History I(B) Pretest

Who is known as the "Father of the Country"?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Anti-Federalists were afraid that the Constitution...

• did not have enough power to create a strong central government

• gave individual citizens too much influence over the government

• had too many amendments

• made the federal government too powerful

The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees these individual rights...

• right for a fair trial by jury

• voting rights for anyone 18 and older

• freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition

• women's right to vote

From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana territory?

• Spain

• England

• Russia

• France

The Battle of New Orleans made which American a hero of the War of 1812?

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• Andrew Johnson

• James Madison

By accepting the Missouri Compromise, Southern Congressmen agreed that slavery would not be allowed where?

• The Oregon Territory

• Above the 36th parallel, except for Missouri

• In Missouri

• In the newly acquired State of Texas

To continue a balance between slave states and free states in Congress, which state was admitted as a free state to counteract the admittance of Missouri?

• Vermont

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• Maine

Where did the Five Civilized Tribes live before the "Trail of Tears"?

• South of the Mississippi River

• East of the Mississippi River

• North of the Mississippi River

• West of the Mississippi River

Where did the "Trail of Tears" end up?

• California

• New Mexico

• an area known as Indian Territory

• the Oregon Territory

What is the meaning of Manifest Destiny?

• Americans were meant to settle the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• Americans are destined to become leaders of the world

• A large religious feast of prosperity

• If you believe in something it will come true