wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Westward Expansion Vocabulary Part 2

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the Sedition Act prohibit, or outlaw?
a)
public hearings
b)
public elections
c)
public meetings
d)
public opposition to the government
2.

Arguments that stated the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

a)

XYZ Resolutions

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

Virginia and Pennsylvania Resolutions

d)

ABC Resolutions

3.

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

4.

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.

5.

What effect did the railroad development on the map have on the U.S. economy?

a)

Northern cities and factories grew at a fast rate.

b)

Western cities began to outproduce the east

c)

Slavery was minimized due to industrialization

d)

Southerners no longer relied upon rivers to move their cotton

6.

Which section of the country had the most railroads in 1861?

a)

North

b)

South

7.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
8.

What does the vocabulary word "suffrage" mean?

a)

to change or improve

b)

the ability to win

c)

to make free

d)

the right to vote

9.
In the 1840s, Seneca Falls, New York, became the scene of an important convention for -
a)
women's rights
b)
labor union organization
c)
temperance reform
d)
prison reforms
10.

This was a time of renewed vigor for religious feelings.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

9/11

11.

The first women's rights convention in the United States held in July 1848

a)

Kentucky Resolutions

b)

Virginia Resolutions

c)

Niagara Falls Convention

d)

Seneca Falls Convention

12.

What social reform movements were inspired by the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Temperance and abolitionism

b)

Consumerism and materialism

c)

Nationalism and imperialism

d)

Secularism and atheism

13.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
a)
Being popular in the world
b)
People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
c)
People voting
d)
The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.