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A Changing Nation

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which president wanted the government to be less aristocratic (upper class)?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

2.

What is the name of Thomas Jefferson’s home?

a)

Monticello

b)

Winchester

c)

Biltmore

d)

Mount Jefferson

3.

Which fact is not true about Thomas Jefferson?

a)

He was very well educated

b)

He was an architect

c)

He was the 4th president

d)

He was a secretary of state

4.

What is the belief that the government should not interfere in the economy?

a)

Scarcity

b)

Incentives

c)

Supply and demand

d)

Laissez Fair

5.

Judicial Review was established under which major Supreme Court case?

a)

Brown v. Board

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

6.

What is the authority of the Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional laws?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Privy coucil

c)

Judicature

d)

Division of powers

7.

Americans on the western frontier, beyond the Appalachian Mountains relied on using which river to ship their crops to the port at New Orleans?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Yazoo

c)

Chattahoochie

d)

Missouri

8.

America bought the Louisiana Purchase from which country for a bargain at $15 million?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Spain

9.

Who joined Lewis and Clark on their journey of the Louisiana Territory and served as an interpreter?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Sacagawea

d)

Zebulon Pike

10.

Which country was not a Barbary State in northern Africa, raiding and attacking American and European merchant ships?

a)

Tunisia

b)

Algiers

c)

Libya

d)

Morocco

11.

What is money paid by one country to another in return for protection?

a)

Bribe

b)

Monopoly

c)

Tribute

d)

Incentive

12.

What is the action of seizing sailors and making them serve in the navy of another country?

a)

Impressment

b)

Guillotine

c)

Tariffs

d)

Piracy

13.

What wrote the Star Spangled Banner while watching a bombardment of Baltimore during the War of 1812?

a)

Francis Scott Key

b)

Meriwether Lewis

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

In 1808 which D-R candidate defeated Charles Pinckney in the presidential election, becoming the 4thpresident?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Monroe

c)

James Madison

d)

Martin Van Buren

15.

What is the action of shutting a port or road to prevent people or supplies from coming into an area or leaving it?

a)

Bloackade

b)

Stoppage

c)

Veto

d)

Bolting

16.

After the Battle of Fallen Timbers tens of thousands of Americans began moving in which direction?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

17.

Which War of 1812 ship earned the nickname “Old Ironsides” because British artillery bounced off the ship’s thick wooden hull?

a)

USS Jefferson

b)

USS Constitution

c)

USS George H. W. Bush

d)

USS Gueroère

18.

Which building in Washington D.C. did the British not set fire to during the War of 1812?

a)

The Capital Building

b)

The White House

c)

The Treasury Building

d)

The Harry S. Truman building

19.

The War of 1812 began all because of British what?

a)

Taxes

b)

Monopolies

c)

Impressment

d)

Embargoes

20.

Who explored the southern part of the new Louisiana Territory between 1806 and 1807 and was arrested by Spanish troops?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Zebulon Pike

d)

Charles Pinckney

21.

Who became the 5th president of the United States after the War of 1812 ended?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

John Q. Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

22.

Which fact is not true about President James Monroe?

a)

Born in VA

b)

Governor of the LA Territory

c)

A founder of the D-R Party

d)

Negotiated the LA Purchase

23.

The “Era of Good Feelings” was used to describe the two presidential terms of which president?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Q. Adams

24.

In 1816 Congress established what to fix the economy?

a)

2nd Bank of the U.S.

b)

A trade embargo

c)

The Dept. of the Interior

d)

Higher Taxes

25.

What is the term for selling goods in another country below market prices?

a)

Dumping

b)

Monopoly

c)

Plunking

d)

Veto

26.

Which major Supreme Court case ruled that states had no power to interfere with federal institutions?

a)

Dartmouth College v. Woodward

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Marbury v. Madison

27.

What is the term for the economic system in which privately owned businesses compete in a free market?

a)

Nullification

b)

Suffrage

c)

Capitalism

d)

Democratic

28.

Who became the 6th president of the United States of America?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

John Q. Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

29.

Which fact is not true about the 7th president, Andrew Jackson?

a)

Was a general in the War of 1812

b)

He grew up in poverty

c)

He became a lawyer

d)

He was married to Rose

30.

The runoff election of 1824 was between which two men?

a)

Q. Adams & Jackson

b)

Jackson and Clay

c)

Crawford and Jackson

d)

Q. Adams and Clay

31.

What is the right to vote?

a)

Nullification

b)

Suffrage

c)

Nominating Convention

d)

Capitalism

32.

Over 20 thousand Americans showed up for a reception at the White House after which president was inaugurated?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

James Monroe

d)

Martin Van Buren

33.

By 1836 the anti-Jackson supporters formed a new party, which was named what?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Whig Party

d)

Independent Party

34.

In 1831 political parties began holding large meetings of party delegates to choose candidates for office. These meetings are referred to as what?

a)

Nominating Conventions

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Nullification

35.

What is the practice of rewarding government jobs to loyal supporters of the party that wins an election?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Capitalism

c)

Nullification

d)

Democratic

36.

Many Native Americans from which tribe had adopted white customs, could speak and read English, and converted to Christianity?

a)

Choctaw

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Cherokee

37.

Policies to move Natives from their land began by which American President?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

John Q. Adams

38.

What gave President Andrew Jackson the authority to offer Natives lands west of the MS River in exchange for their lands in the East?

a)

Indian Removal Act of 1830

b)

Worcester v. Georgia

c)

Presidential Act of 1810

d)

Alien and Sedition Acts

39.

The Second Bank of the United States’ biggest enemy was who?

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Nicholas Biddle

d)

John C. Calhoun

40.

What is an action by a state that cancels a federal law to which the state objects?

a)

Suffrage

b)

Capitalism

c)

Nullification

d)

Democracy