APUSH Review 2 & 3

The Land Ordinances of 1785 were notable accomplishments because

• They established the principle that western lands were the joint property of all of the states

• Initiated a territorial policy that provided for the orderly creation of new states

• Made possible a policy of peaceful relations with the Native Americans

• Put land into the hands of the actual settlers rather than the speculator

The first Great Awakening was

• A religious revival that occurred throughout the American colonies

• A slave rebellion in colonial South Carolina

• The growth of Enlightenment political ideas in colonial America

• An early colonial protest against English Imperial Policy

Which of the following warned Americans about the dangers of political parties?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• John C. Calhoun

• George Washington

Thomas Jefferson opposed some of Alexander Hamilton’s programs because Jefferson believed that

• The common bond of a substantial national debt would serve to unify the states

• The federal government should encourage manufacturing and industry

• Hamilton’s programs were weakening the military strength of the nation

• Hamilton’s programs favored the wealthy

Which of the following was NOT a reason that the United States declared war against Great Britain in 1812?

• Impressment of United States sailors

• America was greatly prepared for war militarily and financially

• Possible British aid to Native Americans on the Frontier

• British interference with Trade

President Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy resulted in which of the following?

• Jackson’s loss of popularity in the country

• The division of tribal lands into small units and their allotment to heads of families in each tribe

• Uprisings by the Sioux in the Dakota Territory

• The removal of the Cherokee from the Southeast to settlements across the Mississippi

Marbury v. Madison is famous for establishing the principle of

• The sanctity of contracts

• judicial review

• due process of law

• the supremacy of the executive branch over the legislative branch

In the pre-Civil War era, the railroad’s most important impact on the economy was the

• Creation of a huge new market for railway equipment

• Creation of the basis for greater cooperation between Southern planters and Northern textile manufacturers

• Participation of the federal government in the financing of a nationwide transportation network

• Accessibility to Eastern urban markets provided to Midwestern farmers

A major defect in the Articles of Confederation was that it lacked

• The authority to tax

• The power to declare war

• The authority to make treaties

• A legislative branch

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?

• Crop rotation and fertilizers

• Three-fifths Compromise

• The invention of the cotton gin

• Demands of Southern textile manufacturers for cotton