Unit 4 Test Review

What effect did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 have on westward expansion?

• It promoted legislation forbidding expansion westward.
• It established territories and a path to statehood.
• It outlawed native tribes and forced their removal.
• It had little effect because most people had already moved passed the Mississippi River..

Read the list of items below and answer the question that follows.
1.  banning slavery in the territory
2.  support for public education
3.  method of dividing land and distributing land
4.  creating a method for a territory to become a state
The Northwest Land Ordinances included which of the items listed above?

• 1 and 2 only
• 3 and 4
• 2, 3, and 4
• All of the above

Who was president when the United States acquired and began to explore the Louisiana Territory?

• George Washington 
• John Adams 
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison

The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by

• buying it from France.
• buying it from Spain.
• winning it in the War of 1812.
• winning it in the Quasi-War with France.

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance for the United States because it

• reduced British control of North America. 
• focused the United States on westward expansion. 
• extended United States control over Mexico.
• decreased tensions with Native American Indians.

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• Charted trails, rivers, and mountain ranges.
• Wrote descriptions and collected samples of unfamiliar animals and plants.
• Discovered a complete water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
• Recorded facts and customs of various Natrive American tribes.

The Louisiana Purchase initially presented a dilemma for President Thomas Jefferson because he believed it would

• lead to war with Great Britain 
• bankrupt the new nation 
• force Native American Indians off their lands 
• violate his strict interpretation of the Constitution 

The American Revolution and the War of 1812 were similar in that both

• led to the principle of “no taxation without representation.”
• contributed to the downfall of the Federalist Party.
• were fought against the British.
• represented defeats for the United States.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the War of 1812?

• Americans wished to drive the British out of North America altogether by conquering Mexico.
• Americans objected to British politices that prevented neutral American merchants from trading with the French. 
• Americans were outraged by the British policy of impressment. 
• Americans suspected the British were giving military support to Native Americans to keep Americans from settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. 

Which of the following was NOT a result of the War of 1812? 

• It marked the end of all U.S. military hostility with Britain -- never again would Britain and the U.S.  wage war. 
• The U.S. agreed to give Britain the port of New Orleans because of Andrew Jackson’s defeat in the final battle.
• America’s army and navy were firmly established as worthy opponents of any European military force. 
• The U.S. military’s achievements in the War of 1812 increased American nationalism.