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UNIT ONE

Test your knowledge of American history with these review game questions covering topics such as the American Revolution, Founding Fathers, and major events.

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UNIT ONE

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  1. UNIT ONE REVIEW GAME

  2. QUESTION #1 • In what year was the first successful English settlement established? • ANSWER: 1607

  3. QUESTION #2 • Which movement largely influenced our Founding Fathers throughout the Revolution? • ANSWER: Enlightenment

  4. QUESTION #3 • What did GW advise America to do in his Farewell Address? • ANSWER: remain united, keep good credit, stay as isolated as possible

  5. QUESTION #4 • Name at least one major cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies before the Revolution. • ANSWER: tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton

  6. QUESTION #5 • What is the name of the settlement established by the Pilgrims in 1620? • ANSWER: Plymouth Colony

  7. QUESTION #6 • What type of political system did our Founding Fathers put in place after the Revolution? • ANSWER: democratic republic

  8. QUESTION #7 • Which major event caused American colonists to question British authority for the first time? • ANSWER: French and Indian War

  9. QUESTION #8 • Which Founding Father created America’s first political cartoon? • ANSWER: Benjamin Franklin

  10. QUESTION #9 • Which specific group of Founding Fathers performed the Boston Tea Party? • ANSWER: Sons of Liberty

  11. QUESTION #10 • What is the name given to members of colonial militias? • ANSWER: minutemen

  12. QUESTION #11 • What led to the growth of cities in the New England states? • ANSWER: Industrial Revolution

  13. QUESTION #12 • What was the main goal of the Jamestown settlement? • ANSWER: to make a profit

  14. QUESTION #13 • Which movement largely influenced our Founding Fathers throughout the Revolution? • ANSWER: Enlightenment

  15. QUESTION #14 • On which (specific!) date was the Declaration of Independence signed and adopted? • ANSWER: July 4, 1776

  16. QUESTION #15 • What was added to the Constitution in order to convince Anti-Federalists to ratify it? • ANSWER: Bill of Rights

  17. QUESTION #16 • In which court case did the Supreme Court first exercise its power of judicial review? • ANSWER: Marbury v. Madison

  18. QUESTION #17 • What was the first battle of the American Revolution? • ANSWER: Battle of Lexington & Concord

  19. QUESTION #18 • Which Enlightenment thinker gave us the idea that all people are born with natural rights? • ANSWER: John Locke

  20. QUESTION #19 • What is the name given to the official colonial army that fought the British military? • ANSWER: Continental Army

  21. QUESTION #20 • What was the primary reason that the Pilgrims left England and came to the New World? • ANSWER: religious freedom

  22. QUESTION #21 • What is the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which helped colonists side with the Revolution? • ANSWER: Common Sense

  23. QUESTION #22 • Which Founding Father is largely responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence? • ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson

  24. QUESTION #23 • What form of labor did Southern colonies use after the plan to enslave Native Americans failed? • ANSWER: indentured servitude

  25. QUESTION #24 • Who was the U.S.’s first president? • ANSWER: George Washington

  26. QUESTION #25 • What was the name of the document which established the rules for the Plymouth Colony? • ANSWER: Mayflower Compact

  27. QUESTION #26 • At which event did colonists and British soldiers clash, ending with 4 deaths? • ANSWER: Boston Massacre

  28. QUESTION #27 • Which Enlightenment thinker gave us the idea to establish 3 branches of government with system of checks and balances? • ANSWER: Montesquieu

  29. QUESTION #29 • What is the name of the first successful English settlement in North America? • ANSWER: Jamestown

  30. QUESTION #28 • What is the term used to the describe the belief that the U.S. was intended by God to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean? • ANSWER: Manifest Destiny

  31. QUESTION #30 • What argument did Hamilton use to defend the establishment of the National Bank? • ANSWER: Elastic Clause / implied powers

  32. QUESTION #32 • Which rebellion clearly illustrated that we needed a strong national court system in order to prevent bad laws from being passed? • ANSWER: Shay’s Rebellion

  33. QUESTION #31 • What is the name of the document which established a limited government immediately after the Revolution? • ANSWER: Articles of Confederation

  34. QUESTION #33 • Who was the general of the Continental Army? • ANSWER: George Washington

  35. QUESTION #34 • Which law did the Anti-Federalists pass in order to censor the Federalist Papers? • ANSWER: Sedition Act

  36. QUESTION #35 • Which compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in order to settle the issue of representation in government? • ANSWER: Great Compromise

  37. QUESTION #36 • Name the 3 branches of government. • ANSWER: judicial, executive, legislative

  38. QUESTION #37 • Who is the primary author of the Bill of Rights? • ANSWER: James Madison

  39. QUESTION #38 • Which president conducted the Louisiana Purchase? • ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson

  40. QUESTION #39 • What did the Federalist Papers argue the U.S. needed? • ANSWER: a stronger central government

  41. QUESTION #40 • Name at least one tax the British levied on the colonists. • ANSWER: Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Act

  42. QUESTION #41 • Which country allied with the Continental Army in order to win the Revolutionary War? • ANSWER: France

  43. QUESTION #42 • Who was the leader of the French troops throughout the American Revolution? • ANSWER: La Fayette

  44. QUESTION #43 • What was the colonists’ rallying cry before the American Revolution? • ANSWER: No taxation without representation!

  45. QUESTION #44 • Which general’s name became synonymous with betrayal due to his betrayal of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War? • ANSWER: Benedict Arnold

  46. QUESTION #45 • In which treaty did Great Britain recognize the U.S. as an independent country? • ANSWER: Treaty of Paris

  47. QUESTION #46 • What is the name given to the Founding Fathers who called on colonies to form militias? • ANSWER: (First) Continental Congress

  48. QUESTION #47 • Which invention dramatically increased the demand for slave labor in the South? • ANSWER: cotton gin

  49. QUESTION #48 • During which war did the British burn down the White House? • ANSWER: White House

  50. QUESTION #49 • What is the name of the doctrine in which we stated that U.S. would not take sides in any future European affairs? • ANSWER: Monroe Doctrine

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