Unit 4: A New Nation

One major reason historians consider George Washington a great president is that he ____________.

• created many important practices still used by the government

• made the United States a world power

• ended conflicts among the Native American Indians

• extended voting rights to most free men in the United States

In order to gather experts to advise him on federal policy, President George Washington created

• Congress

• the Constitution

• a Cabinet

• departments

Hamilton believed that a national bank was constitutional based on __________.

• express powers and a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

• implied powers and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

• express powers and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

• implied powers and a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the growth of the United States because it _____________.

• doubled the size of the country

• gave the nation control of the Great Lakes

• completed America’s westward expansion

• brought California into the Union

Why was the Louisiana Territory most important to France, the United States, and Spain?

• increased access to farmland

• reduced conflict with American Indians

• increased access to trade routes

• decreased reliance on British goods

What was the outcome of the impressment of sailors by the British?

• the issuing of the Proclamation of 1763

• the start of the War of 1812

• the passage of the Missouri Compromise

• the start of the Nullification Crisis

A law passed during Andrew Jackson's presidency that would force Native Americans to leave their homes and move west to "Indian Territory".

• Indian Removal Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Fort Jackson

• Tariff of Abominations

Which was NOT an effect of the War of 1812?

• rise of nationalism

• expansion of American industry

• emancipation of enslaved African Americans

• American Indians lost more land to settlers

Which did the Monroe Doctrine declare about the United States?

• It would oppose European attempt to colonize Nations in the Western Hemisphere

• It would encourage European attempt to colonize Nations in the Western Hemisphere

• It would take over existing European colonies

• It would get involved in European Conflicts

Which statement about Jacksonian Democracy in the 1830s is correct?

• Congress outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans. 1

• The Constitution was amended to limit the power of the president.

• Voting rights were expanded to include most white men.

• The federal government guaranteed the sovereignty of American Indians.