7th Grade - End of Year Review

Question 1

What did the Treaty of Paris 1783 do?

Accepted Answer

Officially ended the Revolutionary War

Question 2

What was one cause of the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

British impressment of sailors

Question 3

What was the Great Compromise?

Accepted Answer

Created two houses in Congress

Question 4

What did the Louisiana Purchase do?

Accepted Answer

Doubled the size of the U.S.

Question 5

How can you tell if a source is credible?

Accepted Answer

It has reliable authors and evidence

Question 6

What was the Middle Passage?

Accepted Answer

Part of the Triangular Trade where Africans were enslaved and transported

Question 7

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A group protesting British rule

Question 8

What is a primary source?

Accepted Answer

A diary written during the time of an event

Question 9

What was a major goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Accepted Answer

Explore the new land and find a water route

Question 10

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point?

Accepted Answer

It convinced France to help the U.S.

Question 11

What did the Federalists want?

Accepted Answer

A strong central government

Question 12

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

Freed slaves in Confederate states

Question 13

What does Manifest Destiny mean?

Accepted Answer

Belief that the U.S. should expand west

Question 14

What was the result of the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A sense of national pride

Question 15

What did Anti-Federalists demand before approving the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A Bill of Rights

Question 16

Why did European countries want colonies in America?

Accepted Answer

To gain wealth and power

Question 17

What was one negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Spread of deadly diseases to Native Americans

Question 18

Which of the following is a secondary source?

Accepted Answer

A biography written in 2020

Question 19

How did Paul Revere’s engraving affect colonists?

Accepted Answer

It made colonists angry at the British

Question 20

What land did the U.S. gain from the Treaty of Paris?

Accepted Answer

Land west to the Mississippi River

Question 21

What was one reason people moved west?

Accepted Answer

For land and opportunity

Question 22

What was the main goal of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

To explain why the colonies wanted to be free from Britain

Question 23

What was the Trail of Tears?

Accepted Answer

Forced removal of Native Americans

Question 24

What is an example of checks and balances?

Accepted Answer

The president can veto laws

Question 25

What does the land bridge theory explain?

Accepted Answer

How people first came to the Americas

Question 26

What did “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine encourage?

Accepted Answer

Independence from Britain

Question 27

Who was Harriet Tubman?

Accepted Answer

A conductor on the Underground Railroad

Question 28

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?

Accepted Answer

Counting enslaved people for representation

Question 29

How did Native Americans adapt to their environment?

Accepted Answer

Built homes using local resources and farmed

Question 30

What did Shays’ Rebellion show?

Accepted Answer

The Articles of Confederation were too weak

Question 31

Why do some people view Columbus as a villain?

Accepted Answer

He mistreated Native Americans

Question 32

What was the League of the Iroquois?

Accepted Answer

A government created by Native American tribes

Question 33

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

British soldiers fired on colonists

Question 34

What does the Preamble to the Constitution do?

Accepted Answer

States the goals of the government

Question 35

Why did the Articles of Confederation give more power to the states?

Accepted Answer

Fear of a strong central government

Question 36

What was the goal of the abolitionist movement?

Accepted Answer

End slavery

Question 37

What was one law that dealt with slavery in new territories?

Accepted Answer

Missouri Compromise

Question 38

How did Baron von Steuben help the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

Trained soldiers at Valley Forge

Question 39

Why were New England colonies known for shipbuilding and fishing?

Accepted Answer

The geography had forests and a rocky coast

Question 40

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

Protect individual freedoms

Question 41

Which colony was known for religious tolerance?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 42

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 43

What was one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

New foods were introduced to both worlds

Question 44

Why did Jefferson support the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

It helped farmers and expanded land

Question 45

What was the Whiskey Rebellion about?

Accepted Answer

Tax on whiskey

Question 46

What is one right protected by the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Freedom of speech

Question 47

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

Accepted Answer

To create self-government

Question 48

Why did Britain tax the colonies after the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

To pay off war debts

Question 49

What is federalism?

Accepted Answer

Shared power between states and national government

Question 50

Why was George Washington respected as the first president?

Accepted Answer

He set many important traditions

7th Grade - End of Year Review

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