Early American Geography

Farmers in the Ohio River valley gained the greatest economic benefit when the United States acquired the ________________, which added lands around the Mississippi River.

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Territory

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

What were the major geographic regions of the early United States that most reflected political division?

• North, South, and West

• North, South, and Indian Territory

• Northeast, Middle Atlantic, and South

• Northeast, Ohio Valley, and South

The Mississippi River was an important water feature added into the US territory with the ________________.

• Mexican American War

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Paris

• Mississippi War

The Northwest Territories expanded to the ______________ of the original 13 states.

• North

• West

• East

• South

True or False. The original size of the United States as determined by the Treaty of Paris was almost 900,000 square miles.

• True

• False

True or False. 14 different states eventually came out of the land purchased in the Louisiana Purchase.

• True

• False

True or False. Over time the larger regions of frontier land were broken up into states.

• True

• False

The original 13 states were considered part of the _____________________.

• Northwest Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gulf Region

• Pacific North West

The addition of the Louisiana Purchase territories gave the US access to which key body of water?

• The Arctic Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Gulf of Mexico

A primary difference between the Northern and Southern states was that:

• The Southern economy was based on large plantations worked by slaves, while the Northern economy was based on factories and trade.

• The Northern economy was based on large plantations worked by slaves, while the Southern economy was based on factories and trade.

• Southern states held Native Americans as slaves, while Northern states held Africans and African Americans as slaves.

• Northern states held Native Americans as slaves, while Southern states held Africans and African Americans as slaves.