USH Unit 2 Test Graded Review

The impact of Westward Movement on Native Americans can best be described as which of the following?

• Negative, because many suffered and died as they were stripped of their land and way of life.

• Important, because exposure to white settlers meant the Native Americans escaped poverty.

• Limited, because white settlers and Native Americans rarely interacted.

• Beneficial, because Native Americans grew wealthy selling goods to white consumers.

The Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland

• Declared that Maryland had the right to tax the Bank of the United States

• Declared the Bank of the United States unconstitutional

• Supported the state governments over the national governments

• Strengthened the federal government by declaring federal law supreme

How would a southern political leader in the 1800s have MOST LIKELY felt about a strong central government? (2.3)

• He would have favored a strong central government because he felt that it was necessary to protect slavery.

• He would have opposed a strong central government because it was seen as a threat to states’ rights.

• He would have favored a strong central government as a means of nullifying the states’ rights theory.

• He would have favored a strong central government because he felt that it was necessary to protect the reserved powers of the states.

How would a southern plantation owner or political leader have felt about high tariffs during the 1820s and 1830s? (2.3 4B)

• He would have favored tariffs because they increased the price of southern goods.

• He would have opposed tariffs because they tended to make the prices of goods higher.

• He would have been indifferent to tariffs because they mainly affected only northern businesses.

• He would have been suspicious of tariffs, seeing them as a ploy by northern politicians to lower taxes on imported goods.

What is considered a lasting impact of the Mexican American War?

• Mexicans became ethnocentric in their feeling towards the United States

• The treaty to end the war proved to be the last effort of the United States to expand into surrounding lands

• Created resentment for years to come since Latin Americans believed the United States was attempting to create its own empire

• The resulting peace finally quelled the sectionalist fears and united the states together

Using the map, identify which number represents the land won from the Mexican Cession.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following would a northern politician be LEAST likely to support during the mid-1800s? (2.3)

• Popular Sovereignty

• Abolition

• Tariffs

• States’ Rights

Which of the following BEST describes the antebellum South? (2.3 4B)

• Factory system, supported tariffs, growing abolition movement

• Open to settlement, featured the Buffalo Soldiers, large numbers of immigrants

• Supported the expansion of slavery, plantation system, supported states’ rights

• Had some slave states, home to a large immigrant population, relied on manufacturing

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800's.

• The American Revolution

• World War 1

• The Mexican American War

• World War 2

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

• Maine

• Louisiana

• California

• Florida