Chapter 6 Section 4 Reading Notes

The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. According to the treaty, Britain gave up all land ____________________ of the Mississippi River to the United States.

• north
• south
• east
• west

Settlers migrated for new economic and social opportunities.

• True
• False

Vermont was the ___________ state to be added to the union.

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

Illinois became the ___________________ state in 1818.

• 21st
• 22nd
• 23rd
• 24th

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from France in _________________.

• 1801
• 1802
• 1803
• 1804

Alabama became a state in ___________.

• 1817
• 1818
• 1819
• 1820

Some American settlers migrated to the West. They considered themselves ____________________.

• students.
• travelers.
• pioneers.
• photographers.

The ______________________ was created during the period that followed the War of 1812.

• American System
• United States System
• Jersey School System
• Revolutionary System

The American System was designed to support the North’s manufacture of items that farmers in the West and South were not suited to make themselves.

• true
• False

By 1838, the National Road extended all the way from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois.

• True
• False