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Chapter 10.2 QUIZ: Westward Bound

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A census is a

a)

artificial waterway

b)

document giving sole legal rights to an invention

c)

road that a person pays to use

d)

official count of the population

2.

A road that one must pay to use is called a

a)

canal

b)

corduroy road

c)

turnpikes

d)

census

3.

He designed the Clermont

a)

James Monroe

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

De Witt Clinton

4.

He led a group in the development of the Erie Canal

a)

James Monroe

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

De Witt Clinton

5.

He invented the cotton gin

a)

stock

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

capital

d)

Lowell girls

e)

Eli Whitney

6.

Under capitalism, individuals put their ____________ into a business in the hopes to make a profit.

a)

hopes and dreams

b)

labor

c)

capital

d)

blood, sweat, and tears

7.
Who developed the steamboat Clermont?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Daniel Webster
d)
Robert Fulton
e)
Eli Whitney
8.

Steamboats caused an increase of business to river cities such as Cincinnati, Louisville, and Pittsburgh.

a)

TRUE

b)

Who's to say

c)

False

9.

An artificial waterway is called a ________ .

a)
turnpikes
b)
canals
c)
locks
d)
national roads
e)
shelves
10.
What are separate canal compartments where water levels were raised or lowered?
a)
turnpikes
b)
canals
c)
locks
d)
national roads
e)
shelves
11.

Decide weather each statement is an advantage or disadvantage of river travel in the 1800's.

Categorize the following

more comfrotable

barges could carry larger loads

rivers flowed in a north-south direction

traveling upstream was slow and difficult

ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE