Social Studies Chapter 7: A Growing Nation

Lesson 1

100

What is the main reason President Thomas Jefferson decided to buy the Louisiana Territory?

Cite your evidence

He thought it would benefit the United States

"Nevertheless, Jefferson decided that he could not pass up such a good opportunity for the nation."

200

What best describes the Monroe Doctrine?

It intended to keep North and South America free from European interference

Lesson 2

100

What does interchangeable mean?

you can swap in. 

200

How did new forms of transportation help unite the United States?

Trains connected regions and cut travel time in half. 

Lesson 3

100

Why did Missouri's application for statehood create a major problem for the US in 1819?

It was admitted as a slave state which would mean that there were more slave states than free states, resulting in slave states having more votes in the Senate. 

200

Why did Tecumseh side with the British in the War of 1812?

He hoped a British victory would stop the flow of settlers into Native American lands. 

Lesson 4

100

Why was the route of the Cherokee to Indian Territory called Trail of Tears?

so many Cherokee died

Lesson 5

100

How did Kansas - Nebraska Act increase tensions between the North and South?

Provide 2 reasons

1) People used violence to try to force people to agree with their ideas about slavery

2) People would decide to become a slave state or not which would put one side in the majority

200

Why was the 1832 tax on imported goods unpopular in South Carolina?

Cite your evidence. 

South Carolina imported most of the manufactured goods it used. 

"Because Southern states had few local industries, they relied on imported products."