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Reshaping America 1800-1860

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the best way to describe the relationship between the Plan tribes?
a)
Consistent conflict
b)
Did not see each other
c)
Worked together
d)
Only traded with them
2.
To maintain security in New Mexico how did Spain mange their relationship with the Indigenous People?
a)
Fought the Indigenous People
b)
Gave the Indigenous People gifts
c)
Pushed the Indigenous People off the land
d)
Did not have any issues with the Indigenous People
3.
People who favored territorial growth
a)
Transcendentalist
b)
Temperance
c)
American Expansionists
d)
Abolitionists
4.
What led to the increase amount of setters along the border of the United States and Mexico?
a)
Gold was found there
b)
Mexico started to create military forts there
c)
Missions were built there
d)
The trade between the two countries
5.
Why is the story of the Donner Party different then others?
a)
They got stuck in the mountains turning to cannibalisms
b)
They got stuck in the mountains and were saved
c)
They had not problems the whole journey
d)
The leader of the group kept good notes
6.
What present-day state did the Mormons settle in?
a)
New Mexico
b)
Utah
c)
Texas
d)
Oklahoma
7.
What type of government did General Santa Anna?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Authoritarian
d)
Utopian
8.
What was Sam Houston's view on annexation?
a)
Thought he did not have the power to say
b)
Thought Texas should stay with Mexico
c)
Thought Texas should stay independent
d)
Thought Texas should join the United States
9.
Why did Polk compromise and split the Orgon territory with Britain?
a)
Did not want to be fighting two wars
b)
That was his goal even during the election
c)
He got money from Britian
d)
He believed the land in Canada was not good
10.
The religious awakening during the 1800s was called what?
a)
Manifest Density
b)
Second Great Awakening
c)
Evangelical
d)
Transcendentalist
11.
What is Not a way that African Americans viewed religion?
a)
Related to the story of the Isralites
b)
Giving eternal life after a life time of impression
c)
It is what they used to do back in Africa
d)
Related their life to their hymns
12.
Saw God as a single divine being
a)
Mormons
b)
Evangelical
c)
Catholics
d)
Unitarians
13.
What was Not a part of life for the shakers?
a)
Having children
b)
Taking in orphans
c)
Living in houses divided by gender
d)
Specialized in quality crafts
14.
What is one rule that Mann help create for public schools?
a)
Students need to be in school till grade 12
b)
All children must attend school
c)
There needs to be national tests
d)
Students need to be in school for 8 hours a day
15.
What was Not a role of an overseer?
a)
Manage the enslaved people
b)
Beatings
c)
Buying and selling slaves
d)
Vocal threats
16.
Where are Two places that slaves would run to be free?
a)
Cananda
b)
East
c)
West
d)
Mexico
17.
What inspired Nat Turner to lead a revolt?
a)
Got messages from God
b)
His acquaintances encouraged him
c)
Had read about Haiti and wanted to try
d)
He had been a commander in the army
18.
Why were women not completely economy free
a)
They did not have jobs
b)
Pay went to fathers or husbands
c)
Jobs they worked did not pay
d)
Their job was in the home taking care of the children
19.
The Seneca Falls Convention ended with what progressive document?
a)
19th Amendment
b)
Married Women's Act
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Declaration of Independence
20.
What document guaranteed many property rights for women
a)
19th Amendment
b)
Declaration of Sentiments
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Married Women's Act