3rd 9 Weeks CMA Social Studies

Which of the following describes who could vote by the end of the Age of Jackson?

• all free men

• most white men

• only property owners

• most free men and women

Nullification is the idea that a state

• can nullify a tariff.

• can cancel a federal law.

• can employ laissez-faire economics.

• has the right to secede from the Union.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 separated:

• the area over which Tecumseh had power from the rest of the country.

• areas where white settlers felt safe and areas where they felt endangered.

• the area in which the British allowed white settlers to settle from that which they did not.

• the American Indians who sided with the British and those who sided with the Americans.

Andrew Jackson’s reaction to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia indicates that Jackson defended federal power

• with all his might.

• when it suited him.

• whenever it was challenged.

• even when it was not challenged.

Why were decent roads so necessary for settlers traveling west?

• They showed settlers the route.

• Settlers were used to good roads.

• Many settlers were using wagons.

• Settlers would not travel without good roads.

Which phrase best defines the term “manifest destiny”?

• what settlers were fated to endure

• the superiority of America’s culture

• Americans’ belief in their right to spread across the continent

• becoming a world power

What were some of the effects of Andrew Jackson’s presidency? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• end of the spoils system

• increased voter turnout

• establishment of a national bank

• growth of the Democratic Party

Read the quotation. 

                                  

“I shall never surrender or retreat . . . I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch [speed] . . .”—William B. Travis        

How did this message and the events at the Alamo affect Texans?

• It discouraged Texans who realized the battle had been lost.

• It encouraged Texans to plead with the United States for support.

• It reminded Texans that enslaved people would want freedom as well.

• It inspired Texans to fight Mexico for independence.

Read the quote from Sojourner Truth.

“Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?”

—Sojourner Truth, Address to the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, 1851

Which sentence from Sojourner Truth’s speech addresses BOTH abolition and women’s rights issues?

• I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

• And ain’t I a woman?

• I could work as much, and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!

• I have borne thirteen children and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me!

What was significant about Seneca Falls for the women’s rights movement?

• It was where women publicly demanded equal rights.

• It was the site of the first college willing to admit women.

• It was the first time women were allowed to vote in a local election.

• It was where the first women’s trade union met.