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Worksheets8.5 DBA Review- WWE, Indust, Reform
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
What was President James K. Polk's major campaign promise to his voters? Hint: This means to expand West.
Annexation of Texas
Manifest Destiny
Freedom for all slaves
Annexation of Alaska
Which religious group settled in Utah?
Mormons
Catholics
Baptists
Quakers
Which groups traveled to California in hopes of striking it rich mining for gold?
The Texans
49ers
Prospectors
Abolitionists
Which President bought the Louisiana Purchase from France?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Which river did Lewis and Clark use to navigate during their famed expedition?
Brazos River
Mississippi
Colorado River
Missouri River
Which major river does the Missouri River spill into?
Nueces River
Brazos River
Mississippi River
The Rio Grande
What does the floating woman represent in this painting?
The bringer of light and technology
Bringer of darkness
She's an angel
unknown
Where is the floating woman going in this painting?
Home
Westward
New York
Eastward
What is the floating woman bringing with her in this painting?
Nothing
Trouble
Light
Darkness
What year did the U.S.-Mexican War break out?
1845
1846
2022
1776
Why did the U.S.-Mexican War break out?
Mexico wanted to take over the United States
Texas wanted all of Mexico
There was a border dispute between Mexico and Texas
Where did Mexico believe the border between the themselves and Texas was?
Rio Grande River
Nueces River
Brazos River
The Mississippi River
Which river did the U.S. believe was the border between Texas and Mexico?
Trinity River
The Red River
Nueces River
Rio Grande
What was the land called in which the U.S. paid 15 million dollars to end the war to gain future states such as California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada?
Mexican Cession
The US-Mexican War
Treaty of Paris
Louisiana Purchase
What does Urbanization mean?
Move to the country
Stay at Home
Moving to the City
Move to a new Country
Which immigrant group moved to the United States due to the potato famine?
Chinese
Irish
Canadian
German
How did interchangeable parts change the way certain goods could be made?
It made it much harder to make goods
It made making goods much easier due to an increased amount in parts to use
It made no change to how goods were produced
Which famous invention was created by Samuel Morse and made communication much faster?
iphone
The telegraph
The mechanical reaper
The Spinning Jenny
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Alexander Graham Bell
John Gin
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Did the Cotton Gin increase the role of slavery or decrease it in the United States?
Decreased, because the machine did the work much faster
Increased, because the machine led to more slaves being needed
No change
True or False- The inventions that came out of the Industrial Revolution made things quicker and more efficiently?
True
False
How did the Second Great Awakening jumpstart the rest of the Reform Movements that followed thereafter?
It made people realize that change needed to occur in many more areas of life.
It made people realize that their lives were actually fine as is
It had no effect
What were a couple of the main goals revolving around Labor Reform?
Kids wanted longer work days to avoid going to school
A twelve hour work day and rules against using kids in factories
Older workers wanted more kids in factories so they could retire
The workers wanted longer work days so that they could make more money
What did the Abolitionist Movement stand for in America?
The movement called for the immediate freedom of all slaves
The Abolitionist Movement wanted suffrage for all women
The movement only wanted half of the slave to be freed
Which famous former slave detailed his experiences in his own autobiography?
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Marcus Garvey
Dred Scott
Which meeting place housed the Women's rights convention led by women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Los Angeles, CA
Washington, D.C.
Seneca Falls, NY
Bryan, TX
Which amendment made it legal for women to vote in the United States?
27th Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
1st Amendment
Why did the Temperance Movement want to get rid of alcohol in America?
They thought drinking soda was better for human health
The movement felt that drinking led to increased violence and crime.
They thought drinking soda was better for human health
They felt that more money could be made if alcohol was banned.
What did both the Transcendentalists believe in?
They both felt that making money and buying possessions was the secret to becoming happy.
Both felt that doing away with one's possessions and becoming one with nature was the way to inner peace
Both felt that urban life was much calmer than rural life
They disagreed on every issue
What were the two main things that Horace Mann championed in his education reform movement?
Less teachers and more students
More teachers and less students
Free school and more experienced teachers
He wanted kids to pay to attend public school
Which reformer stood for Prison Reform and for better treatment of the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Horace Mann
