WorksheetsUnit 4- Westward Expansion
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is best known for an expansion in
Freedom of speech
Religious toleration
States rights
Voting rights
Which action did the Cherokee take to resist their removal from Georgia and North Carolina to the west?
Sued the state of Georgia in the state courts and appealed to the Supreme Court
Destroyed neighbors farms and businesses
Went to war against the U.S government for 7 years
Staged a protest called the trail of tears
The debate between John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster over states rights was most like the debate between:
Patriots and the loyalists
Antifederalists and the Federalists
England and France during the French and Indian War
Large states and small states during the constitutional convention
President Jackson’s veto of the renewal for the second national bank of the U.S resulted in:
Inflation and other economic problems in the Panic of 1837
The nullification crisis and the enforcement of the Tariff of 1828
Rise of the Democratic Party and the Republicans
Increasing sectionalism among North, West, and South
The supreme court ruling in the case of Worcester v. Georgia established what?
The Policy of Native American Removal
Determined that Georgia's laws didn’t apply to the Cherokees since they were a sovereign nation
Andrew Jackson was guilty of committing genocide
Established protective tariffs for imported goods, leading to the Nullifcation Crisis.
In general, what position did Californios take toward the Mexican-American War?
They supported the war because they wanted independence from Mexico
They supported the war because they wanted to become U.S citizens
They opposed the war because they feared it might bring an end to slavery
They opposed the war because they didn’t want to lose control over California
The main attraction of Texas for many Americans in the 1820s and 1830s was the:
Freedom to practice the Catholic faith
Availability of cheap or free land
Desire to become citizens of Mexico
Mexican rebellion
Andrew Jackson's campaign had many focuses, however the basis of all his policies was based on the idea that he was the champion of the "______ ___".
Native Americans
Slaves and Freedman
Common Man
The Wealthy Elites
The Indian Removal Act was one of the United States's most controversial actions because it used the U.S military in the _________ of Native Americans west of the Mississippi.
Nullification
Intervention
Suffrage
Resettlement
The underground railroad was made initially to rescue slaves from southern plantations. One individual who escaped through the railroad and later became its most famous conductor was _____ ______
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Andrew Jackson
Harriet Tubman
