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Chapter 11 - Growth and Expansion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a capitalist system, the government owns property and decides how to use it.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Daniel Boone, an early western pioneer, explored a Native American trail through the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The National Road helped connect the new state of Ohio with the South.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

James Monroe faced many Federalist candidates during the 1816 presidential election.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Official count of the population

a)

Lowell girls

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

census

d)

Missouri Compromise

6.

Factory workers

a)

Lowell girls

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

census

d)

Missouri Compromise

7.

Invented the cotton gin

a)

Lowell girls

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

census

d)

Missouri Compromise

8.

Maintained a balance of power in the Senate

a)

Lowell girls

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

census

d)

Missouri Compromise

9.

Economic freedom, profit, private property, and competition are the major elements of which type of economic system?

a)

businesses

b)

corporation

c)

free enterprise

d)

industrial growth

10.

How did business and government officials plan to connect New York City with the Great Lakes Region?

a)

a canal

b)

a steamboat

c)

the National Road

d)

the Wilderness Road

11.

Differences in the goals and interests of different parts of the country is called

a)

nullification

b)

sedition

c)

sectionalism

d)

racism

12.

A market where there is only one provider with sole control of the industry is called

a)

a monopoly

b)

fair trade

c)

equal protection

d)

captialism

13.

A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

cotton gin

b)

new machines and new technology

c)

farms, rivers, streams

d)

steam generator

15.

What was a significant development in the way goods were made?

a)

factory system

b)

economic factors

c)

development of mills

d)

wealthy merchant association

16.

What helped increase cotton production?

a)

steam generator

b)

factory system

c)

cotton mill

d)

cotton gin

17.

In what area did many new industrial towns develop?

a)

along mountain ranges

b)

near oceans and bays

c)

near other large towns

d)

along rivers and streams

18.

In what year was the first US census taken?

a)

1776

b)

1790

c)

1800

d)

1810

19.

Which road connected Ohio with the East?

a)

East-West Road

b)

National Road

c)

Ohio Road

20.

Which of the following called for a stop to European colonization of the Americas?

a)

Adams-Onis Treaty

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Convention of 1818

d)

Rush-Bagot Treaty