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Module 8 & 10

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Seizing sailors from one ship and forcing them into military service on another is called __________.

a)

The draft

b)

Blockading

c)

An embargo

d)

Impressment

2.

Allowed people from both the U.S. & Britain to settle in Oregon country.

a)

rendezvous

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

joint occupation

d)

Oregon country occupation

3.

Of the four candidates in the election of 1824 this one received the fewest electoral votes.

a)

H. Clay

b)

A. Jackson

c)

J.Q. Adams

d)

W. Crawford

4.

Which president pushed to have the Indian Removal Act passed?

a)

Monroe

b)

J.Q. Adams

c)

Jackson

d)

Harrison

5.

The election of 1824 had to be decided

a)

by popular vote.

b)

in the Senate.

c)

by political parties

d)

in the House.

e)

by the electoral college

6.

The largest single share of something but less than half of the total

a)

Plurality

b)

Majority

c)

Nullify

d)

Caucus

7.

a meeting of the members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

a)

Plurality

b)

Caucus

c)

Nationalism

d)

Nullify

8.

This was a warning to European countries to not try and colonize in the America's.

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Convention of 1818

d)

Rush-Bagot Treaty

e)

Adams-Onis Treaty

9.

Which of the following groups could be described as War Hawks?

a)

Tecumseh's warriors.

b)

Indians who supported the British in the War of 1812.

c)

Congressmen who wanted war with Britain.

d)

All of these are correct.

10.

This hurt U.S. merchants more than the intended target because the merchants could not sell their products.

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Impressment

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

Preemption Act

11.

What were the impacts of the treaty that ends the War of 1812?

a)

Everything returned to the way it was before the war began.

b)

Britain had to recognize that the U.S. was neutral.

c)

The practice of impressment was ended.

d)

Gave Britain got to use of the port at New Orleans.

12.

This was payback by the British for what the U.S. did to the city of York.

a)

They set fire to the White House.

b)

They killed all the U.S. soldiers that surrendered.

c)

The stole valuables from residents homes.

d)

None of these are correct.

13.

Use by Jefferson in his presidency to punish the British, this means to ban trade.

a)

Embargo

b)

Nullification

c)

Plurality

d)

Impressment

14.

Why was control of the Mississippi River important to Americans in the early 1800’s?

a)

Farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains used it to get their goods to market.

b)

The Mississippi was the first step of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

c)

Jefferson was interested in Native Americans who lived on the river.

d)

St. Louis was the main port for the navy.

15.

One lasting effect of the War of 1812 was that many people felt a renewed sense of this.

a)

secede

b)

nationalism

c)

national debt

d)

impressment

e)

neutrality

16.

Set limits for Spain's territory at what is now California’s northern border.

a)

Adams-Onis Treaty

b)

Rush-Bagot Treaty

c)

Convention of 1818

d)

Treaty of Ghent

17.

To cancel a federal tariff or law

a)

Plurality

b)

Nullify

c)

Nationalism

d)

Caucus

18.

What were TWO ways democracy expanded during the Jacksonian Era?

a)

Voting age was lowered to give more people a voice in politics.

b)

People gained the right to nominate their electors.

c)

Voting rights were extended to black men who owned property.

d)

Looser voting requirements allowed more white men to vote.

e)

Individuals were granted permission to opt out of laws they opposed.

19.

What was one of the leading causes of regional tensions during Jackson's presidency?

a)

expansion of voting rights

b)

limitations on land expansion

c)

tariffs on imported goods

d)

morality of slavery

20.

Why did Jackson support the Indian Removal Act?

a)

He wanted to protect indians from white settlers aggression

b)

He argued that opening Native American lands to white settlement would improve the economy.

c)

He felt indians were becoming too powerful in local politics

d)

All of these are correct.

21.

What were two ways that the Cherokee nation resisted efforts at relocating them?

a)

They launched a ferocious attack on the U.S. Army.

b)

They hid from those trying to force them off of their land.

c)

They put candidates up for political offices.

d)

They adopted white cultural traditions.

e)

They sued the government to keep their land.

22.

In this case, the Supreme Court said that the Federal government could not take Cherokee land.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Worcester v. Georgia

d)

Roe v. Wade

23.

In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the Federal government has powers not necessarily listed in the Constitution.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Worcester v. Georgia

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

24.

A group of people Andrew Jackson sought advice from outside of his official cabinet, so named because of where they met at the White House.

a)

Kitchen Cabinet

b)

The Fiddlin' Five

c)

The Alt Right

d)

The OWL party

25.

Rewarding supporters for their assistance by giving them government jobs.

a)

mudslinging

b)

plurality

c)

states' rights doctrine

d)

spoils system

e)

caucus

26.

This agreement between Britain & the U.S. limited military activity on the Great Lakes after the War of 1812.

a)

Convention of 1818

b)

Rush-Bagot Treaty

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Treaty of Ghent