U.S History Midterm (English)

Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the United States because it

• expanded the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean

• removed the Spanish from North America

• closed the western territories to slavery

• secured control of the Mississippi River

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

• protesting the impressment of United States sailors

• purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France

• pardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Acts

• using the United States Navy to subdue the Barbary pirates

One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the

• abolitionist movement

• passage of Black Codes

• nullification theory of States rights

• plantation system in the South

The Monroe Doctrine (1823) was issued primarily because President James Monroe

• wanted to warn European powers against intervention in Latin America

• opposed the revolutions taking place in South America

• needed to establish a foothold in Panama for a future canal

• believed the United States should pursue overseas colonies

One immediate result of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan was the

• removal of the tax on exports

• creation of a national bank

• adoption of free trade

• establishment of an income tax

The United States government is creating memorials along the Trail of Tears because it was

• an important road used by settlers going to the frontier

• the location of injustices against many Native American Indians

• the site of victories by General Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812

• the route followed by the first transcontinental railroad

What was a primary goal of President Thomas Jefferson's 1803 decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• studying Native American Indian societies

• mining gold and silver in California

• gaining control of the port of New Orleans

• securing access to the iron ore deposits near the Great Lakes

A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• improve trade relations with Asia

• gain new colonies in Latin America

• acquire land to build a canal in Central America

• limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere

President George Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) and President Dwight Eisenhower's response to events at Little Rock High School (1957) show that the

• Supreme Court has often declared presidential actions unconstitutiona

• federal supremacy clause of the Constitution is rarely enforced

• states have been successful in defying federal law

• president may use troops to enforce federal decisions

Base your answer to the following question on the following map and your knowledge of social studies.

Which of these areas was acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War?

• A

• B

• F

• G