WorksheetsUSI 8
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which vocabulary word means "someone who improves a product or service to make a profit"?
entrepreneur
advocate
inventor
suffrage
Which vocabulary word means "someone who is the first to think of or make something"?
advocate
inventor
entrepreneur
republic
_________ was added to the United States after it became an independent republic?
New Mexico
Florida
California
Texas
Which vocabulary word means "the movement to end slavery"?
republic
migration
abolition
suffrage
Which vocabulary word means "a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy"?
abolition
advocate
annex
deprive
Which vocabulary word means "the right to vote"?
abolition
deprive
suffrage
advocate
War with _________ resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
Britain
Spain
France
Mexico
What was the Trail of Tears?
The Oregon Trail
The trail where Cherokee were forced to march from their homes to Indian Territory.
The trail where Cherokee migrated from the Great Lakes to the Southeast.
The trail where Cherokee moved to San Francisco looking for gold.
Frederick Douglass wanted _______.
to help slave children.
money
to be a land owner.
justice for slaves.
Which invention increased the need for slave labor?
reaper
cotton gin
steam engine
steel plow
Which invention increased the productivity of the American farmer?
reaper
cotton gin
steam locomotive
steamboat
Which invention connected southern farms and plantations to northern industries and western territories?
reaper
cotton gin
steam locomotive
steamboat
Which invention provided faster land transportation?
the Conestoga wagon
the steam locomotive
the steamboat
the combine thersher and reaper
What did the North specialize in?
Manufactured Goods (Industry)
Agricultural (Farming)
What did the South specialize in?
Manufactured Goods (Industry)
Agricultural (Farming)
____ was the movement to end slavery in America.
The Suffrage Movement
The Abolition Movement
The Emancipation Movement
The Citizen's Rights Movement
Select ALL that apply:
Abolitionists believed slavery ___.
was morally wrong
was cruel and inhumane
was a violation of the principals of democracy
should be ended immediately
would eventually fade out
Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which abolitionist wrote the North Star Newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans and women to better their lives?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Susan B. Anthony
Which abolitionist wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Susan B. Anthony
____ believed men and women were created equal and that women should be given the same rights as men.
The Suffrage Movement
The Abolition Movement
The Women's Power Movement
The Citizen's Rights Movement
____ was a former enslaved African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
____ was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
Who was a leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Select ALL that apply:
Suffragists believed that women ___.
had all the rights they deserved
were deprived opportunities in higher education
were denied equal business opportunities
had limited rights to own property
should be able to vote
The Louisiana Purchase ______________ the size of the US.
Doubled
Tripled
Quadrupled
Quintupled
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from...
Great Britain
Spain
Mexico
France
Spain gave what territory to the US?
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Oregon was divided between the United States and...
France
Great Britain
Mexico
Russia
People moved west because ___.
taxes were getting too high in the east
they could get cheap, fertile land
they did not like living on the coast
the land was too fertile in the east
What is the idea that the US should stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?
Glennifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Emancipation
Bill of Rights
Which overland trail stretched over 2,000 miles to the Pacific Northwest region?
Santa Fe Trail
Arizona Trail
Washington Trail
Oregon Trail
Who invented the cotton gin?
Jo Anderson
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Which TWO individuals invented the reaper?
Jo Anderson
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
Jack Brown
Who improved the design of the steamboat?
Peter Cooper
Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Which of the following were leaders of the abolitionist movement? (SELECT 3)
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Susan B. Anthony
Which of the following were leaders of the women's suffrage movement? (SELECT 3)
Martha Washington
Isabella (Sojourner) Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
