U.S. Political History Concepts

Which issues led to the development of the first political parties in the United States?

• Abolition of Slavery

• Women's Suffrage

• Expansion of western territories

• National government's powers

The land area located between 80 degree W and 90 degree W and 25 degree N and 30 degree N represents the acquisition of -

• land won through the French and Indian War

• territories according to the Northwest Ordinance

• land as a result of the Revolutionary War

• Florida through a treaty with Spain

Which event best completes this sentence?

• Confederate attack on Fort Sumter

• Independence gained from Mexico

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory

• Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

Which U.S President best completes this title-

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

Which group helped Andrew Jackson become President of the United States the first time they could participate in an election?

• People allowed to vote without paying a poll tax

• Newly freed slaves from West Africa

• People allowed to vote without owning property

• Naturalized immigrants from Eastern Europe

What belief said the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent and can be seen in the Indian Removal Act and subsequent Trail of Tears?

• Manifest Destiny

• Prohibition

• Monroe Doctrine

• Great Awakening

Rewarding supporters with government positions was referred to as the -

• Fugitive Slave Laws

• Spoils System

• DRED SCOTT Decision

• Anti-Saloon League

Before the Civil War, slavery was prohibited in certain areas by the-

• Monroe Doctrine

• DRED Scott decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

The campaign poster seen here reflects which of the following eras?

• Era of Prohibition

• JIm Crow Era

• Progressive Era

• Era of the Common Man

The Battle of Gettysburg was a significant event in the Civil War because it-

• caused states to secede from the Union

• was the opening conflict of the war

• forced the surrender of the South

• was the turning point of the war