Early American Geography

What were the economies of the Northern States based on?

• manufacturing/factories

• Agriculture on plantations

• Slave labor

• Trade

What were the economies of the Southern States based on?

• Agriculture on plantations

• Slave labor

• Professional Sports

• Manufacturing

15 states came out of the Louisiana Purchase.

• True

• False

The Northwest Territories were to the _____________ of the original 13 states.

• East

• South

• West

• Right

Over time, the larger regions of frontier land were broken up into states.

• True

• False

How did the U.S. gain control of the Mississippi River from the French?

• They won the American Revolution

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Mexican American War

• They traded for it from the American Indians

The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from _____________.

• Great Britain

• Mr. McVay

• Russia

• France

Which president made the Louisiana Purchase?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ronald McDonald

• James Madison

The Louisiana Purchase gave the U.S. access to which major body of water?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

The Louisiana Purchase _____________ the size of the United States.

• Almost doubled

• halved

• tripled

• did nothing to