Unit 3 Regents MC

1. Based on document 1, why would the acquisition of New Orleans be significant to the United States? 

• 1. New Orleans was owned by France before the Louisiana Purchase 

• 1. New Orleans connected the United States to Spanish Mexico 

• 1. The United States needed the Port of New Orleans to transport produce  

• 1.  France would no longer be an American enemy 

The Louisiana Purchase led to a turning point in history because

• 1. The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to defeat France in a war 

• 1. The Louisiana Purchase tripled the American population 

• 1. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and accelerated its westward expansion 

• 1. The Louisiana Purchase led to an alliance between France and the United States 

A historian would find document 1 most useful for

• 1. Studying President Jefferson’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase 

• 1. Studying Robert Livingston’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase 

• 1. Proving President Jefferson did not believe in expansion of executive powers 

• 1. Proving the French government did not want to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States

Which statement best describes the author’s purpose in making this speech? 

• 1. to express the reasons he supports the purchase of the Louisiana territory 

• 1. to express the reasons the United States should not agree to the purchase of the Louisiana territory  

• 1. to suggest that the United States should pursue a policy of manifest destiny 

• 1. to suggest that the Louisiana Territory has many natural resources that the United States could acquire 

Which statement best describes the author’s point of view? 

• 1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory is not significant enough for the United States to consider 

• 1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory without war or major financial obligation would be a remarkable achievement 

• 1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory through peaceful negotiation can not be achieved 

• 1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory is not authorized by the US Constitution 

Which statement best expresses the purpose of President Monroe’s speech? 

• 1. to declare war against European powers who have intervened in the Western hemisphere

• 1. to strengthen alliances with European powers to suppress independence movements in the Western hemisphere

• 1. to warn European powers not to interfere with independence movements in their former colonies in the Western hemisphere

• 1. to gather support from Congress members for war with Europe

Which foreign policy is most closely related to the Monroe Doctrine? 

• 1. FDR’s Lend Lease policy

• 1. the Roosevelt Corollary

• 1. containment of communism

• 1. the war on terror

Which development caused young farming women in the early 1800s to seek work in New England factories? 

• 1. The market revolution because many goods women traditionally made could now be purchased at market making women’s labor less valuable at home.

• 1. The passage of women's suffrage because achieving the vote gave women more power to determine their lives and work.

• 1. Peak immigration because women could be hired at low wages due to the competition from immigrant labor.

• 1. Westward expansion because mills sought New England women to go west for employment.

The above excerpted autobiography (Document 1) and letter (Document 2) are similar in that they

• 1. Attest to the abusive conditions faced by women factory workers in the early textile mills of New England

• 1. Provide testimony about the strikes undertaken by the women of the Lowell textile mills in the early 1800s

• 1. Attest to the insecure economic position of women in New England in the 1800s

• 1. Provide a window into the struggle for suffrage among women in 1800s New England

Native Americans were moved to Indian Territories depicted in the map partially because

• 1. of Westward expansion into the Ohio River Valley by American settlers 

• 1. A drought in the southeast United States caused migration by Native Americans 

• 1. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 

• 1. In Worcester v. Georgia the Supreme Court sided with President Jackson