2nd Semester Exam Review 2022

What principle of the Constitution would one branch of government limiting the power of another branch reflect?

• limited government

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

What important precedent did George Washington set?

• created the Coast Guard

• first President to live in the White House

• not seeking reelection after serving 2 terms

What political party was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party?

• the Republican Party

• the Green Party

• the American Party

• the Whig Party

What was one of the causes of the War of 1812?

• impressment of American sailors

• disagreement with German diplomats

• XYZ Affair

• British submarines crossing the equator

What did Washington warn against in his "Farewell Address" to the country?

• don't elect John Adams

• become allies with Belgium

• avoid forming political alliances

• accumulate as much debt as possible

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny promote westward expansion?

• U.S. felt it was chosen by God to rule the continent

• U.S. should expand to the Mississippi River and stop

• the U.S. should give away land to countries in need

How did the Northwest Ordinance impact the growth of the United States?

• annexed Texas

• annexed former Mexican territories

• expansion by adding new states in the Northwest Territory

The land acquired by the U.S. after the U.S.-Mexican War was know as the...

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Territory

• British Cession

What is the name of the acquisition made by the United States from Mexico in 1853?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams Purchase

• Washington Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

What concept did the Kansas-Nebraska Act establish on the issue of slavery?

• limited government

• no slavery

• federalism

• popular sovereignty