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VUS.6 SOL Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did President Thomas Jefferson purchase in 1803 that significantly expanded the territory of the United States?

a)

Alaska Purchase

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Oregon Territory

2.

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?

a)

Colonialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

American Exceptionalism

3.

What was the Trail of Tears?

a)

A path used during the Gold Rush

b)

A celebration route for American independence

c)

The forced relocation of Native American nations

d)

A famous hiking trail established in the early 1800s

4.

Which document of 1823 declared that the American continents should not be considered for future colonization by European powers?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Treaty of Paris

5.

How did the War of 1812 contribute to the decline of the Federalist Party?

a)

By strengthening military policies

b)

By promoting international trade

c)

Opposed to War & secret meeting seen as treasonous

d)

By encouraging westward expansion

6.

Which U.S. president is associated with the term "the Age of the Common Man"?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

During the Age of Jackson, which group of people saw an increase in democracy and suffrage?

a)

Women

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

White males without property

8.

What was the practice called when campaign supporters were rewarded with public office positions?

a)

Spoils System

b)

Nepotism

c)

Lobbying

d)

Gerrymandering

9.

The Whig Party was primarily in opposition to which political party?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Libertarian Party

d)

Green Party

10.

The Know-Nothing Party was organized in opposition to which group of people?

a)

Catholics

b)

Protestants

c)

Immigrants

d)

Industrialists

11.

Which of the following was a result of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Increased emphasis on science

b)

Rise of abolitionist movements

c)

Decline in religious participation

d)

Expansion of colonial territories

12.

Did the North favor or oppose high protective tariffs during the early 19th century?

a)

Favored

b)

Opposed

c)

Were indifferent

d)

No clear stance

13.

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)?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Mason-Dixon Line

14.

Which compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and let the SW Territories decide the issue of slavery on their own?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Great Compromise

15.

Which act repealed the Missouri Compromise, leading to the concept of popular sovereignty?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

The Dred Scott Decision

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

The Compromise of 1850

16.

What did South Carolinians argue they should be able to do in response to the Tariff of 1832?

a)

Increase trade restrictions

b)

Nullify the tariff

c)

Declare independence

d)

Form a new political party

17.

What actions did Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser lead in Virginia that influenced harsh laws regarding fugitive slaves?

a)

Peaceful protests

b)

Slave rebellions

c)

Legal petitions

d)

Political campaigns

18.

Who was the publisher of The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

John Brown

19.

What significant event took place at Seneca Falls in 1848?

a)

The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The first women's rights convention

c)

The founding of the National Woman Suffrage Association

d)

The publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

20.

Which two main women were known for their work in the suffrage movement?

a)

Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman

b)

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft and Emmeline Pankhurst

21.

The expansion of slavery into new territories led to the rise of which political party?

a)

The Democratic Party

b)

The Whig Party

c)

The Republican Party

d)

The Federalist Party

22.

What movements below are associated with the Second Great Awakening? (select all correct answers)

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolishment of Slavery

c)

Disregard for traditional power systems

d)

Women's Suffrage

23.

The following newspaper clipping is the result of which Act?

a)

Missouri Compromise (1820)

b)

Mexican War

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

d)

Compromise of 1850

24.

What led to the demise of the Whig Party?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Nullification Crisis

25.

The following cartoon illustrated America's fears towards immigrants from Ireland and Germany. What political party formed from stoking American fears for these immigrants?

a)

Whig

b)

Democratic-Republicans

c)

Republican

d)

Know-Nothing