Manifest Destiny, 1801-1853 Practice Answers (Connexus) AP United States History A

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1. Jefferson’s “agrarian ideal” envisioned the United States as a country
D. populated by civic-minded, independent farmers.
2. Which role did black churches play for free blacks in the North?
A. They were places for black men and women to gather, have positions of leadership, and develop their own ideas.
3. The most important city included in the Louisiana Purchase territory was
C. New Orleans
4. In the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Andrew Jackson showed his military prowess by
A. conquering an alliance of Creek and Cherokee.
5. The First Industrial Revolution transformed all of the following segments of American society EXCEPT
D. Protestant churches, which were being rapidly replaced by nonreligious community institutions.
6. How did improved transportation fuel industrial productivity? Select all that apply.
-A. More workers could travel from rural areas to cities.
-C. Farmers could export more materials to British factories.
7. Which of the following is NOT true of the British market’s contribution to the reign of “King Cotton”?
A. A British inventor developed the cotton gin to clean green-seed cotton.
8. The cry of Manifest Destiny in written works and propaganda tended to justify American expansion on the basis of all EXCEPT which of the following ideas?
A. Latin America must accept American dominance in the hemisphere.
9. Which of the following reasons did Jackson give as justification for the Indian Removal Act?
B. The act was “protecting” Native Americans from an unjust law by giving them the choice to relocate.
10. Which of the following religious groups created significant communities west of the Rocky Mountains in the mid-1800s?
B. Mormons
11. Which event sparked the Mexican-American war in 1846?
C. A fight broke out on the shores of the Rio Grande between American and Mexican troops.