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Unit 8 - Manifest Destiny - Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which list places the territories into the order in which they were added to the US?

a)

California, Oregon, Florida, Texas, Louisiana

b)

Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California

c)

Florida, Oregon, California, Louisiana, Texas

d)

Texas,Oregon, California, Florida, Louisiana

2.
Which territory was added through the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain?
a)

Oregon

b)

Louisiana

c)

Texas 

d)

Florida

3.

Which territory became an independent republic for 9 years before it was added to the US?

a)

Oregon

b)

Louisiana

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

4.
Which territory was added as a result of the Mexican War?
a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Florida

c)

Oregon

d)

Texas

5.
Which territory was bought from France during Thomas Jefferson's presidency?
a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Oregon

d)

Louisiana

6.

Which territory was split between Great Britain and the US? The US got the land south of the 49th parallel.

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Oregon

d)

Louisiana

7.
Which was NOT an economic opportunity that existed in the west?
a)
Gold
b)
Logging
c)
Silk production
d)
Farming
8.
Which types of waterways provided faster transportation to the west in the 1800's?
a)
Canals and rivers
b)
Oceans and seas
c)
Lakes and ponds
d)
Streams and creeks
9.

What 2 trails were developed and used by most people as they moved west?

a)

Appalachian and Tuscarora

b)

Oregon and Santa Fe

c)

Pacific Crest and John Muir

d)

Heyduke and Ozark

10.
What was the term for the idea that expansion was the right of the US?
a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Righteous Growth

c)

Sovereign Development

d)

Due Process

11.

What invention dramatically increased the need for slavery?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Mechanical Reaper

c)

Steamboat

d)

Steel Plow

12.

Who created the Claremont which made travel on the Hudson river faster and more efficient?

a)

John Deere

b)

Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

13.

What connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?

a)

Hudson Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Ontario Canal

d)

Pitt Canal

14.

What was the first gateway to the west?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Snake River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Mississippi River

15.
What is the term for a person who is the first to create something?
a)
An inventor
b)
An entrepreneur
c)
An executive
d)
A chairperson
16.
What is the term for a person who organizes resources to bring a new product to market?
a)
An inventor
b)
An entrepreneur
c)
An executive
d)
A chairperson
17.
Who's invention caused an increase in the demand for cotton and slave labor?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Jo Anderson
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Eli Whitney
18.
What two men worked to develop and market the reaper?
a)

Fulton and Whitney

b)

Howard and Grossman

c)

Anderson and McCormick

d)

Laurel and Hardy

19.
What did Robert Fulton invent?  It provided faster river both with and against the river current?
a)
The steam locomotive
b)
The automobile
c)
The steamboat
d)
The river flatboat
20.
How did the steam locomotive impact travel in the 1800's?
a)
It made it cleaner and better for the environment
b)
It provided faster land travel
c)
It caused people to want to stay east
d)
It wasn't invented until the 1900's

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