Milestone Final Test Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Which of the following factors contributed to many Americans voting strictly along party lines?
a.)Voting was a public affair, so people often felt pressure to vote in a particular way.
b.)Revolutionary ideology emphasized loyalty to o...
Milestone Final Test Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Which of the following factors contributed to many Americans voting strictly along party
lines?
a.)Voting was a public affair, so people often felt pressure to vote in a particular way.
b.)Revolutionary ideology emphasized loyalty to one's political party regardless of the
candidates.
c.)Ballots were secret, making it easier for a person to vote along party lines.
d.)Third parties were made illegal under the Alien and Sedition Acts, signed by John
Adams. - Answer-a.)Voting was a public affair, so people often felt pressure to vote in a
particular way.
On what ground did the American colonists oppose the Stamp Act?
a.)Parliament had no right to overrule decisions by the legislative bodies in the colonies.
b.)All Englishmen had a constitutional right to representation in matters of taxation.
c.)One nation (Britain) does not have the right to tax citizens of another (America).
d.)All people, regardless of their nation, have a right to representational government. -
Answer-b.)All Englishmen had a constitutional right to representation in matters of
taxation.
Which of the following groups comprised the gentry in the Southern colonies?
a.)Wealthy landowners who modeled themselves after British aristocracy.
b.)Those who were educated but did not own land and thus could not vote.
c.)The free working class who wanted to be as distinct as possible from slaves.
d.)Landowners who had earned their status through indentured servitude. - Answer-
a.)Wealthy landowners who modeled themselves after British aristocracy.
Why was the sectional crisis important?
a.)It showed that most Southerners did not actually support the existence of slavery.
b.)It showed that slavery had to be either allowed everywhere or nowhere.
c.)It showed that, despite the existence of a one-party system, there was still significant
political division.
d.)It showed that a president could win the electoral vote but not the popular vote. -
Answer-c.)It showed that, despite the existence of a one-party system, there was still
significant political division.
, Which of the following events resulted in western lands being given away for a nominal
fee to independent adults who could improve on them?
a.)The Morrill Act
b.)The Homestead Act
c.)The Treaty of Fort Laramie
d.)The Indian Wars - Answer-b.)The Homestead Act
Which resource spurred French commercial activity in America?
a.)Lumber from dense forests
b.)Corn grown by the native peoples
c.)Silver found in rich deposits
d.)Furs from animals like beavers - Answer-d.)Furs from animals like beavers
George Washington was an important figure in the Revolutionary War.
Select the statement that correctly identifies him.
a.)"I transferred 15,000 troops to the Chesapeake Bay and moved to take Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania."
b.)"I led my troops across the Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey, on an early
morning raid the day after Christmas."
c.)"I realized that to defeat the British in the south, I had to divide my troops, and the
strategy worked."
d.)"I arrived in America as a volunteer, but was soon promoted to an officer's position in
the Continental Army." - Answer-b.)"I led my troops across the Delaware River to
Trenton, New Jersey, on an early morning raid the day after Christmas."
Which of the following groups sought to destroy vehicles of black political organization
during Reconstruction?
a.)Republican Party
b.)Union Leagues
c.)Knights of the White Camelia
d.)U.S. Army - Answer-c.)
Knights of the White Camelia
Why did immigrants from England and elsewhere enter into indentured servitude?
a.)Most indentured servants were tricked or even kidnapped and forced into service.
b.)Indentured servants were all promised 50 acres of land upon completion of their term
of service.
c.)Indentured servitude in the New World exempted one from required military service
back home.
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