WorksheetsGrowth & Conflict Review 23
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase?
It caused the United States to decrease in size
It doubled the size of the US
What was the primary goal of the expedition led by Lewis and Clark?
To find a water route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean to facilitate trade.
To discover the new people groups that existed in the new territory
To find a water route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
To trade with as many individuals as possible from the Missouri River to the Atlantic Ocean.
What was the impact of Lewis and Clark's exploration on the perception of the Louisiana Territory by the United States?
It discouraged further exploration due to the dangers and hardships they encountered
It encouraged American settlement in the Louisiana Territory by sharing the opportunities and challenges that could be found in that land
It lead the United States to consider selling the territory back to France.
Lewis and Clark did not find many resources in this territory, which discouraged future settlement.
What were the two major causes of the War of 1812?
The British impressment of sailors and the British support of Native American attacks against the United States
The British government burned the White House, and they tried to take control of the Mississippi River
The Spanish government refused to sell Florida to the U.S., and they attempted to regain control of Latin American countries who had recently gained independence
The British Navy captured American sailors (impressment), and they burned many government buildings in Washington, D.C.
Which best describes the outcome of the War of 1812?
The Treaty of Ghent was signed and allowed the United States to capture lands in England.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed and England emerged as a global superpower.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed and England was able to capture the United States back as a colony.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed and the United States maintained its independence.
What did the Monroe Doctrine do/say?
The Monroe Doctrine was created to protect Africa from the control European nations who wanted to take over the continent.
The Monroe Doctrine was created to keep the United States out of foreign affairs and to keep European countries from trying to claim lands in Latin America.
The Monroe Doctrine was the first step by the United Nations to divide the world up into seven different continents.
The Monroe Doctrine created a chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that were available to everyone except European nations.
Americans who supported the growth and expansion of the United States, including annexing new land such as Texas, supported the idea of ________________ __________________.
Manifest Destiny
abolition
popular sovereignty
states' rights
Fill in the blank: Manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans had the God given right to expand ________ for greater success as a nation.
North
East
South
West
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The act served as an official declaration of war against the Cherokee and Creek nations.
The act led to the U.S. government forcing Native Americans to leave their cultural traditions and become citizens of the United States.
The law gave Congress the authority to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes and exchange lands with them.
The law immediately forced all Native American nations of their ancestral lands and forced them west of the Mississippi River.
What was the effect of the Treaty of New Echota?
The treaty served as an official declaration of war against the Cherokee and Creek nations.
The Cherokee agreed to exchange their land for land west of the Mississippi River, resulting in the Trail of Tears
The treaty led to thousands of Cherokee becoming U.S. citizens
It led to more Americans supporting the idea of Manifest Destiny
When the U.S. decided to annex Texas, it made ____________ angry and led to a war.
Southern leaders
slave owners
Mexico
Spain
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the:
Mexican Revolutionary War
Mexican-American War
War of 1812
Civil War
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo lead to conflict in the U.S.?
It gave the U.S. more land, and Americans argued over whether slavery should be allowed in that territory
Many Americans, especially abolitionists, believed the U.S. unfairly took land from Mexico
Many Americans wanted a fugitive slave law for fugitives who had escaped to Mexico
Northern leaders wanted to end the idea of Manifest Destiny
Based on the American Progress painting, which of the following would be a pull factor that would cause Americans to move west?
it was difficult to find transportation to California
The completion of a transcontinental railroad, which would create job and trade opportunities in the west
The lack of restrictions on slavery would attract many Americans
What law added Missouri to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine as a free state in order to maintain an even number of slave and free states?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1820/ Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott decision
Because the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens to vote on whether or not slavery would be legalized in Kansas, this shows the ideal of:
checks and balances
individual rights
federalism
popular sovereignty
Who was Dred Scott?
a man whose Supreme Court case started the Civil War
a man who lived in a free state and was kidnapped into slavery
a man born into slavery in Missouri who filed a lawsuit in an attempt to be freed from slavery
a man whose owner forced him to travel across the country working for him in western territories
Why did the Supreme Court deny Dred Scott his freedom?
The court stated that Dred Scott would be freed from slavery, but only after the year 1860
The court stated that because Dred Scott's owner lived in Missouri, he could legally continue to enslave him
The court argued that Dred Scott was a criminal and therefore had lost his rights to file a lawsuit
The court said that African Americans were not citizens and therefore he had no right to file a lawsuit for his freedom.
John Brown was an _____________.
slave
abolitionist
fugitive
military commander
The violence that happened over the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as well as the violence in Congress and John Brown's raid of the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, revealed that:
Congressmen were often not respectful of other leaders who disagreed with their views
Americans were willing to fight over the issue of slavery
The Civil War would begin in 1868
A civil war was not very likely to occur in the United States at that time
Who was elected as president in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Frederick Douglass
John Breckenridge
Why did Abraham Lincoln want to allow slavery to continue where it already existed in the U.S.?
Lincoln wanted to respect the rights of all American citizens, including southerners with whom he disagreed
He wanted te United States to be united under one set of values and beliefs, and he wanted everyone to respect the ideal of federalism
He wanted to show people in southern states that he did not want to end slavery, because Lincoln did not want a war to happen
He wanted to do what was considered best for the popularity of the Republican Party
True or False: Abraham Lincoln DID NOT want to end slavery in the U.S. when he ran for president in 1860.
True
False
Which term best aligns with the definition "to seize and force into service (as a sailor being forced into the British Navy)?"
expedition
frontier
impressment
Nativism
Which term best aligns with the definition "the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States at the time?"
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Which term best aligns with the definition "the idea that the United States had the right and the duty to expand and annex new territories?"
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Which term best aligns with the definition "a foreign policy which declared that the U.S. would not interfere with European nations or their existing colonies, and that the U.S. would prevent European nations from attempting to establish new colonies in Latin America?"
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Which term best aligns with the definition "a war between the United States and Britain from 1812-1815, which the US won and considered a “second war for independence”?"
Trail of Tears
War of 1812
Treaty of New Echota
Mexican-American War
Match the following definitions to their correct terms:
A federal law passed in 1830 that allowed the federal government to exchange land west of the Mississippi River for the lands of Native American tribes east of the river
Indian Removal Act
the forced migration of approximately 15,000 Cherokee Indians in 1838-39 in which the US Army marched them from their land in North Carolina and Georgia to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River
Trail of Tears
a treaty signed in 1835 by US government officials & leaders of the Cherokee nation that resulted in the Trail of Tears
Treaty of New Echota
