Cause and Effect Worksheets for Units 4-7

For each section of years, match the historical cause (in the left column) with the proper effect (in the right column) by
writing the correct letter on the blank line for each section.

Ch 12 - 1812-1824: Cause Effect

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C 1. American lack of military preparation and poor A. Inspired a new sense of Canadian nationalism
strategy
O
_____ 2. Oliver H Perry’s and Thomas Macdonough’s B. Contributed to the death of the Federalist party and the
naval successes impression that New Englanders were disloyal
N
_____ 3. Tsar Alexander I’s mediation proposal C. Produced a series of badly failed attempts to conquer
Canada
B
_____ 4. The Hartford Convention D. Reduced armaments along the border between the US
and Canada and laid the groundwork for the “longest
unfortified boundary in the world”
A
_____ 5. Canadians’ successful defense of their E. Caused the economy to collapse in the panic of 1819
D homeland in the War of 1812
_____ 6. The Rush-Bagot agreement F. Angered Britain and other European nations but had
I little effect in Latin America
_____ 7. The rising nationalistic economic spirit after G. Fueled demands in Congress for transportation
M the War of 1812 improvements and the removal of Native Americans
_____ 8. The disappearance of the Federalists and H. Upheld the power of the federal government against the
President Monroe’s appeals to New England states
E
_____ 9. Over-speculation in western lands I. Created a temporary one-party system and an “Era of
Good Feelings”
G
_____ 10. Cheap land and increasing Westward J. Produced the Missouri Compromise, which admitted
migration two states and drew a line between slave and free
J territories
_____ 11. The deadlock between North and South over K. Aroused American and British fears of European
L the future of slavery in Missouri intervention in Latin America
_____ 12. The Missouri Compromise L. Aroused southern fears for the long term future of
H slavery
_____ 13. John Marshall’s Supreme Court rulings M. Inspired a new Bank of the United States and the
protectionist Tariff of 1816
K
_____ 14. The rise of European reactionary powers and N. Eventually led to the beginnings of peace negotiations
the loss of Spain’s colonial empire at Ghent
F
_____ 15. The Monroe Doctrine O. Reversed a string of American defeats and prevented a
British-Canadian invasion from the North

Ch13 - 1824-1840: Cause Effect

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F 1. The growth of American migration into A. Brought many evangelical Christians into politics and
northern Mexico showed that others besides Jackson could stir up
H popular feelings
_____ 2. The demand of many whites to acquire Indian B. Provoked protests and threats of nullification from
land in Georgia and other states South Carolina
A
_____ 3. The Anti-Masonic Party C. Aroused popular anger and made Jackson’s supporters
determined to elect him in 1828
E
_____ 4. The failure of any candidate to win an electoral D. Laid the foundations for the spoils system that fueled
I majority in the four-way election of 1824 the new mass political parties
_____ 5. The alleged “corrupt bargain” between Adams E. Threw the bitterly contested election into the US
and Clay for the presidency in 1824 House of Representatives
J
_____ 6. President J. Q. Adams’ strong nationalistic F. Laid the basis for a political conflict that resulted in
policies Texas independence
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B 7. The high New England-backed tariff of 1828 G. Caused widespread human suffering and virtually
guaranteed Martin Van Buren’s defeat in 1840
C
_____ 8. Andrew Jackson’s “war” against Nicholas H. Fueled the political pressures that led Andrew Jackson
Biddle and his policies to forcibly remove the Cherokees and others
_____
D 9. Jackson’s belief that any ordinary American I. Aroused the bitter opposition of westerners and
 G could hold government office southerners, who were increasingly sectionalist
_____ 10. The Panic of 1837 J. Got the government out of banking but weakened the
American financial system

Ch 16 - Slavery 1793-1860: Cause Effect

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G 1. Whitney’s cotton gin and southern frontier A. Often resulted in the cruel separation of black families
expansion
I
_____ 2. Excessive soil cultivation and financial B. Kept poor, non-slaveholding whites committed to a
speculation system that actually harmed them
H
_____ 3. Belief in white superiority and the hope of C. Aroused deep fears of rebellion and ended rational
owning slaves discussion of slavery in the South
_____
A 4. The selling of slaves at auctions D. Made abolitionists personally unpopular but convinced
many Northerners that slavery was a threat to American
freedom
E
_____ 5. The slaves’ love of freedom and hatred of their E. Caused slaves to work slowly, steal from their masters
condition and frequently run away
F
_____ 6. The religious fervor of the Second Great F. Stirred a fervent abolitionist commitment to fight the
D Awakening “sin” of slavery
_____ 7. Politically minded abolitionists like Frederick G. Turned the South into a booming one-crop economy
Douglass where “cotton was king”
C
_____ 8. Garrison’s Liberator and Nat Turner’s bloody H. Opposed Garrison and organized the Liberty party and
slave rebellion the Free Soil party
B
_____ 9. White southern defenses of slavery as a I. Created dangerous weaknesses beneath the surface
“positive good” prosperity of the southern cotton economy
J
_____ 10. The constant abolitionist agitation in the North J. Widened the moral and political gap between the white
South and the rest of the Western world