Quiz 4
1.
Early 1800s
The Louisiana Purchase was important to the
United States for which of the following reasons?
A.
It doubled the size of the United States.
B.
It kept Mexico from owning most of Texas.
C.
It gave the United States control over the
Great Lakes.
3.
D. It stopped Great Britain from getting more
Canadian territories.
2.
The excerpt below is from Andrew Jackson's
second annual message to Congress in 1830.
What good man would prefer a
country covered with forests and
ranged by a few thousand savages to
our extensive Republic, studded with
cities, towns, and prosperous farms,
embellished with all the improvements
which art can devise or industry execute,
occupied by more than 12,000,000
happy people, and lled with all the
blessings for liberty : : : ?
Which president was responsible for the territorial
acquisition indicated by the darker shaded area on
the map above?
A.
George Washington
B.
John Adams
C.
Thomas Je erson
D. James Madison
4.
—Andrew Jackson,
second annual message to
Congress (December 6, 1830)
In this excerpt, which of the following arguments
was President Jackson making to justify removing
American Indians from lands they had occupied
for centuries?
A.
American Indians were destroying the
environment.
B.
American Indians were preventing the spread
of civilization.
What is one reason for the dramatic decreases in
exports in 1807 and from 1810 to 1812?
C.
American Indians were not respecting the
Missouri Compromise.
A.
a decline in industrial output
B.
competition from French merchants
C.
military and economic con icts with Great
Britain
D. American Indians were not obeying the
United States Constitution.
D. an increase in production and transportation
costs
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5.
Early 1800s
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine
(1823)?
A.
to open Canada to American settlers
B.
to prevent European expansion in the
Americas
C.
to acquire Florida for the United States
6.
D. to end the United States' alliance with Great
The Indian Removal Act (1830) relocated
thousands of Cherokees from Georgia to Indian
Territory for the purpose of
A.
making the land available for white miners
and farmers.
B.
allowing the Cherokee their freedom from
U.S. control.
C.
obeying the Supreme Court's order to move
the Cherokee.
D. creating a wilderness area for use by white
fur trappers.
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Early 1800s
1.
Answer:
A
2.
Answer:
B
3.
Answer:
C
4.
Answer:
C
5.
Answer:
B
6.
Answer:
A
Quiz 4
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