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Ch. 13 - The Nation Grows

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following led to the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The switch to farming.

b)

Textile machines.

c)

Jackson's Presidency

d)

The use of slavery on plantations.

2.

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

Canada

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

3.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

Women were allowed to vote in the early 1800s

b)

People owned automobiles in the early 1800s

c)

Less people were moving to cities to work in factories in the 1800s

d)

More people were working in factories in the 1800s

4.

Which of the following inventions had to do with transportation?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Reaper

c)

Steam Engine

d)

Steel Plow

5.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

Robert Fulton

6.

What did the Indian Removal Act do?

a)

Move the Native Americans back east of the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

Force Native Americans to work on plantations.

c)

Force Native Americans to go live in land in the west.

d)

None of the above.

7.

Indians living in North Carolina were relocated to Indian Territory in present day ...

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Oklahoma

8.

Which of the following is the route that over 300,000 pioneers traveled to go west?

a)

Cumberland Gap

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

d)

Mormon Trail

9.

Who invented interchangeable parts?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Peter Cooper

d)

John Deere

10.

Who invented the reaper?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

Peter Cooper

11.

Who invented the steel plow?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Peter Cooper

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

John Deere

12.

Who invented the steam-driven train?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Peter Cooper

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

John Deere

13.

Andrew Jackson was seen as the candidate for ....

a)

the slave population

b)

the wealthy plantation owners

c)

the common man

d)

lawyers and businessmen

14.

What was a reason that people decided to move west?

a)

for cheaper land

b)

religious freedom

c)

to search for gold

d)

all of the above

15.

What do you call a large group of wagons carrying the settlers west?

a)

Westward Wagon Wheels

b)

Passing Through Pioneers

c)

Wagon Train

d)

Settler Stampede

16.

The Gold Rush led to ________________________ becoming a state.

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

New Mexico

d)

Arizona

17.

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war?

a)

Treaty of Mexico

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of San Jacinto

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

18.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

the goal to have slavery in all states

b)

the goal to make all states free of slavery

c)

the goal to spread the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

d)

the goal to make all land free

19.

This was the name of a mission in San Antonio, Texas where Mexican troops defeated Texan defenders in 1836.

a)

San Jacinto

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Alamo

d)

Del Rey

20.

Which president signed the Indian Removal Act?

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Andrew Jackson

21.

What was the name of fur trappers of the western mountains during the 1800s?

a)

Terrain Trappers

b)

Mountain Men

c)

Hair Hunters

22.

What crop became Ameria's largest export?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Rice

c)

Wheat/Grains

d)

Cotton

23.

Eli Whitney was hired by the U.S. Government to make 10,000 of this item.

a)

Cotton Gins

b)

Guns

c)

Steel Plows

d)

Reapers

24.

In 1811, the federal government began building this road to connect Ohio with the East. By 1833, it stretched from Cumberland, Maryland to Columbus, Ohio. It later became themost heavily traveled road in the United States.

a)

Federal Raod

b)

Cross Country Road

c)

National Road

d)

Steam Road

25.

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked and the goods that were produced in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False