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U.S. History & the Constitution Quiz Expansion and the Antebellum Era - (USHC-2.1) Nationalism And Jacksonian Democracy, (USHC-2.2 ) Monroe Doctrine & Manifest Destiny Student Name: _______________________ _________ Score: _________ Date: Teacher Name: Travis Spears 1) The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 A) was a major cause of the Spanish-American War. C) B) pushed the Spanish below the Rio Grande in North America. D) resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France. almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River. 2) In the early 1800s, many people in the United States migrated westwards because transportation was easy thanks to the A) of the growing timber industry. C) Transcontinental Railroad. B) of the availability of farmland. D) they wanted to escape slavery, which was illegal in western territories. 3) "Jacksonian Democracy" is associated with which of these characteristics? a nation governed by upper and middle A) suffrage for all people in the United States C) class educated property owners laws promising full political equality B) voting rights extended to all adult, white males D) regardless of race, sex, or wealth 4) Which of these is associated with the presidency of Andrew Jackson? A) the abolition of slavery C) the creation of the Spoils System B) a restriction of voting rights D) voting rights for women and AfricanAmericans 5) The period of "Jacksonian Democracy" can be characterized by A) greater influence of land-owning citizens. C) B) elimination of the Spoils System in government. D) an increase in the power of the Executive Branch. decreasing the right to vote in the United States. 6) "This emigration should be voluntary, for it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers and seek a home in a distant land. But they should be distinctly informed that if they remain within the limits of the States they must be subject to their laws. In return for their obedience as individuals they will without doubt be protected in the enjoyment of those possessions which they have improved by their industry." - 1829 Which president was speaking about Indian removal in this inaugural address? A) Andrew Jackson C) Thomas Jefferson B) James Buchanan D) Martin van Buren 7) According to the map, the greatest impediment to people traveling from Illinois to California in the early 1800s was the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada A) the danger of Indian attack. C) Range. B) a likelihood of bad weather. D) the failure to cross the Ohio and Tennessee rivers. 8) Andrew Jackson appealed to many "common" Americans in the early 19th century because people wanted a President who A) he represented the aristocratic ideal they wished to attain. C) was neither Democrat nor Republican. B) he had once been poor and was distrustful of elite politicians. 9. Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star Spangled Banner” during the battle of? A. Fort Sumter B. The Alamo C. Fort Moultrie D. Fort McHenery D) industrialists believed his economic plan would boost American businesses. 10) Which of these statements BEST describes "Jacksonian Democracy"? A) a set of Executive Orders and laws designed to expand slavery C) B) a strict set of policies designed to aid the poor, sick, and elderly D) a government led by a strong president and that challenged the other Branches a time in which the middleand upper-classes held most of the power and influence 11) When Native Americans were forced off of their land and onto the "Trail of Tears," they left territory that was closest to which of these features? A) Rocky Mountains. C) Adirondack Mountains. B) Ozark Mountains. D) Appalachian Mountains. 12) Manifest Destiny advanced the belief that 13) A) new territory would lead to more slavery. C) B) God was on the side of American expansion. D) slavery should be abolished in the United States. the Democratic Party would elect the next President. This cartoon refers to the Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823. The Monroe Doctrine was intended to prevent European expansion in A) China. C) South America. B) north Africa. D) southeast Asia. 14) The Monroe Doctrine can be viewed as a moral opposition to A) racism. C) communism. Colonialism B) slavery. D) . 15) "The Government of the United States has been desirous by this friendly proceeding of manifesting the great value which they have invariably attached to the friendship of the Emperor (of Russia) and their solicitude to cultivate the best understanding with his Government. In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...." This excerpt from a speech in 1823 was made by U.S. President A) John Adams. C) Andrew Jackson. Thomas Jefferson B) James Monroe. D) . 16) The main idea behind the settling of western lands by Americans in the early-1800s was known as A) Women's Suffrage. C) the Industrial Age. B) Manifest Destiny. D) the Abolition Movement