EOC Review

When looking at the map, what can you tell about the colonial European settlements?

• All of the settlements were in the south.
• All of the settlements were along major rivers.
• All settlements tried to avoid the Indian settlements.
• All of the settlements were close to major bodies of water.

According to the timeline, which political party was founded by a "Founding Father?"

• Democratic 
• Democratic-Republican 
• Republican 
• Whig 

Which statement BEST summarizes the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gibbons v Ogden? (HINT: Supremacy Clause)

• Federal courts can declare presidential acts unconstitutional.
  
• Congress has the sole authority to regulate interstate commerce.
  
• The federal government cannot abolish slavery in new territories.
  
• Establishing a national bank is a power of the federal government.

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher v. Peck
• Plessy v. Ferguson
  
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Worcester v. Georgia

This image reflects the American spirit during

• the Civil War.
  
• the Railroad Wars.
  
• the Prohibition era.
• the era of Westward expansion.

The Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Pony Express, and California Trails likely overlap because they all

• followed the same rivers westward.
  
• were traveled by people of the same faith.
  
• helped communications between East and West.
• followed the route of the railroad lines leading out of St. Louis.

In the early 19th century, the area in brown (1) was known as the

• Gadsden Purchase.
  
• Oregon Territory
  
• Louisiana Purchase.
  
• Northwest Ordinance.

When Native Americans were forced off of their land and onto the "Trail of Tears," they left territory that was closest to which of these features?

• Rocky Mountains.
• Ozark Mountains.
• Adirondack Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains.

This cartoon refers to the Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823. The Monroe Doctrine was intended to prevent European expansion in

• China.
  
• North Africa.
  
• South America
  
• southeast Asia.

Which answer BEST completes the diagram?

• Results of the Civil War
  
• Causes of the German Migration
• Components of the American System
• Features of the Kansas-Nebraska Act