the British agreed to Recognize the United States as a free and independent state. Recognize the United States as a British colony. Seek new allies against the United States. Allow Americans representation in Parliament. Question Title * 24. Which of the following was not a leader in the American Revolution? Samuel Adams. John Adams. Henry Clay. Thomas Paine. Question Title * 25. What was a major cause of the Civil War? People in the North and in the South had different religions. People in the North and in the South disagreed over slavery. People in the North wanted control of the country when they found out that gold had been discovered in the South. People in the South wanted control of the country when they found out that oil had been discovered in the North. Done