World History Review #1

Why did Thomas Jefferson want the Port of New Orleans?

• The farmers in the west needed the port to transport goods to the ocean.

• The British army needed a port for ships.

• The American army needed the port to transport troops into the west.

• The American farmers were afraid that the Spanish would attack from the port.

Which of the following are reasons Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States? Mark all that apply

• needed the money

• Louisiana was hard to defend.

• He was afraid the United States would attack France.

• He was about to begin a war with England.

Which of the following events occurred as a direct result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• The massacre at Wounded Knee

• Custer's Last Stand

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The Trail Of Tears

What was the main issue and argument with Texas becoming a state?

• The size of the state.

• Its political ties to Mexico.

• The issue of slavery.

• Its large standing army.

What congressional act created the stimulus for the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

• The Dawes Act

• The Chineses Railway Act of 1862

Which of the following was a contribution made by the Chinese immigrant laborers?

• Cheap labor on the cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s.

• Cheap labor on the railroads.

• Cheap labor in the factories in the east.

• Cheap labor in the mines in the west.

What invention did Joseph Glidden receive a U.S. patent?

• The light bulb

• The steam engine

• The first railroad steam engine.

• Barbed Wire

What lead to the end of the cattle drive?

• Revolts by Chinese workers.

• The Railroads

• New state laws against moving cows.

• Bad weather.

Who were the "Exodusters"?

• Retired soldiers from the east that settled California.

• Freed slaves that moved west in the 1860’s.

• Cowboys that were from Mexico.

• Native American Indians that attacked cattle drives in the west.

Which of the following were hardships suffered by the farmers in the west during the late 1800's?

• poor weather

• few trees

• loneliness

• expensive land

• lack of water