SSUSH 6/7 Review

Which two movements grew out of the Second Great Awakening?

• A. public education and nativism

• B. nativism and women's rights

• C. women's rights and temperance

• D. temperance and public education

What question caused tensions between the federal government and the South Carolina state government during the Nullification Crisis?

• A. Can Congress regulate the practice of slavery in territories of the United States?

• B. Do state governors or the president have ultimate authority over state militias?

• C. Is a state required to abide by a federal law that the state believes is unconstitutional?

• D. Are citizens of states that have outlawed slavery required to abide by the Fugitive Slave Act?

Which policy or movement is this associated with (Erie Canal)?

• A. the American System

• B. the Great Awakening

• C. the Monroe Doctrine

• D. the Northwest Ordinance

How did the events of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 impact American politics?

• A. A high rate of American casualties and a significant loss of land in the battle caused a shift in public sentiment toward isolationism.

• B. The territory gained as a result of the battle disrupted the balance of power in Congress and intensified the nation's sectional divide.

• C. Andrew Jackson became a national hero for his role in the battle, paving the way for his career in public office and eventual presidency.

• D. The British victory in the battle delayed the end of the war, ultimately leading President James Madison to lose his bid for reelection.

Why did many people oppose the passage of the Sedition Act of 1798?

• A. It threatened the rule of law.

• B. It threatened freedom of speech.

• C. It threatened people's right to due process.

• D. It threatened the separation of church and state.

What was one goal of the Monroe Doctrine?

• A. to support European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

• B. to establish US dominance over the Western Hemisphere

• C. to remain neutral in conflicts between Europe and South America

• D. to encourage trade between Europe and South America

Why was President Andrew Jackson opposed to a national bank?

• A. He believed it favored the interests of the wealthy.

• B. He believed it favored states' rights over federal law.

• C. He believed it slowed the expansion of foreign trade.

• D. He believed it slowed the process of industrialization.

How did the War of 1812 benefit the United States economically?

• A. The nation acquired territory in the Pacific that helped to facilitate trade with Asia.

• B. Newly independent Latin American nations sought to establish ties to the United States.

• C. France agreed to end its efforts to disrupt US shipping that had hindered trade with Europe.

• D. Domestic manufacturing expanded significantly due to foreign blockades of the Atlantic Coast.

Use the map of the Trail of Tears to answer the question.

• A. the expansion of executive authority under George Washington

• B. drought conditions throughout the Great Plains region

• C. the continued westward expansion of the United States

• D. rising tensions between the United States and Great Britain

Which American policy does the Trail of Tears represent?

• A. the restriction of immigrants from Asia following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• B. the opening of western frontier lands for settlers following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• C. the forced relocation of American Indians to reservations following the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830

• D. the building of railroads on land previously held by American Indians following the passage of the Pacific Railway Acts of the 1860s