American History Test Bank

Chapter 3 FEDERAL COURTS TEST BANK MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The United States has a dual court system consisting of: a. district and superior courts. c. criminal and civil courts. b. trial and appellate courts. d. state and federal courts. ANS: D REF: 57 OBJ: 1 2. Which of the following is true of appellate courts? a. The function of an appellate court is to carefully review the facts that were presented at a defendant’s criminal trial. b. Appellate court decisions are always ma...

Chapter 3—Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 SHORT ANSWER Identify and state the historical significance of the following: 1. John Calvin ANS: Student answers will vary. 2. Anne Hutchinson ANS: Student answers will vary. 3. Roger Williams ANS: Student answers will vary. 4. Henry Hudson ANS: Student answers will vary. 5. William Bradford ANS: Student answers will vary. 6. Peter Stuyvesant ANS: Student answers...

Chapter 3 Society and Culture in Provincial America Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were A. aristocrats. B. religious dissenters. C. laborers. D. commercial agents. E. landowners. Answer: C Page: 66 Topic: Population Patterns and Family Life 2. In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were A. slaves. B. women. C. convicts. D. indentured serva...