Who wants to be an APUSH MILLIONAIRE???

1. Who wants to be an APUSH MILLIONAIRE???

2. Round One: Colonial America

3. For $100 _____________ wanted to fix the Church of England. • Pilgrims • Separatists • Quakers • Puritans

4. For $200 • _____________ was the most ethnically diverse region of the colonies. • New England • The South • The Middle colonies • The West

5. For $500 • During the early years of colonization in the New World, England • Closely controlled its colonies • Maintained an excellent relationship with the Native Americans • Made sure all colonies had royal charters • Practiced Salutary Neglect

6. For $1,000 • Roger Williams founded this colony. • Pennsylvania • Massachusetts Bay • Virginia • Rhode Island

7. For $5,000 • Bacon’s Rebellion was supported mainly by • Young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land • The panter class of Virginia • Those protesting the increased importation of African slaves • People from Jamestown only

8. For $10,000 • Under Puritan doctrine, the saved were often referred to as • Separatists • Patrons • Pilgrims • The Elect

9. For $50,000 • This was a famous preacher from the Great Awakening, known for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” • Jonathon Edwards • Cotton Mather • John Rolfe • Roger Williams

10. For $100,000 • The “Starving Time” refers to the hardships colonists faced in • New England • Plymouth • Virginia • South Carolina

11. For $500,000 • The Half-Way Covenant a. Allowed full communion for all non-converted members b. Strengthened the distinction between the “elect” and all others c. resulted in a decrease in church members d. Admitted to baptism but not full membership the unconverted children of existing members

12. For $1,000,000 • The jury’s decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because a. He was found guilty b. It supported English law c. It pointed the way towards open public discussion d. It allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people

13. Topic Two: The American Revolution

14. For $100 • The Proclamation of 1763 accomplished which of the following? A. Temporarily forbid colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains. B. Transferred control of Louisiana from France to Spain. C. Kicked France out of Canada, placing that territory under British control. D. Ordered colonies to repay Britain the cost of defense by new taxation.

15. For $200 The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except: • Invoke the natural rights of humankind to revolt • Catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III • Argue that royal tyranny justified revolt • Offered the British one last chance at reconciliation

16. For $500 Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense • Was published before any fighting took place between the colonists and the British • Remained unpopular for several years before being accepted by the public • Called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic • Called on the British people to overthrow the King • Led to Paine’s eventual arrest and imprisonment in America

17. For $1,000 The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the: • Stamp Act • Townshend Acts • Quartering Act • Sugar Act

18. For $5,000 The Quebec Act • Outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec • Denied Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury • Restricted Quebec’s boundaries to the area North of the Great Lakes • Gave Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury

19. For $10,000 • The Battle for _____ was a key victory for the Americans because it brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France. • New York • Bunker Hill • Saratoga • Trenton

20. For $50,000 This cartoon urging colonial unity was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 in his Pennsylvania Gazette. It was published in support of which of the following? • A. New England Confederation. • B. Dominion of New England. • C. Albany Congress. • D. The Association.

21. For $100,000 In King William's War and Queen Anne's War the main French contestants in battles against the British were? • A. Fur trappers and Indian allies. • B. Regular units of French army. • C. Canadian militia from Quebec and Montreal. • E. European allies such as Spain and Holland.

22. For $500,000 • Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled ______________ or _____________, and the independence seeking Patriots were also known as ____________. • Tories, Whigs, Loyalists • Loyalists, Tories, Whigs • Loyalists, Whigs, Tories • Sons of Liberty, Tories, Whigs

23. For $1,000,000 The British prime minister who came to power during the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) to change British military strategy and achieve victory was? • A. William Pitt. • B. Edward Braddock. • C. James Wolfe. • E. Robert de la Salle.

24. Topic Three: The New Nation

25. For $100 In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called • Continentalism • Anglophobia • Divine mandate • Manifest destiny

26. For $200 • The ______________ Amendment might be called the “states rights Amendment.” • Third • Sixth • Tenth • Ninth

27. For $500 The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except: • Believers in a strong central government’ • Strict constructionists • Protectors of agrarian purity • Strong supporters of state rights

28. For $1,000 One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 was • A renewed commitment to states’ rights • A heightened spirit of nationalism • A resurgence of the Federalist party • Increased economic dependence of Europe

29. For $5,000 John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of the government by • Overriding presidential vetoes • Increasing the numbers of Supreme Court justices • Applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions • Asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation

30. For $10,000 All of the following were part of Hamilton’s financial plan except • The creation of the national bank • Funding the entire national debt • Abolishing domestic excises or taxes • Protective tariffs

31. For $50,000 The “cult of domesticity” • Gave women more opportunity to seek employment outside the home • Resulted in more pregnancies for women • Restricted women’s moral influences on the family • Glorified the traditional role of women • Was especially strong among rural women

32. For $100,000 • The Supreme Court ruling on ____________ held that the Cherokees were a sovereign nation. However, Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling. • Georgia v. Cherokee Nation • Marbury v. Madison • Plessy v. Ferguson • Worcester v. Georgia

33. For $500,000 Put the following events in chronological order: (A) XYZ Affair, (B) Neutrality Proclamation, (C) Jay’s treaty, (D) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions • C, B, A, D • B, A, C, D • B, C, A, D • A, B, C, D

34. For $1,000,000 Neal Dow sponsored the Maine law of 1851, which called for • The abolition of capital punishment • A ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor • A ban on polygamy • Woman suffrage

35. Topic Four: The Civil War and Reconstruction

36. For $100 • As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin, • Fewer slaves were needed on plantations • Cotton lost popularity • Slavery was reinvigorated • The African slave trade was legalized

37. For $200 In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised • Rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union • Former slaves the right to vote • Severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders • A plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote

38. For $500 The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of in the territories. • Abolitionism • Popular sovereignty • Slavery • Cotton growing

39. For $1,000 A scheme to acquire Cuba from Spain in the 1850’s was known as the • Clayton-Bulwer Treaty • Wilmot Proviso • Gadsden Purchase • Ostend Manifesto

40. For $5,000 Which of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era constitutional amendments? • Twelfth • Thirteenth • Fourteenth • Fifteenth

41. For $10,000 The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were • Shiloh and Chancellorsville • Gettysburg and Antietam • Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg • Mobile and Missionary Ridge

42. For $50,000 The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was • Expansionism • Proslavery • Abolitionism • Nativism

43. For $100,000 One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that • They feared losing Northern grain shipments • They did not want to fight against the superior American navy • The war caused no economic problems for Britain • The South resented British interference

44. For $500,000 “Lame-duck” President James Buchanan believed that • Southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union • His duty was to protect federal installations from assault • Southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union • The Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union

45. For $1,000,000 Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Dred Scott decision, (B) Lincoln-Douglas debates, (C) Kansas-Nebraska Act, (D) Harpers Ferry raid. • A, C, B, D • B, D, C, A • C, A, B, D • D, B, A, C