WorksheetsMoving West - Chapter 11, Lesson 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An official count of a population
census
capitalism
democracy
patent
a toll road
capital
turnpike
interstate
canal
Inventor of the steamboat
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Fulton
Elias Howe
Boats are raised and lowered in a canal using a system of _______.
elevators
mechanical boat lifts
locks
levees
These roads were built in muddy or swampy areas by laying logs side-by-side.
canals
log flumes
turnpikes
corduroy roads
The ___________ was the first road built with money from the federal government.
Federal Road
Wilderness Road
National Road
Vandalia Road
People moving west often settled on or near
rivers.
railroad tracks.
factories.
the Atlantic Ocean.
Boone built Wilderness Road through the ________________.
Warrior's Path
Cumberland Gap
National Road
Erie Canal
Which one is NOT a reason how steamboats changed river travel?
transportation easier and more comfortable
shipping goods were cheaper and faster
river cities grew
shipping goods were more expensive
___________ created a road using an old Native American hunting path.
Franis Cabot Lowell
Daniel Boone
Robert Livingston
Robert Fulton
Pioneer women in the west would often get together for _________ parties.
corn husking
baking
sewing
Christmas
The _____________ was 363 miles in length and connected Buffalo to New York City.
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Mississippi River
When was the first census in the US taken?
1750
1790
1800
1820
River cities (St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc) began to grow with the creation of ____________ as a means of transportation.
steamboats
interchangeable parts
railroads
canals
