Chapter 9 Test "Expanding Markets and Moving West" (HY-US I)

Industrialization in the early 19th century led to all of the following except

• specialization.

• greater self-sufficiency.

• widening differences between North and South.

• lower prices for manufactured products.

New technology _________ costs of factory items allowing workers to become consumers.

• trippled

• increased

• lowered

What does the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" refer to?

• the northern boundary of present-day Oregon

• the southern boundary of Texas

• the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory

• the southern boundary of the Oregon Territory

Within the United States, conflicts over what delayed the annexation of Texas?

• price

• the mission system

• the balance of free and slave states

• its boundaries

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

• less affected by weather.

• faster.

• more direct.

• cheaper.

___________ is the idea that God had given the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western lands.

• Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

• Middle ground

• Manifest destiny

What was the most important impact of the canal-building era?

• It lowered the price of farm products.

• It improved communication between large cities.

• It provided jobs for many free blacks.

• It opened the Midwest to world markets.

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

• comfort

• speed

• cost

• safety

_________ Smith’s successor, lead the Mormons outside U.S. to settle near Great Salt Lake, Utah.

• Cyrus McCormick

• Robert Fulton

• Brigham Young

• John C. Frémont

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

• Black Hawk

• Joseph Smith

• Brigham Young

• John C. Frémont