WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY MIDTERM
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ mercantilism.
Answer: a strategy in which nations can increase power through two
ways: obtain as much gold and silver as possible from from the
colonies a country owned, or establish a favorable balance of trade
◉ middle passage.
Answer: part of the triangular trade in which African slaves were
brought from their homeland to the Americas
◉ enlightenment.
Answer: an intellectual movement that points back to the
renaissance; stresses the use of logic and reason; prime example of
great enlightenment thinker would be ben franklin
◉ great awakening.
Answer: an intellectual movement that called for a return to religion;
seeks to revive the intensity and dedication of the original puritan
vision
,◉ french and indian war.
Answer: war between the between the british and france; the native
americans aided the french cause; from 1754-1763; involved
disputes over the ohio river valley
◉ george washington.
Answer: this man was the leader of a militia group from virginia
involved in the french and indian war; leader of the US army during
the revolutionary war; first president of the united states
◉ treaty of paris 1763.
Answer: treaty that ends the french and indian war; all of france's
land including Canada and all land east of the mississippi river was
given to britain; france and native americans lose
◉ proclamation of 1763.
Answer: a decree that warned colonists not to cross line west of the
Appalachian mountains, so as to avoid conflicts with the native
americans
◉ stamp act.
Answer: first direct tax given by parliament on the colonies; requires
a special stamp be placed on goods
, ◉ sons of liberty.
Answer: a famous secret resistance group led by samuel adams ;
pre-revolutionary war; oganized demonstrations, protests,
harrassment, etc.
◉ sam adams.
Answer: leader of the sons of liberty
◉ committees of correspondance.
Answer: in response to great britain's taxes on the colonists, these
were formed as a communication link for all thirteen colonies
◉ dorothea dix.
Answer: woman who instituted prison and mental health reforms
◉ paul revere.
Answer: most famous of the men who alerted colonists of the british
soldiers' coming to lexington and concord
◉ john adams.
Answer: man who at the second continental congress suggested that
each colony set up its own government and that the colonies should
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ mercantilism.
Answer: a strategy in which nations can increase power through two
ways: obtain as much gold and silver as possible from from the
colonies a country owned, or establish a favorable balance of trade
◉ middle passage.
Answer: part of the triangular trade in which African slaves were
brought from their homeland to the Americas
◉ enlightenment.
Answer: an intellectual movement that points back to the
renaissance; stresses the use of logic and reason; prime example of
great enlightenment thinker would be ben franklin
◉ great awakening.
Answer: an intellectual movement that called for a return to religion;
seeks to revive the intensity and dedication of the original puritan
vision
,◉ french and indian war.
Answer: war between the between the british and france; the native
americans aided the french cause; from 1754-1763; involved
disputes over the ohio river valley
◉ george washington.
Answer: this man was the leader of a militia group from virginia
involved in the french and indian war; leader of the US army during
the revolutionary war; first president of the united states
◉ treaty of paris 1763.
Answer: treaty that ends the french and indian war; all of france's
land including Canada and all land east of the mississippi river was
given to britain; france and native americans lose
◉ proclamation of 1763.
Answer: a decree that warned colonists not to cross line west of the
Appalachian mountains, so as to avoid conflicts with the native
americans
◉ stamp act.
Answer: first direct tax given by parliament on the colonies; requires
a special stamp be placed on goods
, ◉ sons of liberty.
Answer: a famous secret resistance group led by samuel adams ;
pre-revolutionary war; oganized demonstrations, protests,
harrassment, etc.
◉ sam adams.
Answer: leader of the sons of liberty
◉ committees of correspondance.
Answer: in response to great britain's taxes on the colonists, these
were formed as a communication link for all thirteen colonies
◉ dorothea dix.
Answer: woman who instituted prison and mental health reforms
◉ paul revere.
Answer: most famous of the men who alerted colonists of the british
soldiers' coming to lexington and concord
◉ john adams.
Answer: man who at the second continental congress suggested that
each colony set up its own government and that the colonies should
