U.S. History Midterm Exam Fall 2023

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Ms. Van Valkenburg Midterm History 101 Total: 200 points Fall 2023 Section 9974 You do not need to copy the exam. Just upload your answer sheet. 1. Who were the Clovis people? (5 points) A. Migrants that came to the Americas from Australia B. Migrants from a Mongolian stock that came to America and lived in New Mexico C. People who moved from Africa to America and lived near Clovis D. Migrants that came from Clovis and moved to America during Ice Age 2. The Archaic period is a scholarly term for the history of Animals during a period around 200 AC. (5 points) A. True B. False 3. Who was Cortes? (5 points) A. A Spanish conquistador who lived in Spain and became a politician there. B. A Spanish conquistador who attacked the Native Americans in Cuba and was known there for his violent behavior C. A Spanish conquistador who learned about gold in Mexico and took his army there and met with Aztecs and unleashed smallpox epidemic on them. D. A Spanish Pirate 4. What is Mercantilism? (5 points) A. The idea that the world’s wealth is finite. One person or nation could grow rich only at the expense of another. B. The idea that the world has a lot of wealth. All nation can benefit from the riches of the world. C. The idea that only certain people should have wealth, while the rest should suffer. D. None of the above. 5. Who was Martin Luther in the era we are studying? (5 points) A. The leader of the Civil Right Movement in America. He was an African American Baptist minister that believed in nonviolent protest. B. A Catholic Pope who increased the wealth of church C. The leader of Dutch merchants that traded with the first colonies D. A German Catholic priest who wrote a 95 thesis, got excommunicated and created the Protestant ideology that Salvation could be achieved through Faith alone. 6. Who was John Calvin? (5 points) A. A Dutch theologian who believed that the Catholic church was wrong to give salvation to people based on good deeds. B. A French theologian, he introduced the doctrine of predestination. God only elected some people to be saved and condemned others to damnation.

C. He created a lot of followers called Calvinists, who believed that the way people led their lives might reveal to them their chances of salvation. D. Both B and C are correct 7. What was the English Reformation? (5 points) A. Very different, it occurred because of political reason than doctrinal revolts: King Henry VIII wanted a divorce from his wife to get married to his second wife Ann Boleyn. B. Henry VIII, decided to break with the Catholic church and establish the Church of England and established himself as the head of the Christian faith in his country. C. He made very few changes in the church. D. All the above 8. Who were the Puritans? (5 points) A. The strictest Protestants in England who wanted to purify the church. B. A group of individuals that were anti England, and attempted many terrorist activities C. A religious group in France that kept to themselves D. A religion that believed in having fun in one’s life 9. The Headright system was used to populate the colony. It gave acres of lands to people who lived in the colony or moved to the colony. (5 points) A. True B. False 10. Dalphine Lalaurie was a rich woman who had a house in French Quarter in New Orleans. She is known because she killed, tortured many of her slaves. Her atrocities became known because her cook who was chained to the stove set the apartment on fire. (5 points) A. True B. False 11. Who was Anne Hutchinson? (5 points) A. She challenged the establishment in Massachusetts Bay because she believed the religious leaders were not qualified to preach. She was banished and moved to Rhode Island and then New Netherland with her followers and family. B. She did not agree with the religious beliefs and was banished, joined the Native American tribe, got more land and established a new state. C. She was a wife of a governor in Massachusetts, became a leader of a religious movement. D. None of the above 12. Who were the Quakers? (5 points) A. It came from the preaching of George Fox, and Margaret Fell B. They believed all people had divinity within themselves, and all who cultivated that divinity could attain salvation.

C. They granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men. D. Women and men alike could become preachers and define church doctrine E. All the above 13. What was the Navigation Act? (5 points) A. It closed the colonies to all trade except that carried in English ships B. All goods being shipped from Europe to the colonies had to pass through England on the way; that would make it possible for England to tax them C. It imposed duties on the coastal trade among the English colonies, and it provided for the appointment of custom official to enforce the Navigation Act D. All the above 14. The reason for Salem Witch Trials was? (5 points) A. The Puritans believed that the devil was trying to corrupt women B. Children accusing women in the community as witches C. A and B D. None of the above 15. Fort Necessity was a big loss for George Washington because he had to retreat and leave the fort while the French soldiers took over. (5 points) A. True B. False 16. What was the Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Act? (5 points) A. It imposed taxes on everything B. It was an act to establish currency to purchase Sugar and stamps C. It established taxes on Sugar, newspapers, pamphlets, deeds, wills, licenses and it required the colonial assemblies to stop issuing paper money. D. They were the acts that were established by the English Parliament that allowed some taxation on few products to benefit the colonies 17. What was Gaspee Incident? (5 points) A. It was a book that was published in the colonies B. It was a British custom ship that was taken over by the American Merchant looted and then set on fire. C. An American Merchant ship that was taken over by the British and looted and set on fire D. None of the above 18. Sons of Liberty were British loyalist that always fought against the colonist. (5 points) A. True B. False 19. Internal taxes were taxes that were imposed on the products in America, while external taxes were taxes imposed on products traded with America. (5 points) A. True B. False

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20. The Olive Branch Petition was sent to the King to inform him about the issues that the colonists were facing due to unfair taxation. The king never read the petition. (5 points) A. True B. False 21. How did the Tea Act affect America? And what happened during the Boston Tea Party? (10 points) 22. What was the Enlightenment? How did it impact Education and Science? (10 points) 23. Who was William Penn? How was Pennsylvania founded? (10 points) 24. Explain Incas/Mayan/Aztec culture, religion, technology, history. (Chose one either Incas, Mayan or Aztec) (10 points) 25. What was the Great Awakening? How did it impact people? (10 points) 26. Short Answer the following question in an essay format. Make sure you have an introduction, 3 paragraphs, and a conclusion. (50 points) Why was the election of 1800 so revolutionary? Compare and contrast Hamilton’s vision for America and Jefferson’s view of America? How did Jefferson change America internally and externally? How did the Louisiana Purchase affect all of America? Be sure to answer all of the parts of the question for full points.