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8.5 DBA Review- WWE, Indust, Reform

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was President James K. Polk's major campaign promise to his voters? Hint: This means to expand West.

a)

Annexation of Texas

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Freedom for all slaves

d)

Annexation of Alaska

2.

Which religious group settled in Utah?

a)

Mormons

b)

Catholics

c)

Baptists

d)

Quakers

3.

Which groups traveled to California in hopes of striking it rich mining for gold?

a)

The Texans

b)

49ers

c)

Prospectors

d)

Abolitionists

4.

Which President bought the Louisiana Purchase from France?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Alexander Hamilton

5.

Which river did Lewis and Clark use to navigate during their famed expedition?

a)

Brazos River

b)

Mississippi

c)

Colorado River

d)

Missouri River

6.

Which major river does the Missouri River spill into?

a)

Nueces River

b)

Brazos River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

The Rio Grande

7.

What does the floating woman represent in this painting?

a)

The bringer of light and technology

b)

Bringer of darkness

c)

She's an angel

d)

unknown

8.

Where is the floating woman going in this painting?

a)

Home

b)

Westward

c)

New York

d)

Eastward

9.

What is the floating woman bringing with her in this painting?

a)

Nothing

b)

Trouble

c)

Light

d)

Darkness

10.

What year did the U.S.-Mexican War break out?

a)

1845

b)

1846

c)

2022

d)

1776

11.

Why did the U.S.-Mexican War break out?

a)

Mexico wanted to take over the United States

b)

Texas wanted all of Mexico

c)

There was a border dispute between Mexico and Texas

12.

Where did Mexico believe the border between the themselves and Texas was?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Nueces River

c)

Brazos River

d)

The Mississippi River

13.

Which river did the U.S. believe was the border between Texas and Mexico?

a)

Trinity River

b)

The Red River

c)

Nueces River

d)

Rio Grande

14.

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?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

The US-Mexican War

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Louisiana Purchase

15.

What does Urbanization mean?

a)

Move to the country

b)

Stay at Home

c)

Moving to the City

d)

Move to a new Country

16.

Which immigrant group moved to the United States due to the potato famine?

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish

c)

Canadian

d)

German

17.

How did interchangeable parts change the way certain goods could be made?

a)

It made it much harder to make goods

b)

It made making goods much easier due to an increased amount in parts to use

c)

It made no change to how goods were produced

18.

Which famous invention was created by Samuel Morse and made communication much faster?

a)

iphone

b)

The telegraph

c)

The mechanical reaper

d)

The Spinning Jenny

19.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

John Gin

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

John Deere

20.

Did the Cotton Gin increase the role of slavery or decrease it in the United States?

a)

Decreased, because the machine did the work much faster

b)

Increased, because the machine led to more slaves being needed

c)

No change

21.

True or False- The inventions that came out of the Industrial Revolution made things quicker and more efficiently?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

How did the Second Great Awakening jumpstart the rest of the Reform Movements that followed thereafter?

a)

It made people realize that change needed to occur in many more areas of life.

b)

It made people realize that their lives were actually fine as is

c)

It had no effect

23.

What were a couple of the main goals revolving around Labor Reform?

a)

Kids wanted longer work days to avoid going to school

b)

A twelve hour work day and rules against using kids in factories

c)

Older workers wanted more kids in factories so they could retire

d)

The workers wanted longer work days so that they could make more money

24.

What did the Abolitionist Movement stand for in America?

a)

The movement called for the immediate freedom of all slaves

b)

The Abolitionist Movement wanted suffrage for all women

c)

The movement only wanted half of the slave to be freed

25.

Which famous former slave detailed his experiences in his own autobiography?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Dred Scott

26.

Which meeting place housed the Women's rights convention led by women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

a)

Los Angeles, CA

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Seneca Falls, NY

d)

Bryan, TX

27.

Which amendment made it legal for women to vote in the United States?

a)

27th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

1st Amendment

28.

Why did the Temperance Movement want to get rid of alcohol in America?

a)

They thought drinking soda was better for human health

b)

The movement felt that drinking led to increased violence and crime.

c)

They thought drinking soda was better for human health

d)

They felt that more money could be made if alcohol was banned.

29.

What did both the Transcendentalists believe in?

a)

They both felt that making money and buying possessions was the secret to becoming happy.

b)

Both felt that doing away with one's possessions and becoming one with nature was the way to inner peace

c)

Both felt that urban life was much calmer than rural life

d)

They disagreed on every issue

30.

What were the two main things that Horace Mann championed in his education reform movement?

a)

Less teachers and more students

b)

More teachers and less students

c)

Free school and more experienced teachers

d)

He wanted kids to pay to attend public school

31.

Which reformer stood for Prison Reform and for better treatment of the mentally ill?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Horace Mann