WorksheetsChapter 6 Section 1 Assessment
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the Supreme Court’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803) change the government?
a)
A. It expanded the efforts to control the executive branch.
b)
B. It gave states the right to reverse federal laws.
c)
C. It removed constitutional limits on congressional power.
d)
D. It shifted the balance of power in favor of the judicial branch.
2.
Which goal did President Thomas Jefferson want to achieve?
a)
A. granting voting rights to all adult citizens
b)
B. promoting the nation’s agricultural economy
c)
C. expanding the nation’s territory to the Pacific coast
d)
D. making the United States a major military power
3.
What impact did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?
a)
A. It decreased international tensions.
b)
B. It doubled the size of the nation’s territory.
c)
C. It gave the United States control of all of North America.
d)
D. It created an alliance between the United States and France.
4.
The return journey to St. Louis took much more time than the trip to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The French Louisiana Territory included the port city of New Orleans and roughly the entire Great Plains region from the western shore of the Mississippi River to the base of the Rocky Mountains.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Lewis and Clark were each given 1,600 acres of land as a reward for their work.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Thomas Jefferson became president after a long and bitter presidential race, and he had a plan for changes in the government.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Jefferson wanted the United States to stay a mainly farm-based country.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
During his presidency, Jefferson lowered the national debt by $23 million.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
A. It spread slavery to a large new territory.
b)
B. It increased the number of states in the Union.
c)
C. It transferred territory from France to the United States.
d)
D. It created an alliance between Spain and the United States.
11.
Most Americans lived and worked on small farms in the years after the war.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What did the United States’ purchase of the Louisiana Territory cost France?
a)
A. access to an abundant supply of natural resources
b)
B. tariff revenues from goods traded along the Mississippi River
c)
C. relocation of its peoples to other territories
d)
D. an abundant supply of Native American soldiers
13.
Which statement best explains why passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts helped Thomas Jefferson become president?
a)
A. Public opinion strongly opposed these acts.
b)
B. Jefferson campaigned in support of these popular acts of Congress.
c)
C. Passage of these acts significantly increased the pool of eligible voters.
d)
D. Jefferson’s allies in Congress used these acts to silence his political opponents.
14.
Most land in the South was owned by wealthy plantation owners.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Women were allowed to vote in most states.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The first census showed that one-quarter of the population was African American, 90% of whom were enslaved.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Washington Irving became the first internationally recognized American author.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Washington Irving wrote the famous story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Thomas Jefferson did NOT win reelection.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
__________________________ had been president before Thomas Jefferson
a)
John Adams
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Abraham Lincoln
21.
The __________________ gave the Supreme Court the power to force government officials to do their duties.
a)
Judiciary Act
b)
Senate Act
c)
Congressional Act
d)
Presidential Act
22.
Therefore, the Judiciary Act was ____________________ and void.
a)
unconstitutional
b)
unAmerican
c)
unpresidential
d)
unpopular
23.
Which of the following is considered an accomplishment of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency?
a)
A. lowering the national debt
b)
B. creating a national bank
c)
C. disbanding the standing army
d)
D. expanding the federal judiciary
24.
Judicial review is the power of the courts to decide whether or not laws passed by Congress and state lawmaking groups are constitutional.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
The French Louisiana Territory included the port city of New Orleans and roughly the entire Great Plains region from the western shore of the Mississippi River to the base of the Rocky Mountains.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Who decided to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States?
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
James Monroe
c)
Robert Livingston
27.
Which purchase more than doubled the size of the United States.
a)
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
b)
Mississippi Purchase of 1903
c)
Montana Purchase of 1806
d)
New Orleans Purchase of 1804
28.
All Americans supported the Louisiana Purchase.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Who had the main goals to explore and map the Missouri River. They also were told to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
Lewis and Clark
b)
Wittman and Bruns
c)
Shipely and Tonsor
d)
Jefferson and Monroe
30.
The explorers did not reach the Pacific Ocean.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Lewis and Clark had to cross which mountain range to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachain Mountains
c)
Mount Rainer
d)
Mount Killamanjaro
32.
Lewis and Clark put together a team known as the
a)
Corps of Discovery
b)
Army Medical Corps
c)
Marine Corps
d)
Corps of Military
33.
This person made clothes, collected plants to eat, and signaled peace to the Native American tribes.
a)
Lewis
b)
Clark
c)
Sacagawea
d)
Roosevelt
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