A) Quiet pride
B) Casual indifference
C) Resentment and resistance
D) Enthusiasm
A) This country is destined to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean
B) All men have God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
C) Any extension of European power in the Americas endangers this country
D) A purpose of government is to establish justice and to provide for the common defense
A) The colonists could have voted to pay a lower tax
B) The colonists could have sunk the ships in the harbor since no one tried to stop them
C) The colonists could have called members of Congress to complain about taxes on tea
D) The colonists could have agreed to pay a smaller tax for the tea on the ships in Boston Harbor
A) there was a tie between two presidential candidates
B) there was only one presidential candidate
C) an African American ran for president
D) a woman ran for president
A) who should be able to own land
B) who should have the right to vote
C) how much power the federal government should have
D) how many branches of government there needed to be
A) The settles seized seaports from the Native Americans
B) Native Americans forced the settlers to work on their corn, squash, and bean farms
C) Native Americans forced European settlers to follow the Native American form of religious worship
D) European settlers killed buffaloes, which decreased the Native Americans' source of food and clothing
A) The southern states had cotton plantations and life was focused around agriculture
B) The southern states had a larger banking industry and life focused on finances
C) The southern states had more schools and churches, so people were more educated
D) The southern states had a larger shipbuilding industry, which gave their states naval superiority
A) He felt that the slaves should be rewarded for their escape attempt
B) He thought that the slaves should repay him for the trouble they caused
C) He was afraid that it would cost more than $500 to replace the runaway slaves
D) He believed that the slaves were his property and he had the right to recover them
A) The citizens of Columbia got the right to vote in the national elections
B) African Americans got the same rights as other American citizens
C) The president could not hold office for more than two terms
D) Senators were elected directly by the people
A) Native American Indians regained their western homelands
B) The borders of the United States expanded westward
C) Americans battled the French for control of Oregon
D) The state of Texas became a British colony
A) to help Kansas become a slave state
B) to ensure that Kansas was admitted as a free state
C) to force Congress to repeal the Missouri Compromise
D) to remove all Native American Indians from the Kansas Territory
A) holding leaders accountable through electoral processes
B) changing one's state of residence
C) choosing not to pay income tax
D) breaking federal or state laws
A) owning property
B) becoming educated
C) voting in elections
D) deciding whether or not we go to war
A) the right to free speech
B) the right to drive without a license
C) the right to vote foreign elections
D) the right to refuse to serve as a juror
A) so the judicial branch has more power than the legislative branch
B) so voters in large states have more power than those in smaller states
C) so the president has supreme power over the branches of government
D) so no one branch of government has too much power over the other branches
A) Police officers enter your home to search for weapons after a riot breaks out in the park nearby.
B) A man on trial for murder is found innocent, but the prosecutors want to try the case again, because they've found new evidence.
C) A citizen writes an article in the local newspaper criticizing elected officials for mistakes they have made in their personal lives.
D) In order to increase the morality of the local community the town council passes an ordinance to fine anyone who does not give money to the church.
A) Native American Indians prevented Americans from sailing on the river.
B) It served as a barrier for keeping the French colonists in the West.
C) It provided a way to transport goods to and from markets.
D) Frequent flooding kept people from building towns near it.
A) The cost of shipping goods increased dramatically.
B) Traveling through certain areas became dangerous.
C) Movement of people and goods became much faster and cheaper.
D) Railroads could not cross large rivers or mountain ranges.
A) Canada or Mexico
B) Major farming areas
C) A major body of water
D) A major mountain range
A) The concept of Manifest Destiny was fulfilled through new territorial acquisitions.
B) The United States began adding several new states after Oregon.
C) The United States failed in its quest to become a two ocean trading power.
D) Native tribes were given territories of their own including Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah.
A) It had fertile soil
B) It had snowy winters
C) It received little rainfall
D) It included large mountains
A) Only a few individuals own private property
B) Entrepreneurs may start their own businesses
C) All stores charge the same price for their goods
D) The government determines what goods are produced and sold
A) The colonists wanted to be able to import more natural resources from England
B) The colonists felt it was unfair to be taxed without representation in the British Parliament
C) The colonists wanted to be able to use indentured servants, instead of slaves, on Southern plantations
D) The colonists wanted to strengthen the value of their dollar in order to get higher prices when they traded with Spain
A) most Americans were unable to read the local newspaper
B) there was an increased in demand for people to work in factories
C) the country was moving rapidly toward becoming an agricultural society
D) low wages forced many Americans to live in tenement buildings in large cities