WorksheetsNationalism/Sectionalism/Jackson/Reform/Expansionism
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 9hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who defeated Andrew Jackson in the election of 1824?
a)
Winfield Scott
b)
John Quincy Adams
c)
William Henry Harrison
2.
What political party today traces its roots to Andrew Jackson?
a)
Whigs
b)
Democrats
c)
Federalists
d)
Republicans
3.
What economic event occurred in 1837?
a)
The Panic of 1837
b)
The Depression of 1837
c)
The Downturn of '37
4.
How did tariffs affect imported goods?
a)
Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.
b)
Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.
c)
Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.
d)
Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.
5.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
6.
Which Indian group was known for having a written language, a newspaper, and a constitution?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Chickasaw
c)
Choctaw
d)
Creek
7.
The Trail of Tears refers to
a)
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
b)
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
c)
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
d)
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
8.
What state was ready to nullify the tariffs in 1832?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Virginia
d)
Alabama
9.
What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Trail of Sorrows
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Nullification Act
10.
What is the term for the extension of political power to the common people?
a)
Jacksonian Democracy
b)
Republicanism
c)
Federalism
d)
Liberties
11.
Sequaya invented what for the Cherokee people?
a)
Constitution
b)
A newspaper
c)
A written language
d)
A way to build houses
12.
What party forms because they opposed Jackson's ideas?
a)
Whigs
b)
Republicans
c)
Federalists
d)
Democrats
13.
What party forms because they opposed Jackson's ideas?
a)
Whigs
b)
Republicans
c)
Federalists
d)
Democrats
14.
Which debate was over nullification/states rights?
a)
Jackson-Adams Debate
b)
Missouri Statehood Debate
c)
Webster-Haynie Debate
d)
Clay-Jackson Debate
15.
Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?
a)
Whigs
b)
National Republicans
c)
Democrats
d)
Anti-Federalists
16.
Why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the union the first time?
a)
Slavery
b)
Land costs
c)
Tariffs
d)
Missouri entering the union
17.
Who won the election of 1824?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Quincy Adams
c)
Henry Clay
d)
William Crawford
18.
Which of these is NOT a reason the Cherokee people were forced to move west?
a)
Adopting white customs
b)
Gold was found on their land
c)
Indian Removal Act was passed
d)
Jackson ignored the Supreme Court
19.
Jackson rewarding political backers with jobs was known as?
a)
Democracy
b)
Spoils System
c)
Panic of 1837
d)
Friendship
20.
The theory of ________ presents a view of the nation and the Constitution that is closest to the Doctrine of Nullification.
a)
Federalism
b)
Soverignty
c)
Patriotism
d)
States Rights
21.
Who was the president of the Second National Bank?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Nicholas Biddle
d)
Daniel Webster
22.
Which region was upset about the Tariff of Abominations?
a)
West
b)
South
c)
North
d)
Northwest
23.
Southerners felt they were paying for which regions prosperity with the Tariff of Abominations
a)
West
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
North
24.
Which Massachusetts political leader was the strongest nationalist in the Senate?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Thomas Jefferson
25.
What was the issue in the Webster-Haynie debate?
a)
Whether the west or north had more power in government
b)
Whether the north or south had more power in government
c)
Whether the English government or the US government had more power
d)
Whether the state or federal government had more power
26.
Who was involved in the corrupt bargain?
a)
Clay and Jackson
b)
Adams and Clay
c)
Jackson and Adams
d)
Adams and Van Buren
27.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was
a)
a part of the US and had to follow our laws
b)
a sovereign nation and did not have to follow the removal law
c)
a part of a larger Native American nation and they would have to fight together to oppose the removal act
d)
interfering with the nations prosperity and would have to move further west
28.
Which Supreme Court Case did Chief Justice John Marshal disagree with Andrew Jackson?
a)
Marbury v Madison
b)
Gibbons v Ogden
c)
McCulloch v Maryland
d)
Worcester v Georgia
29.
