WorksheetsManifest Destiny to Reform
Total questions: 102
Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
1903
b)
1812
c)
1848
d)
1803
2.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
3.
What year did the most miners rush to California?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1852
d)
1853
4.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
5.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
6.
What piece of land was purchased in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?
a)
Mexican Cession/Trails
b)
Louisiana Territory/Canals
c)
transcontinental/Oregon Country
d)
Gadsden Purchase/Railroad
7.
Who were the Mormons?
a)
1848 when gold was found in California
b)
name given to members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
c)
Mexican General
d)
created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon
8.
Oregon Trail
a)
a route used during the US migration westward
b)
a person who went to California for the gold rush
c)
a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
d)
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
9.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
10.
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
a)
It led to war.
b)
It doubled the nation's size.
c)
It limited trade opportunities.
d)
It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.
11.
The US got Florida from
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
12.
Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
Mexico
13.
Texans fought for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
14.
A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a)
rise of big business
b)
growth of the labor movement
c)
abolitionist movement
d)
expansion and settlement of the West
15.
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
a)
End slavery in the new territories
b)
removal of European influence from South America
c)
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
secession of southern states from the nation
16.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They all brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They all increased the territory of the United States.
c)
They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
d)
They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
17.
Gibbons vs Ogden
a)
Said Fed. Govt. can't tax states
b)
Said Fed. Govt. can't regulate interstate commerce
c)
Steamboat case, only Fed. govt. can regulate interstate commerce
d)
Legalized abortion
18.
McCulluch vs Maryland
a)
States can tax Fed. government
b)
States can't tax the Federal govt.
c)
Fed. govt. can regulate interstate commerce
d)
States regulate interstate commerce
19.
John Marshal
a)
Invented the American System
b)
Invented steamboat
c)
Lead the Trail of Tears
d)
Chief Justice of Supreme Court, strengthened Fed. Govt. in early 1800s
20.
Industrial Revolution
a)
More farming in the south as slavery increases
b)
More things made by hand
c)
More things made by machine in early 1800s
d)
More slavery
21.
Eli Whitney
a)
Made steamboat
b)
Invented plow
c)
Invented the Cotton Gin and interchangeable parts
d)
Invented the telegrap
22.
Adams-Onis Treaty
a)
We get Louisiana
b)
We get Maine and Missouri
c)
We get Florida from Spain
23.
Robert Fulton
a)
His invention allowed trade to move upriver
b)
Cotton Gin
c)
His invention made slavery profitable
d)
His invention made industry possible
24.
American System
a)
Funded by Whiskey tax
b)
Funded by roads and canals
c)
Roads, Canals(Internal Improvements) funded by tariff, National Bank
d)
Roads and Bridges paid by excise taxes
25.
Missouri Compromise
a)
Missouri enters free and Maine slave
b)
Maine enters alone
c)
Missouri slave, Maine free, no slavery below 36 30 line, Congress stays equal slave and free
d)
Missouri slave, Maine free, no slavery above 36 30 line, Congress states equal slave and free
26.
Tariff of Abominations
a)
Hated by the North
b)
Hated by indutry
c)
Hated by the South, wanted to secede
d)
Lowered taxes on imports
27.
Worcester vs. Goergia
a)
Supreme Court sides with Jackson, Indians must go to Oklahoma
b)
Supreme Court sides with Jackson Indians must stay in Cherokee, NC
c)
Supreme Court sides with Indians and says Cherokee must stay in South
28.
Indian Removal Act
a)
Made by John Q. Adams
b)
Jackson moves Indians to Oklahoma
c)
Jackson moves Indians to Cherokee, NC
d)
Supported by the Supreme Court
29.
Abolition
a)
To end Slavery
b)
To free a slave
30.
Emancipation
a)
To end slavery
b)
To free a slave
31.
Dorthea Dix
a)
Leader of slave revolt
b)
Leader of women's rights convention in Seneca falls
c)
Reformed prisons and mental health
32.
2nd Great Awakening
a)
Great Industrial Movement in early 1800s
b)
Great Revival in early 1800s that lead to the early 1800s reforms
c)
Great religious revival in 1700s
33.
What happened at Seneca Falls?
a)
Steamboat wreck
b)
1st textile mill built
c)
1st women's rights convention
34.
What was the Declaration of Sentiments about?
a)
Abolition
b)
Slavery
c)
Women's rights
d)
Prison reform
35.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton were
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Prison reformers
c)
Women's rights reformers
36.
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo end?
a)
Texas War for Independence
b)
Women's suffrage
c)
War with Mexico
37.
