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1800-1850 Test Review

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was Scajawea?
a)
A Shoshone woman
b)
A translator
c)
A woman who helped Lewis & Clark
d)
All of the Above
2.
What was the name given to the land we bought from France?
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Lewiston
c)
Idaho
d)
Western Purchase
3.
Which president sent Lewis & Clark on their expedition? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Abraham Lincoln
4.
What was the agreement that settled Louisiana's Eastern and Western borders in 1819?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Transcontinental Treaty
c)
Trick or Treaty
d)
The Louisiana Purchase
5.

Laissez-faire means...

a)

natural rights

b)

iron law of wages

c)

leave it alone

d)

tabula rasa

6.

Which of the following wars was the first we declared as the United States of America?

a)

American Revolution

b)

French and Indian War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Civil War

7.

Mark all that apply. These are EVENTS leading up to the War of 1812.

a)

Impressments

b)

The attack on the USS Chesapeake

c)

Attacks on the USS Philadelphia

d)

Britain giving guns to Native Americans

8.

Who wrote the "STAR SPANGLED BANNER," after witnessing the bombing of Fort McHenry?

a)

Francis Scott Key

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Scot Francis Keynote

d)

Oliver Hazzard Perry

9.

Who was our President during the War of 1812?

a)

Madison

b)

Jefferson

c)

Monroe

d)

Washington

10.
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was against what Native American tribe?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Chickasaw
c)
Shawnee
d)
Creek
11.
True or False: The United States and Britain had already signed a peace treaty when the Battle of New Orleans occurred.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False: The British burned the White House when they marched into Washington August 24, 1814.
a)
True 
b)
False
13.
Which former First Lady famously saved the portrait of George Washington before the British burned the President's House.
a)
Abigail Adams
b)
Martha Washington
c)
Martha Jefferson
d)
Dolley Madison
14.

Who invented the cotton gin that cleaned the seeds from cotton?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Jo Anderson

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

15.
Who improved the steamboat?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Jo Anderson
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Robert Fulton
16.

Who invented the reaper?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Robert McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

17.
What is the negative effect of the cotton gin?
a)
Increased the need for slave labor
b)
increased the price of cotton
c)
decreased the need for slaves
d)
decreased the price of fabric
18.
What provided faster land travel?
a)
Steam boat
b)
Steam Locomotive
c)
ships
d)
cars
19.
Match the person to the invention: Robert Fulton
a)
Steam-powered locomotive 
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
20.
Match the person to the invention: Peter Cooper
a)
Steam-powered locomotive 
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
21.
Match the person to the invention: Samuel Morse
a)
Steam-powered locomotive 
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
22.
Match the person to the invention: John Deere
a)
Steam-powered locomotive 
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
23.
Match the person to the invention: Robert/Cyrus McCormick
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
24.
Match the person to the invention: Elias Howe/Isaac Singer
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
25.

Match the person to the invention: Samuel Slater

a)

Began the first American spinning mill

b)

Interchangeable Parts

c)

Sewing Machine

d)

Mechanical Reaper

26.

Match the person to the invention: Eli Whitney

a)

Textile Mills

b)

Morse Code

c)

Sewing Machine

d)

Cotton Gin

27.
What was so helpful about the cotton gin?
a)
Made picking cotton faster
b)
Helped ship cotton to the north faster
c)
Cleaned cotton quickly
d)
Helped decrease slavery
28.
The economy is the south is based on what?
a)
Industry
b)
Agriculture
29.
City with lots of people and man-made buildings
a)
Rural 
b)
Urban
30.
Boom in inventions and factories that led to an increase in the production of finished goods
a)
Manifest Destiny 
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Gold Rush
d)
Cotton Gin
31.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
32.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
33.
People choosing to move west were called...
a)
Pioneers
b)
Native Americans
c)
Slaves
d)
Travelers 
34.
Between 1840 and 1860 what route did people choose to travel on?
a)
Idaho Trail
b)
West Route
c)
Pioneer Road
d)
Oregon Trail
35.
What did people use to travel as a way to carry their supplies?
a)
Car
b)
Wagon
c)
Train
d)
Ship
36.
Which of the following is something that a pioneer would have eaten? 
a)
Popcorn
b)
Steak
c)
Chocolate
d)
Fish or Bread
37.
All pioneers made it to Orgeon and no one died on the trail.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
How would a Pioneer have gotten food?
a)
Fishing
b)
Hunting
c)
Trading
d)
All of the above
39.
Which of the following states did the Oregon Trail pass through?
a)
New York
b)
Idaho
c)
Flordia
d)
Texas
40.

