WorksheetsUnit 5/6 Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To end slavery
To prevent European colonization in the Americas
To establish the Supreme Court
To create a national bank
What is the significance of July 4, 1776, in U.S. history?
The end of the Civil War
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The start of the Great Depression
The ratification of the Constitution
Which territory was purchased from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States?
Alaska
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Territory
Florida
What was the main economic activity in the Southern colonies during the 18th century?
Manufacturing
Agriculture/Plantation farming
Mining
Shipbuilding
Which compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a two-house legislature?
Missouri Compromise
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Which principle of government divides power between national and state governments?
Checks and balances
Federalism
Popular sovereignty
Separation of powers
Which event led to the forced relocation of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How did the concept of Manifest Destiny influence westward expansion in the United States?
It discouraged settlers from moving west
It justified the removal of Native Americans
It led to the end of slavery
It promoted the building of factories
How did the Missouri Compromise address the issue of slavery in new states?
It banned slavery in all new states
It allowed each state to decide for itself
It maintained a balance between free and slave states
It ended the slave trade
Which of the following best explains the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
It allowed slavery in all territories
It established a process for admitting new states
It created the first national bank
It ended the Revolutionary War
Assess the reasons why the Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution.
To increase the power of the federal government
To protect individual liberties and limit government power
To create a monarchy
To establish a national religion
Using evidence, argue whether the Compromise of 1850 was successful in reducing sectional tensions between the North and South.
Yes, because it permanently ended the debate over slavery
No, because it only provided a temporary solution and tensions continued to rise
Yes, because it led to the Civil War
No, because it abolished all compromises
Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
Missouri
Maine
Kentucky
Alabama
The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to
end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians
encourage manufacturing in the west
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories
Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory
Residents could vote on the issue of slavery
Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
What was one major effect of the Indian Removal Act during Andrew Jackson's presidency?
It created new western territories for free states only
It led to the forced migration known as the Trail of Tears
It granted citizenship to Native Americans
It abolished slavery in the South
