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US History
Unit 4 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What 2 countries were the largest source of immigrants in the 1840s? Why? | Ireland - potato blight and famine, Germany because of the Civil War |
| What 2 territories were negotiated for in France? | New Orleans and Western Florida |
| Who made the Louisiana Purchase? How? | Thomas Jefferson. right of the president to make treaties with other countries |
| What did the economy of the South rely on? | plantations and large farms |
| What did the economy of the West realy on? | small farms, agriculture |
| What did the economy of the Northeast rely on? | industry |
| What was the Oregon Trail | overland route across the West to Oregon |
| Where did the Oregon Trail begin? | Independence, Missouri |
| Where did the Oregon Trail end? | Willamette Valley, Oregon |
| What was another name given to the War of 1812? | Second War for Independence |
| What animals were used by pioneers when traveling West | horses, oxen, mules |
| What were the purposes of the Lewis & Clark Expedition? | collect data on plants & animals, establish friendly relations with the Native Americans, strengthen the US claim to the Pacific Northwest |
| What was Andrew Jackson's policy toward Native Americans? | Removal to land west of the Missippi |
| Where did Andrew Jackson remove them to? | Oklahoma |
| Why were Native Americans removesd from the Southeast? | land, gold, belief in their racial inferiority |
| What did the Missouri Compromise do? | admitted Main as a free state, Missouri as a slave state and established the slave boundary |
| What gains were made during the 19rh century women's movement? | control over property, partial custody of their children, public became aware of inequality issues |
| What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery? | increased slavery because cotton could be de-seeded faster |
| What was the importance of the Nullification Crisis? | showed that the federal government was superior to state governments |
| Why did New York Governor DeWitt Clinton want to create the Erie Canal? | wanted New to prosper like New Orleans had |
| Why were railroads important in the settling of the West? | allowed farmers and factories to ship their products |
| What was William Lloyd Garrison's purpose in using The Liberator? | expose the evils of slavery |
| What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo establish? | Texas and all Mexican lands to the Pacific would belong to America |
| What was the Corrupt Bargain | an agreement between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. It angered Jackson and his supporters. |
| Why was the steam boat an important invention? | allowed ships to travel quickly upstream |
| What hardships faced the pioneers? | weather, drudgery of walking, no water, illness |
| What was Jefferson's fear about how France could use New Orleans? | France could control US shipping on the Mississippi River |
| Most streams and waterways in the West led to the | Mississippi River |
| What two bodies of water did the Erie Canal connect? | Lake Erie, Hudson River |
| What site was important in the women's movement in 1848 | Seneca Falls |
| What city was captured by the British during the War of 1812? | The White House in Washington D.C. |
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