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WorksheetsWestward Expansion US History review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Nullification Crisis ended when a compromise was reached lowering the tariff which avoided the threat of federal force on South Carolina. What was South Carolina’s problem?
Southern factories failed to produce as much as their Northern counterparts.
Northern factory owners held all the power with more non-slave states than slave states in Congress and the Southerners resented that.
Southern farmers and politicians felt the tariff needed to be higher to encourage people to buy domestic products.
The South felt the tariff was unfair and unnecessarily drove prices up making cash crops more expensive.
James K. Polk’s actions to incite a war against Mexico were justified by which of the following? (2.2 2B)
Polk deemed Mexico superior and wanted to show the US military might
Polk did not want Spain to enter the power vacuum that was left after Texas won independence.
Polk believed the idea that it was necessary and proper for Americans to expand from coast-to- coast.
Polk responded to an invasion by Mexico across the Nueces River into Texas.
How would a southern plantation owner or political leader have felt about high tariffs during the 1820s and 1830s? (2.3 4B)
He would have favored tariffs because they increased the price of southern goods.
He would have opposed tariffs because they tended to make the prices of goods higher.
He would have been indifferent to tariffs because they mainly affected only northern businesses.
He would have been suspicious of tariffs, seeing them as a ploy by northern politicians to lower taxes on imported goods.
25. The following economic system developed in the United States as a result of the Industrial Revolution during the second half of the nineteenth century:
Capitalism
Socialism
Mercantilism
American System
What was the intended purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To limit migration to the American West
To establish an American empire in Latin America and the Caribbean
To acquire land suitable for building an isthmian canal.
To prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Which of the following BEST describes the success of the women’s rights movement of the early 1800’s? (2.4 2B)
While it rallied some support in the North at the Seneca Falls Convention, it was relatively unsuccessful gaining rights for women since women did not get the right to vote until much later in history.
The movement was successful in establishing the right to vote for women who owned property
Since it advocated the right for women to divorce, it did not gain support anywhere in the US
While not gaining the necessary votes in Congress for an amendment, the movement had widespread support throughout the country.
Which statement best explains the development of the abolitionist movement in the early 1800’s? (2.4 2B)
it occurred as Southern slaveholders began to be swayed by Quaker beliefs in every person’s “inner light.”
it began when the use of slaves on Southern plantations ceased to be economically beneficial
it started as a result of a religious revival during which more Northerners saw slavery as an evil
it began as an effort to give women the right to vote in US elections
African-Americans living in the North in the antebellum period would have most likely lived under which of the following conditions? (2.4 4B)
They were free, but typically lived in segregation and were targets of discrimination.
They were typically enslaved to work in the regions large industries and factories.
They were free, and could live and work wherever they desired.
They were enslaved, but could work for seven years to become free.
18. Which of the following statements best explains why tensions between Northern and Southern states increased during the antebellum period? (2.4 4B)
The rise of abolitionist groups in the South consistently forced the anti-slavery movement to gain support in the South
The addition of states in Western lands created a constant battle between the North and South to maintain their power in Congress.
Northern states attempted to restrict European immigration in order to maintain the American culture
Southern states refused to adopt the teachings of the Congregational church.
Which of the following lists is most closely related to the Northern states in the mid-1800’s?
subsistence farming, pro-industry, pro-tariff, anti-slavery
plantation farming, pro-agriculture, anti-tariff, pro-slavery
subsistence farming, anti-industry, pro-tariff, anti-slavery
plantation farming, anti-agriculture, anti-tariff, pro-slavery
