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Unit 1 ,2 ,and 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Lowell system?

a)

A program run by textile mills to convince people to work for them

b)

Plan to develop the United States with programs like a National Road and National Bank

c)

Bank that controlled the US’ flow of money. Jackson vetoed its charter (re-approval)

d)

Belief that a good economy comes from exporting more goods than you import

2.

What was the First Continental Congress

a)

A meeting with representatives of 12 colonies to discuss what they should do about the Intolerable Acts

b)

A meeting of representatives that approved the Declaration of Independence and managed the colonies during the war

3.

What political group did the Louisiana Purchase cause a dilemma for?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic-Republicans

4.

What were the Main affects of the War of 1812

a)

End of the Native's ability to stop the US' expansion into their territory

b)

American manufacturing increased a lot

c)

Killed the Federalist Party

d)

All of the Above

5.

Who wrote the Alien and Sedition Acts

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

6.

This election was a peaceful transfer of power

a)

Election of 1800

b)

Election 1860

7.

This election ended with southern states succeeding from the South

a)

Election of 1860

b)

Election of 1800

8.

Compromise that allowed California to be admitted to the US as a free

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5 Compromise

9.

This war resulted in The United States in gaining land

a)

Mexican-American War

b)

War of 1812

10.

This act taxed legal documents and licenses

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Currency Act

11.

Which agreement was the first agreement for Self-government in America

a)

Mayflower-Compact

b)

City upon a Hill

c)

Common sense

d)

Articles of confederation

12.

What supreme court case established the power of Judical Review

a)

McCulloh v.Maryland

b)

Marburyv. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Roe v. Wade

13.

What document was written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

Federalist Papers

d)

Intolerable Acts

14.

A meeting of representatives from the colonies to discuss their response to the intolerable acts

a)

Second Continental Congress

b)

First Continental Congress

c)

Albany plan of union

d)

House of Burgesses

15.

The political party lead by Hamilton that ha d a loose interpretation of the constitution

a)

Federalists

b)

Anti-Federalists

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Uncle's Tom Cabinet

16.

Blacks that fled the South after Reconstruction

a)

Exodusters

b)

Scalawags

c)

Carpetbaggers

17.

Compromise that allowed Republican Rutherford Hayes to be President in exchange for Reconstruction ending

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Great Compromise

d)

3/5 Compromise

e)

Compromise of 1877

18.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

19th amendment

b)

18th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

13th amendment

19.

Law that broke up Indian reservations and tried to assimilate Natives to American culture

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Severalty Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Indian Citizenship Act

20.

What negatively affected Native Americans

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Dawes Severality Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Indian Citizenship Act