US History Quiz 5

The United States wanted to acquire New Orleans in 1803 in order to

• end British influence in North America

• promote the growth of manufacturing in the region

• establish a military base to defend against attacks from Mexico

• secure a port that would improve the transportation of agricultural goods

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was supported by farmers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee primarily because they wanted to

• end confl icts with Mexico on the western frontier

• gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans

• end the practice of slavery

• secure an easier route for transporting their products to the Pacific Coast

The victory of Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1828 was aided by

• the support of eastern bankers

• implementing woman’s suffrage

• reducing property qualifications for voting

• the endorsement of northern abolitionists

Thomas Jefferson used a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution when he

• negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803

• asked Congress to increase the size of the United States Navy

• ran for a second term as president

• opposed the reelection of John Adams in 1800

A major goal of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• encourage immigration from Latin American nations

• strengthen the national commitment to Manifest Destiny

• prevent further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

• improve trade opportunities with Asian nations

Which event most directly contributed to the growth of New York City as the nation’s leading trade center?

• use of steamboats on the Mississippi River

• opening of the Erie Canal

• construction of the National Road

• passage of the Pacific Railway Act

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to the development of the nation because it

• linked the industrial centers of the North and the South

• allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes

• forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States

• increased trade between the Great Lakes and East Coast

A major reason for President Andrew Jackson’s policy toward the Cherokee Nation was to

• provide Native American Indians with better farmland

• enforce the United States Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

• obtain land from Native American Indians for white settlers

• gain the political support of Native American Indians

What was a common goal of the Proclamation of Neutrality (1793), the Embargo Act (1807), and the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?

• forcing Great Britain to grant independence to Canada

• avoiding conflicts with European nations

• providing wartime aid to European nations

• encouraging independence movements in Latin America

President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to

• stop the westward expansion of slavery

• strengthen the military for national defense

• reward loyal political supporters

• destroy the Bank of the United States