WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY MIDTERM
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the
colonies.
Answer: were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt the
American war effort. South Carolina lost nearly 1/3 of all slaves.
⩥ Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution
and Native Americans is FALSE?.
Answer: After the war, many Indians began to adapt to the norms of
white society
⩥ The British military campaign of 1777 saw.
Answer: General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga
⩥ As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his
supporters demanded.
Answer: moratorium on debt collection
⩥ Shortly after signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British
government.
,Answer: restricted American access to British markets
⩥ The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to.
Answer: provide for the admission of new states into the union
⩥ Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing was stimulated by.
Answer: the closing of British ports to American trade
⩥ The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to.
Answer: None of these answers are correct. (abolishing slavery, granting
citizenship to slaves, granting suffrage for free black males, abolishing
slavery and granting citizenship to slaves)
⩥ In the first national elections in 1789,.
Answer: all the presidential electors cast their votes for George
Washington
⩥ The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Answer: were well educated by the standards of their time.
⩥ Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the
document be ratified by.
Answer: special state ratifying conventions
,⩥ As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton.
Answer: supported the creation of a national bank.
⩥ Jay's Treaty (1794).
Answer: avoided a likely war with England
⩥ Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise
revenue through.
Answer: an excise tax and an import tax
⩥ The emergence of an alternative political organization to the
Federalists was prompted by.
Answer: belief that the power of the Federalists needed to be restrained
⩥ The Judiciary Act of 1801.
Answer: was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts
⩥ In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned
developing a nation that would.
Answer: be largely agricultural and rural
⩥ The presidential campaign of 1800.
, Answer: was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both
candidates
⩥ The Second Great Awakening.
Answer: began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their
organizations
⩥ During the Second Great Awakening, the Indian revivalist Handsome
Lake called for.
Answer: the restoration of traditional Indian culture
⩥ The religious concept of deism.
Answer: argued for a remote God that had withdrawn from human
affairs.
⩥ The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803).
Answer: stated that Congress had no authority to expand the power of
the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court had the power to nullify an
act of Congress
⩥ In the early nineteenth century, many members of Congress.
Answer: considered their state legislatures to be more prestigious
political bodies
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the
colonies.
Answer: were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt the
American war effort. South Carolina lost nearly 1/3 of all slaves.
⩥ Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution
and Native Americans is FALSE?.
Answer: After the war, many Indians began to adapt to the norms of
white society
⩥ The British military campaign of 1777 saw.
Answer: General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga
⩥ As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his
supporters demanded.
Answer: moratorium on debt collection
⩥ Shortly after signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British
government.
,Answer: restricted American access to British markets
⩥ The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to.
Answer: provide for the admission of new states into the union
⩥ Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing was stimulated by.
Answer: the closing of British ports to American trade
⩥ The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to.
Answer: None of these answers are correct. (abolishing slavery, granting
citizenship to slaves, granting suffrage for free black males, abolishing
slavery and granting citizenship to slaves)
⩥ In the first national elections in 1789,.
Answer: all the presidential electors cast their votes for George
Washington
⩥ The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Answer: were well educated by the standards of their time.
⩥ Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the
document be ratified by.
Answer: special state ratifying conventions
,⩥ As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton.
Answer: supported the creation of a national bank.
⩥ Jay's Treaty (1794).
Answer: avoided a likely war with England
⩥ Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise
revenue through.
Answer: an excise tax and an import tax
⩥ The emergence of an alternative political organization to the
Federalists was prompted by.
Answer: belief that the power of the Federalists needed to be restrained
⩥ The Judiciary Act of 1801.
Answer: was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts
⩥ In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned
developing a nation that would.
Answer: be largely agricultural and rural
⩥ The presidential campaign of 1800.
, Answer: was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both
candidates
⩥ The Second Great Awakening.
Answer: began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize their
organizations
⩥ During the Second Great Awakening, the Indian revivalist Handsome
Lake called for.
Answer: the restoration of traditional Indian culture
⩥ The religious concept of deism.
Answer: argued for a remote God that had withdrawn from human
affairs.
⩥ The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803).
Answer: stated that Congress had no authority to expand the power of
the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court had the power to nullify an
act of Congress
⩥ In the early nineteenth century, many members of Congress.
Answer: considered their state legislatures to be more prestigious
political bodies
