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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment granted ________ the right to vote.
A) African Americans
B) convicted felons
C) eighteen-year-olds
D) deaf and blind Americans
E) women
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C
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In which year was voter turnout among the youth the highest?
A) 2004 B) 2000 C) 2008 D) 1996 E) 1992
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C
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After the French and Indian War, all of the following happened EXCEPT:
A) Colonists expected to continue westward expansion now that the "Indian problem" had been solved.
B) Parliament decreed there would be no more westward expansion.
C) Parliament passed the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act to recover expenditures from the war.
D) Colonists formed the Sons & Daughters of Liberty to protest no westward expansion.
E) Parliament passed the Quartering Act.
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D
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Why did the British Parliament enact the Sugar Act of 1764, which taxed goods imported by the colonists such as sugar, wine, and coffee?
A) to provoke the colonists into rebellion
B) to fund the Louisiana Purchase
C) to help pay for the French and Indian War
D) to discourage the use of "items whose sinful nature compromises the sanctity of Her Majesty's subjects"
E) to punish the colonists for "treacherous rebellions and insurrections"
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C
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Who of the following was the most vocal complainer about taxation without representation?
A) Anti-Federalists
B) Loyalists
C) the Sons of Liberty
D) King James I
E) Native Americans
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C
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In 1765, the American colonists protested the Stamp Act
A) through riots and boycotts.
B) by abolishing the Sons of Liberty.
C) by passing the Quartering Act.
D) by seceding from the union.
E) with the Boston Black Bean Party.
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A
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Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams were among the leaders of the
A) Continental Congress.
B) Virginia House of Burgesses.
C) Sons of Liberty.
D) Stamp Act Congress.
E) Philadelphia Parliament.
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C
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The first official meeting of the thirteen colonies was the
A) Continental Congress.
B) Stamp Act Congress.
C) Committees of Correspondence.
D) Constitutional Convention
E) Sons and Daughters of Liberty Assembly.
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B
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9) To facilitate the flow of information among the colonies about developments with the British, the colonists created the
A) Committees of Correspondence.
B) Continental Congress.
C) "Thomas Paine" society.
D) Stamp Act Congress.
E) Sons of Liberty.
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A
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10) How did Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party?
A) Parliament hired Indians to burn the property of Boston's merchants.
B) Parliament enacted a law that blockaded Boston Harbor.
C) The king ignored the incident and hoped the insurrection in the colonies would go away.
D) The king hosted his own British Tea Party in the English Channel.
E) British soldiers were told disband the Sons of Liberty "by any means necessary, be they legal or otherwise."
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B
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11) The First Continental Congress was called to
A) repeal the Coercive Acts.
B) Make plans to draft a Constitution for a unified government at the next Continental Congress.
C) draft a resolution for independence from Britain.
D) arrange a delegation to go to Britain to meet with the king and present their grievances.
E) improve the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain.
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E
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12) The First Continental Congress was most concerned about
A) the extent of British authority over the colonies.
B) ensuring access to imported tea and sugar.
C) punishing the Sons of Liberty for various illegal acts.
D) establishing a written Constitution for the newly united colonies.
E) the ongoing French and Indian War.
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A
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13) The First Continental Congress was called
A) to iron out differences with the king.
B) in response to the fighting at Lexington and Concord.
C) in support of the Stamp Act.
D) to rally support for the Declaration of Independence.
E) in response to Shays's Rebellion.
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A
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14) The "shot heard round the world" was fired at
A) Trenton, New Jersey.
B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
C) Yorktown, Virginia.
D) Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
E) Saratoga, New York.
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C
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15) Fighting in the American Revolution broke out in the battle at
A) Saratoga, New York.
B) Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
C) Yorktown, Virginia.
D) Trenton, New Jersey.E) New York, New York
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B
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