Ch. 8 Moving West

This is a word used to describe unfair treatment.

• mass production

• apathy

• discrimination

• canal

This idea was the belief that the United States had the right to add more and more territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean.

• Foreign policy

• The Treaty of Ghent

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

What is mass production?

• When non-fitting parts are remade to make many new goods at once.

• When interchangeable parts are used to make many goods at once.

• When factories overproduce goods.

• When a company ships items across the country by train.

A wagon train...

• is a line of wagons traveling as a group.

• is the early version of a steam engine.

• is several train cars linked together by steel.

• the pioneers new invention used as they traveled east.

What is a canal?

• a human-made dirt trail.

• a group of trails used to go West.

• a human-made waterway

• The trail taken by missionaries going north.

Samuel F.B. Morse was famous for his invention of the...

The mechanical reaper was such an important invention because...

• it helped the cotton industry to grow.

• it replaced the old form of sewing by hand.

• it made communication quicker between cities using a wire.

• it cut grain much faster than the old method using a scythe.

TRUE or FALSE

Samuel Slater's role in technology at this time became the basis for factories in Rhode Island. Because of this, New England became a region of textile mills.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which new technology is being described?

*A new waterway that helps move products quicker.

*A new transporter where new routes can be built almost anywhere rather than having to follow rivers or canals.

*A new technology that allows boats to travel against river currents.

• canals

  railroads

  steam engines

• railroads

  steam engines

  canals

• steam engines

  canals

  railroads

How did slavery affect the Americans living in Texas?

• Escaped slaves set up their own gov't in Texas.

• It didn't affect it because NO slaves were taken into Texas by American settlers.

• There was tension between Americans who brought slaves and Mexicans who'd banned slavery already.