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Jackson, Industrial Revolution, Manifest Destiny

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The practice of appointing supporters to political jobs is known as

a)

States’ rights

b)

Nullification

c)

The Spoils System

d)

Secession

2.

Why did white settlers want Cherokee land?

a)

The Cherokees frequently attacked white settlements

b)

The land was suitable for cotton growing

c)

They were trying to get even with President Jackson

d)

Many Cherokees had adopted the customs of white settlers

3.

As a result of Andrew Jackson’s policies, Native American Indians were

a)

Relocated to reservations in Mexico

b)

Forced to move to areas west of the Mississippi River

c)

Gradually allowed to return to their lands

d)

Given United States citizenship

4.

The Trail of Tears resulted from President Andrew Jackson’s effort to

a)

Remove Native American Indians from all land east of the Mississippi River

b)

Teach the Native American Indians the American lifestyle

c)

Return tribal lands to Native American Indians

d)

Allow native tribe self-rule within state boundaries

5.

President Jackson vetoed a bill to renew the charter of the

a)

federal court system

b)

national bank

c)

patent office

d)

Indian affairs office

6.

This picture of the Trail of Tears describes events connected with the

a)

Battle of Tippecanoe

b)

Supreme Court Case McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Lewis and Clark expedition

d)

Indian Removal Act

7.

What is the main idea of the political cartoon.

a)

executive branch had become too powerful

b)

British had too much influence over the president

c)

president had become too sympathetic to the common man

d)

spoils system had failed to improve the government

8.

What is an effect of urbanization?

a)

immigrants move to farms

b)

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

c)

cotton production in the south increased

d)

pollution and crowded cities

9.

Rural is to farm as urban is to

a)

Jackson

b)

city

c)

agriculture

d)

suburb

10.

What waterway, that was completed in 1825, connected the Hudson River to the mid-west?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

National Road

c)

Hoover Dam

d)

Ontario Canal

11.

The first mills in the United States were powered by

a)

coal

b)

water

c)

electricity

d)

solar power

12.

Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater were important to the early Industrial Revolution because they

a)

invented forms of transportation.

b)

built machines powered by steam.

c)

developed new methods of manufacturing.

13.

What did the cotton gin do?

a)

run an engine to pick cotton

b)

helped unskilled slaves to cultivate cotton

c)

provided a faster method of separating seeds from cotton fiber

14.

The need for agricultural workers in the early Southern colonies led to

a)

the rise of factories

b)

slavery

c)

farms to hire women and children

d)

improvement in farming

15.

Why did the mills hire women and children?

a)

They were more qualified

b)

they worked for less pay

c)

there were more women and children in Massachusetts than men

d)

women and children wanted to move to the city

16.

Which of the following gave the United States the most territory?

a)

annexation of Texas

b)

Oregon

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Florida purchase

17.

The annexation of Texas led to

a)

discovery of Gold

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

War with Mexico

d)

the Trail of Tears

18.

The term Manifest Destiny is associated with

a)

eastern expansion

b)

the industrial revolution

c)

western expansion

d)

isolationism

19.

Acquiring Texas California, and Oregon fulfills the policy of

a)

the Industrial Revolution

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

the American Revolution

d)

the Monroe Doctrine

20.

Why did settlers move west?

a)

to find gold

b)

for fertile land

c)

escape debts in the east

d)

all of the above

21.

This land was bought from the French for $15 million.

a)

Mexico

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Louisiana

22.

A former independent nation, the Lone Star Republic

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

Oregon

d)

Louisiana

23.

Land purchased from Spain

a)

Oregon

b)

Louisiana

c)

Florida

d)

Ohio

24.

Land acquired through a treaty with Great Britain

a)

California

b)

Oregon

c)

Spain

d)

Texas

25.

The image is showing the

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Oregon

c)

California

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo