Period 4 Review Quizizz

The American System of Henry Clay

• favored strong economic growth and a Second National Bank
• wanted to make the United States the military equivalent of Great Britain or France
• favored lowering tariffs so more goods could be purchased from abroad
• wanted to place a ceiling on the national debt

The political party of the era that supported nativist policies was the

• Know-Nothing Party
• Democratic Party
• Free-Soil Party
• Whig Party

American settlers first came to Mexico in the early 1830s

• because they could receive a large plot of land for next to nothing
• to avenge the attack on the Alamo
• for political reasons; most who came were disenchanted with American policy towards Native Americans
• for religious reasons; most that came were devout Catholics

According to the concept of manifest destiny,

• westward expansion was the fulfillment of America's destiny
• it was primarily economic factors that caused Americans to expand westward
• overpopulation on the eastern seaboard forced westward expansion
• it was primarily political factors that caused Americans to expand westward

Critics of Andrew Jackson would make all of the following claims except

• he lacked experience in governmental affairs
• he was a very common man and not fit to be president
• he gave political offices to his friends
• he gave too much power to the presidency

The American System of Henry Clay

• favored strong economic growth and a Second National Bank
• wanted to make the United States the military equivalent of Great Britain or France
• favored lowering tariffs so more goods could be purchased from abroad
• wanted to place a ceiling on the national debt

The Marbury v. Madison decision

• gave powers to the president that the Republicans of Thomas Jefferson claimed he didn't have
• gave broad judicial power to the state courts
• declared that the Alien and Sedition Acts were constitutional
• established the principle of judicial review

The Louisiana Purchase was an important factor in the development of U.S. trade because it

• Opened new markets among the western Indian nations

• Added numerous French factories in the Louisiana territory to the U.S. economy

• Gave the country complete control of the Mississippi River

• Facilitated the immediate completion of the transcontinental RR

The concerns expressed by Jefferson in the letter are best understood as a response to ...

• Federal efforts to control American Indian populations

• Concerns over the rights and responsibilities of individuals citizens

• Competing ideas about geographical boundaries

• Debates over the extension of slavery into the western territories

Which is an outcome of the War of 1812?

• The Americans were defeated

• The Americans were disappointed in war

• Britain took over America again

• The Americans felt a sense of pride that they held their own against a major world power