Why was the invention of the mechanical reaper important?

The reaper could cut grain much faster than the older method of harvesting by hand with a scythe.

The reaper separated cotton fibers from cotton seed much faster than the manual method used earlier.

The reaper made it possible to communicate very quickly across a wire.

The reaper replaced the old method of sewing clothes by hand.

Which of the following BEST describes Samuel Slater's role in the technological advances of this period in our history?

Slater's spinning machines became the basis of factories in Rhode Island. New England soon became a region of textile mills.

Samuel Slater did not play any role in the technological advances of this period.

Samuel Slater worked with Cyrus McCormick to help McCormick invent the mechanical reaper.

Samuel Slater had the idea of using young women called "mill girls" to work in the new textile mills.

A new waterway made it much faster to move farm goods from the Ohio River valley to eastern cities. A new technology allowed boats to travel against the currents of rivers. A new means of transportation made it possible to build new routes nearly anywhere, rather than having to follow rivers or canals. Which of the following correctly identifies the three transportation improvements described above?

the Erie Canal, the steamboat, and railroads

the steamboat, the mechanical reaper, and railroads

the cotton gin, the Erie Canal, and the telegraph

the Erie Canal, the steamboat, and spinning machines

Which of the following presents a correct sequence of events that led to statehood for Texas?

Americans began to settle in Texas in the 1820's. The settlers were unhappy with the Mexican government, and wanted to be independent. The Texans fought and defeated the Mexican Army and declared independence. Shortly after that, the United States annexed Texas.

Following the idea of manifest destiny, the United States Army defeated the Mexican Army in Texas in 1836. President Andrew Jackson declared Texas a state.

The Mexican government was angry because American settlers in Texas had brought enslaved Africans with them. The Mexican Army took over all of Texas. Texas would not become a state for nearly 50 years.

Large numbers of American settlers moved into Mexico's Texas territory. They built ranches and farms and grew wealthy. In a peaceful exchange, the United States bought Texas from Mexico for $20 million in 1845.

Which of the following BEST describes how slavery influenced the American settlement of Texas?

Many of the American settlers in Texas came from the South. Many took their slaves with them. Mexico had banned slavery earlier, so slavery caused tension between the American settlers and the Mexican government.

The Mexican government had banned slavery in 1829, so no slaves were taken to Texas.

Escaped slaves from the Southern states fled to Texas, where they established an independent republic.

Mexico had banned slavery before the American settlers arrived. But when the Mexican government saw that the Americans' cotton farms were successful because of the labor of slaves, it passed a law that made slavery legal again.

Which of the following was a factor that attracted settlers from the East to the Oregon Country in the 1840s?

Married couples could claim 640 acres of free land in the Oregon Country.

The absence of Native Americans in the Oregon Country attracted many Eastern Settlers to the region.

The discovery of gold in 1848 caused a huge migration of people into the Oregon Country.

The Oregon Country's status as an area of religious freedom attracted many Mormons from the East.

Who was Brigham Young, and why did he begin a movement that led to thousands of people moving from the eastern United States to the West?

Young was a member of the Mormon Church. He and his fellow Mormons faced persecution in the East. They wanted to move west to a place where they could worship freely.

Young was an escaped slave who led a community of former enslaved Africans in the Mississippi River Valley. He and his followers wanted to move west to unite with Native American peoples to form a new nation.

Young with a fur trader who had done business with French and Native American traders for years. He wanted to establish the fur trade in the Oregon Country.

Young was a Catholic missionary leader. He established many Catholic missions in the West.

Which answer identifies two of the main trails to the West that settlers and traders followed in the 1800s?

the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail

the Mormon Trail and the Appalachian Trail

the Oregon Trail and the Trail of Tears

the John Muir Trail and the Old Spanish Trail

Which answer choice BEST describes "panning" for gold?

Miners went to places where stream currents slowed. They gathered rock from the stream bed into flat pans. Any havier gold particles would drop to the bottom of the pan.

Miners ran iron pans along the rocks near streams. Because gold is magnetic, any gold that was present in the rock would attract the pans. The miners would then pick away the surface of the rock to expose the gold.

Miners ran water through a long, sloping wooden box called a "pan." Wooden bars across the bottom of the pan trapped any gold that was in the water.

After the most obvious gold had been taken, miners used a rock-crushing machine called the "pan" to search for gold on a large scale.

Why were entrepreneurs able to earn such good profits in businesses related to the California Gold Rush?

Supplies were scarce and demand was great. Entrepreneurs provided the things the miners needed. That allowed the entrepreneurs to earn good profits.

It was very difficult for entrepreneurs to earn any profit in businesses related to the California Gold Rush. Most went broke and headed back east.

When the State of California noticed the high profits the entrepreneurs were making, it took over their private businesses. The State earned all of the profits after that.

A small group formed. it would not allow other entrepreneurs to open businesses. By keeping the supply of goods low, the group was able to earn very high profits.

Which two groups worked hard as miners and contributed to California's development, even though they faced discrimination?

the Irish and the Native Americans

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