Which President was known as the Common Man's President?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Millard Fillmore
d)
William Henry Harrison
30.
During the 1820s and 1830s, their was an expansion of voting rights by lowering property requirements. This allowed more people to vote and became known as
a)
Jacksonian Conventions
b)
Jacksonian America
c)
Jacksonia
d)
Jacksonian Democarcy
31.
Where did the money in the Bank of US go to after the Bank was closed?
a)
to South Caroloina
b)
to Capitol Buildding
c)
to State Banks
d)
to Andrew Jacksons House
32.
What is suffrage?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the act of suffering
c)
anything that is disliked or hated
d)
limiting voting
33.
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were accused of _______.
a)
Stealing money from Senate.
b)
Reading confidential documents.
c)
a corrupt bargain
d)
Fraudulent taxes.
34.
Why did Texas want their independence?
a)
They wanted to break away from Mexico
b)
They were being taxed by the hispanics
c)
They couldnt speak their language
35.
Who was elected Commander-In-Chief of the Texas military?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
William B. Travis
c)
George Childress
d)
Santa Anna
36.
All of the following were CAUSES of the Mexican-American War EXCEPT which one?
a)
Manifest Destny
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Border disputes
d)
Annexation of Texas
37.
Who was James Polk?
a)
President of the US during the M-A war
b)
A soldier who died for his country
c)
A Mexican General
d)
An American General
38.
What was the Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
A famous Mexican General's horse
b)
The river between the US and Mexico
c)
The treaty that ended the war
d)
A famous battle field
39.
True or False- The famous Mexican General, Santa Anna, did NOT fight in the Mexican-American war.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Which river marks the border between Mexico and the US?
a)
The Rio Grande
b)
The Nueces River
c)
The border is not marked by a river
d)
The Red River
41.
True or False- Mexico originally wanted the border between Mexico and the US to be the Rio Grande River.
a)
True- But the US wanted it to be the Nueces River
b)
False- Mexico wanted it to be the Nueces River
42.
Which of the following states was admitted into the Union as a "free" state as a result of The Compromise of 1850?
a)
California
b)
Nevada
c)
New Mexico
d)
Colorado
43.
Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?
a)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
The Annexation of Texas
c)
The Mexican Cession
d)
The Joint Resolution
44.
What year did Texas gain its independence from Mexico?
a)
1736
b)
1836
c)
1936
d)
1930
45.
The Oregon Trail was about
a)
2,000 miles
b)
170,000 miles
c)
10 miles
d)
1,000 miles
46.
The people who travelled these trails are...
a)
Farmers, businessmen, and many people who wanted new land.
b)
Indians
c)
The English looking for more tea
47.
trail that ran from Independence, Missouri, to the northwest
a)
South Pass
b)
Santa Fe Trail
c)
Brigham Yong
d)
Oregon Trail
48.
moved his followers to Utah to practice their religion in peace
a)
South Pass
b)
Jedediah Smith
c)
Brigham Yong
d)
Oregon Trail
49.
Who is considered the major reformer behind the fight to reform America's prisons?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Dorothea Dix
50.
Who is considered the "founder of public education"?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Fredrick Douglass
51.
Who or what is an abolitionist?
a)
one who wants to end slavery
b)
one who wants to improve public schools
c)
one who wishes to reform America's prisons
d)
One who wishes to give women more freedom and fairness in society
52.
The name of William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper was ______.
a)
The Liberator
b)
The North Star
c)
Ending Slavery
d)
The Declaration of Sentiments
53.
The "North Star" was an abolitionist newspaper written by whom?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Angeline Grimke
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
Sojourner Truth
54.
This person published a dictionary that replaced British spellings with American.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Noah Webster
55.
People with mental illness were treated like criminals before they were helped by this person.
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Dorthea Dix
c)
Elizabeth Stanton
d)
Harriet Tubman
56.
