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Worksheets4 - Jefferson Era/Growth and Change
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Because the Election of 1800 ended in a tie, whose job was it to decide the election?
The Vice President
House of Representatives
Supreme Court Justices
Senators
All of the following were established from the case of Marbury v. Madison except?
the Constitution is the supreme law of the U.S.
the judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional
how elections ending in a a tie would be settled
the Constitution must be followed when there's conflict with another law
Which country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803?
Great Britain
Spain
Canada
France
Why did Federalists in the Northeastern U.S. worry about westward expansion?
they were afraid of losing political power
they did not want to take Native American land
they did not feel the land was valuable farming land
they wanted to restore the Proclamation of 1763
Which group of Americans pushed for war against Great Britain leading up to the War of 1812?
War Hawks
Federalists
Tories
One Republic
Who wrote the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" that would later become the national anthem?
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Justin Bieber
Francis Scott Key
Which U.S. general was considered to be the "Hero of the Battle of New Orleans"?
Francis Scott Key
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
William Hull
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Louisiana Purchase?
Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution
Spain secretly transferred control of Louisiana territory to France
A revolution in Santo Domingo (present-day Haiti) ended Napoleon's dream of a Western Empire
Napoleon needed money to finance his war against Britain
All of the following are true of the Lewis and Clark expeditions EXCEPT?
Lewis and Clark were the first people to find and map the Northwest Passage
Lewis and Clark's goals were to find the Northwest Passage and document the new territory's people, plants, geography, and animals.
Lewis and Clark were hired and sent on their expedition by Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clark's findings inspired people to move westward
led the slave revolt against France in present-day Haiti:
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Napoleon Bonaparte
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Most industrial cities that benefited from industry and trade were located near what geographic feature?
plains
mountains
rivers
prairies
In the 1800's during the Industrial Revolution, the highest percentage of immigrants came from which two European countries?
Ireland and Germany
France and Great Britain
Spain and France
Great Britain and Italy
Who did the Lowell Mills originally recruit to work in the factories?
enslaved Africans
immigrants
old retired farmers and merchants
young girls and women
Issued a warning for European countries to keep out of the Americas:
Robert Fulton
Francis Cabot Lowell
Eli Whitney
James Monroe
Time period after the War of 1812 where political differences seemed to fade away and the country seemed united:
The Era of Good Feelings
Missouri Compromise
The Adams-Onís Treaty
The National Road
The Monroe Doctrine
Maintained a balance between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South in the Senate:
The Era of Good Feelings
Missouri Compromise
The Adams-Onís Treaty
The National Road
The Monroe Doctrine
Spain gave up control of Florida to the United States:
The Era of Good Feelings
Missouri Compromise
The Adams-Onís Treaty
The National Road
The Monroe Doctrine
What objective did President Monroe give Andrew Jackson to do in Florida?
take over Spanish forts
hang British naval officers
keep the Seminole Indians from raiding Georgia
create a city for runaway slaves
What effect did the cotton gin have on slave labor?
The cotton gin was invented after slavery was made illegal in the U.S.
The cotton gin had no effect on slave labor.
The cotton gin decreased the demand for slave labor.
The cotton gin increased the demand for slave labor.
Helped launch the factory system, in which all manufacturing steps are combined in one place:
Robert Fulton
Francis Cabot Lowell
Eli Whitney
James Monroe
