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 Erie

B. Lake Huron

C. All are at an equal distance

D. Lake Ontario

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. founded after the restoration of Charles II to the throne

C. founded as refugees for persecuted religious sects in England

D. economically dependent on the export of a staple crop

E. initially propriety colonies

Question #3

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

A. passage to Virginia

B. employment

C. profit sharing

D. land

Question #4

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

A. Quakers

B. Protestants

C. Baptists

Question #5

Economically, the colony of Pennsylvania

A. had extensive plantations

B. never prospered

C. received much help from New York

D. got off a very slow start

E. became profitable very quickly

Question #6

Which were the smallest of the original colonies?

A. Delaware and Rhode Island

B. Connecticut and Rhode Island

C. Maryland and Delaware

D. New York and Rhode Island