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4 - Jefferson Era/Growth and Change

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because the Election of 1800 ended in a tie, whose job was it to decide the election?

a)

The Vice President

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Supreme Court Justices

d)

Senators

2.

All of the following were established from the case of Marbury v. Madison except?

a)

the Constitution is the supreme law of the U.S.

b)

the judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional

c)

how elections ending in a a tie would be settled

d)

the Constitution must be followed when there's conflict with another law

3.

Which country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

Canada

d)

France

4.

Why did Federalists in the Northeastern U.S. worry about westward expansion?

a)

they were afraid of losing political power

b)

they did not want to take Native American land

c)

they did not feel the land was valuable farming land

d)

they wanted to restore the Proclamation of 1763

5.

Which group of Americans pushed for war against Great Britain leading up to the War of 1812?

a)

War Hawks

b)

Federalists

c)

Tories

d)

One Republic

6.

Who wrote the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" that would later become the national anthem?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Justin Bieber

d)

Francis Scott Key

7.

Which U.S. general was considered to be the "Hero of the Battle of New Orleans"?

a)

Francis Scott Key

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

William Hull

8.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution

b)

Spain secretly transferred control of Louisiana territory to France

c)

A revolution in Santo Domingo (present-day Haiti) ended Napoleon's dream of a Western Empire

d)

Napoleon needed money to finance his war against Britain

9.

All of the following are true of the Lewis and Clark expeditions EXCEPT?

a)

Lewis and Clark were the first people to find and map the Northwest Passage

b)

Lewis and Clark's goals were to find the Northwest Passage and document the new territory's people, plants, geography, and animals.

c)

Lewis and Clark were hired and sent on their expedition by Thomas Jefferson

d)

Lewis and Clark's findings inspired people to move westward

10.

led the slave revolt against France in present-day Haiti:

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

e)

Andrew Jackson

11.

Most industrial cities that benefited from industry and trade were located near what geographic feature?

a)

plains

b)

mountains

c)

rivers

d)

prairies

12.

In the 1800's during the Industrial Revolution, the highest percentage of immigrants came from which two European countries?

a)

Ireland and Germany

b)

France and Great Britain

c)

Spain and France

d)

Great Britain and Italy

13.

Who did the Lowell Mills originally recruit to work in the factories?

a)

enslaved Africans

b)

immigrants

c)

old retired farmers and merchants

d)

young girls and women

14.

Issued a warning for European countries to keep out of the Americas:

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

James Monroe

15.

Time period after the War of 1812 where political differences seemed to fade away and the country seemed united:

a)

The Era of Good Feelings

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

The Adams-Onís Treaty

d)

The National Road

e)

The Monroe Doctrine

16.

Maintained a balance between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South in the Senate:

a)

The Era of Good Feelings

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

The Adams-Onís Treaty

d)

The National Road

e)

The Monroe Doctrine

17.

Spain gave up control of Florida to the United States:

a)

The Era of Good Feelings

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

The Adams-Onís Treaty

d)

The National Road

e)

The Monroe Doctrine

18.

What objective did President Monroe give Andrew Jackson to do in Florida?

a)

take over Spanish forts

b)

hang British naval officers

c)

keep the Seminole Indians from raiding Georgia

d)

create a city for runaway slaves

19.

What effect did the cotton gin have on slave labor?

a)

The cotton gin was invented after slavery was made illegal in the U.S.

b)

The cotton gin had no effect on slave labor.

c)

The cotton gin decreased the demand for slave labor.

d)

The cotton gin increased the demand for slave labor.

20.

Helped launch the factory system, in which all manufacturing steps are combined in one place:

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

James Monroe