US HISTORY A Questions and Answers 100% correct
Which of the following is a correct statement about North America prior to 1492? Correct Answer:
Mesoamerican civilizations were highly urbanized.
Which of the following is a correct statement about Europe in 1492? Correct Answer: Europeans were
politically divided.
During the Age of Exploration, the East Coast of North America north of Florida was claimed by Correct
Answer: the English.
What is the Divine Right of Kings? Correct Answer: political theory that Kings right to rule came from
God
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? Correct Answer: inspiration for the Founding
Documents of the U.S.
the English colonists in North America prior to the French and Indian War Correct Answer: They were
guaranteed certain freedoms based on English traditions.
Quatering Act Correct Answer: forced housing if the military in private homes
Tea Act Correct Answer: caused a riot which cost almost a million dollars in lost shipments
Coercive Acts Correct Answer: closed Boston harbor
Stamp act Correct Answer: led to the chant "No taxation without representation!"
political idea rejected in the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents of the United
States? Correct Answer: Divine Right of Kings
The Enlightenment thinkers who influenced the Founding Fathers believed in Correct Answer: applying
logic and reason to solve social problems.
what shows that the Founding Fathers were not convinced that the people could always be depended
on to make the best decisions? Correct Answer: Electoral College
How did the United States intend to encourage other nations to build strong democracies? Correct
Answer: by controlling the North American continent
Which nation gave up most of Florida to the United States? Correct Answer: Spain
Which of the following laid out the process by which territories could become states? Correct Answer:
Northwest Ordinance
, Which of the following was a result of the Mexican War? Correct Answer: Mexico lost 55% of its pre-
1836 territory.
What did the South regard as necessary and possible to prevent slavery from becoming illegal in the
United States Correct Answer: control of the Senate
With the admission of ________ in 1850 as a free state, the balance shifted to free states, and it stayed
that way until the Civil War began. Correct Answer: California
During the era of Sectionalism, which two sections of the United States tended to support each other
most often? Correct Answer: They supported each other about equally.
Which of the following positions did the South take on sectional issues? Correct Answer: The South
favored an extension of slavery.
During which historical era did the disagreements which led to the U.S. Civil War first emerge? Correct
Answer: Colonial era
Which of the following statements about secession is correct? Correct Answer: The North asserted no
such right existed.
Which of the following was an advantage that the North held over the South as the Civil War began?
Correct Answer: The Navy could control maritime trade.
What was the key for the success of the Anaconda Plan? Correct Answer: a successful blockade of the
South
Immediately after which Civil War battle did General Sherman begin his "march to the sea?" Correct
Answer: Atlanta
Toward the end of the Civil War, what was President Lincoln's attitude toward the South? Correct
Answer: He wanted to treat the South as kindly as possible.
When did the Reconstruction period begin? Correct Answer: right after the war in 1865
Which of the following best describes the South after 1865? Correct Answer: The southern economy
was in ruins.
13th amendment Correct Answer: abolished slavery
14th amendment Correct Answer: gave citizenship to former slaves
15th amendment Correct Answer: gave right to vote to black males
What did the "Redeemers" do in the South after the war? Correct Answer: They discouraged Black
participation in the political process.
Which of the following is a correct statement about North America prior to 1492? Correct Answer:
Mesoamerican civilizations were highly urbanized.
Which of the following is a correct statement about Europe in 1492? Correct Answer: Europeans were
politically divided.
During the Age of Exploration, the East Coast of North America north of Florida was claimed by Correct
Answer: the English.
What is the Divine Right of Kings? Correct Answer: political theory that Kings right to rule came from
God
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? Correct Answer: inspiration for the Founding
Documents of the U.S.
the English colonists in North America prior to the French and Indian War Correct Answer: They were
guaranteed certain freedoms based on English traditions.
Quatering Act Correct Answer: forced housing if the military in private homes
Tea Act Correct Answer: caused a riot which cost almost a million dollars in lost shipments
Coercive Acts Correct Answer: closed Boston harbor
Stamp act Correct Answer: led to the chant "No taxation without representation!"
political idea rejected in the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents of the United
States? Correct Answer: Divine Right of Kings
The Enlightenment thinkers who influenced the Founding Fathers believed in Correct Answer: applying
logic and reason to solve social problems.
what shows that the Founding Fathers were not convinced that the people could always be depended
on to make the best decisions? Correct Answer: Electoral College
How did the United States intend to encourage other nations to build strong democracies? Correct
Answer: by controlling the North American continent
Which nation gave up most of Florida to the United States? Correct Answer: Spain
Which of the following laid out the process by which territories could become states? Correct Answer:
Northwest Ordinance
, Which of the following was a result of the Mexican War? Correct Answer: Mexico lost 55% of its pre-
1836 territory.
What did the South regard as necessary and possible to prevent slavery from becoming illegal in the
United States Correct Answer: control of the Senate
With the admission of ________ in 1850 as a free state, the balance shifted to free states, and it stayed
that way until the Civil War began. Correct Answer: California
During the era of Sectionalism, which two sections of the United States tended to support each other
most often? Correct Answer: They supported each other about equally.
Which of the following positions did the South take on sectional issues? Correct Answer: The South
favored an extension of slavery.
During which historical era did the disagreements which led to the U.S. Civil War first emerge? Correct
Answer: Colonial era
Which of the following statements about secession is correct? Correct Answer: The North asserted no
such right existed.
Which of the following was an advantage that the North held over the South as the Civil War began?
Correct Answer: The Navy could control maritime trade.
What was the key for the success of the Anaconda Plan? Correct Answer: a successful blockade of the
South
Immediately after which Civil War battle did General Sherman begin his "march to the sea?" Correct
Answer: Atlanta
Toward the end of the Civil War, what was President Lincoln's attitude toward the South? Correct
Answer: He wanted to treat the South as kindly as possible.
When did the Reconstruction period begin? Correct Answer: right after the war in 1865
Which of the following best describes the South after 1865? Correct Answer: The southern economy
was in ruins.
13th amendment Correct Answer: abolished slavery
14th amendment Correct Answer: gave citizenship to former slaves
15th amendment Correct Answer: gave right to vote to black males
What did the "Redeemers" do in the South after the war? Correct Answer: They discouraged Black
participation in the political process.
