Quiz on Historical Developments

The development of turnpikes ________.

• answered the growing needs of people who were moving west

• led to the decline of railroads

• was primarily for military purposes

• discouraged the use of waterways for transportation

Use the map to answer the question. The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River to the ________.

• Great Lakes

• Mississippi River

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

Use the graph to answer the question. Which conclusion is supported by the graph?

• It cost more to ship goods on canals than it did on railroads.

• Shipping goods via rail cost more in 1850 than it did in 1830.

• By 1850, railroads had become a key part of America’s transportation network.

• Americans were slow to embrace the use of railroads as a means of transportation.

Why had most Native Americans in the East moved west of the Mississippi River by 1830?

• The rise of factories in the East had caused permanent environmental damage to their lands.

• The U.S. government forced them to move because settlers wanted their lands.

• The hunting and farming was much better west of the Mississippi.

• They wanted to live far from the authority of the U.S. government.

Use the map to answer the question. Which of the five tribes had their original homelands located mainly in the same state? Select the two correct answers.

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

• Choctaw

• Creek

• Seminole

How did the Seminoles and their leader Osceola react to the threat of displacement?

• The Seminoles resisted displacement by appealing to the courts.

• The Seminoles resisted displacement by armed fighting with U.S. troops.

• The Seminoles leaders surrendered to U.S. authorities and abandoned their lands.

• The Seminoles negotiated the sale of their lands and moved themselves to Indian Territory.

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Worcester v. Georgia?

• The court ruled that the Cherokee did not have to travel to Indian Territory but did have to give up their land.

• The court ruled that settlers needed a permit from Georgia to live on Cherokee lands.

• The court ruled that Georgia had no authority over the Cherokee or their lands.

• The court ruled that the Cherokee had to sell their lands to settlers.

Use the image to answer the question. Which statement is true and supported by this image of the Trail of Tears?

• The journey along the Trail of Tears took only a few weeks.

• The Cherokee did not resist their removal to Indian Territory.

• The Cherokee faced brutal conditions along the Trail of Tears.

• Very few Cherokee survived the trip to Indian Territory along the Trail of Tears.

Which of the following created the reservation system in the United States?

• the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia

• the Indian Appropriations Act

• the Indian Removal Act

• the Dawes Act