US History Semester 1 Review

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 required

• All Native Americans to move to the west of the Mississippi River
• Universities to be established to educate Native Americans
• All Native Americans to leave the Oklahoma territory and move to Texas
• None of the above

Major causes of ___________________ ·  The impressment of U.S. sailors ·  The restriction of U.S. trade ·  The military support of Native Americans
Which phrase correctly completes the title of the above list?

• the War of 1812
• Proclamation of 1763
• French and Indian War
• American Revolution

The purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to

• Avoid any future conflicts with Britain and France
• Give access to a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean
• Allow a way for territories in the west to become states. 
• Prevent further settlement west of the Appalachians.

“Jacksonian Democracy” can BEST be described as

• government that favors an elite few.
• representative government in which property owners are the only ones that vote.
• democracy based on equality, regardless of social standing, gender or race.
• a system of government in which even poorer white men have a voice in their government.

Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes Lewis and Clark’s contribution to westward expansion?

• “While it may have cost them their lives, their brave stand at the Alamo helped secure the freedom of Texas and eventually open the entire southwest to U.S. expansion.”
• “Their brave journey opened our eyes and gave U.S. leaders vision for occupying the Pacific Northwest.”
• "Thanks to their gold discovery, California did not have to wait as long as it would have for statehood."
• "Their defeat of the Cherokee eliminated the threat of Native Americans attacking white settlers thereby opening up the 'West.'"

What effect did Manifest Destiny have?

• It extended U.S. territory all the way to the Pacific.
• It improved relations between the United States and Mexico.
• It resulted in universal suffrage.
• It made Texas a free republic.

Jacksonian Democracy favored

• wealthy business leaders
• New Englanders
• the "common man"
• Native Americans

Andrew Jackson would have been MOST supportive of

• a slave's right to freedom
• the Whig party
• white frontiersmen having a voice in politics
• women's suffrage

A southern plantation owner would have been MOST excited about

• interchangeable parts
• cotton gin
• abolition
• women's suffrage

The Monroe Doctrine was meant to

• protect U.S. interests in the Americas from European threats.
• invite European nations to establish settlements in the Louisiana Territory.
• end negotiations with the French over western territories.
• invited European nations to establish settlements in the LA Territory.