History Alive - Chapter 4

What branch of government makes the laws?

• The Congress

• The president

• The Supreme Court

• The Capitol

On the Erie Canal, boats can travel from Lake Erie all the way to

• Hershey, Pennsylvania

• New York City, New York

• Orlando, Florida

• Portland, Maine

Mass production is a way of

• using waterpower to run machines

• shipping goods cheaply

• making large quantities of the same product

• packing more people into less space in cities

In a democracy, leaders are chosen by

• a king or queen

• the people

• a few wise men

• rich people

Your right to say what you think is protected under the

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Plymouth Charter

The Northeast today includes

• swamps and deserts

• mountain peaks and coastal harbors

• mile-thick glaciers and icebergs

• beaches

Which gave our nation its freedom

• the American Revolution

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Freedom Trail

• immigrants coming to New York

Which phrase best describes New York City

• our nation's capital

• a town built on chocolate

• the calmest city in the US

• a city of skyscrapers

Workers who filled the first factories in the Northeast were

• old men

• women and girls who worked long days

• fisherman

• older women whose children had left home

In what direction would you go if you were to travel from the state capital of Connecticut to the state capital of Vermont?

• North

• South

• East

• West