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US History-1800 to 1861
By Cassady Cooper
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Questions to preview or review basic student knowledge (based on LA standards).
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It is 1801. A new president just took office. What's his name?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
How did the United States double in size in 1803?
Manifest Destiny
Bank of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
Monroe Doctrine
What country became the enemy in 1812?
France
Spain
Mexico
Great Britain
What group was the victim in the Trail of Tears?
Cherokee Indians
Enslaved African-Americans
Poor White Frontiersmen
Returning Veterans
How were American sailors impressed in the lead up to the War of 1812?
kidnapped and forced to serve in the British navy
ships went much faster with steam engines.
length of required service was doubled for many sailors.
sea-born diseases, like scurvy, were eradicated.
What party disappeared after losing its base of support in the Northeast?
Whigs
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Democratic-Republican
What state was involved directly in a compromise that influenced the spread of slavery?
Missouri
New Hampshire
Virginia
Mississippi
What state flirted with secession in 1832 after reviving the old idea of "nullification"?
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
South Carolina
Which president is remembered in part for appealing greatly to the "common man"?
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
What major event in women's history occurred in 1848?
Amelia Earhart
Women's Suffrage
Seneca Falls Convention
First Female Elected to Office