Los Angeles Mission College » History » History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2022

Question #1

Which of the Great Lakes lies closest to New York?

A. Lake Huron

B. Lake Erie

C. Lake Ontario

D. All are at an equal distance

Question #2

Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were all similar in that they were all:

A. determined to keep slavery influence at a minimum

B. initially propriety colonies

C. founded as refugees for persecuted religious sects in England

D. economically dependent on the export of a staple crop

E. founded after the restoration of Charles II to the throne

Question #3

To encourage settlers to come to jamestown, the headright system offered them

A. passage to Virginia

B. profit sharing

C. employment

D. land

Question #4

Which religious group was particularly irksome and disquieting to the Massachusetts Bay Puritans?

A. Baptists

B. Quakers

C. Protestants

Question #5

Economically, the colony of Pennsylvania

A. got off a very slow start

B. never prospered

C. had extensive plantations

D. received much help from New York

E. became profitable very quickly

Question #6

Which were the smallest of the original colonies?

A. Delaware and Rhode Island

B. New York and Rhode Island

C. Connecticut and Rhode Island

D. Maryland and Delaware