Benchmark Review Pt 1 - 2025

The _______________ to the constitution, which is found at the beginning, explains the purpose for creating the document and establishing a government.

• National Road

• Worcester v. Georgia

• preamble

• Manifest destiny

Under the Articles of Confederation, __________ governments had their own power and remained independent of one another.

• National Road

• federal

• state

• Manifest destiny

• preamble

The United States acquisition of Texas supported _________________ as part of westward expansion.

• preamble

• Manifest destiny

• Worcester v. Georgia

• National Road

Financially supported by the federal government, the expansion of the _______________ increased trade between northern states and territories out west.

• National Road

• state

• preamble

• Manifest destiny

The decision in the supreme court case, _______________ ruled in favor of the Cherokee and established the power of the federal government to enter into treaties with other nations.

• preamble

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Manifest destiny

• National Road

Senator Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignty, which meant the power to decide if enslavement exists in a territory should belong to the _______________ who live there.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• people

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• debtors

When _______________________ became president after Andrew Johnson during reconstruction, many felt that his actions enabled him to profit from the poor economic conditions of the South.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Henry Clay

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• debtors

____________________, creator of the American System, was called “The Great Compromiser” because of his contributions to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Great Compromise.

• debtors

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Henry Clay

James Oglethorpe established Georgia as a “_______________” colony; a place where those imprisoned for debts could be free and start a new life.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• people

• debtors

• Adams-Onis Treaty

The United States acquired FLORIDA in the _______________.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Henry Clay

• debtors