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USI 8

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which vocabulary word means "someone who improves a product or service to make a profit"?

a)

entrepreneur

b)

advocate

c)

inventor

d)

suffrage

2.

Which vocabulary word means "someone who is the first to think of or make something"?

a)

advocate

b)

inventor

c)

entrepreneur

d)

republic

3.

_________ was added to the United States after it became an independent republic?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Florida

c)

California

d)

Texas

4.

Which vocabulary word means "the movement to end slavery"?

a)

republic

b)

migration

c)

abolition

d)

suffrage

5.

Which vocabulary word means "a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy"?

a)

abolition

b)

advocate

c)

annex

d)

deprive

6.

Which vocabulary word means "the right to vote"?

a)

abolition

b)

deprive

c)

suffrage

d)

advocate

7.

War with _________ resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.

a)

Britain

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Mexico

8.

What was the Trail of Tears?

a)

The Oregon Trail

b)

The trail where Cherokee were forced to march from their homes to Indian Territory.

c)

The trail where Cherokee migrated from the Great Lakes to the Southeast.

d)

The trail where Cherokee moved to San Francisco looking for gold.

9.
What legislation is pushed through Congress by President Andrew Jackson in an attempt to remove Native Americans?
a)
Treaty of Indian Springs
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Treaty of New York
10.
Who did President Jefferson send to explore the West?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Dr. Marcus Whitman
c)
Lewis and Clark
11.

Frederick Douglass wanted _______.

a)

to help slave children.

b)

money

c)

to be a land owner.

d)

justice for slaves.

12.
Was published by William Lloyd Garrison
a)
The Liberator
b)
The North Star
c)
Harper's Weekly
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
13.

Which invention increased the need for slave labor?

a)

reaper

b)

cotton gin

c)

steam engine

d)

steel plow

14.

Which invention increased the productivity of the American farmer?

a)

reaper

b)

cotton gin

c)

steam locomotive

d)

steamboat

15.

Which invention connected southern farms and plantations to northern industries and western territories?

a)

reaper

b)

cotton gin

c)

steam locomotive

d)

steamboat

16.

Which invention provided faster land transportation?

a)

the Conestoga wagon

b)

the steam locomotive

c)

the steamboat

d)

the combine thersher and reaper

17.

What did the North specialize in?

a)

Manufactured Goods (Industry)

b)

Agricultural (Farming)

18.

What did the South specialize in?

a)

Manufactured Goods (Industry)

b)

Agricultural (Farming)

19.

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

a)

The Suffrage Movement

b)

The Abolition Movement

c)

The Emancipation Movement

d)

The Citizen's Rights Movement

20.

Select ALL that apply:

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

a)

was morally wrong

b)

was cruel and inhumane

c)

was a violation of the principals of democracy

d)

should be ended immediately

e)

would eventually fade out

21.

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

22.

Which abolitionist wrote the North Star Newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans and women to better their lives?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Susan B. Anthony

23.

Which abolitionist wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Susan B. Anthony

24.

____ believed men and women were created equal and that women should be given the same rights as men.

a)

The Suffrage Movement

b)

The Abolition Movement

c)

The Women's Power Movement

d)

The Citizen's Rights Movement

25.

____ was a former enslaved African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

e)

Frederick Douglass

26.

____ was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all.

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Susan B. Anthony

e)

Frederick Douglass

27.

Who was a leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

28.

Select ALL that apply:

Suffragists believed that women ___.

a)

had all the rights they deserved

b)

were deprived opportunities in higher education

c)

were denied equal business opportunities

d)

had limited rights to own property

e)

should be able to vote

29.

The Louisiana Purchase ______________ the size of the US.

a)

Doubled

b)

Tripled

c)

Quadrupled

d)

Quintupled

30.

Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from...

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

France

31.

Spain gave what territory to the US?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Alabama

c)

Florida

d)

South Carolina

32.

Oregon was divided between the United States and...

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Mexico

d)

Russia

33.

People moved west because ___.

a)

taxes were getting too high in the east

b)

they could get cheap, fertile land

c)

they did not like living on the coast

d)

the land was too fertile in the east

34.

What is the idea that the US should stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?

a)

Glennifest Destiny

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Emancipation

d)

Bill of Rights

35.

Which overland trail stretched over 2,000 miles to the Pacific Northwest region?

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Arizona Trail

c)

Washington Trail

d)

Oregon Trail

36.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

37.

Which TWO individuals invented the reaper?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Jack Brown

38.

Who improved the design of the steamboat?

a)

Peter Cooper

b)

Jo Anderson

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

39.

Which of the following were leaders of the abolitionist movement? (SELECT 3)

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Susan B. Anthony

40.

Which of the following were leaders of the women's suffrage movement? (SELECT 3)

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Isabella (Sojourner) Truth

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton