Changes in America Review

What was a major reason for the federal governments involvement in the Native American relocation/Trail of Tears?

• to persuade American Indians to become farmers

• To gain access to major rivers and waterways

• To acquire valuable agricultural lands and natural resource

• Native Americans were punished because of violent protests against the government

What was the name of the court case that forced the Cherokee off of their ancestral lands?

• Worcester v Georgia

• Marbury v Madison

• Gibbons v Ogden

• Brown v Board of Education

Why did the rural population of the United States decrease during the Industrial Revolution?

• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in general elections

• the Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities

• the 2nd Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements

• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to be homesteaders

Many Americans were distrustful of Andrew Jackson's policy of giving his friends political positions. This was called?

• The Friendship System

• Jacksonian Democracy

• the Gold System

• the Spoils System

In the early 1800s, many young women in New England were employed as

• Directors in the local Universities and Colleges

• Cardiac brain surgeons

• Cloth weavers in textile factories

• Staff reporters in high fashion magazines

Texas and California were lands that were first colonized by which country?

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

• Britain

Which group of immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad

• the Irish

• the Chinese

• both of these groups

What were some of the reasons that immigrants came to the United States from China in the 1800s? (pick 2)

• more restrictions on trade

• the Gold Rush

• economic opportunities like working on the railroad

• religious freedom

What was effect of Manifest Destiny? (pick 3)

• U.S. population growth  from more than 5 million in 1800 to just over 23 million by 1850

• the removal of the Hawaiians from Colorado

• A Desire to spread democracy through the continent

• Land ownership was linked to wealth and independence 

• the destruction of the textile business

What was the response to Worcester v Georgia?

• President Jackson respected the decision and did not move the Natives off their lands

• the Cherokees were given free land to extend their ancestral lands

• President Jackson ignored the decision and removed Native Americans from their land

• American colonists were allowed to live in Cherokee nations as citizens