U.S. History and Politics Quiz

Who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until 1835?

• John Marshall

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

What is the practice of review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act or executive action called?

• Constitutional Amendment

• Legislative Oversight

• Executive Privilege

• Judicial Review

Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Roe v. Wade

What was the acquisition of a large swathe of territory west of the Mississippi River by the United States from France in 1803 called?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaska Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

Which agreement between the United States and Spain in 1819 ceded Florida to the U.S.?

• Pinckney's Treaty

• Adams-Onís Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Jay Treaty

What was the widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America?

• Isolationism

• American Dream

• Manifest Destiny

• Monroe Doctrine

Which American political party in the late-18th and early-19th century advocated a stronger national government and commercial activity?

• Federalist Party

• Whig Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Libertarian Party

What was the act in 1830 that coerced the American Indians in the southeast to move west of the Mississippi?

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Worcester v. Georgia

Which U.S. President is credited with the Louisiana Purchase?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

• John Adams

What was the primary purpose of the Monroe Doctrine declared in 1823?

• To establish trade relations with Europe

• To prevent European colonization in the Americas

• To promote westward expansion

• To form military alliances with Latin America