Unit 4 US ONRAMPS US History UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. Alien & Sedition passed by federalists making it harder to become citizens and to deport any
Act immigrant deemed dangerous. the second one outlawed the writing, speaking, or
publications of false, scandalous, or malicious statements against the government
2. Andrew Jackson The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the
War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed
the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable
federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
3. Burned-Over Dis- Popular name for Western New York, a region particularly swept up in the religious
trict fervor of the Second Great Awakening.
4. Era of Good Feel- An political era when the Federalist party faded away and there were almost no
ing divisions; James Monroe was President
5. Tallmadge This was an attempt to have no more slaves to be brought to Missouri and provided
Amendment the gradual emancipation of the children of slaves. In the mind of the South, this
was a threat to the sectional balance between North and South.
6. Five Civilized Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles; "civilized" due to their
Tribes intermarriage with whites, forced out of their homelands by expansion
7. Indian Removal (1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who
Act lived east of the Mississippi River
8. Homestead Act 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop
it. Encouraged westward migration.
9. Louisiana Pur- 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this
chase doubled the size of the US.
10. Factory System This new system gradually replaced localized cottage industry. Workers were paid
by the hour instead of for what they produce. On one hand it decreased the need
CORRECT Answers
1. Alien & Sedition passed by federalists making it harder to become citizens and to deport any
Act immigrant deemed dangerous. the second one outlawed the writing, speaking, or
publications of false, scandalous, or malicious statements against the government
2. Andrew Jackson The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the
War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed
the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable
federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
3. Burned-Over Dis- Popular name for Western New York, a region particularly swept up in the religious
trict fervor of the Second Great Awakening.
4. Era of Good Feel- An political era when the Federalist party faded away and there were almost no
ing divisions; James Monroe was President
5. Tallmadge This was an attempt to have no more slaves to be brought to Missouri and provided
Amendment the gradual emancipation of the children of slaves. In the mind of the South, this
was a threat to the sectional balance between North and South.
6. Five Civilized Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles; "civilized" due to their
Tribes intermarriage with whites, forced out of their homelands by expansion
7. Indian Removal (1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who
Act lived east of the Mississippi River
8. Homestead Act 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop
it. Encouraged westward migration.
9. Louisiana Pur- 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this
chase doubled the size of the US.
10. Factory System This new system gradually replaced localized cottage industry. Workers were paid
by the hour instead of for what they produce. On one hand it decreased the need
