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Which of the following acquisitions finally allowed the US to reach the Pacific Ocean for the FIRST time?
a) Texas Cession
b) Mexican Cession
c) Oregon Territory
d) Gadsden Purchase

The Nullification Crisis of 1832 was primarily a dispute about -
a) whether the SCOTUS can declare a law unconstitutional
b) whether or not Texas should become part of the Union
c) whether or not a state can nullify, or overturn, a federal law.
d) whether Missouri should be a slave state or a free state.

The creation of two political parties, the Whigs and the Democrats, were a result of -
a) disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
b) conflict between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
c) conflict between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
d) conflict between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams

Which invention was the first to allow people to communicate more quickly with people around the country?
a) telegraph
b) telephone
c) interchangeable parts
d) cotton gin

What event led to Andrew Jackson becoming wildly famous?
a) the Battle of New Orleans
b) Jackson's invasion of Florida
c) Jackson's victory of the Creek Indians
d) the Indian Removal Act

Whose presidency caused changes voter qualifications; allowing more people to vote than ever before?
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) James Monroe
d) Andrew Jackson

In order to create more land to grow cotton, because Cotton is King, what action did the United States take?
a) Texas was annexed
b) the Indian Removal Act was passed
c) Worcester v. Georgia ruled in favor of the Cherokee
d) American Indians were allowed to go to Florida

A bold new foreign policy that closed the Western Hemisphere to the Europeans and said the US would not interfere with European Affairs -
a) Monroe Doctrine
b) Treaty of Ghent
c) Treaty of Paris - 1783
d) Embargo Act

What caused American Settlers to begin moving west in the mid 1800s?
a) new technology
b) the hope of obtaining wealth
c) the Mexican-American War
d) disagreements over the Indian Removal Act

What was Jackson's response to South Carolina's Nullification Ordinance
a) He was furious; threatened to send the military to South Carolina
b) He didn't think it was much of a big deal
c) He agreed with South Carolina, and offered military support of their plan
d) He ignored the Supreme Court ruling

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