Unit 1 Test Review

What was the cause of the French & Indian War?

• desire to expand to the West

• protective tariffs

• British seizing American merchant ships

• Monroe Doctrine

According to Thomas Jefferson, what was the purpose of the United States government?

• to reject taxation

• to defeat foreign powers

• to secure the rights of its people

• to enforce & strengthen patriotism

Which of the following was NOT a weakness in the Articles of Confederations

• Federal government need approval to go to war

• no powers to tax

• need 9/13 states to pass new laws

• multiple ways to regulate interstate commerce

Why did the Anti-federalists propose a Bill of Rights?

• to prevent abuses of power by the national government

• to strengthen the power of the central government

• to establish checks and balances in Congress

• to increase the size of Congress

What was our nation’s first constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution 

• The Great Compromise

Name the two important documents the colonists believed they were entitled to the same rights as British citizens

• Enlightenment & Great Awakening

• The Virginia Plan & New Jersey Plan

• Magna Carta & English Bill of Rights

• Constitution & Articles of Confederation

How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?

• It tripled the size of the U.S.

• it weakened the country strategically and due to lack of resources

• 
  It doubled the size of the U.S.

• stretched from Arkansas river to the Rocky Mountains

The political parties that developed after the War of 1812 were:

• the Whig and Federalists Party

• the democratic party and the republican party

• Federalist and the Democratic and Republican Party

• 
  the Whig and Socialist Party

Who was the war hero of the War of 1812?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

This government policy in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Indian Citizenship Act

• Indian Removal Act