APUSH Period 4 Review

According to the concept of manifest destiny,

• westward expansion was the fulfillment of America's destiny
• it was primarily economic factors that caused Americans to expand westward
• overpopulation on the eastern seaboard forced westward expansion
• it was primarily political factors that caused Americans to expand westward

Critics of Andrew Jackson would make all of the following claims except

• he lacked experience in governmental affairs
• he was a very common man and not fit to be president
• he gave political offices to his friends
• he gave too much power to the presidency

The American System of Henry Clay

• favored strong economic growth and a Second National Bank
• wanted to make the United States the military equivalent of Great Britain or France
• favored lowering tariffs so more goods could be purchased from abroad
• wanted to place a ceiling on the national debt

The Marbury v. Madison decision

• gave powers to the president that the Republicans of Thomas Jefferson claimed he didn't have
• gave broad judicial power to the state courts
• declared that the Alien and Sedition Acts were constitutional
• established the principle of judicial review

What doubled the size of the US, even if some thought it unconstitutional?

• Alaska Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Dawes Act
• Oregon Terrritory

The Missouri Compromise, designed to solve the imbalance of free vs slave states, was penned by

• Andrew Jackson
• James Madison
• Henry Clay
• William Garrison

This gathering of women discussed civil, religious and social conditions they faced

• Tuskeegee Convention
• Seneca Falls Convention
• American Suffragette Society
• Cult of Domesticity

The American System of Henry Clay

• favored strong economic growth and a Second National Bank
• wanted to make the United States the military equivalent of Great Britain or France
• favored lowering tariffs so more goods could be purchased from abroad
• wanted to place a ceiling on the national debt

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
• It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
• It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
• It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.

Compromise that made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state.

• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Decision