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Unit 5- Age of Jackson/Westward Expansion

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The "American System" consists of

a)

National Bank, Spoils System, Kitchen Cabinet

b)

Tariffs, Manifest Destiny, and National Bank

c)

Tariffs, Transportation, and National Bank

d)

Tariffs, Transportation, Manifest Destiny

2.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Tariffs to increase manufacturing

b)

A growing slave trade in the Northern States

c)

Interchangeable parts

d)

Slater's Factory System Plans

3.

The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie to?

a)

The Columbia River

b)

Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

d)

The National Road

4.

What is Eli Whitney's best known invention?

a)

Turnpike

b)

Plantation System

c)

Textile Factory

d)

Cotton Gin

5.

The "Trail of Tears" relocated which group of people?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Powhatans

c)

Iroquois

d)

Shawnee

6.

Who proposed the American System plan?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John C. Calhoun

7.

What is Nationalism?

a)

Turning colonies into independent states

b)

Placing national interest above regional concerns

c)

Creating a national bank

d)

Giving little or no power over trade to individual states

8.

What was the purpose of the Tariff of 1816?

a)

Punish Britain

b)

Protect American industry

c)

Help small farmers

d)

Help westward expansion

9.

Which of the following is true in terms of Public School Reform?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton used her own money to create the first textbook

b)

Horace Mann created reforms requiring attendance and using taxes to fund schools.

c)

Lyman Beacher created the first public school

d)

The Grimke sisters created the first mandatory school for girls.

10.

Which did NOT occur while Jackson was president?

a)

The War of 1812

b)

Veto of the National Bank

c)

Including the common man in politics

d)

Indian Removal Act of 1830

11.

Which of the following is true about early 1800's economies?

a)

North and South focused on manufacturing

b)

North and South focused on Agriculture

c)

South put more emphasis on manufacturing than the North

d)

North focused on manufacturing and South focused on agriculture

12.

Which of the following men, from South Carolina, supported states' rights with his Nullification Theory?

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincey Adams

d)

Nat Turner

13.

This was the first major meeting to start a women's rights movement.

a)

Women's League

b)

Temperance Movement

c)

Niagara Falls Convention

d)

Seneca Falls Convention

14.

Why were some native tribes in the Southeast called "the five civilized tribes"?

a)

They had picked up traits of white-American culture

b)

Their culture had a written language

c)

They welcomed white settlers

d)

They had created an alliance

15.

Who was the highly educated, escaped slave that helped lead the abolitionist movement?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Henry Clay

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Frederick Douglas

16.

This term describes the fight to end slavery.

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

Abolition

c)

Suffrage

d)

Temperance

17.

This is the belief that it was obvious that the U.S. would control all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

a)

Jacksonian Democracy

b)

Republicanism

c)

Communism

d)

Manifest Destiny

18.

Which person was responsible for starting the European factory system in America?

a)

Horace Mann

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Lyman Beacher

19.

Which invention encouraged more people to move west and grow cotton?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Steel-tipped plow

c)

Mechanical Reaper

d)

Chemical Fertilizer

20.

Which of the following was a part of Jacksonian Democracy?

a)

Moving towards democracy and not just politics by the wealthy

b)

Increased voting rights to more white males

c)

Increasing the role of the common man in politics

d)

The presence of Andrew Jackson, who himself was a common man

e)

All of the above

21.

Which of the following is not a benefit of steamboats to farmers?

a)

Ability to transport large loads at once

b)

Could provide water for irrigating crops

c)

Had shallow hulls to navigate through shallow waters

d)

Could travel with and against the current

22.

Who was in attendance at the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Dolly Madison

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

23.

Which is TRUE when talking about interchangeable parts?

a)

Idea first came about by Eli Whitney to produce muskets for war

b)

The idea promoted increase in machines and efficiency in production

c)

It saves money on reparis

d)

All of the above

24.

He worked for women's rights and to end slavery in the South.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

25.

Editor of The Liberator and an abolitionist.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

26.

Known as "Old Hickory".

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

27.

Vetoed the 2nd National Bank of the United States.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

28.

He was a War Hawk from Kentucky.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

29.

Speaker of the House that helped elect John Quincey Adams.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

30.

Chief Justice of Supreme Court that ruled Federal Government is supreme over States' rights.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

31.

Represents the "Common Man" in U.S. History.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

32.

Was Chief Justice during Marbury v Madison and Gibbons v Ogden.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

33.

Had the idea of interchangeable parts that positively influenced the Industrial Revolution.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Marshall

d)

Eli Whitney

e)

Andrew Jackson

34.

Funding schools with taxes allowed more students to attend.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

35.

Eliminating the drinking of alcohol.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

36.

Encouraging men to take care of their family instead of drinking alcohol.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

37.

Jackson only hiring those of the same party.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

38.

Northern states= few slaves, Southern states= dependent on slaves.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

39.

The country being divided because of regional beliefs.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement

40.

Politicians rewarding those who are loyal to them.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Education Reform

c)

The Spoils System

d)

The Temperance Movement