Chapter 9 Test-10th Grade US History

During the 1840s, the advantage that canals had over railroads was that shipping by canal was

• faster

• cheaper

• more direct

• less affected by weather

The name of a man killed by an anti-Mormon mob in 1844 is

• Black Hawk

• Brigham Young

• Joseph Smith

• John C. Fremont

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight referred to a boundary dispute between the US and

• Spain

• Mexico

• Great Britain

• The Sauk and Fox

Under Mexican rule, the main appeal Texas held for American settlers was

• cheap land

• legalized slavery

• religious freedom

• government protection from Native Americans

Of the following, the man most in favor of seizing land from Mexico was

• James K. Polk

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

The battle most responsible for winning Texas its freedom from Mexico took place

• at the Alamo

• at Buena Vista

• near the Rio Grande

• near the San Jacinto River

The final borders of the lower 48 states were established in the

• Gadsden Purchase

• annexation of Texas

• Webster-Ashburton Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The inventor of a new rubber product that did not freeze or melt was

• Elias Howe

• Charles Goodyear

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel F. B. Morse

The inventor of a mechanical reaper

• John Deere

• I.M. Singer

• John C. Fremont

• Cyrus McCormick

In the early years of canal and railroad travel, what advantage did railroads offer?

• cost

• safety

• speed

• comfort