Expansion Unit

The events in this flow chart illustrate which of the following?

• Decreasing voter turnout

• Rise of the common man in American politics

• Decline of American political parties

• Political corruption in elections

In the mid-1800s, which group supported high tariffs to raise the price of imported manufactured goods?

• Western gold miners and cattle ranchers

• Southern plantation owners

• Northern factory owners and workers

• Great Plains wheat farmers

"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"

~President Abraham Lincoln, 1862

President Lincoln was speaking to...

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uprisings led by Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser contributed to the southern states' decisions to...

• Pass harsh fugitive slave laws

• Accept the Missouri compromise

• Enact Jim Crow legislation

• Support the passing of higher tariffs

Which of these states was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Missouri's admission to the Union started the debate over...

• The right of deposit at New Orleans

• Funding for internal improvements

• Balance between slave and free states

• Relocation of American Indians

Which of these was a result of President Andrew Jackson's bank veto?

• Panic of 1837

• Annexation of Texas

• Compromise of 1850

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes... The humble members of society--the farmers, mechanics, and laborers,... have a right to complain of the injustice of their government."

~President Andrew Jackson, 1832

According the the passage, what king of government did President Andrew Jackson support?

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

During the 19th century, Chinese immigrants played a major role in the...

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Development of the public school system

• Establishment of the abolition movement

• Formation of the Tammany Society

What failed to carry out the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Bill of Rights

• Dred Scott Decision

• 14th Ammendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965