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WestWard Expansion Vocabulary Part 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To stop the French attack on our ships President Adams sent delegates to France, but the unnamed French Delegates named X, Y and Z ...

a)

demanded a bribe and a loan before the delegates could begin negotiations.

b)

refused to talk with American delegates

c)

asked for other delegates

d)

demanded that France provide supplies for the American Army

2.

Who were the "Lowell Mill Girls"?

a)
female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell
b)
donut makers in Endicott
c)
responsible for winding-up windmills on farms
d)
I don't know.
3.
What did the Sedition Act prohibit, or outlaw?
a)
public hearings
b)
public elections
c)
public meetings
d)
public opposition to the government
4.

This law made it possible for the President to kick immigrants out of the country.

a)

Alien Act

b)

Sedition Act

c)

Neutrality Act

d)

Jay's Treaty

5.
Nullify means 
a)
cancel
b)
forget
c)
dance
d)
tax
6.
The Virginia-Kentucky State Resolution stated that
a)
the Alien Acts were constitutional and should be obeyed
b)
The Alien Act should be interpreted as a means to keep immigrations from living in the United States
c)
states had the right to judge is federal laws were constitutional and should be followed 
d)
citizens who criticized the government should be fined and jailed.
7.

What is Judicial Review?

a)

The courts can review laws and declare them unconstitutional

b)

Judges have a review system for some court cases

c)

The courts have the ability to reverse a decision

8.

Marbury v. Madison (1803) established?

a)

The Supreme Court can now “check” the other branches of government with Judicial Review

b)

The Supreme Court can NOT check the other branches by using Judicial Review.

9.

The United States purchased a large amount of land known as the Louisiana Purchase from

a)

Spian

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Mexico

10.
What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Buffalo River
c)
Niagara Falls
d)
Erie Canal
11.

Tariffs, National Bank, infrastructure improvement were all designed to aid in economic growth and expansion in what program designed by Clay?

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

Better Deal

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

American System

12.

Why did President Monroe establish this Doctrine?

a)

He wanted to have a war with England, France and Mexico

b)

To let Europe know that they could not control countries in North and South America.

c)

He wanted to gain power for himself and his friends

13.

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It was only a temporary solution

b)

The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery

c)

It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

14.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Kentucky

d)

Ohio

15.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
16.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
17.

Which of the following statements is an example Jacksonian Democracy and how voting rights were expanded in the early 1800's?

a)

Maryland set religious qualifications for voters.

b)

Some states extended suffrage rights to more white males.

c)

Party leaders began to nominate their parties’ candidates.

d)

Massachusetts granted one-half of a vote to each literate freedman.

18.

In 1830, President ____________________ pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

James Madison

19.

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as....

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

The trail of Death

c)

The Crying Path

d)

The Journey of Loss

20.

The consequences of the Indian Removal Act were

a)

1/4 of the people that traveled the Trail of Tears died

b)

Native Americans were pushed onto land that was not suitable for their way of life

c)

the government established a pattern of treating Native Americans as being inferior

d)

all of these

21.

What is suffrage?

a)

Right to bear arms

b)

Right to suffer

c)

Right to vote

d)

Right to go to school

22.

Another name for the Tariff of 1828 which outraged many

a)

Jackson's Tariff

b)

Tariff of Nullification

c)

Tariff of Abominations

d)

Spoils System