Chapter 7 Review

Question 1

What war helped the U.S. acquire Florida?

Answer 1

First Seminole war

Question 2

Andrew Jackson was considered a man of the ________.

Answer 2

Common people

Question 3

Why was the Indian Removal Act passed?

Answer 3

Create more land for white settlers

Question 4

The right to vote:

Answer 4

Suffrage

Question 5

What was the “Corrupt Bargain” that resulted in John Q. Adams becoming President?

Answer 5

Clay supported Adams in exchange for Sec. of State

Question 6

How did Jackson and the Democrats appeal to planters?

Answer 6

They wanted to protect states’ rights

Question 7

Who were the primary supporters of the Republican Party

Answer 7

Wealthy

Question 8

How did the Pendleton Act change the way government positions were handed out?

Answer 8

Candidates were given positions based on merit

Question 9

What allowed the President to use military force to collect a tariff?

Answer 9

Force bill

Question 10

What court case ruled that tribal lands were the property of the U.S. Government?

Answer 10

Johnson v. M’Intosh

Question 11

What court case ruled that states did not have any authority over tribal matters?

Answer 11

Worcester v. Georgia

Question 12

What made white settlers want to take Indian land in Georgia?

Answer 12

Gold

Question 13

Why did some tribes eventually sign the treaties giving up their land?

Answer 13

State and government didn’t protect them

Question 14

What did the U.S. government do when treaties were determined to be illegal?

Answer 14

Enforced them anyway

Question 15

How did the Seminole respond to being told to leave Florida?

Answer 15

Stayed and fought

Question 16

According to manifest destiny, what should the boundaries of the US be?

Answer 16

Pacific ocean to Atlantic ocean

Question 17

How did Mexico attract settlers after gaining its independence from Spain?

Answer 17

Gave away land

Question 18

Why did abolitionists oppose the war with Mexico?

Answer 18

Knew that southern states would want to expand slavery into new territories

Question 19

What tasks did children complete on the frontier?

Answer 19

fetched water, baked, worked in the farm, gathered food, hauled wood etc.

Question 20

What did women not do on the frontier?

Answer 20

Hunt

Question 21

Why did most pioneers move West

Answer 21

Fertile affordable farmland

Question 22

What were settlers that flooded into California known as?

Answer 22

49ers

Question 23

What was an immigrant group discriminated against in California?

Answer 23

Chinese

Question 24

How did miners find gold?

Answer 24

Mine with pickaxes and knives, or use sifters to sift through rock om beaches

Question 25

What were Americas first coyboys called?

Answer 25

Vaqueros

Question 26

Why did some miners want slavery outlawed in California?

Answer 26

Believed it to be an unfair advantage when mining for certain people to have an extra pair of hands.

Question 27

Why did the Mormons go to Utah?

Answer 27

They sought a place where they could practice their religion freely and safely.

Question 28

What was the result of some white settlement into western lands?

Answer 28

Conflict