VA SOL VUS.6 Test Review

Question 1

What was the long grueling journey of several American Indian tribes to Oklahoma called?

Accepted Answer

Trail of Tears

Question 2

The south's economic system could best be described as:

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Agricultural and based on slave labor

Question 3

What was a key result of the Texas war for independence?

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Texas joins the Union

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Louisiana Purchase?

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It was purchased from Spain

Question 5

Where were most indentured servants from?

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England, Scotland and Ireland

Question 6

What did the election of 1800 prove?

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Power could be tranferred without violence

Question 7

How did Andrew Jackson's veto of the Bank of the United States affect Congress?

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Congress would consider the veto when passing laws

Question 8

Which of the following was a belief of the Federalist Party?

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Strong national government and Tariffs

Question 9

Which group of colonies were settled primarily for religious freedom?

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New England

Question 10

Missouri's admission to the Union started the debate over

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balance of slave and free states

Question 11

Which of the following advocated for women's suffrage?

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Susan B. Anthony

Question 12

The that states have a right to leave the Union is called:

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secede

Question 13

The belief that the United States' expansion to the Pacific Ocean was inevitable and righteous:

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manifest destiny

Question 14

Allowing the people of a territory to vote to decide if they want slavery is referred to as:

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popular sovereignty

Question 15

Which of the following WAS NOT supported by the Democratic Republicans?

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Freeing the slaves

Question 16

That "Europe would not interfere or colonize further in the Western Hemisphere" comes from:

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Monroe Doctrine

Question 17

The Great Awakening paved the way for which American movement?

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American Revolution

Question 18

After the War of 1812, the U.S. laid claim to which territory?

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Oregon

Question 19

This political party opposed President Jackson and favored Tariffs and big business:

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Whigs

Question 20

Who was the Father of the Constitution?

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Madison

Question 21

Which region opposed a tax on imported goods and WHY?

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South; it raised the price of goods

Question 22

Which region of the United States opposed the War of 1812

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New England

Question 23

Why was the fugitive slave act opposed by many northerners?

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It allowed Southerners North to hunt for escaped slaves

Question 24

Who were the leaders of the Democratic Republicans?

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Jefferson and Madison

Question 25

Which of the these was a result of Andrew Jackson's bank veto?

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Panic of 1837

Question 26

The Monroe Doctrine established the United States foreign policy that-

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Opposed future European colonies on North America

Question 27

How did the U.S. acquire Florida?

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Purchased from Spain

Question 28

Which region believed that it had the right to refused to abide or nullify a national law/

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South

Question 29

Which law allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine to enter as a a free state?

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Missouri Compromise

Question 30

What was it called when voter participation increased and all adult white males got the vote?

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Age of the Common Man

Question 31

The 3/5 Compromise resolved an early conflict over:

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Counting of enslaved persons in relation to representation

Question 32

The death of a political party, like the Federalists, usually means

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New political parties are born

Question 33

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fredrick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison are examples of:

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Abolitionists

Question 34

Which region of the United States developed a more industrial economy?

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North

Question 35

In the mid-1800s, which group supported high tariffs?

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Northern factor owners

Question 36

A belief in Manifest Destiny is most closely associated with-

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the war on Mexico

Question 37

President Andrew Jackson's practice of rewarding campaign supporters with public office:

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Spoils System

Question 38

Which of the following moved settlers west and aided the growth of industry?

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Railroads and canals

Question 39

What effect did Gabriel Prosser's and Nat Turner's Rebellion have on slaves in the South?

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Worsened their lives

Question 40

What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's Abolitionist newspaper?

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The Liberator

Question 41

The country's citizens did not support the Revolutionary War?

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Britian

Question 42

What two writers inspired Madison when writing the Bill of Rights?

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Jefferson and Mason

Question 43

This political party formed in the 1850s on a tide of anti-immigrant sentiment:

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Know-Nothings

Question 44

Who were the leaders of the Federalist Party?

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Adams and Hamilton

Question 45

What is the best title for this chart

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Differences between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Question 46

Which compromise brought in California as a free state and provided "popular sovereignty":

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Compromise of 1850

Question 47

What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?

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increased slavery

Question 48

The act of British sailors forcing Americans to join the British Navy in the early 1800s:

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Impressment

VA SOL VUS.6 Test Review

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