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1. Which of these pre-Columbian civilizations wasMesoamerican rather than Andean?

a. Inca
b. Aztec
c. Moche
d. Caaris

2. Which of the following is not a correctstatement regarding the Pilgrims?

a. The Pilgrims left England in 1620 on the ship knownas the Mayflower and landed at Cape Cod.
b. The Pilgrims were led by William Bradford with a charter from the LondonCompany.
c. The Pilgrims were a group of Puritans who left England to escape religiouspersecution.
d. The Pilgrims were a group of separatists who migrated to leave the Church ofEngland.

3. Which of the following is not true regardingthe early colonization of New York?

a. Dutch fur traders first created the New Amsterdamsettlement on Manhattan Island in 1624.
b. King Charles II of England entitled his brother James to conquer NewAmsterdam in 1664.
c. James, Duke of York, prohibited assemblies in New York as he was againstrepresentation.
d. Colonel Richard Nicols granted very few civil or political rights to the NewYork colonials.

4. Which of the following did not contribute todifferences in the lives of New England colonists vs. the lives of Chesapeakecolonists during the 17th century?

a. In Virginia and Maryland, female settlers greatlyoutnumbered male settlers.
b. New England colonists had significantly longer life expectancies than didChesapeake colonists.
c. New England colonists had a better organized, more stable society than didChesapeake colonists.
d. New England colonists had educational advantages over Chesapeake colonists.

5. Which of the following statements is true regardingNew Spain in the 1500s?

a. New Spain had not yet developed any kind of classsystem.
b. The Spanish originally imported Africans to use as slaves for labor.
c. The hacienda system eventually gave way to the encomiendasystem.
d. Conquistadores experienced shortages of labor in the New World.

6. Which of the following British generals came to Bostonin May of 1775 to push General Thomas Gage to become more aggressive toward theAmerican colonists?

a. William Howe
b. Henry Clinton
c. John Burgoyne
d. All of the above

7. When Americans captured Fort Ticonderoga on LakeChamplain, who was/were leading them?

a. Ethan Allen
b. Benedict Arnold
c. Richard Montgomery
d. (a) and (b)

8. Which of the following events happened earliest on theeve of the American Revolution?

a. The Declaration of Independence, drafted mainly byThomas Jefferson, was officially taken up by Americas Second ContinentalCongress.
b. Thomas Paine published his famous pamphlet, Common Sense, influencingeven more moderate Americans to agree upon independence.
c. The Second Continental Congress issued the Olive Branch Petition, beggingKing George III to ask Parliament to make peace with them.
d. King George III of England approved the Prohibitory Act, an officialdeclaration that the colonists were in rebellion and no longer protected.

9. Which of the following is not true with respectto the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

a. The delegates to the Convention had a commonopinion that people are inherently selfish.
b. Convention delegate Benjamin Franklin was quite instrumental in the GreatCompromise.
c. Edmund Randolph designed the Virginia Plan, which was introduced by JamesMadison.
d. Patersons New Jersey Plan favoring smaller states was an alternative to theVirginia Plan.

10. Which of these was not a factor thatcontributed to the duel in which Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton?

a. Some Federalists who opposed U.S. Western expansionwere attempting to organize a movement to secede from the Union.
b. Alexander Hamilton challenged Aaron Burr to a duel because he objected toU.S. expansion into the West, which Burr supported.
c. Secessionist Federalists tried to enlist Aaron Burrs support for theircause by backing him in his run for Governor of New York.
d. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the group that opposed Aaron Burrscampaign to run for New York Governor.

11. Which of the following was the first canal built inNew York State?

a. The Cayuga-Seneca Canal
b. The Chambly Canal
c. The Oswego Canal
d. The Erie Canal

12. Which of the following written works did Thomas Painepublish after the American Revolution?

a. Common Sense
b. Rights of Man
c. The Age of Reason
d. (b) and (c)

13. Which of the following is not true about theSecond Great Awakening?

a. This movement was a reaction against theEnlightenment emphasis on rationalism.
b. This movement emphasized individualized, personalized, emotional religiousfaith.
c. This movement was characterized by the participation of large numbers ofwomen.
d. This movements individualistic nature contradicted nationalism andexpansionism.

14. Which of the following statements is true regardingmovements toward reform in America during the 1840s?

a. American society was undergoing changes, which madeconditions unstable and uncertain.
b. During this period of time, the traditional values of American society werebeing challenged.
c. The Romantic Movement, a reaction to the Enlightenment, was supportive ofreforms.
d. All of the above statements are true.

15. Which of the following was an example of violence incities that occurred as a result of rapid urbanization in America in the 1830s?

a. Democrats opposed Whigs in New York City sostrenuously that the state militia was called in.
b. Both New York City and Philadelphia experienced a series of racial riotsduring the mid-1830s.
c. A Catholic convent was attacked and plundered by a violent mob in New YorkCity in 1834.
d. All of the above occurred in American cities during the 1830s.

16. When was the first American transcontinental railroadfinished?

a. 1862
b. 1890
c. 1869
d. 1865

17. Which of the following helped prepare the US forentry into World War I?

a. The National Defense Act
b. The Navy Act
c. The Revenue Act
d. These all prepared the US for entry into World War I.