7th Grade Social Studies: Chapter 8 Test

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The power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.

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Judicial review

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Agreement which roughly doubled the size of the United States.

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Louisiana Purchase

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The practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy.

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Impressment

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The banning of trade. Write the vocabulary term that best matches this description.

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Embargo

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The treaty that had been signed in Belgium, ending the war of 1812.

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Treaty of Ghent

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Which of the following statements best accounts for the strategic reasoning behind Napoleon Bonaparte's decision to sell Louisiana for $15 million?
France was at war with the British and figured an expanded U.S. would challenge England’s power in North America, sooner or later.
Napoleon needed the $15 million gained in the sale to reinforce his military in the fight against the British, France’s greatest enemy.
A slave revolt on the island of Hispaniola had dashed Napoleon’s hopes of rebuilding France’s empire in North America, so he didn’t mind giving it up.
Napoleon wanted to show that Jefferson was a hypocrite about “strict construction” by making an offer he couldn’t refuse, even without congressional approval.

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France was at war with the British and figured an expanded U.S. would challenge England’s power in North America, sooner or later.

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Who said “I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride,” and in what context?

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General Napoleon Bonaparte, about the signing of the Louisiana Purchase

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The first thing the British did after their ranks were reinforced in April of 1814 was attack the city of ________________.

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Washington.

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What was the significance of Zebulon Pike’s exploration?

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It helped outline the Louisiana Territory’s western border with New Spain.

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What was the name of the commander who led a mix of soldiers, free African Americans, and Choctaw Indians against the British during the Battle of New Orleans?

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Andrew Jackson