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WorksheetsUSHC 2 Post Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why did the United States place few restrictions on immigration during the early 1800s
The Constitution did not allow restrictions.
Labor unions welcomed new workers.
Southern landowners needed additional workers.
The industrial economy created new jobs.
In the first half of the 1800s, how did westward expansion impact the growth of democracy in the United States?
Some pioneer women were allowed many new rights, including suffrage in some western states.
Elites lost power because "common men" were given the right to vote.
The balance of power between slave and free states was disrupted.
More African Americans in northern states were given the right to vote
What was the MAIN outcome of the Mexican-American War?
It set the northernmost territory of the United States at the 54' 40 parallel.
The United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
It led to more sectional conflicts, which further divided Americans.
The United States lost the territories of Texas and California
During the first half of the 1800s, what was a MAJOR effect of internal improvements, such as the Erie Canal?
Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast.
Midwestern farmers could easily ship grain to eastern markets.
A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.
Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.
Which of the following BEST explains the dramatic increase in the number of German and Irish immigrants to northern cities in the mid-1800s?
The growth of the cotton industry in the South supported the expansion of the northern textile system.
The KKK discouraged European immigration in the South, resulting in northern urbanization.
The decrease in cotton production led to high unemployment in the South.
The large-scale African American migration to the South created an abundance of available jobs in the North.
In the mid-1800s, why did Northern cities like Lowell, Massachusetts see such dramatic population increases?
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory provided new land and mineral resources to frontier settlers.
Experimentation with utopian communities meant both men and women had expanded political and economic opportunities.
The migration of skilled labor to western territories led to a decrease in the number of available factory and farm workers in the East.
There was a direct connection between increases in Southern cotton production and factory opportunities in the North
Which of the following became a source of long-term political tension during the years of American expansion (1803-1850)?
Monroe Doctrine
Seneca Falls Convention
Texas Independence
Louisiana Purchase
Which of the following were characteristics of President Andrew Jackson's Administration? (Choose 3 that apply)
Universal (white) male suffrage
The abolition of slavery
The displacement of Native Americans
The annexation of Texas
The Nullification Crisis
Under Clay's American System, how did better roads and canals affect industrial growth?
Consumerism expanded because people could travel farther to buy goods
Employment rose because it was cheaper for workers to travel to find a job
The availability of foreign goods led to a decrease in tariffs
Industry could expand because raw materials would be cheaper to acquire
How was the Seneca Falls Convention related to abolitionism?
A Seneca Falls and abolitionism were both pursuing women's equality.
Seneca Falls and abolitionism were both met with aggressive resistance from Southerners
The Seneca Falls Convention occurred due to women being denied a voice in abolitionism.
The Seneca Falls Convention focused on gaining suffrage for immigrants and freedmen.
Which of the following help explain why the War of 1812 is considered a major turning point in American history? (Choose 2 that apply)
The war marked the end of trade relations between the United States and Great Britain.
The "Era of Good Feelings" represented the birth of American nationalism.
Westward migration became the priority for American domestic and foreign policy..
For the first time, the United States saw a major shift in both its northern and southern borders
o partial are the effects of the [tariff] system, that its burdens are exclusively on one side and its benefits on the other. It imposes on the agricultural interest of the South, including the Southwest, and that portion of the country particularly engaged in commerce and navigation, the burden not only of sustaining the system itself, but that also of the Government. In stating the case thus strongly, it is not the intention of the committee to exaggerate. If exaggeration were not unworthy of the gravity of the subject, the reality is such as to make it unnecessary… Source: Senator John C. Calhoun, published anonymously, 1829
The section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was
New England.
The West.
The South.
The middle states.
The expansion of the South [from 1800 to 1850] across the Appalachians and the Mississippi River to the fringes of the high plains was one of the great American folk wanderings. Motivated by the longing for fresh and cheap land, . . . Southerners completed their occupation of a region as large as western Europe. Despite the variety of the land, . . . the settlers of the Southwest had certain broad similarities. They might be farmers large or small, but most farmed or lived by serving the needs of farmers. . . . Not all owned or ever would own slaves, but most accepted slavery as a mode of holding and creating wealth.” - Albert E. Cowdrey, historian, This Land, This South: An Environmental
Which of the following was the most significant impact of the South’s expansion described in the excerpt?
Conflict over the future of slavery
Growth of a national railroad network
Fewer social differences among White settlers
Greater opportunities for free African Americans
Which statement best illustrates the meaning of federalism?
All citizens enjoy the basic rights of freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly.
The Constitution delegates certain powers to the national government but reserves other powers for the states
The Constitution can be changed by amendments ratified by Congress.
The House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president, and the Senate has the power to conduct an impeachment trial.
Match the following
Commonwealth vs Hunt
Judicial Review
Gibbons vs Ogden
States can't tax federal institution
McCullough vs Maryland
Feds regulate interstate commerce
Marbury v Madison
Peaceful unions can negotiate contracts
Worcester vs Georgia
Indians are protected by National Govt.
