Standard 2 Review

Standard 2 Review

Multiple Choice

During the 19th century, how did the expansion of the population of the United States affect the lives of the Native American Indians?

• Native American Indians were forced to move westward.

• Native American Indians moved to urban areas in large numbers.

• Native American Indians sought to form alliances with other minority groups.

• Native American Indians chose to adopt the culture of the settlers.

Multiple Choice

At times, the United States Government has passed protective tariffs to

• Encourage foreign trade

• Reduce the cost of consumer goods

• Help the nation’s manufacturers

• Improve the quality of goods

Multiple Choice

When President Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France, he demonstrated that he modified his belief that

• The federal government should limit individual rights

• The federal government should limit individual rights

• Adding territory would lead to regional rivalries

• The Constitution should be strictly interpreted

Multiple Choice

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is often viewed as the beginning of the

• women’s rights movement.

• antislavery movement.

• temperance movement

• Native people's rights movement

Multiple Choice

What was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825?

• Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast

• A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes

• Farmers could more easily ship grain to markets

• Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates

Multiple Choice

In the colonial era, New England Town Meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses represented…

• Efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

• Examples of representative government

• Colonial attempts to build a strong national government

• Early reform movements

Multiple Choice

A member of the United States Congress must resign from Congress if elected or appointed to a position in the executive or judicial branch. This requirement is an example of _____

• separation of powers

• judicial review

• salutary neglect

• no taxation without representation