Unit Test 3A: Building A Nation

Between 1800 and 1830, the National Road and the Erie Canal were built to connect which regions?

• (1) Atlantic Coast and Midwest

• (2) South and New England

• (3) Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast

• (4) Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Base your answer to question 2 to the passage below and your knowledge of Social Studies.

…I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you. I am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. Listen to me, therefore, while I tell you that you cannot remain where you now are. Circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach. And that is, to remove to the West and join your countrymen, who are already established there. And the sooner you do this the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity….

— President Andrew Jackson, 1835

2. Which group of people was President Jackson addressing?

• (1) African Americans

• (2) Asian Americans

• (3) Mexican Americans

• (4) Native American Indians

3. The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) strengthened the power of the judicial branch by

• denying states the right to secede from the Union

• providing the president the power to declare war

• ruling that Congress has the right to create new territories

• granting federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional

4. The map shows the exploration routes of Lewis and Clark and of Zebulon Pike. A valid conclusion based on this map is that these expeditions

• (1) faced few barriers from natural features

• (2) avoided land claimed by other countries

• (3) used river systems to help them on their journeys

• (4) took the most direct routes to reach the Pacific Ocean

5. One result of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803) was that the United States

• (1) acquired California from Spain

• (2) gained control of the port of New Orleans

• (3) ended border conflicts with British Canada

• (4) annexed Florida

6. President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to

• (1) attack the Tariff of Abominations

• (2) reward supporters with United States government jobs

• (3) win support for construction of the Erie Canal

• (4) gain passage of the Indian Removal Act

7. The main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• (1) stake a claim to Mexican territory

• (2) limit European influence in the Americas

• (3) force the British out of the Oregon Territory

• (4) establish full control over Canada

8. Which action of President Thomas Jefferson was in conflict with his belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution?

• (1) protesting the impressment of United States sailors

• (2) purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France

• (3) pardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Acts

• (4) using the United States Navy to subdue the Barbary pirates

9. Which term did Americans use in the 1840s to describe the idea that the United States should possess the entire continent?

• (1) containment

• (2) globalization

• (3) manifest destiny

• (4) popular sovereignty

10. During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they

• (1) feared the admission of new slave states

• (2) wanted to limit the power of the national government

• (3) were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians

• (4) supported an isolationist foreign policy