Unit 2 Test 1

The United States acquired Florida from Spain in which treaty?

• Adams-Onis

• Jay's Treaty

• Franco-American

• Entente Cordiale

The XYZ Affair (1797) led to near formal war with

• Canada.

• England.

• France.

• Germany.

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher v. Peck

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Worcester v. Georgia

In the War of 1812, the United States

• fought Mexico for territory in the Southwest.

• gained the Florida territory from the Spanish.

• fought France for control of the Lousiana Territory.

• responded to England’s attempts to restrict US trade in Europe.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803

• was a major cause of the Spanish-American War.

• pushed the Spanish below the Rio Grande in North America.

• resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France.

• almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.

The main purpose of the route seen here was to

• make new roads in a new land.

• help Indians relocate to western lands.

• explore the newly-acquired U.S territory.

• make routes to newly discovered gold in California.

Most trails seen here were forged

• along rivers.

• by John Henry.

• on railroad lines.

• by Lewis and Clark.

The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around

• the annexation of Texas.

• Jackson's War on the Bank.

• decreased trade with France.

• southern opposition to tariffs.

William Lloyd Garrison and his newspaper, The Liberator, are associated with which of these movements?

• Prohibition

• Abolitionist

• Manifest Destiny

• Education reform

This law, which allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery based on popular sovereignty, unintentionally had the effect of increasing tensions between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they rushed west and had violent clashes over control of territory. It was the

• Compromise of 1850.

• Fugitive Slave Act.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Northwest Ordinance.