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WorksheetsEarly National Period – 2025 Q2
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which leader supported a strong national government and an economy based on manufacturing?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Which group opposed the U.S. Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Whigs
Democrats
What was the main issue dividing Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
The question of foreign alliances
The power of the national bank and government
Support for industrialization
Whether to remain a British colony
Which region mainly supported Alexander Hamilton’s economic plans?
Southern farmers
Northern bankers and merchants
Western frontiersmen
New England shipbuilders
The Election of 1800 was historically significant because it—
Ended slavery in the new territories
Began the two-party system
Marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties
Ended conflict with Great Britain
Chief Justice John Marshall’s main goal was to—
Limit the power of the national government
Strengthen the federal court system
Increase states’ rights
Support westward expansion
The case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established—
The right to vote for all white men
The idea of judicial review
The spoils system
The principle of implied powers
Judicial review allows the Supreme Court to—
Create new laws
Decide if laws are constitutional
Enforce laws
Nominate judges
McCulloch v. Maryland strengthened the idea of—
States’ rights
Implied powers of the federal government
Military power over states
Free trade between regions
John Marshall’s decisions helped—
Limit Congress’s authority
Strengthen federal power over the states
Weaken the presidency
Expand Native American rights
Which nation sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
Spain
France
Britain
Mexico
President Thomas Jefferson justified the purchase of Louisiana using—
His war powers
His treaty-making power
Executive privilege
The power of judicial review
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was sent to—
Map the new territory and find a Northwest Passage
Conquer Mexico
Enforce trade with Europe
Establish slavery in new territories
Who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter and guide?
Pocahontas
Tecumseh
Sequoyah
Sacajawea
The Louisiana Purchase was important because it—
Reduced U.S. territory
Led to war with Britain
Doubled the size of the United States
Weakened the presidency
What was the practice of impressment?
British soldiers joining the U.S. Navy
Forcing American sailors to serve in the British Navy
Paying foreign soldiers to fight
Blockading American ports
The War of 1812 began when President James Madison—
Declared war on Britain
Invaded Mexico
Signed the Monroe Doctrine
Declared war on France
Who wrote the poem that became the U.S. National Anthem?
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Scott Key
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
The Adams-Onís Treaty accomplished which goal?
Ended the War of 1812
Gave Florida to the United States
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) warned European nations to—
Stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Support Mexican independence
Trade only with the United States
End the slave trade
President Andrew Jackson rewarded supporters with government jobs, a system known as—
Patronage
Spoils System
Judicial Review
Manifest Destiny
The Indian Removal Act (1830) forced many Native Americans—
To become citizens
To move west to new lands
To serve in the army
To join reservations in the North
What was the Trail of Tears?
The route of settlers moving west
The forced removal of Cherokee to Oklahoma
The march of U.S. troops into Mexico
The migration of pioneers to California
During Jackson’s presidency, universal white male suffrage meant—
Women could vote
Only landowners could vote
More white non-property owning men gained the right to vote
Voting rights were limited
Jackson’s presidency was often called—
The Era of Good Feelings
The Age of the Common Man
The Gilded Age
The Federalist Period
The Republic of Texas existed between—
1820–1830
1836–1845
1846–1848
1850–1860
The Battle of the Alamo became a symbol of—
American neutrality
The fight for Texan independence
The beginning of the Mexican-American War
British involvement in Texas
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Paris
Adams-Onís Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jay’s Treaty
As a result of the Mexican American War, the United States gained—
Texas and Florida
California and the Southwest
Canada and Alaska
Oregon and Washington
One major consequence of the Mexican-American War was that—
It settled the issue of slavery
It reignited debate over slavery in new territories
It ended westward expansion
It reduced U.S. territory
Tecumseh was a Shawnee leader who—
Created a writing system
Organized tribes to resist U.S. expansion
Led the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Signed the Adams-Onís Treaty
Sequoyah is best known for—
Writing the U.S. Constitution
Inventing a Cherokee writing system
Leading a rebellion against settlers
Founding the Iroquois Confederacy
The Indian Removal Act proposed to—
Trade Native lands in the South for new lands in the West
End all Native American treaties
Expand Native voting rights
Build forts across the frontier
The Trail of Tears resulted in—
Cherokee relocation and high death tolls from disease and hunger
Peaceful migration westward
The end of slavery
War with Mexico
The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ruled that—
Native Americans could be forced off their land
State governments had authority over tribes
Taking Native lands violated treaties and was unconstitutional
Native Americans were not U.S. citizens
The significance of the Election of 1800 lies primarily in the fact that it
marked the beginning of political violence between parties.
demonstrated that political power could change hands peacefully under the Constitution.
resulted in the first direct election of a president by the people.
ended Federalist influence in the Supreme Court.
Critics of the Indian Removal Act argued that it violated
the Constitution’s commerce clause.
treaties that recognized Native sovereignty.
Congress’s power to declare war.
state laws protecting frontier settlers.