What year was territory #3 acquired?
a)
1607
b)
1783
c)
1803
d)
1819
38.
Which area on the map was annexed by the United States?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
6
d)
4
39.
Which area on the map was part of the Mexican Cession?
a)
6
b)
8
c)
7
d)
4
40.
What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?
a)
Florida Cession
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Oregon Treaty
41.
What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Oregon Treay
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Gadsden Purchase
42.
What territory was acquired in 1783 after the American Revolution?
a)
Area 1
b)
Area 4
c)
Area 3
d)
Area 2
43.
What territory did the United States acquire after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Oregon Territory
c)
13 Colonies
d)
Ohio River Valley
44.
What was the main reason the United States went to war with Mexico?
a)
Border dispute of Texas
b)
Annexation of Texas
c)
Building of railroads in Mexican Territory
d)
Slaves running away into Mexican Territory
45.
What year was Area 7, the Mexican Cession acquired?
a)
1607
b)
1783
c)
1845
d)
1848
46.
What year was area 5, Texas Annexation acquired?
a)
1848
b)
1845
c)
1846
d)
1853
47.
How did we acquire area 4?
a)
Negotiation with Britain
b)
Conquest
c)
Florida Cession
d)
Mexican Cession
48.
a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
a)
Technology
b)
Transportation Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Interchangeable Parts
49.
What are textiles?
a)
Text that covers tiles
b)
Tiles from Texas
c)
small text messages written on paper in the 1800s
d)
fabrics, cloth items, and interweaved plant fibers
50.
What did Samuel Slater build in America?
a)
A train
b)
A tractor
c)
A water frame
d)
A textile mill
51.
What is mass production?
a)
The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.
b)
Making mass using energy according to the equation E=mc2
c)
Making lots of tractors
d)
Having lots of kids
52.
What did the Lowell system employ?
a)
unmarried men
b)
unmarried women
c)
married men
d)
slaves
53.
What was the telegraph?
a)
a device that could send information over wires across great distances using a picture
b)
a device that could send information over wires across great distances using Samuel code
c)
a device that could send information over wires across great distances using your voice
d)
a device that could send information over wires across great distances using Morse code
54.
What did John Deere design?
a)
A tractor
b)
A steel plow
c)
The mechanical reaper
d)
A train
55.
What did Cyrus McCormick develop?
a)
The mechanical reaper
b)
The grim reaper
c)
The scythe
d)
The plow
56.
What are interchangeable parts?
a)
Parts you can trade for other parts
b)
A parts exchange in New York
c)
Parts of a machine that are identical
d)
A parts exchange in Virginia
57.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made them more expensive & harder to ship
b)
made them cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people a way of transportation
58.
Railroads moved ___-_________ to factories.
a)
finished prodcuts
b)
raw materials
59.
This process made steel cheaper to make.
a)
Pythagorean
b)
Benchmark
c)
Bessemer
d)
Industrial
60.
The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the--
a)
formation of the patent system
b)
creation of labor unions
c)
use of mass-production techniques
d)
eight-hour workday
61.
How did the factory system contribute to rapid industrialization of the United States?
a)
By using slave labor to mass-produce goods
b)
By relying of skilled artisans to create custom goods
c)
By making production of goods more efficient
d)
By making the distribution of goods less costly
62.
These developments occurred as a result of increased--
a)
industrialization
b)
westward migration
c)
expansion of U.S. territory
d)
government regulation of business
63.
Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women int he early nineteenth century?
a)
Women in unions gained bargaining power with employers.
b)
The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace.
c)
Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.
d)
State governments called conventions in support of women's suffrage.
64.
Which title belongs in the center of this diagram?
a)
Technological Innovations in Manufacturing
b)
Noteworthy European Scientific Inventions
c)
Effects of the Factory System
d)
Changes in Transportation
65.
In the early 1800s, urbanization was mainly the result of the--
a)
Shortage of land for new farms
b)
federally funded national roads
c)
impact of industrialization
d)
migration of Native American Indians
66.
Which of these best completes the diagram?
a)
The demand for slaves increases in the South.
b)
More textile factories factories are established in the South.
c)
The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.
d)
More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.
67.
How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?
a)
It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.
b)
It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.
c)
It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.
d)
It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.
68.
How did the War of 1812 affect the U.S. economy?
a)
The use of federal paper currency increased.
b)
Agricultural imports increased.
c)
Imports of raw materials increased.
d)
Manufacturing increased.
69.
How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?
a)
Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
b)
Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
c)
Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers
d)
Industrialist invested in cotton plantations.
70.
