Westward Expansion

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    Complete the analogy Manifest Destiny:_______________ 13 colonies : Atlantic Ocean

    • Pacific Ocean
    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Mississippi River
    • Missouri River
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Westward Expansion, LA Purchase, War of 1812

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  • 2. 

    Homesteading laws were desgined to attract which of the following groups?

    • Gold miners

    • Farmers

    • Trappers

    • Mountain men

    Correct Answer
    A. Farmers
  • 3. 

    President Thomas Jefferson was concerned about the LA Purchase because?

    • The new government could not afford the purchase of 15 million

    • The Constitution did not say anything about the president's right to purchase land

    • Spain was threatening to declare war on the US over the territory

    • France would kick the US off the land and contol the whole region

    Correct Answer
    A. The Constitution did not say anything about the president's right to purchase land
  • 4. 

    The LA purchase...?

    • Included all the territory east of the Mississippi River

    • Tripled the size of the US

    • Stretched all the way to the Pacific Ocean

    • Doubled the size of the US

    Correct Answer
    A. Doubled the size of the US
  • 5. 

    Which of the following is an example of impressment?

    • Refusing to trade with other foregin nations

    • Ordering Americans to obey trade restrictions

    • Kidnappping US sailors to work on British ships

    • Forming alliances with foreign powers

    Correct Answer
    A. Kidnappping US sailors to work on British ships
  • 6. 

    The Embargo Act of 1807 mostly hurt?

    • The Spanish

    • The French

    • The British

    • The Americans

    Correct Answer
    A. The Americans
  • 7. 

    Why was NC concerned with the LA Purchase?

    • They thought the new land would eventually bring an end to slavery

    • They did not have the money to pay for the new land

    • It was too much land to gevern

    • They did not believe in manifest destiny

    Correct Answer
    A. They thought the new land would eventually bring an end to slavery
  • 8. 

    Which group could be considered as the group the lost the most in the War of 1812?

    • Native Americans

    • French

    • Politicans

    • British

    Correct Answer
    A. Native Americans
  • 9. 

    Who was sent to explore the LA territory in 1804?

    • Andrew Jackson/James Madison

    • Lewis/Clark

    • Washington/Franklin

    • Adams/Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Lewis/Clark
  • 10. 

    Who saved valuable documents during the War of 1812?

    • James Madison

    • Dolley Madison

    • Andrew Jackson

    • Thomas Jefferson

    Correct Answer
    A. Dolley Madison
  • 11. 

    What popular trail did most settlers take that moved them to the West?

    • Pacific Trail

    • Lewis Trail

    • Oregon Trail

    • Jefferson Trail

    Correct Answer
    A. Oregon Trail
  • 12. 

    Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence _______________: US Constitution

    • John Adams

    • George Washington

    • Ben Franklin

    • James Madison

    Correct Answer
    A. James Madison
  • 13. 

    What purpose does the Electoral College serve?

    • Elects the President of the US

    • Appoints memebrs of Congress

    • Appoints judges in the Supreme Court

    • Elects the people of the US to general elections

    Correct Answer
    A. Elects the President of the US
  • 14. 

    What document does the US Constitution build upon?

    • Declaration of Independence

    • Warsaw Pact

    • 14 Points

    • Treaty of Paris

    Correct Answer
    A. Declaration of Independence
  • 15. 

    NC had the smallest slave population in the South.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 16. 

    Yeoman is another word for gentry

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 17. 

    The Great Wagon Road was the Central pathway that most settlers used from 1735-1775 in the Southern US.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 18. 

    Why was the War of 1812 known as the "War for Second Independence"?

    • The war was fought with the French

    • The war was fought against the British again- if the US lost, we could have been colonies again

    • The main reason it was called this is because it was the second time we went to war as a nation

    • No importance to this name at all, James Madison just called it this for memorial purposes

    Correct Answer
    A. The war was fought against the British again- if the US lost, we could have been colonies again
  • 19. 

    Which cause of the War of 1812 does not belong?

    • Impressment of US Sailors

    • Blockade of American Ships by the French and the British

    • War Hawks in Congress who were eager to go to war with England

    • Dolley Madison burning the White House

    Correct Answer
    A. Dolley Madison burning the White House
  • 20. 

    How did the War of 1812 greatly help the American economy?

    • The US made own goods and items since trade difficulties occurred with embargo and blockades

    • James Madison encouraged trade with the other nations of the world after the war

    • Native Americans gave up fighting with the US people and the economy began to grow

    • Thomas Jefferson sent the French out of the nation

    Correct Answer
    A. The US made own goods and items since trade difficulties occurred with embargo and blockades

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