US HISTORY 101 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉Patriot vs. Loyalist. Answer: Patriot=in favor of independence;
Loyalist=loyal to the Crown
◉Battle of Trenton 1776. Answer: Convinced people to either enlist
or reenlist in the army
◉Enlistments. Answer: An agreement to join the army
◉Saratoga 1777. Answer: Convinced the French to join this war
◉Involvement of the French. Answer: Navy, weapons, supplies,
soldiers, money, croissants
◉Valley Forge. Answer: Winter of 1777-1778...American army began
to fight as a European style fighting force
, ◉Yorktown 1781. Answer: Basically the last major battle of the Rev
War
◉Articles of Confederation. Answer: America's first constitution
◉Shays' Rebellion. Answer: Fed gov couldn't stop it
◉Philadelphia Convention 1787. Answer: Original purpose: to
amend the Articles
◉Connecticut Compromise. Answer: Created a bicameral
legislature...Senate=equal representation (NJ plan), House of
Representatives=proportional rep
◉Northern States vs. Southern States. Answer: ⅗ compromise=60%
of a state's slave population counted towards its total population
◉Separation of powers. Answer: Divide power amongst the
branches to prevent the abuse of power...ex: war power...Congress
can declare war, President becomes commander in chief
◉Federalism. Answer: Divide power amongst levels of government
(national, state, local)
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉Patriot vs. Loyalist. Answer: Patriot=in favor of independence;
Loyalist=loyal to the Crown
◉Battle of Trenton 1776. Answer: Convinced people to either enlist
or reenlist in the army
◉Enlistments. Answer: An agreement to join the army
◉Saratoga 1777. Answer: Convinced the French to join this war
◉Involvement of the French. Answer: Navy, weapons, supplies,
soldiers, money, croissants
◉Valley Forge. Answer: Winter of 1777-1778...American army began
to fight as a European style fighting force
, ◉Yorktown 1781. Answer: Basically the last major battle of the Rev
War
◉Articles of Confederation. Answer: America's first constitution
◉Shays' Rebellion. Answer: Fed gov couldn't stop it
◉Philadelphia Convention 1787. Answer: Original purpose: to
amend the Articles
◉Connecticut Compromise. Answer: Created a bicameral
legislature...Senate=equal representation (NJ plan), House of
Representatives=proportional rep
◉Northern States vs. Southern States. Answer: ⅗ compromise=60%
of a state's slave population counted towards its total population
◉Separation of powers. Answer: Divide power amongst the
branches to prevent the abuse of power...ex: war power...Congress
can declare war, President becomes commander in chief
◉Federalism. Answer: Divide power amongst levels of government
(national, state, local)
