7th grade final review 2018

Different groups of Native American developed different cultures mainly because each group…

• adapted to its environment in a different way.

• came to America from different parts of the world.

• had to follow written traditions.

• wanted to be distinct from other groups.

The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country is known as…

• triangular trade.

• mercantilism.

• free trade.

• nativism.

A major task facing the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to create a government powerful enough to get things done but not so powerful that the government would…

• threaten the rights of the people.

• become more powerful than the church.

• rely on the states for guidance.

• create alliances with other countries.

Which event resulted in the United States territory nearly doubling in size between 1800 and 1830?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican-American war

• Gadsden Purchase

• Civil War

A similarity between the building of New York's Erie Canal and the building of the first transcontinental railroad is that both projects…

• were organized and financed by the federal government.

• helped the economic growth and settlement of the frontier.

• were opposed by wagon makers because the wagon business would be hurt.

• hurt farmers by taking their land and increasing freight costs.

During the late 1840’s, thousands of people were attracted to California

to…

• fight in the Mexican War.

• help build railroads.

• gain economic prosperity.

• obtain good farmland.

The Trail of Tears resulted from President Andrew Jackson’s effort to…

• remove Native American Indians from all land east of the Mississippi River.

• assimilate Native American Indians.

• return tribal lands to Native American Indians.

• allow native tribes self-rule within state boundaries.

A major reason President Thomas Jefferson supported buying the Louisiana Territory was because the purchase…

• gave the United States ownership of Florida

• allowed the United States to gain control of California.

• gave the United States control of the port of New Orleans.

• removed the Spanish from North America.

Many Americans justified westward expansion during the 1840s based on…

• a belief in Manifest Destiny.

• a need to preserve the natural environment.

• the authority of the Monroe Doctrine.

• the constitutional principles in the Bill of Rights.

What impact did Sacagawea have on American history?

• She led Native Americans against white settlers in the Ohio Valley.

• She tried to unite Native Americans against westward expansion.

• She helped a U.S. expedition explore the Louisiana territory.

• She led a slave revolt against white settlers in Louisiana.