Westward Expansion and Reform Quiz

Which of the following was an accomplishment of the construction of the Erie Canal?

• It increased the nation’s reliance on railroads to transport goods from the North to the South.

• It strengthened economic ties between eastern cities and western farms.

• It increased the South’s advantage over the North in clothing and textile manufacturing.

• It helped improve agricultural production in eastern farms and western ranches

What were THREE impacts of technological changes on the United States during the 1800s?

• increase in national unity

• economic growth

• increased migration

• increased travel time

Which of the following had the greatest influence on the factory system in the United States during the 1800s?

• the introduction of the mechanical reaper

• the development of interchangeable parts

• the expanded use of antiseptics

• the invention of the telegraph

Dorothea Dix led a successful campaign to help people with mental illnesses and promote

• the abolition of slavery.

• the adoption of temperance.

• reforms to prison systems.

• mandatory school attendance.

What was the intent of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments?

• to gain support for American Indian land rights

• to argue for the release of enslaved African Americans

• to bring awareness to the women’s temperance movement

• to draw attention to the need for women’s right to vote

What effect did the invention of the cotton gin have on agriculture in the United States?

• It increased the demand for enslaved African Americans to harvest cotton.

• It allowed cotton to be grown in the northern region. .

• It decreased the demand for cotton in foreign countries

• It reduced the amount of land needed to grow cotton on plantations.

Which role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolitionist movement?

• Conductor of the Underground Railroad

• wrote the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Published the North Star newspaper

• Formed the American Anti-Slavery society

Read the excerpt. "I honor those good men and women for their noble daring, and applaud them for willingly subjecting themselves to bloody persecution [mistreatment], by openly avowing [stating] their participation in the escape of slaves" . . . —Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave  Which action is Frederick Douglass referring to in this excerpt?

• the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan

• the decision in the Dred Scott case

• the passage of the Missouri Compromise

• the use of the Underground Railroad

What form of resistance to slavery is described in this excerpt?

• running away

• sabotage

• faking illness

• working slowly

Which two phrases describe the negative impacts of Manifest Destiny?

• the reduction of the buffalo population

• the increase in the amount of available farmland

• the reduction in the number of railroads built

• the increase in conflicts with American Indians