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Worksheetswestward student quiz 2
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we call someone who puts resources together in order to make a profit from a product,
a)
inventor
b)
entrepreneur
c)
soldier
d)
captain of industry
2.
When Harriet Tubman was a child, what happened to her that stayed with her for the remainder of her life.
a)
hit in the head with a weight
b)
kicked by a horse
c)
fell in a river
d)
burned the barn down
3.
Who did Jefferson buy Louisiana from?
a)
Spain
b)
Canada
c)
Mexico
d)
France
4.
Who was a female Abolitionist?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Sojourner Truth
5.
Which inventor of the Reaper was an enslaved African American?
a)
Bobbie Brown
b)
Jo Anderson
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Robert Fulton
6.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
John Brown
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
7.
Who improved the Steamboat?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Jo Anderson
d)
Eli Whitney
8.
Who did Thomas Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
John Adams
b)
Lewis and Clark
c)
George Mason and James Madison
d)
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick
9.
What two people invented the Reaper?
a)
Eli Whitney/ Jo Anderson
b)
Jo Anderson/ Cyrus McCormick
c)
Cyrus McCormick/ Eli Whitney
d)
Robert Hulton/ Eli Whitney
10.
How many people were given credit for inventing the Cotton Gin?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
2
d)
4
11.
What was the name of Harriet Tubman's way to help slaves escape the south? Was it real or just a name?
a)
Tobacco Road/ no
b)
Underground Railroad/no
c)
Venturra Highway/ yes
d)
Interstate 95/ yes
12.
What was the name of Eli Whitney's invention?
a)
Reaper
b)
Grim Reaper
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
Cotton Sorter
13.
Who was the Oregon Territory divided between?
a)
US and Great Britain
b)
Britain and Canada
c)
US and Canada
d)
US and Spain
14.
Who did the US go to war with to get California?
a)
Canada
b)
Great Britain
c)
Mexico
d)
France
15.
How did Harriet Tubman free the slaves?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
cross a bridge
c)
get on a wagon and hide
d)
by boat
16.
Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Susan B Anthony
17.
Who improved the Steamboat?
a)
Eli Whhitney
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Jo Anderson
d)
John Marshall
18.
Which territory was given to the US through a treaty?
a)
Texas
b)
Oregon
c)
Florida
d)
California
19.
What county sold Louisiana to the US?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Englland
d)
Canada
20.
War with Mexico resulted in the US getting?
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
California
d)
oregon
21.
What is the Suffrage Movement?
a)
a movement for womens rights
b)
against slavery
c)
against alchohol
d)
against farming
22.
Which president bought land from France?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Monroe
c)
Washington
d)
Madison
23.
Most industrialization prior to the Civil
War was in what part of the country?
War was in what part of the country?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
east
d)
west
24.
What occurred between 1801 and 1861?
a)
vast territorial expansion
b)
American Revolution
c)
Jamestown
d)
Proclamation of 1763
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