Praxis 5004: Social Studies Final Review
Exam Questions With Solved Solutions
Rated A+.
Which group of colonies were most willing to work with the Native Americans? - Answer
French
New England Colonies - Answer Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Which colony was called "New Sweden?" - Answer Delaware
Why was the Proclamation Act opposed? - Answer The act prohibited English settlement
beyond the Appalachian Mountains. (Purpose: to appease Native Americans)
Currency Act - Answer Prohibited colonists from issuing paper money
Which act placed the first internal tax on the colonists? - Answer Stamp Act: 1765
Townshend Acts - Answer placed taxes on the colonists; passed in 1767
Sons of Liberty - Answer made up of colonists; protested the Stamp Act; secretly staged riots
against tax collectors; hanged British officials in effigy.
Why did George Washington warn against the creation of factions? - Answer Factions caused
jealousies, false alarms, and could cause damage
Factions - Answer Political parties in Britain; made up of few people who schemed to win
favors from the government.
, Who was a founding father that died in 1790? - Answer Benjamin Franklin
What was Alexander Hamilton's attitude about the Constitution? - Answer He believed
Congress had power to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its duties; follow it
loosely; Congress should have the power to collect taxes; favored creation of national bank
During which election did political parties first play a role? - Answer 1796; after Washington
retired
The Whigs - Answer Favored strong national growth
United behind President John Quincy Adams
Northeast businesspeople supported them
Farmers did not support them
What does "Manifest Destiny" mean? - Answer Territorial and Westward Expansion
Settlement of Texas - Answer Many new settlers took slaves with them
Slavery was outlawed in Mexico
Many of the new settlers were southerners
Tensions between US and Mexico after Texas settlement - Answer Manifest Destiny was the
motive for settling the Southwest
Mexican gov owed debts to US for property damages during the struggle for independence
from Spain
Mexico hadn't paid war debts
Why were Northerners in Congress opposed to the admission of Texas as a state? - Answer
Admission would disrupt the balance between free and slave states.
What is the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? - Answer It repealed some of the
terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Erased Louisiana Territory's imaginary line and left it up to the people of the territory:
bloodshed and two separate governments
Exam Questions With Solved Solutions
Rated A+.
Which group of colonies were most willing to work with the Native Americans? - Answer
French
New England Colonies - Answer Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Which colony was called "New Sweden?" - Answer Delaware
Why was the Proclamation Act opposed? - Answer The act prohibited English settlement
beyond the Appalachian Mountains. (Purpose: to appease Native Americans)
Currency Act - Answer Prohibited colonists from issuing paper money
Which act placed the first internal tax on the colonists? - Answer Stamp Act: 1765
Townshend Acts - Answer placed taxes on the colonists; passed in 1767
Sons of Liberty - Answer made up of colonists; protested the Stamp Act; secretly staged riots
against tax collectors; hanged British officials in effigy.
Why did George Washington warn against the creation of factions? - Answer Factions caused
jealousies, false alarms, and could cause damage
Factions - Answer Political parties in Britain; made up of few people who schemed to win
favors from the government.
, Who was a founding father that died in 1790? - Answer Benjamin Franklin
What was Alexander Hamilton's attitude about the Constitution? - Answer He believed
Congress had power to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its duties; follow it
loosely; Congress should have the power to collect taxes; favored creation of national bank
During which election did political parties first play a role? - Answer 1796; after Washington
retired
The Whigs - Answer Favored strong national growth
United behind President John Quincy Adams
Northeast businesspeople supported them
Farmers did not support them
What does "Manifest Destiny" mean? - Answer Territorial and Westward Expansion
Settlement of Texas - Answer Many new settlers took slaves with them
Slavery was outlawed in Mexico
Many of the new settlers were southerners
Tensions between US and Mexico after Texas settlement - Answer Manifest Destiny was the
motive for settling the Southwest
Mexican gov owed debts to US for property damages during the struggle for independence
from Spain
Mexico hadn't paid war debts
Why were Northerners in Congress opposed to the admission of Texas as a state? - Answer
Admission would disrupt the balance between free and slave states.
What is the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? - Answer It repealed some of the
terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Erased Louisiana Territory's imaginary line and left it up to the people of the territory:
bloodshed and two separate governments