The Santa Fe Trail was an important trail between ___________ and _____________.

a)

Wichita and Mexico

b)

the United States and Mexico

c)

the United States and Santa Fe

d)

Santa Fe and Mexico

41.

How did Mexico become its own country?

a)

Mexico won its freedom from Spain.

b)

Spain did not want Mexico anymore.

c)

Mexico became a part of the United States.

d)

The United States told Spain to leave Mexico alone.

42.

Select ALL the items people of Mexico wanted from the United States?

a)

candle molds

b)

slate pencils

c)

fabric

d)

wheat

43.
President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.
a)
Cherokee
b)
Iroquois
c)
Souix
d)
Red Hawks
44.
Gold was discovered in the lands that belonged to
a)
Cherokee
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Seminole
d)
Alexander Hamilton
45.
The Cherokee took the state of ____________ to the Supreme Court.
a)
Alabama
b)
Georgia
c)
Florida
d)
Lousiana
46.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move
a)
to Oklahoma
b)
to Florida
c)
to the Louisiana Purchase
d)
to Canada
47.
_________  in 1830 authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river to lands in the west.
a)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
None of the above
48.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
49.
The United States government decided to move the Native Americans from their land to the
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
50.
The land west of the ______________ was thought to be worthless.
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Rocky Mountains
51.
About __________________ Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears.
a)
400
b)
1500
c)
4000
d)
15000
52.
Some Native Americans moved peacefully to the new land.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
Temperance is... 
a)
women fighting against the use of alcohol. 
b)
women fighting for their right to vote. 
c)
the ban on slave labor. 
d)
the writing of new legislation. 
54.
Children were used for... 
a)
interns. 
b)
lab rats. 
c)
manual labor. 
d)
tiny bosses in tiny suits. 
55.
Women fighting for the right to vote was called... 
a)
rumbling. 
b)
prohibition. 
c)
temperance. 
d)
suffrage. 
56.
The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to — 
a)
ban the spread of slavery to new territories 
b)
decrease the consumption of alcohol
c)
gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons
d)
create a self-sufficient utopian society
57.
Participation in the __________ movement expanded the participation of women in social reform.
a)
Temperance
b)
Transcendentalist 
c)
Education
d)
Manifest Destiny
58.
What movement was started because of alcohol abuse in America?
a)
Women's Rights
b)
Abolition
c)
Temperance 
d)
Second Great Awakening
59.
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
60.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
61.
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
62.
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 
63.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "suffrage?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Women's Rights Movement
64.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "School?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Termperance Movement
65.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "jails?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
66.

What were gold hunters also known as?

a)

Forty niners

b)

gold lookers

c)

East Coast Miners

67.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
68.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Mrs. Ross
69.
Why was Louisiana Purchase important to Expansionists?
a)
Expanded Slavery 
b)
Ended Manifest Destiny 
c)
Started Manifest Destiny
d)
Ended Slavery 
70.
Why did people rush to California?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
Silver 
c)
Gold
d)
Beaver Pelts 
71.
Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?
a)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
The Annexation of Texas
c)
The Mexican Cession
d)
The Joint Resolution
72.
We signed what treaty in 1848?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidaldo
b)
Treaty of Velasco
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
None of these are correct
73.
Who won the Battle of the Alamo?
a)
Mexico
b)
Texans
74.
What is the significance of the Battle of the Alamo?
a)
This was a symbol of bravery.
b)
They wanted to fight what they believed in.
c)
Gave them more reasons to break away from Mexico.
d)
All of the above.
75.

