Pearson Unit 4 Test

A ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office is a known as a(n):

• Foreign policy

• General election

•  Domestic policy

•  Inauguration

 Who led Mexico to its eventual formation of a republic in 1825?

•  Simon Bolivar

•  James Monroe

•  Miguel Hidalgo

• Jose de San Martin

Which American war hero marched into Florida prompting the Spanish to allow the U.S. to annex the land?

•  Zachary Taylor

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

•  John Quincy Adams

What was solved under the Treaty of Ghent 1814?

•  Britain gave Oregon to the U.S.

• Nothing really

• Britain agreed to pay damages to the U.S.

•  The U.S. agreed to pay damages to Britain

Although the war was over prior to the battle, which American became a hero at the Battle of New Orleans?

• William Henry Harrison

•  Andrew Jackson

•  James Monroe

•  John Armstrong

During the Battle of Baltimore, who wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner” as he was watching the battle ensue at Fort McHenry?

•  Francis Scott Key

• Oliver Hazard Perry

•  Henry Clay

•  James Madison

 In 1814 the British stormed onto the capital; what did they end up burning?

• The White House

• The War Department

• Washington’s Home

• The Capitol Building

 Fueled by nationalism, the members of Congress eager to go to war with the British were called:

• Lions of War

•  Rough Riders

•  War Hawks

• The Corps of Discovery

Who was the governor of Indiana that led a march of 1,000 American soldiers to defeat the Prophet at Prophetstown? 

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

• Albert Gallatin

•  Zebulon Pike

 The Prophet and _______________ were two Shawnee leaders organizing Native Americans to fight off American settlers in their territory.

• Sacagawea

• Powhatan

•  Tecumseh

• Sitting Bull