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Early National Period Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which territory was gained through the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain?

a)

California

b)

Louisiana Territory

c)

Mexican Cession Territory

d)

Florida

2.

The British practice of seizing American sailors is known as:

a)

Treason

b)

Impressment

c)

Piracy

d)

Conspiracy

3.

The abolitionist editor of The Liberator newspaper:

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frank Lloyd Wright

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

Frederick Douglass

4.

Eli Whitney's "cotton gin" led to the creation of what's called:

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Cotton Kingdom

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Civil War

5.

This Supreme Court case established the federal government has power over interstate commerce:

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Og

d)

Scott v. Sandford

6.

This Supreme Court case ruled that Congress has implied powers. "The power to tax is the power to destroy."

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Scott v. Sandford

7.

The land involved in the Compromise of 1850 is called the:

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

The Gadsden Purchase

c)

The Mexican Cession

d)

Oregon Territory

8.

The main issues between the first two political parties dealt with:

a)

tariffs and The National Bank

b)

Democrats and Republicans

c)

free and slave states

d)

France and England

9.

The Federalist Party was supported by which group?

a)

Farmers in the South

b)

Merchants and bankers in the North

c)

Common Men

d)

Landowners

10.

The Democratic-Republican Party was supported by which group?

a)

Farmers in the South

b)

Merchants and bankers in the North

c)

Common Men

d)

Landowners

11.

Which political party favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution?

a)

Whigs

b)

Know-Nothings

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Federalists

12.

Which political party favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution?

a)

Whigs

b)

Know-Nothings

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Federalists

13.

The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of which Compromise?

a)

3/5 Compromise

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

14.

The idea that people in a new state could vote to be Slave or Free State is known as

a)

Implied Powers

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Spoils System

d)

Compromise

15.

This Supreme Court case established the court's power of judicial review

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Scott v. Sandford

16.

This Supreme Court case said free soil is unconstitutional because it denied owners their property rights. Yikes!

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Scott v. Sandford

17.

This concept supported U.S. westward expansion to the Pacific

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery

18.

Presidential policy that warned European nations to not colonize in the Western Hemisphere

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Popular Sovreignty

d)

Abolition

19.

George Washington's precedents include:

a)

Cabinet; Farewell address; 2 terms

b)

Monroe Doctrine; Warning about political parties

c)

Lived in the White House; served 4 terms

d)

Started first political parties; allied with Britain

20.

Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party

a)

Benjamin Fran

b)

Ale

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Jackson