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Unit 6/7: Jackson and Westward Expansion

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened in 1803?

a)

America annexes Florida

b)

America buys the Louisiana territory from the French

c)

America annexes Texas

d)

The Industrial Revolution began

2.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The belief that political party supporters should be given government jobs

b)

A policy forcing Natives to move West onto reservations

c)

The belief that the US would spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific

d)

A plan for how America would divide up its land

3.

What was the Industrial Revolution?

a)

A change from handmade products to machine manufacturing

b)

A growth in patriotism

c)

People moving away from cities to live in rural areas

d)

An increase in agriculture in the US

4.

What was the US-Mexican War?

a)

A conflict caused by the Industrial Revolution

b)

A conflict caused by the US annexing Texas

c)

A conflict over the use of the spoils system

d)

A conflict caused by the US annexation of Florida

5.

What is rural?

a)

Having to do with raising animals

b)

Having to do with cities

c)

Having to do with making manufactured goods

d)

Having to do with areas outside of cities

6.

What is urban?

a)

Having to do with cities

b)

Having to do with raising animals

c)

Having to do with areas outside a city

d)

Having to do with making manufactured goods

7.

What is the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

a)

An agreement that America would cover all of North America

b)

America bought territory from France for $15 million dollars

c)

Missouri came in as a slave state and Maine as a free state; no slavery above the 36 30' line

d)

A plan the government had for the lands in the Northwest Territory

8.

What is the Lowell System?

a)

The agreement that officially ended the US-Mexican War

b)

The process of using interchangeable parts in manufacturing

c)

A change from handmade products to machine manufacturing

d)

A factory system in Massachusetts using young girls as labor in textile factories

9.

What was the Spoils System?

a)

Jackson's idea of rewarding political party supporters with government jobs

b)

The removal of Natives from their tribal lands

c)

Jackson's idea of making improvements to roads, bridges, and canals

d)

The removal of a government official that has been loyal

10.

Who was Andrew Jackson?

a)

The Hero of the US-Mexican War

b)

The 5th President of the United States

c)

President who represented the wealthy citizens of America

d)

The 1st President from the West; represented the common man

11.

What is true about John Quincy Adams?

a)

Strong supporter of states' rights

b)

Favored strong Nationalism against states' rights; against pro-slavery messages

c)

Supported most pro-slavery messages

d)

Fought against Nationalism; was very pro-slavery

12.

What was the Cotton Gin?

a)

Invented by Eli Whitney; made harvesting crops easier

b)

Invented by Cyrus McCormick; decreased the demand for labor from enslaved people

c)

Invented by Cyrus McCormick; Made harvesting crops easier

d)

Invented by Eli Whitney; separated seeds from cotton fibers; increased demand for labor from enslaved people

13.

What was McCormick's Reaper?

a)

An invention in agriculture that increased farmer's ability to harvest crops quickly

b)

A machine used to separate seeds from cotton fibers

c)

An invention in manufacturing to make goods faster

d)

A machine used to plant crops

14.

What is an immigrant?

a)

Person who moves within a country

b)

Person who stays in the country they were born in

c)

Person who moves from one country to another; usually for better opportunities

d)

Person who visits a lot of other countries

15.

What were internal improvements that were made in the US?

a)

The Lowell factory system

b)

The hiring of political party supporters for government jobs

c)

The annexation of new territories

d)

The building of roads, bridges, and canals

16.

What was Nullification?

a)

The disagreement over the National Bank

b)

The process a state follows to get rid of a law that it does not agree with

c)

The government's plan for the Northwest Territory

d)

What officially ended the US-Mexican War

17.

What was the Indian Removal Act?

a)

The policy during Jackson's presidency forcing Natives to pay for land or move west

b)

The removal of settlers from Natives' land

c)

The Supreme Court case that declared that the Cherokee Nation could keep their land

d)

The policy that moved all Natives to territory on the east coast

18.

Who was John C. Calhoun?

a)

Senator from South Carolina

b)

The eighth US President

c)

A senator from Georgia

d)

A Representative from Massachusetts

19.

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

a)

The land given from Mexico to the US

b)

The government's plan for internal improvements

c)

The government's plan for the lands of the Northwest Territory

d)

An agreement with Spain giving Florida to the US

20.

What was the Gadsden Purchase?

a)

The territory of Texas

b)

The strip of land south of the Mexican cession purchased from Mexico

c)

The territory of Florida

d)

The land bough from France for $15 million in 1803

21.

What was the Mexican Cession?

a)

A plan for improvements in the US; roads, bridges, canals

b)

Land purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

c)

Land purchased from Spain

d)

Land given up by Mexico; all of current southwest US

22.

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

It ended the American Revolution

b)

It ended the US-Mexican War

c)

It ended the War of 1812

d)

It ended the Spanish-American War

23.

What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?

a)

Spain's agreement to give Florida to the US

b)

Mexico's agreement to give Texas to the US

c)

France's agreement to give Louisiana to the US

d)

The end of the US-Mexican War

24.

What was the Oregon Territory?

a)

Land won in the Spanish-American War

b)

Land taken from Spain in the Southwest

c)

Land won in the US-Mexican War

d)

Land in the Pacific Northwest acquired from Britain

25.

What was Texas Annexation?

a)

Land added to the US that caused the US-Mexican War

b)

Land added as part of the Louisiana Purchase

c)

Land that Mexico freely gave to the US

d)

Land that was acquired through a treaty with Britain