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WorksheetsVA/US SOL 6 Test Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 56mins
It is called the Louisiana Purchase because we PAID for the territory. Who was the president who initiated the purchase?
James Madison
John Adams
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
From what nation did Jefferson purchase the territory?
Great Britain
Spain
France
Mexico
What happened to the US as a result of the purchase?
People began speaking French
It almost doubled in size
It ran out of money
The US went to war with Mexico
Jefferson, who liked to dabble in science, thought it was neccesary to send a scientific expedition to explore the new American territory. Who did he hire to lead the expedition?
Merryweather Lewis & William Clark
Joe Lewis & William Clark
Merryweather Lewis & DaveClark
Lewis Clark & Sacagawea
The Native American woman who accompanied Lewis & Clark & proved invaluable to the success of their journey was called:
Pocahontas
Minnehaha
Sacagawea
Hiawatha
Purchasing Louisiana secured what important trade route for the US?
Oregon Trail
Mississippi River
Wilderness Road
Trans-Pacific Railroad
What happened to the many Native Americans living in the west as Americans moved there?
They founded great cities and became wealthy
They made friends with the pioneers and helped them grow crops
They were forced off their lands and many died
They assimilated into the new American culture
The Treaty of 1818 made what parallel was the northern boundary between the United States & Canada?
48
57
42
49
The US received what territory from Spain with the Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)?
Texas
Missouri
Alabama
Florida
Which of the following stopped European colonization in America?
Adams-Onis Treaty
Monroe Doctrine
Watauga Compact
Convention of 1818
Because of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States became a powerful leader in the ____________ hemisphere.
northern
southern
western
eastern
The Monroe Doctrine would be an example of
U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Domestic Policy
1. Which of the following was a major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine?
discourage United States trade with Latin America
defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain
prevent further European colonization in the Americas
provide economic aid to Latin American nations
The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 was prompted by?
The Russian annexation of Alaska.
President Monroe's hope of increasing his popularity with the American public.
the fear that Europeans might intervene in Latin America to restore Spanish colonial rule.
Continuing British policies of naval impressment.
The Monroe Doctrine was an effort to stop European nations from interfering in which of the following?
each other's business.
the American continents.
the Asian continent
the United States' affairs.
Who promised to stay out of conflicts with the Europeans?
Alaska
United States
United Kingdom
The British
The Monroe Doctrine allows European countries to
continue creating new colonies
continue removing Natives from their home land
continue asking for financial assistance from the U.S.
continue controlling the colonies they already have
The Monroe Doctrine said __________________.
no more European colonies could be started in the Americas
Europe must leave the Americas alone
the United States would stay out of Europe's business
all of the above
Why was the Monroe Doctrine important?
It gave foreign counties more power
It became a mainstay of US foreign policy
It gave the US more power
t wasn't important
"Remember the Alamo!" was the battle cry for Americans as they fought the Mexican Army for what territory?
Texas
California
Mexican Cession
New Mexico
Mexico invited Americans to settle & farm the territory now known as Texas. Americans flocked the new territory because there were no laws...
allowing taxes.
prohibiting saloons.
allowing immigrants.
prohibiting slavery.
The British burned ___________ during the War of 1812
The White House
The Capitol
Bill of Rights
Yorktown
Impressment is
The capturing of US sailors and forcing them to work for the British
Selling US sailors
Capturing US sailors
The French capturing US sailors and forcing them to work for them.
Who were the Americans fighting during the war?
British
Mexico
France
Spain
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun were both Southern Congressmen who had aggressive views towards the British and wanted action. These views got them the title of what?
Radical Republicans
Whigs
War Hawks
Southern Separatist
The main reason for the war of 1812 was
westward expansion
French fur trade
British search and seizure of American ships
Which term means pride in your country. It also means a strong love for your country?
zealotry
nationalism
exceptionalism
egotism
What does secede mean?
It is agreeing with something but not voting on it.
It means no contest.
It is when a state quits the Union.
It is when a state joins the Union.
Some states at the Hartford Convention were discussing quitting the Union. Which region were they from?
The South
The West
The Mid Atlantic States
New England
Andrew Jackson became a war hero after this victory, which occurred AFTER the War of 1812 was officially over.
Battle of New Orleans.
Battle of Nashville.
Battle of Cripple Creek.
Battle of Tallahassee
Who were the War Hawks?
Men from the Northeast who want to go to war
Women who fought in the War of 1812
Men from the South and West who want to go to war
Men from the South and North who do NOT want to go to war
Which is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?
British impressment of American sailors
British searching and seizing American ships
British giving guns and ammunition to Native Americans
British burning down Washington D.C.
In 1812, this President becomes the first American president to ask Congress for a declaration of war.
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
George W. Bush
Who won the War of 1812?
'Merica!
The Brits
The French
The Americans claim that they won but in actuality it ended in a stalemate with neither side gaining much over the other. :]
Which is NOT true of farmers during the market revolution?
they specialized meaning they raised one or two crops to sell for profit
they used new machines to plant and harvest crops
they sold crops to growing populations in cities and used cash to buy manufactured goods
they became more self-sufficient only growing crops to feed their own families
Which is NOT true of the telegraph?
invented by Charles Goodyear in 1839
was used by businesses to transmit orders and relay sales information
was used by railroad companies to keep trains moving regularly and safely
23,000 miles of wire crossed the country by 1854
Transportation improvements cut shipping costs and connected the regions for trade. Which was NOT a transportation improvement in the early 1800s?
