1. Graduation Exam Test 2
Chapters 3 and 4
Multiple Choice: Choose the correct answer or each of the following questions.
1. Andrew Jackson was known for giving his friend and supporters government jobs.
This practices is known as
a. Spoils System c. Nullification
b. Helping out friends d. Jacksonian Democracy
2. What was the name of the idea that the United States should extend its territory
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?
a. Manifest Destiny c. Missouri Compromise
b. Monroe Doctrine d. 3/5 Compromise
3. What action doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803?
a. Missouri Compromise c. Louisiana Purchase
b. Northwest Ordinance d. Land Ordinance of 1785
4. What famous meeting called for women to demand greater equality and
opportunity in the United States?
a. Second Great Awakening c. Seneca Falls Convention
b. The Liberator d. Niagara Falls Convention
5. What famous English document signed in 1215 was the beginning point for
representative government and protection of individual rights?
a. Social Contract Theory c. Magna Carta
b. Great Awakening d. Declaration of Independence
6. What amendment abolished slavery?
a. 13th c. 15th
th
b. 18 d. 21st
7. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
a. The Federalist Papers c. The Bill of Rights
b. The Constitution d. Articles of Confederation
8. Which of the following gives the government “necessary and proper” powers?
a. Strict clause c. elastic clause
b. loose clause d. Declaration of Independence
9. What was the solution to the problem of how to count slaves for representation
purposes?
a. The Great Compromise c. The Three-fifths Compromise
b. The New Jersey Plan d. Missouri Compromise
10. What amendment gave women the right to vote?
a. 13th c. 19th
b. 15th d. 14th
2. 11. Baron de Montesquieu is credited with what idea that we use in our government
today?
a. Separation of church and state c. A three-branch government
b. Federalism d. Mercantilism
12. The sharing of powers between the state and national government is known as…
a. Federalism c. Nationalism
b. The Great Compromise d. 3/5 Compromise
13. What country did Texas gain its independence from?
a. Mexico c. Spain
b. Britain d. France
14. What was the forced march called that resulted in the Cherokees marching from
Georgia to Okalahoma in 1838?
a. Trail of Tears c. Santa Fe Trail
b. Oregon Trail d. Mormon Trail
15. What white abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The Liberator?
a. Lucretia Mott c. William Lloyd Garrison
b. Frederick Douglas d. John Brown
16. Who was the English philosopher who believed that government should derive its
power from the people whom it governed?
a. Baron de Montesquieu c. Jacques Rousseau
b. John Locke d. Thomas Jefferson
17. What is the name of the document that states the United States would oppose any
European intervention in the affairs of independent countries in the Americas and
that any European intervention would be viewed as an unfriendly act?
a. America System c. Doctrine of Nullification
b. Monroe Doctrine d. Internal Improvements
18. What is the name of the system that keeps the three government branches in equal
power?
a. Elastic Clause c. Amendment
b. Federalists d. Checks and Balances
19. In the court case Marbury v Madison, the court’s established the right to declare
whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional or not. This right is known
as
a. Strict Interpretation c. Elastic Clause
b. Federalism d. Judicial Review
20. Which of the following advocated the public education of both men and women?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. Henry Clay
b. James Monroe d. Horace Mann
