Social Studies Content Knowledge test (5081) PRAXIS II study guide

Bacon's Rebellion CORRECT ANSWER Friction between English settlers and Native Americans Articles of Confederation CORRECT ANSWER Goal that was clearly expressed was a limit on the power of the national government. This document, the nation's first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. The document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage British Colony of Virginia CORRECT ANSWER This colony was distinctive because it had a popularly elected legislature. The Appalachian Plateau CORRECT ANSWER Was one of the regions of the South that had the strongest pro-Union sentiments at the outbreak of the Civil War. Stamp Act CORRECT ANSWER Primarily intended on paying for the military defense of the colonies. Parliament required that all revenue stamps be affixed to all colonial printed matter. White men of middle income CORRECT ANSWER An ethnic group that gained the most political power as a result of the American Revolution. Anti-Federalists CORRECT ANSWER Were opposed to the ratification of the Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. Opponents of the Constitution who saw it as a limitation on individual and states' rights, their demands led to the addition of the a Bill of Rights to the document. William Lloyd Garrison CORRECT A