FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

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Question 1: What were the beliefes of the Federalists of the 1790's?

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A strong central government and a well developed economy.Question 2: Why was the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison significant?

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It expanded the power of the federal judiciary by establishing the right to review a law's constitutionality

Question 3: what was NOT a provision of the intolerable acts?

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The creation of colonial-controlled legislator Question 4: What was NOT part of the "Great Compromise" or the "Three-Fifths Compromise" at the 1787 Constitutional Convention?

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Slavery would be prohibited in the Northwest Territoy

Question 5: What is the significance of the elastic clause?

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To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution of foregoing powers and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the US Question 6: What is a FALSE statement about early settlement in the Chesapeake and New England?

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The Virginia colony had friendly relations with Native Americans while the Pilgrims were actively hostile.Question 7: What was the major consequence of the French and Indian war 1754-1763?

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Imposition of new taxes on the British North American soliders Question 8: What was the goal of the Massachusetts Bay Puritans under the leadership of Governor John Winthrop?

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A model community promoting government with strict religious principles.Question 9: Which was NOT part of secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamiltons financial program?

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Tax exemptions and subsidy payments to farmers Question 10: The American colonists slogan "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of what?

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Virtual representation Question 11: What was Jefferson's hope for the future of the United states economy?

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Independent owners of small farms

Question 12: In the seventeenth century, the earliest British colonies in Virginia were saved from economic ruin by what?

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The introduction of tobacco cultivation.

Question 13: The proclamation line of 1763 was designed to do what?

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Limit western expansion of colonial sttlement

Question 14: What was Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794?

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Personally led an army of nearly 15.000 men into Pennsylvania.Question 15: Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Navigation Acts in the colonies?

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Colonial merchants were encouraged by the Crown to increase trade with Spain, France, and the Dutch.Question 16: Why have historians labeled the period of colonial history before 1763 as one of "salutary neglect"?

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British inattention to enforcing colonial policy led to colonial growth and prosperity.

Question 17: What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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They denied the government the ability to tax the states Question 18: Colonists from what European nation generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?

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France

Question 19: Why was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Significant?

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Defined the process by which territories could become states.

Question 20: What were effects of Eli Whitney's cotton gin and the use of interchangeable party?

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Decreased use of slave labor in the South Question 21: Which method of colonial resistance achieved the greatest success in reversing Parliamentary legislation before the Revolutionary War?

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Boycotts of British goods Question 22: What were conditions that contributed to 1816-1824 being know as the "Era of Good Feelings?"

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The United States was at peace with Brittian Spain and France. Withe the demise of the Federalist party, there was only on major political party,

Question 23: Why did the stamp act create great fury in the colonies?

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This was the first time that Parliament imposed an internal or excise tax on the colonies to raise revenue.Question 24: Which statement BEST describes ideas that caused the division between Anne Hutchinson and Puritan church?

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Hutchinson openly promoted the idea of a personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders.Question 25: What was the significance of he cryptic message "CROATOAN"?

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It was all that was left of a failed attempt by the British to settle in Roanoke.

Question 26: What movement was strengthened by Shay's Rebellion?

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Produce a new national constitution to provide for national defense