Expansion SOL

The land area located between 80°W and 90°W and 25°N and 30° represents the acquisition of -

• land won through the French and Indian War

• land as a result of the Revolutionary War

• territories according to the Northwest Ordinance

• Florida through a treaty with Spain

Which event best completes this sequence? 1. Migration of American Settlers 2. Battle of the Alamo 3. ______? 4. Entry into the Union

• Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory

• Independence gained from Mexico

• Confederate attack on Fort Sumter

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 to the passage, what kind of government did President Andrew Jackson support?

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

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

• The decline of American political parties

• Decreasing voter turnout

• The rise of the common man in American politics

• Political corruption in elections

One of the fundamental beliefs of Jacksonian Democracy was that -

• ordinary citizens should participate in politics

• federal jobs should go to qualified individuals

• religious leaders should hold elected offices

• political parties should have popular leaders

Which group helped Andrew Jackson become President of the United States the first time they could participate in an election?

• Newly freed slaves from West Africa

• Naturalized immigrants from Eastern Europe

• People allowed to vote without paying a poll tax

• People allowed to vote without owning property

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

• enact Jim Crow legislation

• support the passing of higher tariffs

• pass harsh fugitive slave laws

• accept the Missouri Compromise

Before the Civil War, slavery was prohibited in certain areas by the -

• Monroe Doctrine

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott decision

• Missouri Compromise

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

• Northern factory owners and workers

• Southern plantation owners

• Great Plains wheat farmers

• Western gold miners and cattle ranchers

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

• the relocation of American Indians (First Americans)

• the right of deposit at New Orleans

• funding for internal improvements

• the balance between free and slave states