Unit 7

1. The Louisiana Territory was purchases from

• Brtian
• France
• Spain
• Louisiana

2. What prohibited trade with any other country?

• a. Embargo Act
• b. smuggling 
• c. impressment 
• d. neutral rights

3.Which of these is NOT a direct benefit or result of the Louisiana Purchase?

• a. Doubling the size of the United States
•  b. Exploration of land to the Pacific Ocean by Lewis & Clark
•  c. Reducing the power of the executive branch by getting rid of “implied powers” 
• d. Control of the Mississippi River and port of New Orleans 

4. American Congressmen pushing for war with England in 1812 were known as

• a. true patriots.
•  b. loyalists.
•  c. War Hawks.
•  d. peacemakers. 

5. The War of 1812 was ended by the

• a. Treaty of Greenville. 
• b. Treaty of Britain. 
• c. Treaty of 1812. 
• d. Treaty of Ghent.

6. Which would be a primary source of information about the War of 1812?

• a. a battle plan from 1813 for the attack on Fort McHenry 
• b. a recent novel about the Battle of New Orleans 
• c. a movie on the life of President James Madison 
• d. a military history of the war written in 1905.    

7. The Embargo Acts and the War of 1812 were similar in that both events dealt with a conflict involving the –

• a. British kidnapping of American sailors. 
• b. emergence of a manufacturing in the Northeast 
• c. launch of a protective tariff on British imports 
• d. decision of the U. S.  Supreme Court 

8. Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality (1793), Jefferson’s Embargo Act (1807), and the Monroe Doctrine (1823) were all efforts to –

• a. avoid conflicts with European Nations. 
• b. directly support European revolutions 
• c. aid Great Britain in its war against France 
• d. promote military alliances 

9. In which year would this headline have most likely appeared?

• a. 1787 
• b. 1803 
• c. 1798 
• d. 1812 

10. Which statement best characterizes the map above?

• a. The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the United States.
•  b. The Louisiana Purchase was designated for Native American ownership. 
• c. France gained control of much of the North American continent. 
• d. Both Spain and the United States would share control of the Louisiana Purchase.