US HIST Unit 1-5 Benchmark Test Review

Question 1

Who is known as the Father of the U.S. Constitution?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 2

In which of the colonial regions was one’s social status based on how much land you owned?

Accepted Answer

Southern

Question 3

What made the American victory at Yorktown possible?

Accepted Answer

The French Navy blockading the Chesapeake Bay.

Question 4

Which movement in the 1700’s saw new ideas in government, science, knowledge, and reason?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 5

Which plan favored creating a federal government with three separate branches?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 6

Who was the author of Common Sense?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 7

People who agreed to work for a period of years in return for their passage to America.

Accepted Answer

indentured servents

Question 8

What is the sharing of power between our national and state governments known as?

Accepted Answer

Federalism

Question 9

Which of the colonial regions was the most diverse and tolerant?

Accepted Answer

Middle

Question 10

What did the earliest settlers in New England come for?

Accepted Answer

freedom of religion

Question 11

This famous drawing portrays what event?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 12

What was the name of the first U.S. Constitution?

Accepted Answer

The Articles of Confederation

Question 13

Those who believed in complete independence from Britain were known as ______________.

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 14

What was transported on the middle passage of the triangular trade route?

Accepted Answer

slaves from Africa to the New World

Question 15

How was the problem of slavery, in regards to representation in congress, solved?

Accepted Answer

3/5ths were counted

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