View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the 1785 treaty, in which the U.S. government agreed to restrict settlement east of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) The Treaty of Tordesillas.
(b) The Treaty of Hopewell.
(c) The Treaty of Greenville.
(d) The Treaty of Holston.

2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
(a) As brave, courageous, and capable.
(b) As intelligent, savvy, and cunning.
(c) As violent, lazy, and stupid.
(d) As greedy, selfish, and avaricious.

3. Which fur trapper and entrepreneur played a role in the U.S. invasion of northern Mexico?
(a) Daniel Boone.
(b) Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) John Sevier.

4. What year did the Sand Creek Massacre take place?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1875.

5. During the War for Independence, what portion of the U.S. population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic ocean?
(a) One third.
(b) One half.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

2. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, why did the British withdraw their forces from the Americas in 1783?

3. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?

4. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for the specific type of colonialism used to form the United States?

5. Which of the following tribes was a member of the Six Nations of the Iroquois confederacy?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample