APUSH UNIT 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
War of 1812 - (ANSWER)War which West and South wanted, but Northeast did not;
between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France,
was continuing practice of impressment, and was supporting Native American resistance to American
settlement in the west
James Fenimore Cooper - (ANSWER)Wrote The Leatherstocking Tales which included The Last of the
Mohicans
The American System - (ANSWER)an economic plan for the country:
(B.T.T.)
1. Strong banking system.
2. Set up a protective tariff to boost American industry.
3. Build a strong transportation network of roads and canals.
Panic of 1819 - (ANSWER)cause of this was over-speculation (buying too much on credit) in land; the
West was hit the hardest
Steamboat - (ANSWER)This invention made two-way river travel possible (boats could go upstream)
Tallmadge Amendment - (ANSWER)limit slavery in Missouri:
• no more slaves be allowed into Missouri
• that slaves born to Missouri slave parents would gradually emancipated
Missouri Compromise - (ANSWER)• Missouri would be admitted as a slave state; Maine would be
admitted as a free state
• All new states north of the 36°30' line would be free, new states southward would be slave
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) - (ANSWER)The "Elastic Clause Case"
Said that the Constitution had been written in more general terms rather than specific, and therefore
could be interpreted.
, APUSH UNIT 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Cohens vs. Virginia (1821) - (ANSWER)The "Lottery Case"
Supreme Court showed it had the power to review state court decisions
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824) - (ANSWER)The "Steamboat Case"
The Constitution says that only Congress can regulate interstate trade
Fletcher vs. Peck (1810) - (ANSWER)The "Land Scam Contract Case"
The Supreme Court said a contract is a contract and the Constitution says it can't be broken by state
laws.
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819) - (ANSWER)The "College Charter Case"
The Supreme Court said the charter was a contract and, like Fletcher, states could not encroach on
contracts
Florida Purchase Treaty - (ANSWER)made with Spain
• America paid $5 million and got Florida
• Spain gave up a claim to Oregon and America gave up a claim to Texas
• the southern limit of Oregon was set at 42° latitude.
Monroe Doctrine - (ANSWER)• European non-colonization of the Americas and non-intervention
• It was a "KEEP OUT" sign.
nativists - (ANSWER)those born in America and were opposed to immigrants
potato famine - (ANSWER)Failed potato crop led to famine and resulted in 2 million Irish dying from
1846-1852. Major cause of Irish immigration to US in mid-1800s
War of 1812 - (ANSWER)War which West and South wanted, but Northeast did not;
between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France,
was continuing practice of impressment, and was supporting Native American resistance to American
settlement in the west
James Fenimore Cooper - (ANSWER)Wrote The Leatherstocking Tales which included The Last of the
Mohicans
The American System - (ANSWER)an economic plan for the country:
(B.T.T.)
1. Strong banking system.
2. Set up a protective tariff to boost American industry.
3. Build a strong transportation network of roads and canals.
Panic of 1819 - (ANSWER)cause of this was over-speculation (buying too much on credit) in land; the
West was hit the hardest
Steamboat - (ANSWER)This invention made two-way river travel possible (boats could go upstream)
Tallmadge Amendment - (ANSWER)limit slavery in Missouri:
• no more slaves be allowed into Missouri
• that slaves born to Missouri slave parents would gradually emancipated
Missouri Compromise - (ANSWER)• Missouri would be admitted as a slave state; Maine would be
admitted as a free state
• All new states north of the 36°30' line would be free, new states southward would be slave
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) - (ANSWER)The "Elastic Clause Case"
Said that the Constitution had been written in more general terms rather than specific, and therefore
could be interpreted.
, APUSH UNIT 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Cohens vs. Virginia (1821) - (ANSWER)The "Lottery Case"
Supreme Court showed it had the power to review state court decisions
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824) - (ANSWER)The "Steamboat Case"
The Constitution says that only Congress can regulate interstate trade
Fletcher vs. Peck (1810) - (ANSWER)The "Land Scam Contract Case"
The Supreme Court said a contract is a contract and the Constitution says it can't be broken by state
laws.
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819) - (ANSWER)The "College Charter Case"
The Supreme Court said the charter was a contract and, like Fletcher, states could not encroach on
contracts
Florida Purchase Treaty - (ANSWER)made with Spain
• America paid $5 million and got Florida
• Spain gave up a claim to Oregon and America gave up a claim to Texas
• the southern limit of Oregon was set at 42° latitude.
Monroe Doctrine - (ANSWER)• European non-colonization of the Americas and non-intervention
• It was a "KEEP OUT" sign.
nativists - (ANSWER)those born in America and were opposed to immigrants
potato famine - (ANSWER)Failed potato crop led to famine and resulted in 2 million Irish dying from
1846-1852. Major cause of Irish immigration to US in mid-1800s
