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Chapter 8 US History Exam

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A treaty with Great Britain established the border with what is now Canada at the 49th parallel. What is the year?

a)

1818

b)

1819

c)

1820

d)

1823

e)

1825

2.

After Andrew Jackson seizes control of Florida, Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, makes a deal with Spain to purchase Florida for the US. What is the year?

a)

1818

b)

1819

c)

1820

d)

1823

e)

1825

3.

Senator Henry Clay from Kentucky organizes the Missouri Compromise which will set boundaries on the expansion of slavery. What is the year?

a)

1818

b)

1819

c)

1820

d)

1823

e)

1825

4.

Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams proposes the Monroe Doctrine which prohibits European interference with newly independent republics in Latin America. What is the year?

a)

1818

b)

1819

c)

1820

d)

1823

e)

1825

5.

The Erie Canal links the port of New York with the Great Lakes region. What is the year?

a)

1818

b)

1819

c)

1820

d)

1823

e)

1825

6.

This deal brokered by Henry Clay of Kentucky brought Missouri and Maine into the Union and set limits on the expansion of slavery.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Convention of 1818

e)

Adams Onis Treaty

7.

This assertion of US authority over the Western Hemisphere forbid European nations from interfering with the independence of Latin American republics.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Convention of 1818

e)

Adams Onis Treaty

8.

This man-made waterway connected the Hudson River with the Midwest and the Mississippi Valley.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Convention of 1818

e)

Adams Onis Treaty

9.

The northern border of the US between the Great Lakes and the Rockies was set by this agreement.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Convention of 1818

e)

Adams Onis Treaty

10.

This agreement made Florida a US territory in 1819.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Convention of 1818

e)

Adams Onis Treaty

11.

This man known as The Liberator was a Venezuelan soldier and statesman who played a central role in the South American independence movement. He served as president of Gran Colombia and as dictator of Peru. The country of Bolivia is named for him.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

12.

This Kentucky senator was responsible for the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. His "American System" was intended to improve US transportation infrastructure.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

13.

This man helped secure a deal in which Spain would cede Florida to the US, and he was the architect of the Monroe Doctrine. Both are still benefiting the US today.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

14.

He was elected president in 1828, thanks, in part, to the song, Hunters of Kentucky.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

15.

She wrote about interesting heroines from the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

16.

Henry Clay's plan to build roads, canals, bridges and create American markets for American agricultural products.

a)

American System

b)

Cumberland Road

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Erie Canal

e)

sectionalism

17.

This first national road (built by the federal government) ran from Maryland and what is now West Virginia.

a)

American System

b)

Cumberland Road

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Erie Canal

e)

sectionalism

18.

An epoch of pride, peace, and progress which was devoid of political strife and discord.

a)

American System

b)

Cumberland Road

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Erie Canal

e)

sectionalism

19.

A man-made waterway linking the Atlantic Coast with the Great Lakes region.

a)

American System

b)

Cumberland Road

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Erie Canal

e)

sectionalism

20.

Differences in the goals and aims of various regions of the nation that threatened national unity.

a)

American System

b)

Cumberland Road

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Erie Canal

e)

sectionalism

21.

He is best known for writing Rip Van Winkle, Knickerbocker's History of New York, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Cole

d)

George Caleb Bingham

e)

Hudson River School

22.

He is best known for putting fictional characters such as Natty Bumppo from Last of the Mohicans in actual historical settings such as the French and Indian War.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Cole

d)

George Caleb Bingham

e)

Hudson River School

23.

He is best known for painting landscapes of natural beauty in American settings.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Cole

d)

George Caleb Bingham

e)

Hudson River School

24.

He is best known for painting ordinary Americans going about their everyday lives.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Cole

d)

George Caleb Bingham

e)

Hudson River School

25.

In the 1830s these artists created paintings that reflected national pride and an appreciation of the American landscape.

a)

Washington Irving

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Cole

d)

George Caleb Bingham

e)

Hudson River School