US History and Constitution Midterm Review

The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around

• decreased trade with France.

• Jackson's War on the Bank.

• the annexation of Texas.

• southern opposition to tariffs.

The policy of the US government toward the Indians in the period immediately prior to the Civil War was to

• grant citizenship and voting rights to Indians.

• move the Indian population on to reservations.

• require the education of Indian children in public schools.

• drive them out of the country and into Canada.

    Henry Clay proposed the American System to address what issue?

• the lack of a transportation system to connect the regions

• the abolition of slavery

• the abuse of power by Andrew Jackson

• the removal of the Native Americans

What U.S. policy does this cartoon represent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Good Neighbor Agreement

• the Open Door Policy

• the Monroe Doctrine

  Why was President Thomas Jefferson reluctant to buy the Louisiana Purchase?

• The Native Americans living in the area were opposed to becoming part of the United States.

• It violated his strong belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

• He was afraid that increasing the size of the United States would make it harder to govern.

• He felt it was too expensive, and the nation could not afford it.

What led South Carolina to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president?

• fear that poor whites, free blacks, and slaves would unite to rebel against wealthy landowners

• fear that international trade would slow down because foreign leaders did not like Lincoln

• fear that the Republicans in the federal government would limit the spread of slavery

• fear that Lincoln would take personal revenge on the states that had not voted for him

The assistance of the French was given to the American Continental Army after the battle of

• New York.

• Saratoga.

• Cowpens.

• Lexington.

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

• support for states' rights and slavery

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

Which of these was the FIRST example of a written agreement for colonial self-government in the British colonies in North America?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Iroquois Confederacy

• Mayflower Compact

• Albany Plan of Union

The earliest large cities in Colonial North America were located

• in the Piedmont Colonies

• in the Southern Colonies.

• along bodies of water.

• along the Appalachian Mountains.