US History Review 4

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was supported by farmers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee primarily because they wanted to

• end conflicts with Mexico on the western frontier

• gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans

• end the practice of slavery

• secure an easier route for transporting their products to the Pacific Coast

The Northwest Ordinance (1787) and the Homestead Act (1862) both reflected the national government’s policy of

• encouraging the settlement of frontier lands

• protecting the tribal lands of Native American Indians

• expanding slavery onto the Great Plains

• purchasing land from foreign countries

Which set of events in United States history is most closely associated with westward expansion?

• passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Compromise of 1877

• issuing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913

• passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 and creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933

• passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869

What was the primary reason for the creation of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to reward the Chinese for their role in the Allied victory over Japan

• the fear of Soviet communist expansion throughout Europe

• the need to support colonial independence movements in the developing world

• the protection of vital United States interests in Middle East oil fields

After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were

• sharecroppers and tenant farmers

• factory owners and teachers

• skilled artisans and mechanics

• miners and soldier

Which reform movement is most closely associated with William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe?

• abolitionist

• labor

• Populist

• Progressive

Which event during the Colonial Era most influenced the concept of freedom of the press?

• passage of the Navigation Acts

• trial of John Peter Zenger

• creation of the Albany Plan of Union

• establishment of the House of Burgesses

Political parties, the president’s cabinet, and national nominating conventions are considered examples of

• delegated powers

• separation of powers

• the elastic clause

• the unwritten constitution

At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to

• break the South’s economic ties to Great Britain

• uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union

• enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850

• punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union

The primary purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to

• provide tax revenues for the national government

• establish the basic framework of the national government

• give the national government the power to regulate interstate commerce

• establish the supremacy of the national government over the states