QUIZ

TERRITORIAL GROWTH

OF THE UNITED STATES

1.      Europe claims North America starting approximately in

        a)     1492

        b)     1510

        c)     1521

        d)     1750

2.     For hundred and fifty years the British ambitions in North America had clashed bloodily

        with the designs of all the following groups of people, except one

        a)     the French

        b)     the Spaniards

        c)     the resident Indians

        d)     the Germans

3.     The conflict known as the French and Indian War took place between

        a)     1754-1763

        b)     1803-1810

        c)     1812-1821

        d)     1818-1821

4.     The British victory set the stage for the American Revolution by eliminating

        a)     Spain from the field

        b)     France from the field

        c)     England from the field

        d)     Russia from the field

5.     Georgia was the last state to relinquish western lands in

        a)     1835

        b)     1845

        c)     1802

        d)     1842

6.     Britain received Florida from Spain, and Quebec and several island in the Caribbean

        from

        a)     Russia

        b)     Spain

        c)     France

        d)     Germany

7.     The greatest legacy of the Continental Congress, the Northwest Ordinance of

        a)     1999

        b)     1808

        c)     1787

        d)     1665

        set an orderly course for national expansion.

8.     The Northwest Ordinance provided for democratic rights by all the statements below,

        except one

        a)     allowing the residents set their own government

        b)     supporting public education

        c)     promising freedom of religion

        d)     forbidding slavery

9.     Validating this precedent-setting act, the Constitution, written in Philadelphia that

        summer, gave newly defined Congress the power to

        a)     regulate the west

        b)     purchase land

        c)     acquire territory by force

        d)     admit new states and regulate territories

10.    The Louisiana Purchase, a 909,000-square mile region was sold to American diplomats  

        for 15 million dollars by

        a)     England

        b)     Spain

        c)     France

        d)     Germany

11.    The Constitution did not authorize such a land deal or address the status of 50,000

         new residents, many of them

        a)     German speakers

        b)     English speakers

        c)     French speakers

        d)     Spanish speakers      

12.    In 1794, in Ohio, a national army had established a precedent--after defeating

        a)     Indians

        b)     Mexicans

        c)     Spaniards

        d)     French

13.    The victory of the Battle of New Orleans was attributed to

        a)     John Quincy Adams in 1818

        b)     Andrew Jackson in 1815

        c)     Thomas Jefferson in 1815

        d)     Luis de Onis in 1814

14.    Which state was an exception to the Missouri Compromise

        a)     Maine

        b)     Missouri

        c)     Oregon

        d)     Texas

15.    Which Compromise outlawed slavery?

        a)     The Great Compromise

        b)     The Missouri Compromise

        c)     The Northwest Ordinance

        d)     The Manifest Destiny

16.    The President of Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican-American War was

        a)     Luis de Onis

        b)     Antonio Lopez de Santana

        c)     Sam Houston

        d)     Andrew Jackson

17.    During the Mexican-American War Mexico lost, in addition to Texas

        a)     New Mexico and California

        b)     Montana and Colorado

        c)     Washington and Oregon

        d)     Utah and Nevada

18.    The United States annexed Texas in

        a)     1812

        b)     1836

        c)     1845

        d)     1801

19.    By 1850 the population of the United States was

        a)     23 millions

        b)     5 millions

        c)     200 millions

        d)     15 millions

20.   In what year did Congress required new state constitutions that guaranteed equaL

        rights and the vote for blacks?

        a)     1877

        b)     1867

        c)     1903

        d)     1832

21.    What did Congress do to enforce equal rights and the vote for blacks?

        a)     Jail the ones who opposed this reconstruction.

        b)     Gives the ones who opposed this reconstruction a fine.

        c)     Send Federal troops to enforce this reconstruction

        d)     Move the Indians to the west.

22.   Recalcitrant white state governments refused to carry out the reforms and enacted

        discriminatory antiblack laws called

        a)     Great Legacy Laws

        b)     Manifest Destiny Laws

        c)     Jim Crow Laws

        d)     Missouri Compromise

23.   How much did the United States paid Russia for the territory that is now Alaska?

        a)     6 millions

        b)     6.5 millions

        c)     7.8 millions

        d)     7.2 millions

24.   Since 1880 the nationÆs population has nearly ____________ swelled by the

        influx of 40 million immigrants form all parts of the world.

        a)     doubled

        b)     quadrupled

        c)     quintupled

        d)     tripled

25.   When did the Spanish-American War took place?

        a)     1947

        b)     1902

        c)     1917

        d)     1898