WorksheetsVUS.6 SOL Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What did President Thomas Jefferson purchase in 1803 that significantly expanded the territory of the United States?
Alaska Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory
What term is used to describe the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable?
Colonialism
Imperialism
Manifest Destiny
American Exceptionalism
What was the Trail of Tears?
A path used during the Gold Rush
A celebration route for American independence
The forced relocation of Native American nations
A famous hiking trail established in the early 1800s
Which document of 1823 declared that the American continents should not be considered for future colonization by European powers?
Emancipation Proclamation
Monroe Doctrine
Magna Carta
Treaty of Paris
How did the War of 1812 contribute to the decline of the Federalist Party?
By strengthening military policies
By promoting international trade
Opposed to War & secret meeting seen as treasonous
By encouraging westward expansion
Which U.S. president is associated with the term "the Age of the Common Man"?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
During the Age of Jackson, which group of people saw an increase in democracy and suffrage?
Women
African Americans
Native Americans
White males without property
What was the practice called when campaign supporters were rewarded with public office positions?
Spoils System
Nepotism
Lobbying
Gerrymandering
The Whig Party was primarily in opposition to which political party?
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Libertarian Party
Green Party
The Know-Nothing Party was organized in opposition to which group of people?
Catholics
Protestants
Immigrants
Industrialists
Which of the following was a result of the Second Great Awakening?
Increased emphasis on science
Rise of abolitionist movements
Decline in religious participation
Expansion of colonial territories
Did the North favor or oppose high protective tariffs during the early 19th century?
Favored
Opposed
Were indifferent
No clear stance
Which compromise in 1820 drew an east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase, with slavery prohibited above the line and allowed below (except for Missouri)?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Mason-Dixon Line
Which compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and let the SW Territories decide the issue of slavery on their own?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The Great Compromise
Which act repealed the Missouri Compromise, leading to the concept of popular sovereignty?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Compromise of 1850
What did South Carolinians argue they should be able to do in response to the Tariff of 1832?
Increase trade restrictions
Nullify the tariff
Declare independence
Form a new political party
What actions did Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser lead in Virginia that influenced harsh laws regarding fugitive slaves?
Peaceful protests
Slave rebellions
Legal petitions
Political campaigns
Who was the publisher of The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
What significant event took place at Seneca Falls in 1848?
The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
The first women's rights convention
The founding of the National Woman Suffrage Association
The publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Which two main women were known for their work in the suffrage movement?
Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale
Mary Wollstonecraft and Emmeline Pankhurst
The expansion of slavery into new territories led to the rise of which political party?
The Democratic Party
The Whig Party
The Republican Party
The Federalist Party
What movements below are associated with the Second Great Awakening? (select all correct answers)
Temperance
Abolishment of Slavery
Disregard for traditional power systems
Women's Suffrage
The following newspaper clipping is the result of which Act?
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Mexican War
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Compromise of 1850
What led to the demise of the Whig Party?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
The following cartoon illustrated America's fears towards immigrants from Ireland and Germany. What political party formed from stoking American fears for these immigrants?
Whig
Democratic-Republicans
Republican
Know-Nothing
