US History Review

Who was determined to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi?

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

• James K Polk

• John Marshall

What is differences between regions of the U.S.?

• Abolition

• Sectionalism

• Segregation

• Divisiveness

According to the Declaration of Independence, as influenced by the enlightenment, what is the purpose of government?

• Protect people’s natural rights
• Equalize opportunities for all citizens
• Provide for the defense of the nation
• Establish a system of free public education

The man responsible for writing most of the Declaration of Independence was,

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

In order to pay off French and Indian War debt, the British Parliament took what action?

• Closed the Boston Harbor
• Passed new colonial taxes like the Stamp Act
• Held a seaside tea party
• Allowed the colonists to chose their own governors

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed this set of laws in order to punish Massachusetts.

• Proclamation of 1863
• Sugar and Stamp Acts
• Writs of Assistance
• Intolerable/Coercive Acts

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

• advanced civil rights for minorities
• upheld the constitutionality of a national bank
• limited Presidential control of foreign policy
• established the power of judicial review

The term Manifest Destiny implies

• a desire to limit the territorial expansion of the United States
• that the cost of expansion is greater than its benefits
• that it was America's God-given right to expand
• that nations should share newly discovered resources rather than fight over them

The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States

• would not tolerate any new European colonization in the New World
• was prepared to drive out by force any European power that did not give up its colonies
• would only recognize democratic governments in Europe
• would become an imperial power and expand colonies in Latin America

How did canals and railroads benefit the Northern Industry

• Brought southern products westward

• increased urbanization in the south

• allowed faster movement of people and products