WorksheetsUnit 2 Social Studies Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What were the motives for territorial expansion in the early 1800s?
The east coast was not providing enough for the growing population.
The idea of Manifest Destiny
There was a desire for cheap fertile land.
All options are correct
Read the statements below and decide which region of the United States in the 1830s is being described?
• Cash crops were cotton and tobacco.
• Plantation agriculture dominated its economy.
• Most of the population lived on scattered farms.
South
West
North
Which territorial gain covered the area between the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains?
Florida Cession
Oregon Territory
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
What technology allowed travel to places rivers did not run and made New York City the country's biggest and most prosperous city?
Railroads
Canals: the Erie Canal
Covered Wagons
Steamboats
Why did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act in 1830?
Congress felt that Native Americans were being treated unfairly on their lands
Native Americans were attacking colonies nearby their tribal territories.
Native Americans occupied many desirable lands inside national borders.
Congress wanted to move natives to better lands than their ancestral homes.
Read the statements below and decide which region of the United States in 1850 they are describing?
• most farmed, but many left farms to work in the growing number of mills and factories
• cold winters and poor soil led to commerce, shipbuilding, and fishing
West
North
South
The move from producing goods by hand to producing them by machine is called...
Productivity
Industrialization
Slater System
Spoils System
What technology was used during the Industrial Revolution to pave the way for mass production?
nullification
interchangeable parts
traditional economy
market revolution
The adoption of the factory system signaled a national move toward a...
traditional economy
Second Great Awakening
market economy
The market economy had both a positive and negative impact. A positive impact was that living standards improved. What was a negative impact?
workers had to work for low wages and long hours in unsafe conditions
workers left the factory to go to farms
workers had more money to spend on other goods
productivity increased
What document took a unilateral approach to warn that “the American continents” were closed to “future colonization by any European powers”?
Monroe Doctrine
Gadsden Doctrine
Jackson Act
Sherman Act
How did some Indian tribes resist removal from their land?
The addition of new territories for the U.S. allowed the Indians to be accepted into the white culture.
They were happy to give up their land and culture.
Some turned to armed resistance and some used the Supreme Court to help keep their land.
Some turned to other tribes to band together to defeat anyone who tried to take their land.
The period of renewed religious fervor among Christians in the U.S during 1785 to 1835 is known as:
The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Dawning
The Dawning of Time
The Second Mindset Change
How did reform and Jacksonian democracy affect education?
It called for more of the elite to go to school.
It called for more school for adults.
It believed that school should not be free and children needed to pass an exam to get in to the school.
It believed that free, public education would strengthen democracy and help young people escape poverty.
In what ways did abolitionists try to end slavery?
Congress banned importation of slaves in 1808.
Abolitionists gave speeches and wrote pamphlets.
The North formed several antislavery societies and used the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape.
All options are correct
