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US/VA Unit 3

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The decision in McCullough v. Maryland defined which clause that shaped Congress’s power?

a)

Necessary & Proper

b)

The clause to collect taxes

c)

The right of states to control interstate commerce

d)

The River Clause

2.

The Supreme Court’s reviewing and ruling on acts of other branches of the government and determining if a law is unconstitutional is called...

a)

supremacy.

b)

law review.

c)

judicial review.

d)

Supreme ruling.

3.

Which power did the U. S. Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Hearing appeals from lower federal courts

c)

Deciding cases involving two or more states

d)

Judicial independence through lifetime tenure

4.
Who was the President in office that bought the Louisiana Territory?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Monroe
e)
Benjamin Franklin
5.
Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from 
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
6.
The election of 1800 was viewed as a revolution, because it was 
a)
Violent
b)
Contested
c)
Peaceful 
7.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
 Monroe Doctrine 
c)
 Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
8.
What states were part of the Mexican Cession?
a)
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
b)
Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi
c)
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
d)
California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada
9.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
10.
Reformers such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (pictured here) were most concerned with
a)
Abolishing Slavery
b)
Securing Women's Rights to vote
c)
Securing Property Rights for Women
d)
Trying to keep the US out of World War I
11.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized a national meeting at Seneca Falls in 1848. The primary purpose of this convention was to organize the 
a)
Abolition Movement
b)
Temperance Movemnet
c)
Women's Suffrage Movement
d)
Native American Assistance Movement
12.
Which technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s? 
a)
The Steel Plow
b)
The Cotton Gin
c)
the Mechanical Reaper
d)
The Combine Harvester
13.
Impressment is
a)
The capturing of US sailors and forcing them to work for the British
b)
Selling US sailors
c)
Capturing US sailors
d)
The French capturing US sailors and forcing them to work for them.
14.
What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and  1852
a)
Gold was  found 
b)
Fresh water was found
c)
War with Native-Americans 
d)
farmers moved there to grow their crops 
15.

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Do?

a)

transferred 300,000 square miles of land from Mexico

b)

transferred 200,000 square miles of land from Mexico

c)

Transferred 500,000 square miles of land fro Mexico

16.
Supports a strong central government
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
17.
Is a Federalist
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
18.
Was opposed to slavery
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
19.
Who believed the U.S. economy should be based on farming and agriculture?
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
20.
Who believed in creating a National Bank to help stabilize the U.S. economy?
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
21.
Had a "strict" view of the Constitution
a)
Hamilton
b)
Jefferson
22.

The Kansas Nebraska Act voided which former law?

a)

The Compromise of 1850

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

23.

By what process would the issue of slavery be decided in the new territory?

a)

They would automatically be free states

b)

They would automatically be slave states

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

One would become a slave state and one would become a free state

24.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
25.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
26.
The cotton gin:
a)
made it easier and cheaper to produce cotton
b)
was created by Eli Whitney
c)
increased the value of enslaved people
d)
All of the above
27.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

28.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

29.

Andrew Jackson used the ____________ system when he would put his political allies into government positions.

a)

American

b)

Reward

c)

Spoils

d)

Nepotism

30.

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to the development of the nation because it

a)

linked the industrial centers of the North and the South

b)

allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes

c)

forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States

d)

increased trade between the East Coast and the Midwest

31.

In the first half of the 19th century, canal building was important to economic growth because canals

a)

could be used in all seasons of the year

b)

provided access to free homesteads in the West

c)

charged lower rates than the transcontinental railroad

d)

allowed faster transport of farm and industrial products

32.

What did the Temperance Movement lead to?

a)

Prohibition of alcohol

b)

World War II

c)

Extreme riots and protests

d)

Increased consumption of alcohol

33.

A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

34.

This social movement wanted to end slavery in the United States.

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperence

c)

Suffrage

d)

Monroe Doctrine

35.

A women's right convention held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848.

a)

Women's Suffrage Movement

b)

Temperence Movement

c)

Abolitionist Movement

d)

Seneca Falls Convention

36.

After escaping from slavery in the mid1800s, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Grimke Sisters

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Nat Turner