American History I Part B Unit 1 Review

What happened to Cherokee who refused to honor their removal treaty with the United States?

• The state of Georgia forced them to sell their lands to prospectors.

• They brought another lawsuit before the Supreme Court, but lost.

• The US Army rounded them up and forced them to march west.

• They wrote their own constitution so they could remain in Georgia.

What effect did Zebulon Pike’s explorations have on the settlement of the American West?

• Pike helped establish the Wilderness Road.

• Pike’s explorations established the Oregon Trail.

• Pike’s findings encouraged settlers to move to the Southwest.

• Pike led settlers into what is now the Pacific Northwest.

Pioneers who journeyed to the West moved quickly through mountain passes to avoid traveling

• through rainstorms, which made trails slick and wet.

• in the dark, which made it difficult to follow the trail.

• in large groups, which could attract American Indian attacks.

• through the first snows of winter, which could trap a party.

In the 1844 election, the phrase “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” referred to

• the number of representatives in Congress.

• the growing US economy in the West.

• the desired boundary line in the North.

• the threat of war with American Indians.

The Underground Railroad was a secret system that was run by

• free African Americans and abolitionists in the North.

• subway conductors that wanted change.

• plantation owners and overseers in the South.

• enslaved workers in fields and in cities.

Enslaved people who lived and worked in cities

• were not treated as well as plantation workers.

• cared for livestock and repaired buildings.

• sometimes worked in skilled trades.

• could not be bought or sold easily.

How did enslaved people passively resist enslavement? Check all that apply.

• by pretending to be sick

• by running away

• by taking extra food

• by starting a revolt

• by working slowly

How was education for enslaved people controlled?

• Enslaved people were only allowed to go to school in the afternoons.

• Plantation owners hired only a few tutors for their enslaved laborers.

• State laws prohibited enslaved people from learning to read and write.

• Enslaved people were only taught enough to take care of their own property.

Between 1830 and 1850, immigrants who moved to American cities often

• faced crowded living conditions in poor neighborhoods.

• earned high wages as skilled laborers in factories.

• worked in service jobs as police officers or firemen.

• fled to work on farms, as they had in their home countries.

In the late 1700s, as a result of mass production in the United States,

• factory workers became more highly skilled.

• increased income enabled factories to pay higher wages.

• goods became less expensive to manufacture and buy.

• Britain began to use water-powered machines in factories.