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WorksheetsA New Republic
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
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1.
What was the Embargo Act of 1877?
a)
Trade with foreign ports was stopped. Domestic industry grew.
b)
Trade with foreign ports was encouraged. Domestic industry grew.
c)
Trade with foreign ports was encouraged. Domestic idustry shrunk.
d)
Trade with foreign ports stopped. Domestic industry shrunk.
2.
How did the Erie Canal change America?
a)
Trade boomed after Los Angeles and other Western cities grew!
b)
Trade shrunk because canals made trading more difficult.
c)
Trade boomed after New York and other New England cities grew!
d)
The Erie Canal did not change America.
3.
What did the Whiskey Rebellion show?
a)
The new government under the Constitution was very strong.
b)
The government could not always tax goods without the people becoming upset.
c)
Neither A nor B
d)
Both A and B
4.
What did the Whiskey Rebellion show?
a)
The new government under the Constitution was very strong.
b)
The government could not always tax goods without the people becoming upset.
c)
Neither A nor B
d)
Both A and B
5.
What happened in the case of Marbury VS Madison?
a)
The Supreme Court gave itself the power of regulating interstate commerce.
b)
The Supreme Court gave itself the power to apply embargos against foreign nations whenever they wanted to.
c)
The Supreme Court gave themselves the power of Judicial Review, where they could declare laws Constitutional or unconstitutional.
d)
The Supreme Court gave itself the power to appoint Supreme Court justices whenever someone retired.
6.
Summarize the Monroe Doctrine
a)
Trade alliances with foreign nations was made illegal.
b)
Further colonization of N. America by Europeans was prohibited.
c)
Further colonization on N. America by Enropeans was encouraged by President Madison.
d)
New trade alliances would be completed by the Northern states only.
7.
What led to the rise of political parties in the United States?
a)
Dissagreement on the election of George Washington.
b)
Dissagreement over the uses of the Articles of Confederation.
c)
Dislike over political figures like James Marshall and Haym Salomon
d)
Disagreement over the formation of the national bank.
8.
How did the War of 1812 end?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles ended the war. The United States gained new land.
b)
The Treaty of Ghent ended the war. No one gained any new territory.
c)
The Treaty of Paris ended the war and France gaines more land.
d)
The Treaty of Ghent ended the war and the United States gained new land.
9.
What were some effects of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The percentage of slave holding states increased.
b)
Slavery ended in the United States
c)
Sectional Tensions between North and South were temporarily reduced.
d)
Tensions between the North and the South grew.
10.
Which of the following is NOT something Alexander Hamilton's financial plan said the national government would not do.
a)
Increase foreign trade
b)
Pay back national debt.
c)
Put a tax on whiskey
d)
Create a National bank
11.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
James Madison bought land from Napolean for 15 millions dollars.
b)
Thomas Jefferson bought land from Napolean for 15 million dollars, doubling the size of the United States.
c)
Thomas Jefferson sold land to France for 15 million dollars.
d)
The size of the United States tripled
12.
How did the Louisiana Purchase change America?
a)
It doubled the size of the Unites States.
b)
It increased slavery in the United States.
c)
It tripled the size of the United States.
d)
It decreased slavery in the United States.
13.
How did the invention of the steam boat change America?
a)
Trade got more expensive
b)
Technology rapidly increased.
c)
Slavery grew in America.
d)
Travel and trade gew in America.
14.
Which of the following did George Washington NOT warn in his farewell address?
a)
No political alliances
b)
No political parties
c)
Go to war when threatened
d)
Stay neutral
15.
Which of the following caused the War of 1812
a)
Impressment of American sailors
b)
U.S. Land expansion into Canada and Great Britain's aid of Native Americans
c)
Embargo Act of 1807
d)
All of the Above
16.
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the U.S.?
a)
The cotton gin made slavery less important in the US
b)
The cotton gin had no impact on slavery in the US
c)
The cotton gin made slavery more prosperous in the US
d)
The cotton gin made slavery grow in the North of the United States.
17.
Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose Hamilton's financial plan?
a)
They believed the constitution did not give the federal government the powers laid out in the plan.
b)
They believed the financial plan gave too much power to economically disadvantaged people.
c)
They supported Hamilton's financial plan because they believed it would fix the nation.
d)
They believed the financial plan did not have enough detail to be supported.
18.
Which of the following was not a major effect of the War of 1812?
a)
Great Britain and the US become enemies
b)
U.S. became economically independent
c)
U.S. manufacturing grew
d)
Domestic industry grew
19.
What is the significance of the court case Gibbons VS Ogden?
a)
The supreme court gave theselves the power of judicial review.
b)
The Supreme Court gave themselves the power to control the slave trade in the United States.
c)
The Federal Government have itself the power to regulare interstate commerce.
d)
The Supreme Court gave itself the power to punish federal criminals.
20.
What was the major issue faced by George Washington when he came into office?
a)
Tensions with Great Britain
b)
Debt from the American Revolution
c)
Anger over the Whiskey Rebellion
d)
Debt over the War of 1812
21.
What was the "Era of Good Feelings"?
a)
A time of increased tension in the United States between two political parties.
b)
A time of great feelings due to a booming stock market.
c)
A time of religious freedom in the United States
d)
A time of growing Nationalism in the US. There was only one political party.
22.
Which political party had a loose construction of the constitution?
a)
Federalists
b)
Democratic Republicans
23.
Which political party supported strong states rights?
a)
Federalist
b)
Democratic Republican
24.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
a)
A decison to make slave states have less representation in Congress.
b)
A decision to force free states to allow slavery.
c)
A decision to a balanced number of slave states and free states in congress.
d)
A decision to stop admitting slave states into the US
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