Test

From the 1830s on, pioneers hoping to settle on America’s western coast

• avoided the Cumberland Gap.

• made their way along the Oregon Trail.

• followed the trail blazed by Zebulon Pike.

• traveled along the Mississippi River.

Who was granted voting rights after democracy was expanded in the 1820s?

• all adult white males who owned property

• all adult white males and females who owned property

• all adult white males and females, whether or not they owned property

• all adult white males, whether or not they owned property

In 1845, the United States inherited a dispute related to the border between

• Mexico and Texas.

• Mexico and Florida.

• Canada and Idaho.

• Canada and Oregon

Which group worked to improve labor conditions in the early 1800s?

• the Shakers

• the Perfectionists

• the abolitionists

• the Lowell Mill girls

When the middle class began to emerge in the 1800s, most married women

• became teachers in public schools.

• worked in mills and factories.

• stayed home to care for their families.

• went to college to get a degree.

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 attacks by wild animals.

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

Which two men explored the Louisiana Territory in the early 1800s?

• William Clark and Thomas Walker

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Daniel Boone and Thomas Walker

• Daniel Boone and Meriwether Lewis

What was one of the main messages of the Second Great Awakening?

• People should help mentally ill patients.

• People should form labor unions.

• People should convert to Catholicism.

• People should resist sinful behavior.

Beginning in the late 1700s, forts were built throughout the Ohio territory to

• protect white settlers from attacks by American Indians.

• prevent Great Britain from taking over the territory.

• protect American settlers from an invasion by Mexico.

• prevent American Indians from expanding into the West.

The Battle of Fallen Timbers of 1794 was an example of an attack

• by European troops on American Indians.

• by American settlers on American Indians.

• by American Indians on American settlers.

• by American Indians on American soldiers.