WorksheetsAmerican History Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 12mins
The vote during the election of 1800 was tied. Who ended up making the decision on who was to be president?
The senate
The popular vote
The Electoral College
The House of Representatives
What has been the significance of the Supreme Court rulings in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), and Worcester v. Georgia (1832)?
The decisions validated the principle of judicial review
The decisions declared the notion of Manifest Destiny unconstitutional.
The decisions strengthened the power of the national government.
The decisions endorsed the principle of states’ rights.
What was one goal of Lewis and Clark’s expedition?
To build schools and hospitals
To establish trade with Canada
To deliver documents to French officials
To find and map the northwest passage
In 1803, the United States of America purchased the Louisiana Territory from
Spain
England
France
Louisiana
Which politician died, because of, a duel?
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
On Lewis and Clarks Expedition a Native American joined the expedition and helped guide them. What was the name of the Native American?
Tecumseh
Sitting Bull
The size of the United States was doubled with
The expedition of Lewis and Clark
Zebulon Pike’s expedition
The Louisiana Purchase
The adoption of New Orleans
The Embargo act of 1807 was created to stop trade with the French and British. This act only ended up hurting who?
The French
The British
The Barbary Pirates
The US
The Battle of Fort McHenry, also known as the Battle of Baltimore, was a sea/land battle in which American forces repulsed sea and land invasions. One man in particular witness this battle and wrote a poem. Who was this man and what was the name of said poem?
Thomas Jefferson and the National Anthem
Francis Scott Key and the National Anthem
Tecumseh and the National Anthem
James Monroe and the National Anthem
The treaty of Ghent is signed on December 1814, but the Battle of New Orleans takes place in January,1815. Why did this happen?
Word of the Treaty of Ghent had yet to reach New Orleans
Word of the Treaty of Paris had yet to reach New Orleans
Word of the Treaty of Ghent had yet to reach New Orleans
Word of the Treaty of Tordesillas had yet to reach New Orleans
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the War of 1812?
British were stopping American ships and forcing American sailors into the British Navy
Surge in American Nationalism
The Embargo Act of 1807
Britain was seizing American ships landing in French ports
Those who were known as supporters of the war of 1812 were _______, and they mostly came from where?
The US does not win the Battle of York and is forced to surrender?
True
False
Which two countries had control over the Louisiana Territory before the United States?