Erie Canal
steamboats
railroad
automobile
This invention by Cyrus McCormick made it easier for farmers to harvest their crops. One farmer could do the work of five.
mechanical reaper
steel plow
cotton gin
tractor
All of the following were major changes brought about by the Market Revolution EXCEPT:
People moving from farms to factories
Movement of homes in the country to home in the city
Electricity in people’s homes
Easier communication and transportation
A canal is best explained as a
Natural river
Man-made river
Waterway from the mountains
Tunnel across states
The steamboat and the railroad made life easier because:
They streamlined the process of creating goods
They helped business owners speak directly with consumers
They helped transport goods faster and easier
They greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor
During the Market Revolution a major change occurred in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Manufacturing
Transportation
Advertising
Communication
Giving government jobs to friends or political backers is called
Jacksonian Democracy
Spoils system
Democratic Party
Hooking it up!
The Supreme Court ruled which way in the Cherokee case?
in favor of Georgia, the had to move
in favor of Jackson, he could force them out
in favor of the Cherokees, the had the right to stay
in favor of the white settlers, they could take the land
The name of the forced march of the Cherokees to the West in 1838.
Trail of Tears
Lewis and Clark Trail
Tears for Trails
Trail of Death
The political party Jackson formed to represent the "Common Man".
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists
Jackson felt this only made the rich richer and not the farmers and factory workers.
national bank
state banks
a tariff is a tax on _______ goods
imported
exported
The Trail of Tears refers to
Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.
Who did Andrew Jackson consider himself the spokesperson of?
The everyday man
The common man
The wealthy man
The poor man
Why did Jackson want to end the Bank of the U.S.?
All choices
He felt that it benefited rich people
He believed the bank didn’t help small farmers
He didn’t find the bank good for small laborers
What is suffrage?
Right to bear arms
Right to suffer
Right to vote
Right to go to school
_____________________ was formed by Jackson and his supporters, believed in a small federal government with limited power over the states. Supported the rights of the “Common Man” and appealed to factory workers and farmers.
Nullification Crisis
American System
Andrew Jackson
Jacksonian Democracy
During the 2nd Great Awakening, many reform movements started in the US. Which of the following is NOT an example of these early reform movements?
Women's Suffrage
Tariff Reform
Temperance
Abolition
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
It added California as a slave state
What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850
Oregon
California
Michigan
Iowa
How did the Kansas- Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
It changed the borders of Missouri
It required that all Missouri be free.
It allowed slavery in Kansas and Nebraska Territories
It established new interstate trade rules.
The WHAT was part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it a crime to help runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Criminal Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
California-Maine Act
Allowing the people of a state or territory to rule for themselves.
popular sovereignty
states's rights
suffrage
spoils system
The belief that certain powers are retained by the states and cannot be overruled by the national government - used to defend slavery.
popular sovereignty
states's rights
suffrage
spoils system
The right of a state to cancel a law they belief to be harmful to their state.
nullification
popular sovereignty
states' rights
sectionalism
Extreme loyalty to one's own region, based on differences in economic, social, and political beliefs - often causes a division.
nullification
popular sovereignty
states' rights
sectionalism
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper?
Divider
Abolitionist Paper
The Liberator
Abolitionist Times
Laws for slaves got much stricter in Virginia and other parts of the south after these two men led slave revolts.
Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser
Harriet Tubman and Nat Turner
Susan B. Anthony and Gabriel Prosser
Key and Peale
These two women were leaders of the early Woman's Suffrage Movement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony & Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B. Anthony & Harriet Tubman
Manifest Destiny
the belief that angels guard American values and float over America
the belief that America's future required money to be spent on expansion
the belief that it is the right and duty of America to go west to share our government and culture
the belief that America should be a Christian nation
This territory was ceded by Mexico after a war in 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
A
B
F
G
This territory was gained through the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain.
A
B
F
G
This territory was annexed after becoming an independent Republic after the Battle of the Alamo.
A
B
D
E
This president was well-known for his strong belief in Manifest Destiny and ran with the slogan, "Fifty-four forty or fight"!
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Dred Scott was famous for ___________.
being sued by someone else
suing for his freedom
being in the military
being a famous doctor
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?
popular sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
one would be a slave state, the other a free state
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Before the Civil War, The South was:
Pro-Slavery
Anti-Slavery
More industrial than the North
More populated than North
In the Fugitive Slave Act, it was ILLEGAL for a northerner to let a runaway slave go free
True
False
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by:
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
John Brown
Click ALL that apply. What answers are correct regarding Dred Scott vs. Sandford case?
Dred Scott was property and lawsuit is invalid
Dred Scott was freed
Legally you couldn't stop the spread of slavery in the U.S.
The northern states called the decision wicked and unfair
Hoped to start a slave uprising by raiding the federal arsenal in Virginia.
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
Click ALL that apply. These events angered the southern states.
Dred Scott Decision
Strong Fugitive Slave Act
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Lincoln being elected President
Led by groups that wanted to outlaw slavery throughout the U.S. Proslavery Southerners were forced to either leave the state or keep silent. Publications of antislavery literature like The Liberator and Uncle Tom’s Cabin fueled the group’s objective.
Abolitionist Movement
Denmark Vesey Plot
Dred Scott Decision
Election of 1860
Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens of the U.S. and slaves were considered property. The court also ruled that Congress could not pass measures limiting the expansion of slavery into the territories.
John Brown decision
Denmark Vesey decision
Abe Lincoln decision
Dred Scott decision
In 1832, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina argued states had the right to refuse to enforce a federal law if they felt it was unconstitutional; argued that a tax on imported goods would benefit the North only and hurt the South.
Secede
antebellum
Nullification Crisis
Abolitionist Movement
depended on trade, industry, and immigrant labor
North
East
South
West
loyalty to one’s own region rather than the country as a whole
secitonalism
Manifest Destiny
nationalsim
patriotism
depended on agriculture, cash crops, and slave labor
North
East
South
West
