Unit 5 - Westward Expansion Question Preview (ID: 36801)


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What did the Cotton Gin do?
a) Picked seeds out of cotton
b) Made cotton
c) Spun Cotton
d) Dissolved Cotton

The idea that Americans have the right and duty to expand west is known as _________
a) Manifest Destiny
b) Industrial Revolution
c) American Dream
d) American System

Who created a map of the Louisiana Purchase?
a) Lewis and Clark
b) John L. O'Sullivan
c) Andrew Jackson
d) James Madison

What invention allowed for hard soil to be farmed?
a) Steel Plow
b) Mechanical Reaper
c) Cotton Gin
d) Steam Boat

What invention made travel easier?
a) Steam Boat
b) Steel Plow
c) Mechanical Reaper
d) Cotton Gin

What invention made farming wheat faster?
a) Steam Boat
b) Cotton Gin
c) Mechanical Reaper
d) Steel Plow

Which group was negatively impacted by Westward Expansion
a) Government Workers
b) Native Americans
c) Bankers
d) Farmers

Americans believed that moving west would help them achieve the _________ ___________.
a) Gadsden Purchase
b) American System
c) Manifest Destiny
d) American Dream

_________ allowed for travel year round ad was comfortable for passengers
a) Steam Boat
b) Railroad
c) Covered Wagons
d) Horse Back

This connected the Great Lakes to New York
a) Transcontinental Railroad
b) Cumberland Road
c) Erie Canal
d) Gadsden Purchase

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