Unit 2 Chapter 3 Social Studies Test

Use the image to answer the following question. What activity, as shown in this image, strained relations between Great Britain and the United States prior to the War of 1812? (7.9.a)

• uprising

• embargo

• smuggling

• impressment

Why did the Embargo Act of 1807 make Jefferson extremely unpopular? (7.8.g, 7.9.a)

• a) It hurt merchants financially.

• b) It pulled the United States into war.

• c) It gave rights to free people of color.

• d) It penalized sailors who took part in wars

Which of the following phrases describe the “war hawks” associated with the War of 1812? Select the two correct answers. (7.8.g, 7.9.a)

• a) Native Americans who fought during the War of 1812

• b) young men who had not taken part in the American Revolution

• c) congressional politicians who wanted to enter the War of 1812

• d) pirates who took part in the War of 1812 by bypassing blockades

• e) British troops who burned American cities and destroyed American artifacts

How did the British get to Washington, D.C.? (7.4, 7.5, 7.9.b)

• up the ohio river

• through Lake Erie

• up the Mississippi River

• through the Chesapeake Bay

Who enlisted the help of servants and enslaved workers to save many government records from the White House before the British burned it? (7.9.b)

• a) Jean Lafitte

• b) Dolley Madison

• c) James Madison

• d) Andrew Jackson

Which battle was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent? (7.9.b, 7.9.d)

• The Battle of Lake Erie

• the battle of Baltimore

• the Battle of Plattsburgh

• the Battle of New Orleans

Which of the following cities had the lowest population density? (7.10.a)

• a) Boston

• b) Pittsburgh

• c) Philadelphia

• d) New Orleans

Where did the United States give up land to New Spain? (7.10.a)

• a) north of 32° N

• b) west of the Sabine River

• c) west of 100° W

• d) north of 42° N

Which part of McCulloch v. Maryland was applicable to Gibbons v. Ogden? (7.10.c)

• a) banking on a national scale

• b) the Necessary and Proper Clause

• c) the Supremacy Clause

• d) one party being an individual

Which political parties emerged in the 1820s? Select the two correct answers. (7.10.a)

• a) the Whig Party

• b) the Federalist Party

• c) the Democratic Party

• d) the Anti-Federalist Party

• e) the Democratic-Republican Party