________encouraged its followers to believe that they could find truth within, learn from nature and participate in civil disobedience to protest law.
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Hudson River School
d)
industrial revolution
57.
Henry David Thoreau and _________ practiced transcendentalism.
a)
Washington Irving
b)
James Cooper
c)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
d)
Francis Parkman
58.
Idea that we were destined to control the U.S. from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Universal Expansion
d)
Divine Nature
59.
Stanton and Mott organized the _____to gain the same rights for women as men.
a)
Education Reform
b)
Prison Reform
c)
Temperance reform
d)
Seneca Falls Convention
60.
This style of painting focused on landscaping of mountains, rivers and forests.
a)
Hudson River School
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Romanticism
d)
Transcendentalism
61.
Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
Leader in the abolitionist movement
b)
First woman doctor in the United States
c)
Leader in improving American schools
d)
Organizer of the Women's Rights Convention
62.
William Lloyd Garrison published the anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. Unlike many abolitionists before him, Garrison wanted the slaves to be--
a)
returned to Africa
b)
be freed immediately
c)
taught how to read and write
d)
allowed to work in the South
63.
Why were Mexican leaders upset with Americans settlers in Texas?
a)
They brought slaves to Texas.
b)
Immigration reasons.
c)
Overcrowding
d)
Manifest Destiny.
64.
Defeating the abuse of alcohol was the cornerstone of this movement.
a)
Prison Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Mentally ill movement
d)
Orphan train movement.
65.
What two people became good abolitionists speakers because they had been former slaves?
a)
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth
b)
Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Tubman, Dorthea Dix
d)
Dorthea Dix, Sojourner Truth
66.
Which was the last country to challenge the U.S. control of Oregon?
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
Russia
d)
Britain
67.
What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the west?
a)
Texans
b)
Tejanos
c)
Mountain Men
d)
Mormons
68.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote _________ to discuss women's voting rights in 1848.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Declaration of Rights of Women
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Declaration of Rights of Women and Men
69.
What is a utopia?
a)
A community that focused on nature for painting
b)
A community based on a perfect society
c)
A community for Quakers.
d)
A community for Irish potatoes farmers
70.
Who wrote the legend of Sleepy Hollow?
a)
Emily Dickinson
b)
Walt Whitman
c)
Washington Irving
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
71.
Why did the invention of cotton gin increase the need for slaves by reducing the need for labor to complete this task?
a)
More slaves needed to pick cotton on growing plantations
b)
more slaves needed to operate cotton gins
c)
cotton gin only picked fibers, slaves still needed to separate seeds
d)
smaller farms to stay competitve needed more slaves.
72.
What is sectionalism.
a)
division between North and South
b)
when cliques work together
c)
collective pride
d)
something that united the nation
73.
What is an example of nationalism?
a)
Pride in your region
b)
Southern pride
c)
Wearing a T-shirt with the New York skyline
d)
Saying the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the national anthem
74.
Which technology from the early 1800's contributed to the development of the cell phone?
a)
cotton gin
b)
telegraph
c)
sewing machine
d)
mechanical reaper
75.
What did Robert Fulton create that changed travel in America?
a)
Rail roads
b)
Canals
c)
Steamboats
d)
cars
76.
What 2 states came in under the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
a)
Maine and Vermont
b)
Missouri and Maine
c)
Mississippi and Missouri
d)
Missouri and Kansas
77.
What act passed by Congress allowed slave owners to capture runaway slaves?
a)
Slave law
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Black Codes
78.
What do we call the period in America where production changed from hand made to machine manufacturing?
a)
Market Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Machine Revolution
d)
Cottage Revolution
79.
Who were the first workers in Textile factories in America?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Lowell girls
c)
young children
d)
males
80.
The primary goal of Henry Clay's American System was to
a)
prevent foreign wars from affecting the United States.
b)
industrialize the smaller towns in the United States.
c)
create a sense of nationalism in the United States.
d)
make the United States economically independent.
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