HIST-5 Ch 8-9 Review

Eli Whitney became famous because he invented —

• the telegraph

• the sewing machine

• the cotton gin

• the mechanical reaper

Why did the South's agricultural economy require enslaved workers?

Which of the following reasons best explains why more factories in the 1800s were built in the North than in the South?

• The North had a better climate for operating factories than did the South.

• The North had more flat areas of land on which factories could be built.

• The North had more natural resources than the South to use for factories.

• The North produced more raw materials to use in factories than did the South.

The early 1800s saw several major technological advances that improved transportation in the United States. Name two of those advances, and explain how they improved transportation.

• The flatboat and the steam engine: both used America's rivers to transport goods.

• The Erie Canal: it was a man made waterway that lowered the cost of shipping goods out West.

• The early railroads: they allowed goods to be transported without using rivers.

• All of the above

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

• Following the idea of manifest destiny, the United States Army defeated the Mexican army in Texas in 1836. In 1845, Congress voted to annex Texas, and later that year it became a state. American families began to settle there.

• The Mexican government was angry because American settlers in Texas had brought enslaved Africans with them. The Mexican army took over all of Texas in 1845. 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.

• American families began to settle in Texas in the 1820s. The settlers were unhappy with the Mexican government. The Texans fought and defeated the Mexican army and then gained their independence. In 1845, the United States annexed Texas.

What was the main effect, or outcome, of the Mexican War?

• Slavery was banned in Texas, as it had been in Mexico before the war.

• Mexico's army defeated the United States forces. California and Texas became part of Mexico again.

• The United States Army occupied all of Mexico. Mexico would be under occupation for the next fifty years.

• Mexico turned over its northern territories to the United States. The territory of the United States now reached all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Explain the concept of manifest destiny.

• It is a quest in the hit video game Warframe

• It is a sad country song that Mr. Esparza listens to

• It is an idea that Americans were destined by God to spread West and conquer the land.

• GENGHIS KHAN

Which of the following was part of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan shown in the map?

• Allowing ships and supplies from England to enter Southern ports

• Attacking the Confederacy from both the east and the west

• Setting up a naval blockade along only the eastern coast

• Protecting the North from Confederate attacks

Explain why the ironclad was a unique and valuable weapon.

• It could travel quickly underwater.

• It was equipped to travel safely at night.

• It could hold more sailors than earlier boats.

• It could resist damage from enemy fire.

"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."—Frederick Douglass

Based on the passage, we can conclude that it is likely that Frederick Douglass —

• encouraged the government to grant African American women the right to vote

• encouraged Northern states to hire African American men for jobs

• encouraged African American men to enlist in the Union army

• encouraged the Confederacy to recruit African American soldiers