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Test Description: American History year review
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1) What war did we gain Texas and California from?
A
The Alamo
B
American Revolution
C
Mexican American War
D
War of 1812
2) What was one reason people were opposed to annexing Texas?
A
They did not like Sam Houston
B
Texas allowed slavery
C
It was still owned by the French
D
It was Indian territory
3) What event was caused by an argument between the North and the South over the Tariff of Abominations?
A
Taxation without representation
B
Intolerable Acts
C
Embargo Act
D
Nullification Crisis
4) How did the early republic divide up the land gained by the Treaty of Paris?
A
The Land Act
B
Treaty of Ghent
C
Northwest Ordinance
D
Emancipation Proclamation
5) What geographical feature made it faster to ship goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic?
A
Mississippi River
B
Erie Canal
C
Oregon Trail
D
Delaware River
6) What was the purpose of the temperance movement?
A
allow women to vote
B
to end slavery
C
to stop angry people
D
end alcohol abuse
7) Why did the Anti-Federalist NOT want to ratify the Constitution?
A
It gave states too much power
B
Individual Rights were not spelled out
C
Anti-Federalist DID ratify the Constitution and saw no problem with it
D
It was too weak
8) This court case decided that the Supreme Court could decide the constitutionality of a law
A
Gibbons v Ogden
B
Dred Scott v Sanford
C
McCulloch v Maryland
D
Marbury v Madison
9) Seneca Falls deals with which reform movement?
A
Education
B
Temperance movement
C
Women's rights
D
Abolition
10) Urbanization is the shift of population from _____ to ______.
A
East to West
B
Cities to Farms
C
Farms to Cities
D
Farm to Villiage
11) Which war began due to the impressment of our ships and the British encouraging the Natives to attack us?
A
War of 1812
B
Civil War
C
French and Indian War
D
American Revolution
12) Under which of our Constitutions did the STATES have too much power?
A
The Articles of Confederation
B
The Constitution
C
The Mayflower Compact
D
The Bill of Rights
13) What were the outcomes of the War of 1812?
A
Oregon and Money
B
Economic Growth and Respect
C
Independence and Texas
D
Land and Respect
14) Which Amendment freed the slaves?
A
1st
B
13th
C
2nd
D
8th
15) Which territory did we gain from Spain through the Adams-Onis treaty?
A
Oregon
B
Florida
C
Texas
D
Louisiana
16) What was the first battle of the Civil War?
A
Ft. Sumter
B
Gettysburg
C
Saratoga
D
Lexington and Concord
17) What added California as a free state to the Union?
A
Northwest Ordinance
B
Missouri Compromise
C
Compromise of 1850
D
The Great Compromise
18) Why did the Anti-Federalist argue that there needed to be a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
A
to protect individual rights of all citizens
B
to help create a checks and balances system
C
to give each state a say in Congress
D
to help establish a strong federal government
19) One major advantage of the North during the Civil War was
A
Better military leader
B
they paid slaves to fight for them
C
access to the railroad system
D
the French were their allies
20) The 4th amendment to the Constitution protects your right
A
to vote
B
to own a gun
C
to go to church
D
from being searched unfairly
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