During the early 1800's many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as--
a)
crew members on cargo ships
b)
cloth weavers in textile mills
c)
staff reporters for local newspapers
d)
legal counselors in state courts
71.
The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the U.S. economy by--
a)
decreasing the need for canals
b)
allowing more efficient movement of goods
c)
reducing the costs of settling in western territories
d)
transporting workers from southern states to northern states
72.
What was a result of improved steam technology in the United States as of the mid 1830's?
a)
New states were added to the Union.
b)
The population of major cities decreased.
c)
Support for Manifest Destiny grew stronger.
d)
The cost to transport goods decreased
73.
How did Samuel Morse's best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?
a)
It enabled instantaneous long distance transmission of information.
b)
It allowed manufactured goods to be produced at lower costs.
c)
It boosted the speed of cross-country mail delivery.
d)
It increased national unity by reducing sectional differences.
74.
What was one major effect of the Erie Canal on the United States in the early nineteenth century?
a)
The rapid growth of cities in the Northeast
b)
A rise in cotton exports to the United Kingdown
c)
An increase in the cost of shipping goods to Europe
d)
A decrease in trade between settlers and American Indians
75.
The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by-
a)
discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs
b)
increasing the cost of raw materials
c)
decreasing the wages of unskilled workers
d)
opening new markets for goods
76.
Which of the following was a pull factor for America in the 1840s?
a)
Advanced Medical Care
b)
Crop Failures
c)
Abundant Land
77.
Which of the following was a pull factor for America in the 1840s?
a)
Political or Religious Freedom
b)
Spread of Diseases
c)
Slavery
78.
The Southern economy has been based on agriculture since the 1600s. Which two crops have been the most significant?
a)
wheat & rice
b)
cotton & wheat
c)
tobacco & cotton
d)
rice & tobacco
79.
I published an abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator." I wanted freedom and equality for all African Americans.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Levi Coffin
80.
I was the most famous ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad. I led more than 300 slaves to freedom.
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
David Walker
d)
Nat Turner
81.
I escaped slavery and became one of America’s best speakers and writers about the horrors of slavery. I was a personal friend to Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Sojourner Truth
82.
I was a former slave who stood 6 feet tall and challenged the idea that women were the “weaker sex.”
a)
Victoria Woodhull
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Lucy Stone
d)
Angelina Grimke
83.
What religious movement led to the other reform movements?
a)
The Reformation
b)
The Second Great Awakening
c)
The Renaissance
d)
The First Great Awakening
84.
What movement was started because of alcohol abuse in America?
a)
Women's Rights
b)
Abolition
c)
Temperance
d)
Second Great Awakening
85.
Women had all of the rights below except which one?
a)
The right to vote
b)
The right to divorce
c)
The right to get custody of their children
d)
They did not have any of these rights.
86.
Which of the following was a problem that instigated the reforms?
a)
alcoholism was destroying families
b)
prisons were poorly run
c)
children lacked proper education
d)
all of the above
87.
What was a difference between the First and Second Great Awakenings?
a)
One was led by a woman and the other by a man
b)
The First said the common man did not have power in his own salvation and the second said they could
c)
The first great awakening saved animals and the second saved children
d)
They were exactly the same just at different times
88.
What is temperance?
a)
abstinence from alcoholic drink
b)
the study of temperatures
c)
a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
d)
the right to vote
89.
What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?
a)
Shelters for pets
b)
Equality for African Americans
c)
Conditions in prisons
d)
Food distribution
90.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
91.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
92.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Concention
93.
Which two women led the Women’s Rights Movement?
a)
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
b)
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth and Dorothea Dix
d)
Betsy Ross and Sacajawea
94.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
95.
Who is Dorethea Dix?
a)
a criminal
b)
a reformer
c)
a secret spy
d)
a teacher, who was moved by seeing the horrible conditions of jails and wanted to seek reform
96.
organized attempts to improve conditions of life
a)
social reform
b)
revival
c)
declaration of sentiments
d)
fugitive slave act
97.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
a)
Party
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Speech
d)
Religious Movement
98.
He was a transcendentalist and was from New England.
a)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b)
Edgar Allen Poe
c)
Herman Melville
d)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
99.
Which Transcendentalist used civil disobedience to protest taxes?
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
John Locke
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
100.
Which of the following was associated with women's sufferage?
a)
Charles Finney
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Susan B. Anthony
101.
Which of the following believed that education would lead to a productive society?
a)
Charles Finney
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Horace Mann
d)
WIlliam Lloyd Garrison
102.
Who was the leader of the education reform movement?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Horse Mann
c)
Neighhhhh
d)
Hoarse Mann
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