<p> Unit 1 Standards Review Sheet Name: ______1. The Constitutional Convention began as ______. A. a meeting to draft a declaration of independence from British rule B. the result of a vote by the new Congress to adopt amendments that guaranteed certain freedoms C. a meeting of delegates to revise the Articles of Confederation D. a plan to divide the lands of the 13 colonies into states 2. Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought was his ______. A. analysis of the governmental system of checks and balances B. identification of the natural laws that governed human society C. theory that the government should interfere with religious matters D. idea that punishments should be brutal to be effective 3. Which of the amendments included in the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to bear arms? A. First B. Second C. Fifth D. Eighth</p><p>4. Study the map above. How far did the colonial messengers reach? A. Boston B. Lexington C. half way between Lexington and Concord D. Concord 5. Which state did the author of the Declaration of Independence hail from? A. Connecticut B. Massachusetts C. Pennsylvania D. Virginia</p><p>6. Study the map above. Who kept the British ships away from Yorktown? A. Cornwallis B. De Grasse C. Rochambeau D. Washington 7. Study the map above. When the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, what was the western border of the United States of America? A. Pacific Ocean B. Gulf of Mexico C. Mississippi River D. Canada 8. Study the chart above. Which of the principles of the Constitution divides power between the national and state governments? A. popular sovereignty B. limited government C. federalism D. separation of powers 9. The president can veto laws proposed by Congress. In turn, Congress can override a presidential veto with a ______vote. A. two-thirds B. one-half C. two-thirds plus one D. one-half plus one 10. What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise Line? A. The Senate added an amendment to prohibit slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of this line. B. The Mexican government agreed to permit slavery only south of this line. C. Maine was entered into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. D. The Missouri Compromise Line marked the boundary between free states and slave states.</p><p>11. What was the final destination of most of the underground railroad routes? A. Kentucky B. Canada C. New York D. Illinois 12. Who were the carpetbaggers? A. white Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction B. African Americans who became legislators C. former slaveholders of the South D. Northerners who moved to the South and were eventually elected or appointed positions in the South's new state governments 13. Which state was the first to secede from the Union? A. Alabama B. Kentucky C. Mississippi D. South Carolina 14. Which of the following did Alexander Graham Bell invent? A. ice machine B. light bulb C. phonograph D. telephone 15. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? A. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863 B. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in the border states after January 1, 1863 C. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in territories of the United States after January 1, 1863 D. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in the South near the end of the Civil War 16. Which of the following wars had the highest American war deaths? A. Civil War B. Vietnam War C. World War I D. World War II</p><p>17. Study the chart above. What power did the U.S. Constitution have that the Articles of Confederation did not? A. power to declare war B. power to establish a postal system C. power to impose taxes D. power to manage foreign affairs 18. Why was Tennessee not part of one of the five military districts created by the Military Reconstruction act? A. Tennessee was a border state that did not secede from the Union. B. Tennessee had already ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. C. President Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee. D. Tennessee did not vote to join a military district. 19. Where did Lee surrender to Grant? A. Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia B. Fort Sumter, South Carolina C. Richmond, Virginia D. Vicksburg, Mississippi 20. Who shot President Lincoln? A. John Wilkes Booth B. Lee Harvey Oswald C. Leon F. Czolgosz D. Charles Guiteau 21. Which of the following resulted from the development and use of the cotton gin? A. It slowed and complicated the procedure of combing the seeds out of the cotton. B. It decreased the demand for enslaved labor, as anyone could do the work. C. It increased the production of cotton. D. It reduced the need for textile mills. 22. The photo above shows the title page of Frederick Douglass's autobiography, published in 1845. What was the major cause supported by Douglass's writing? A. overturning school desegregation B. ending slavery C. leading the American Federation of Labor (AFL) D. successfully debating the issue of slavery with Abraham Lincoln</p><p>23. The graph above compares the resources of the Union and the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War. In which resource did the Union have the greatest advantage over the Confederacy? A. exports B. farms C. manufactured goods D. railroads 24. According to the map above, railroads affected the development of the United States by ____. A. concentrating commerce and trade along the Atlantic coast B. linking different regions of the country into a national economy C. opening new markets in Mexico D. ending the industrial supremacy of the South</p><p>25. In addition to guaranteeing that voting rights cannot be taken away on the basis of race and color, the Fifteenth Amendment ______. A. banned the use of poll taxes B. banned the use of literacy tests C. guaranteed that voting rights cannot be taken away because of gender D. guaranteed that voting rights cannot be taken away because of previous condition of servitude </p>