FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT JOHN MIDTERM

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FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT JOHN MIDTERM

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Question 1: What is true of Madison's Virginia Plan?

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it proposed a two-house Congress Question 2: According to the Constitution, the president has the authority to:

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veto acts of Congress Question 3: How did Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807 impact the American economy?

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it drastically reduced the value of US exports and destroyed the economy, especially in New England Question 4: Why did Thomas Jefferson decide to purchase Louisiana despite his constitutional concerns?

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he wished to remove the threat of French control of New Orleans and to double the size of the US

Question 5: What was a result of the Battle of Saratoga?

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France's entry on the American side Question 6: Which general surrendered his army of over 5,800 troops at the Battle of Saratoga, creating a catastrophic defeat for the British?

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John Burgoyne Question 7: The stockholders who invested in the Virginia company were motivated primarily by what factor?

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financial profit Question 8: The primary objective of the hundreds of priests in New Spain was to:

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Serve as government officials Question 9: True or False: Cortés enlisted the aid of surrounding populations to help overthrow the Aztecs?

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False

Question 10: What accurately describes the Navigation Act of 1651?

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It required all goods imported into Britain to be shipped on British-owned vessels

Question 11: Why did division arise within the Anglican Church under James I?

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Dissenters believed the church needed "purifying" from Catholic rituals Question 12: By the 18th century, Mestizos made up a majority of the population in Mexico and New Mexico -- who were they?

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the offspring of Spanish and Native American parents

Question 13: What crop did the English hope to grow in the Carolinas?

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Sugar Question 14: True or False: Thomas Jefferson signed an act outlawing the importation of foreign slaves from Africa as of 1808.

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True Question 15: Describe the ship Mayflower:

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the ship headed across the Atlantic bound for the Virginia colony Question 16: True or False: During the 18th century, demand for slaves in the southern colonies

declined slightly:

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False Question 17: Why was the Battle of New Orleans significant even though the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed?

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the fact that America won New Orleans back from the British and kept it

Question 18: The Sedition Act prohibited

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criticism of the government Question 19: Explain the impact of the encomienda system used by the Spanish in their

American empire:

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It meant the native Indians were effectively enslaved as forced laborers for wealthy Spaniards

Question 20: How did Jamestown finally attain a measure of prosperity?

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tobacco production

Question 21: By 1730, which region in British North America became the first in the Western Hemisphere to achieve a self-sustaining rate of population growth?

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Chesapeake Question 22: As royal governor of the Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros

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increased the authority of the Massachusetts assembly Question 23: The Louisiana Purchase was made possible by:

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Napoleon's disastrous setback in Haiti

Question 24: How did new types of foods from the Americas impact Europe?

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The new foods improved the health of Europeans and sparked rapid population growth Question 25: Who served as Thomas Jefferson's secretary of the Treasury and earned the respect of both Republicans and Federalists with his financial skills?

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Albert Gallatin Question 26: True or False: the timely arrival of the French navy off the coast of Yorktown gave Washington's forces the reinforcement they needed to defeat Cornwallis's British army

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True Question 27: True or False: Calvinism stressed tolerance and liberal theology rather than a strict

moral code:

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False Question 28: True or False: the congressional vote to declare war for the War of 1812 was the closest in America's history of warfare

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True