The Early Republic

The Lewis & Clark Expedition began in what city?

• Pheonix, Arizona
• Memphis, Tennessee
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Boston, Massachusettes

The War of 1812 was between the United States and

• France
• Spain
• Russia
• Great Britain

Lewis & Clark made it all the way to the:

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Mississippi River
• Gulf of Mexico

All of the following were causes of the War of 1812 except:

• The French were taking over Florida
• British ships were impressing (kidnapping) American sailors
• American merchant ships were being seized (captured)
• the British were urging the Native Americans to go to war against America

Why was the Embargo Act considered to be a disaster by most Americans?

• it hurt the American economy because it banned trade
• it ended the American policy of neutrality
• it made New England merchants wealthy
• it stopped the British impressments of merchants

Native American woman who helped Lewis & Clark on their expedition

• Sacagawea
• Pocahontas
• Tecumseh
• Geronimo

“My job began as an American sailor, but I have been working for the British military for almost a year! It was not my choice to be a slave at war with France!” Which term best describes what happened to this speaker?

• embargo
• impressment
• boycott
• blockade

The concept of "Judicial Review" is the -

• check that allows a president to veto a bill
• check that allows the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
• process of choosing a Supreme Court judge
• process by which a bill becomes a law

The main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• stake a claim to Mexican territory
• limit European influence in the Americas
• force the British out of the Oregon Territory
• establish full control over Canada

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 resulted in:

• an equal number of slave and free states
• more slave than free states
• a complete end to slavery
• a ban on slavery south of 36 degrees 30’