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United States History
Second Quarter P.I.A. Study Guide
Chapter 7
1.) How did Americans feel about the future of their new government when George Washington became president?
2.) How was the presidential election of 1796 different from the previous election?
3.) How was the selection process of a vice president in 1796 different than the present-day process?
4.) In 1795 the U.S. southern boundary was defined by the line at 31 degrees North latitude. What agreement between the United States and
Spain established this border?
5.) Why did Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson criticize U.S. policy toward France?
6.) What did George Washington warn Americans against in his farewell address?
Chapter 8
7.) What was the defining moment of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency? Why?
8.) Describes the conditions of the United States military as it entered the War of 1812.
9.) Why is the Battle of Fort McHenry significant?
10.) Why was New Orleans an important trading port in the early 1800s?
11.) Compare and contrast the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Chapter 9
Use the map below to answer questions 12 and 13
12.) Which part of the United States did not allow slavery in 1820?
13.) What does the map show in regards to the Missouri Compromise?
14.) State four true pieces of information regarding the Monroe Doctrine.
Chapter 10
15.) How were voting rights expanded in the early 1800s?
16.) Nominating conventions contributed to the expansion of democracy in the United States in the 1820s by _____.
17.) What is the “Trail of Tears”?
Chapter 11
18.) How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, affect the United States?
19.) Why did San Francisco’s population dramatically increase from 1848 to 1850?
20.) What was manifest destiny and how did the slavery issue get tied up with it in the 1840s and 1850s?