SS8A U6L9 The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion Test all answers are correct
Item 1
1. Which statement best explains how the conflict over the Tariff of 1828 was resolved?
Answer: Henry Clay proposed a compromise tariff that eventually eased tensions.
2. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Adams and Jackson?
Answer: Adams supported efforts to promote the growth of businesses, while Jackson supported efforts to help the ordinary man.
3. Which of the following best describes how settlers traveled west?
Answer: Some settlers loaded their animals and wagons on flatboats to float down rivers.
4. Use the cartoon to answer the question.
Why does the cartoon, from the Bank War in 1832, portray President Jackson as a king?
Answer: Some felt he had used his power inappropriately in vetoing legislation to recharter the Bank.
5. Based on the sentence above, what conclusions can you make about Jackson's view on the Second Bank of the United States?
Answer: Andrew Jackson opposed the renewal of the bank,
6. How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 go against the Worcester v. Georgia ruling?
Answer: It ignored that fact that Native American lands were sovereign and not technically part of the United States.
7. Who was President Jackson's vice president that led the resistance to the Tariff of 1828?
Answer: John C. Calhoun
8. How did John Calhoun react to the Tariff of 1828?
Answer: He claimed that states had the right to cancel any federal law deemed unconstitutional.
9. How does this map show the challenges faced by Native American groups on the Trail of Tears?
Answer: It shows the long distances they were forced to walk to reach their designated lands.
Item 2
10. Which of the following accurately portrays what life was like for pioneers traveling west?
Answer: Pioneers carried all their possessions on long and dangerous trails.
11. Based on the chart, how did westward expansion affect slavery in the United States between 1820 and 1850?
Answer: The slave population roughly doubled as several new slave states were admitted to the Union.
12. Use the passage to answer the question.
How did the economic success of the Erie Canal impact westward expansion?
Answer: There were more economic opportunities in the West due to the success of the canal system.
13. Which of the following was NOT a significant challenge faced by pioneers during westward expansion?
Answer: Abundant natural resources
14. Use the chart to answer the question.
Using the information on the chart, what can you infer about the Gold Rush’s impact on the city of San Francisco?
Answer: The mass migration of forty-niners transformed San Francisco into an economic hub practically overnight.
15. Use the passage to answer the question.
Which of the following best summarizes this passage?
Answer: The Oregon Trail grew from small beginnings to a major migration route.
16. How did the invention of the steam engine affect transportation?
Answer: Henry Shreve’s modified steamboat could carry more without getting stuck on the riverbed.
Item 3
17. Which of the following was one cause of the Mexican-American War?
Answer: The United States annexed Texas.
19. Use the passage to answer the question.
How did this message and the events at the Alamo affect Texans?
Answer: It encouraged Texans to plead with the United States for support.
20. Which of the following was a result of the U.S.-Mexican War?
Answer: It gave the United States territory known as the Mexican Cession.
21. Use the map to answer the question.
What main reason Congress initially refused to annex Texas is supported by the information on this map?
Answer: If the United States annexed Texas, slave states would almost certainly outnumber free states.
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