Final Review 3- US History 10- 2022+

The purpose of the American system was to

• eliminate slavery

• force the United States to become more involved in world affairs

• block further industrialization and modernization

• bind the nation together under a strong economy

The Whiskey Rebellion was significant because

• it showed the weaknesses of the new government under the Constitution

• it showed the strength of the new government under the Constitution

• it led to a decrease in slavery

• it resulted in more rights for rural farmers

The United States purchased a significant amount of territory from France in 1803 known as the

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Trans-Appalachian West

The main cause of the War of 1812 was

• Taxes on trade

• refusal of British forces to evacuate western territories

• Impressment

• taxes on tea

Andrew Jackson was known as a "Common Man" President for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• he was born into poverty

• he was from a frontier state

• he was unmarried

• he was orphaned and did not come from a well known family

A major result of the Second Great Awakening was

• numerous social reforms

• a growth in slavery

• equal rights for women

• less religious freedom

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott fought for

• education reform

• Temperance

• Workers Rights

• Womens Rights

The belief that Americans should expand west spreading democracy was known as

• Mercantilism

• Colonialism

• Evangelism

• Manifest Destiny

The Mexican Cession is best described as

• land the US purchased from Spain in order to settle a debt

• land the US purchased from Mexico to build a railroad

• land handed over to the US as a result of the Mexican War

• land granted to the US in the Treaty of Paris 1783

All of the following are true of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

• California would be a free state

• slavery would be banned in the Mexican Cession

• a new Fugitive Slave law would be passed

• the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.