Westward, Culture, Industrial, Reformers

Who created the mechanical reaper which reduced the amount of labor required for harvesting?

• Cyrus McCormick
• John Deere
• Samuel Morse
• Horace Mann

What event in the early 1800's encouraged the reform movements?

• Election of Andrew Jackson
• Second Great Awakening
• Louisiana Purchase
• California Gold Rush

Refusal to obey certain laws using nonviolent techniques such as boycotting is called...

• Being a rebel
• Non-violence
• Stubbornness
• Civil Disobedience

Which territory on the map below is known as the Mexican Cession?

• H

• F

• G

• D

Who improved treatment of the mentally ill & improved prison conditions?

• Harriet Tubman
• Clara Barton
• Dorothea Dix
• Sarah Grimke

Who is the founder of the American Red Cross?

• Eli Whitney
• Clara Barton
• Sarah Bagley
• Frederick Douglass

What event in the U.S. encouraged American manufacturing?

• War of 1812
• U.S. - Mexican War
• Civil War
• French & Indian War

The steel plow...

• influenced protective tariffs
• led to growth of immigration
• decreased the slave population
• increased agricultural production

Which invention uses Morse code and allows information to be sent over long distances?

• steel plow

• telephone

• telegraph

• mechanical reaper

Who is known as the Father of Public School Education?

• Horace Mann

• Eli Whitney

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton