Westward Expansion (lessons 1, 2, 3)

How did settlers move west? choose 3

• water -rivers and canals

• trains

• steamboats

• cars

What was a problem with rivers and canals? (choose 3)

• fast

• slow

• could only go downstream

• Could only go where the river or canal was.

What was a problem with trains? (choose 3)

• slow

• tracks in the north and south were not the same

• they caught things on fire

• a lot of accidents

What were things westerners needed? (choose 3)

• needed roads

• needed loans to buy the land

• needed land to be inexpensive

• needed country line dances

Why was farming ideal in the South? (choose 3)

• lots of rainfall

• there were a lot of factories

• fertile low lands

• long growing season

Why was cotton important to the south? choose 2

• cotton head snakes grew there

• the cotton gin made growing cotton profitable

• cotton was so profitable they used more land to grow cotton

• they made clothes in the factories in the south with the cotton

Which industries developed in the North? (choose 3)

• ironworks

• industrial slavery

• shipbuilding

• cotton mills made thread

True or False: Different political views were taking place in the three different sections of the country; North, South and West.

• True

• False

What was the Era of Good Feelings? (choose 3)

• Everyone was getting along.

• everyone felt good about slavery

• The Democratic-Republicans won in a clear victory.

• No one ran against James Monroe

What problems did America have with Spanish Florida? (choose 3)

• The Seminole Indians from Florida attacked settler in Georgia.

• Spanish officials encouraged slaves to escape to Florida.

• America wanted Florida so they could have Disney Land.

• Seminoles captured slaves and took them to Florida.