WorksheetsAmerican Identity, Industrial Revolution , Westward Movement
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who was responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France?
Napoleon
President Thomas Jefferson
President George Washington
Native Americans
Who were the men chosen by President Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and land all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Sacagawea and Francis Scott Key
Eli Whitney and William Clark
None of the choices is correct
The United States and Great Britain went to war in 1812. What was the name of the war?
American Revolution
French and Indian War
War of 1812
Civil War
Check ALL the reasons, or causes, of the War of 1812.
Britain places trade restrictions on the United States.
Britain forced American soldiers into the British Navy.
Britain wanted control of the Louisiana Territory.
Britain tried to get Native Americans to side with them again the U.S.
During the War of 1812, who wrote the poem that became our National Anthem?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Scott Key
No one knows who wrote the poem
What is the name of our National Anthem?
1812 Hymn
Star Spangled Banner
Star Spangled Flag
Oh Say Can You See
In the 1700s, most people made items by hand. People who sold items from home had what was called a
home store
store front
cabin industry
cottage industry
In the 1800s, people began making cloth and other goods _________.
in factories
in small shops behind their homes
on small farms
on boats as they moved from place to place
Check ALL of the following that occurred during the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
People moved from farms to the cities.
More factories were built.
People moved from urban areas to rural areas.
Cities grew quickly.
Who invented the cotton gin?
John Deere
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Samuel Morse
How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?
It increased the demand for slavery in the South.
Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
All of the above are correct.
Look at the timeline. What would be a good title for it?
How the Cotton Gin is made
How the Erie Canal was built
Inventions from the Industrial Revolution
Inventors from the Industrial Revolution
Which of the following were improvements in transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
steamboats
canals
railroads
all of the above are correct
_______________ are people who live in a country in which they were not born.
pioneers
merchants
immigrants
Native Americans
The Transcontinental Railroad connected which parts of the United States?
north to south
east to west
south to west
south to north
The Transcontinental Railroad was built mostly by immigrants from which countries? Check two.
China
Spain
Ireland
Canada
The Transcontinental Railroad did all of the following except:
helped the economy
Give Native Americans their land back.
allowed people to travel farther distances in a shorter amount of time
made transporting goods quicker and easier
What idea does the painting "American Progress" represent?
Lady Liberty
Eastward movement
Manifest Destiny
Saving the Native Americans
The term Manifest Destiny refers to
the idea that America should reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
the idea that America should reach all the way north above Canada.
the idea that America should reach all the way south below Mexico.
The idea that America should take over Britain.
People began moving west for which of the following reasons. Check ALL that are correct.
They hoped to make more money.
They hoped for a better life
There was a lot of land for farming.
There were bigger cities with many factories.
Which word means increasing in size; such as the U.S. reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
expedition
expansion
economic
decreasing
Which word describes an area that is mostly farming or agricultural?
rural
suburban
urban
city
Which word means the process of making products, for example in a factory
economy
cottage industry
manufacturing
hand spinning
Which word describes an area with a large amount of people living in it, such as a city
rural
suburban
urban
agricultural
The word economy means the system of how money is made and used in a particular country.
True
False
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