Westward Expansion Review Question Preview (ID: 23845)

a) A. factories needed fewer workers to produce goods

b) B. workers produced more goods in a shorter time

c) C. the price of goods went up because of demand

d) D. manufactured goods lasted for a long time

a) A. cotton gin

b) B. power loom

c) C. steam engine

d) D. steel plow

a) A. move west

b) B. form an army

c) C. farm land

d) D. own slaves

a) A. Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Louisiana

b) B. Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota

c) C. California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah

d) D. Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma

a) A. defeating America on the open seas

b) B. winning the Battle of New Orleans

c) C. Native American attacks on frontier settlements

d) D. trying to gain control of Canada

a) A. explore the source of the Mississippi River

b) B. explore the western land and study Native American cultures

c) C. meet with the French ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte

d) D. stop the British from claiming land in Canada

a) A. the right to read

b) B. the right to fight

c) C. the right to work

d) D. the right to vote

a) A. Arkansas River

b) B. Columbia River

c) C. Mississippi River

d) D. Missouri River

a) A. to move cotton to the factories

b) B.to help slaves escape to freedom

c) C. to transport supplies to the pioneers

d) D. to help immigrants move to America

a) A. Great Britain lost all control of Canada.

b) B. Texas gained its independence from Spain.

c) C. Britain gained control of New Orleans

d) D. American feelings of nationalism grew.

a) A. a white abolitionist from the north

b) B. conductor on the Underground railroad

c) C. author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

d) D. a former slave and women's rights reformer

a) A. a wife of a president who saved the portrait of George Washington from burning during the War of 1812

b) B. a conductor on the Underground Railroad

c) C. a woman who fought for women's suffrage and organized the Seneca Falls Convention

d) D. a former slave who fought for women's suffrage

a) A. It was won in a war against the French.

b) B. It led to the War of 1812 with Great Britain.

c) C. It doubled the size of the United States.

d) D. It was land claimed by the Spanish king.

a) A. They created a demand for steamships.

b) B. They decreased the cost of shipping goods.

c) C. They led to the discovery of inland waterways.

d) D. They lowered the water levels for rivers.

a) A. Ft. Kearney, Kansas

b) B. Independence, Missouri

c) C. Oregon City, Oregon

d) D. Mississippi River

a) A. Native Americans killed the miners and took away their land.

b) B. Most o the people went back east after the Gold Rush.

c) C. All the people became rich from finding gold.

d) D. California had enough people to become a state.

a) A. The Hudson River

b) B. The Atlantic Ocean

c) C. Lake Ontario

d) D. The Erie Canal

a) A. The land on the east coast was full with farms and cities.

b) B. The trip across the mountains seemed adventurous.

c) C. They were looking for more gold and silver.

d) D. They wanted more religious freedom.

a) A. Appalachian Mountains

b) B. Sierra Nevada Mountains

c) C. Georgia Mountains

d) D. Rocky Mountains

a) A. the end of slavery in the United States

b) B. American's willingness to fight for freedom

c) C. the welcoming of immigrants to America

d) D. American independence in the Revolutionary War