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Moving West - Chapter 11, Lesson 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An official count of a population

a)

census

b)

capitalism

c)

democracy

d)

patent

2.

a toll road

a)

capital

b)

turnpike

c)

interstate

d)

canal

3.

Inventor of the steamboat

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Elias Howe

4.

Boats are raised and lowered in a canal using a system of _______.

a)

elevators

b)

mechanical boat lifts

c)

locks

d)

levees

5.

These roads were built in muddy or swampy areas by laying logs side-by-side.

a)

canals

b)

log flumes

c)

turnpikes

d)

corduroy roads

6.

The ___________ was the first road built with money from the federal government.

a)

Federal Road

b)

Wilderness Road

c)

National Road

d)

Vandalia Road

7.

People moving west often settled on or near

a)

rivers.

b)

railroad tracks.

c)

factories.

d)

the Atlantic Ocean.

8.

Boone built Wilderness Road through the ________________.

a)

Warrior's Path

b)

Cumberland Gap

c)

National Road

d)

Erie Canal

9.
What is a canal?
a)
steamboat
b)
waterway built by people
c)
immigrant
d)
explorer
10.

Which one is NOT a reason how steamboats changed river travel?

a)

transportation easier and more comfortable

b)

shipping goods were cheaper and faster

c)

river cities grew

d)

shipping goods were more expensive

11.
A problem with river travel was _______________.
a)
moving upstream against the current was slow
b)
it was uncomfortable
c)
seasickness 
d)
less popular
12.
Traveling by land was rough, bumpy, and __________________.  
a)
easier to carry large loads
b)
more comfortable
c)
quicker
d)
hard to carry large loads
13.
The government-funded road connecting Ohio to the East was called the __________________.
a)
National Road
b)
Ohio Road
c)
East Road
d)
International Road
14.

___________ created a road using an old Native American hunting path.

a)

Franis Cabot Lowell

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Robert Livingston

d)

Robert Fulton

15.

Pioneer women in the west would often get together for _________ parties.

a)

corn husking

b)

baking

c)

sewing

d)

Christmas

16.

The _____________ was 363 miles in length and connected Buffalo to New York City.

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Hudson River

d)

Mississippi River

17.
What four states were added during 1791 and 1803?
a)
Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee 
b)
Florida, Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina
c)
Alaska, California, Wyoming, and  Maine
d)
Ohio, New Jersey, Vermont and Canada
18.
When families gathered for social events
a)
men gambled and women cooked
b)
men played sports and women watched
c)
men cooked and women relaxed
d)
men played sports and women had sewing parties
19.

When was the first census in the US taken?

a)

1750

b)

1790

c)

1800

d)

1820

20.

River cities (St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc) began to grow with the creation of ____________ as a means of transportation.

a)

steamboats

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

railroads

d)

canals