What year did the battle take place?

a)

1924

b)

1903

c)

1873

d)

1836

76.
Where is the location of the Alamo?
a)
Santa Anna, Texas
b)
San Angelo, Texas
c)
San Felipe, Texas
d)
San Antonio, Texas
77.
What fort did the Americans take control of?
a)
The Alamo
b)
Fort McKenney
c)
Fort Knox
d)
Fort Sumnter
78.
What year did Texas become a state in the United States of America?
a)
1936
b)
1845
c)
1836
d)
1821
79.
Who lived in California first?       
a)
A. Native Americans             
b)
B.  Europeans
c)
C. Californians
80.
When did California become a state?
a)
Septermber 9, 1850
b)
September 9, 1950
c)
September 9, 1980
d)
September 9, 1890
81.

An era of reform- Irish.....

a)

Came across the Pacific to work in the West US.

b)

Moved into the Upper MIdwest, worked in kines and became farmers

c)

Left due to famine in their country, went to Urban areas of the Northeast

d)

Left country due to revolution there, settled in the Midwest and were farmers

82.

An era of reform- Germans.....

a)

Came across the Pacific to work in the West US.

b)

Moved into the Upper MIdwest, worked in kines and became farmers

c)

Left due to famine in their country, went to Urban areas of the Northeast

d)

Left country due to revolution there, settled in the Midwest and were farmers

83.

An era of reform- Scandinavians.....

a)

Came across the Pacific to work in the West US.

b)

Moved into the Upper MIdwest, worked in kines and became farmers

c)

Left due to famine in their country, went to Urban areas of the Northeast

d)

Left country due to revolution there, settled in the Midwest and were farmers

84.

An era of reform- Chinese.....

a)

Came across the Pacific to work in the West US.

b)

Moved into the Upper MIdwest, worked in kines and became farmers

c)

Left due to famine in their country, went to Urban areas of the Northeast

d)

Left country due to revolution there, settled in the Midwest and were farmers

85.

Teacher training schools improved learning; schools for deaf and blind is what movement

a)

Prison Reform

b)

Education Reform

c)

Abolition Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

86.

Leaders worked for women to earn the right to vote is what movement

a)

Prison Reform

b)

Education Reform

c)

Abolition Movement

d)

Women's Rights/Suffrage

87.

Leaders's blamed society's problem on alcohol and worked to ban it is what movement

a)

Prison Reform

b)

Education Reform

c)

Temperance Movement

d)

Women's Rights/Suffrage

88.

Dorothy Dix worked to improve life for prisoners is what movement

a)

Prison Reform

b)

Education Reform

c)

Temperance Movement

d)

Women's Rights/Suffrage

89.

Worked to abolish slavery in the entire United States is what movement?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Freedom Movement

c)

Abolition Movement

d)

Suffrage Movement

90.
What was the Second Great Awakening? 
a)
Religious Revival 
b)
A major decline in religion
c)
Increased effort of embargo and tariffs 
d)
Alliances made with other countries
91.
What is temperance?
a)
Abstinence from alcoholic drink
b)
The study of temperatures
c)
The removal of slavery
d)
The right to vote
92.

What did the Second Great Awakening help create?

a)

The era of reform

b)

The Mexican War

c)

The Louisiana Purchase

93.

Which of the following was NOT one of Thomas Jefferson's beliefs

a)

Limit power of the federalists

b)

Political unity through individual independence

c)

Laissez faire economic approach

d)

The government should not buy Louisiana Territory

94.

Which of the following were Thomas Jefferson's achievements -CLICK ALL THAT ARE

a)

Storm Windows

b)

The Mansion of Monticello

c)

Invented the telegraph

d)

Dumbwaiters