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Chapter 11 & 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does the Industrial Revolution mark a historic change in the country? | People began working in factories and mills |
| Private property is one major part of a/an ____ system | Free enterprise |
| In the early 1800s, most Americans worked ____ | as farmers |
| Which person memorized the designs of machines used in British factories in order to bring secrets to the United States? | Samuel Slater |
| The increase in growing cotton stopped slavery from expanding (true/false) | False; it increased slavery |
| One danger of living in a city during the early 1800s was ____ | threat of fire |
| Which geographical feature was most important for the growth of cities? | Rivers |
| When Eli Whitney made muskets for the government, he came up with the idea of creating interchangeable parts. (True/false) | True |
| Which idea is an essential part of capitalism? | Business and people own their property |
| How did the cotton gin speed up the production of cotton? | It removed the seeds from the cotton |
| At the time of the first census, most people lived east of the Appalachian Mountains (true/false) | True |
| Who explored the Warrior's path through the Appalachian Mountains? | Daniel Boone |
| What was one disadvantage of river travel? | Traveling upstream was slow |
| How were turnpikes funded? | by tolls paid by travelers |
| The National road was originally built to connect Virginia and Maryland (true/false) | False |
| The Erie Canal was mainly built by ____ | Irish immigrants |
| What was De Witt Clinton's contribution to water travel? | He developed a plan for the Erie Canal |
| What was one result of steamboat travel? | The cost of shipping goods was reduced |
| The Erie canal eventually allowed steamboat after the ____ | Canal banks were strengthened |
| Life in the west was much easier than the life and eastern towns (true/false) | False |
| Strong loyalty to a nation is called ____ | Nationalism |
| What was the one result of the Missouri compromise? | Missouri was a admitted as a slave state |
| Wineries in the American system was put into place was to increase the power of the federal government (true/false) | True |
| Who was known as the great compromiser? | Henry Clay |
| Why were tariffs imposed on goods from Britain? | The government aimed to encourage people to buy American made products |
| Which is an example of a monopoly? | Only one company could run steamboats between New York and New Jersey |
| France lost control of Mexico and most of South America during this period. (True/false) | False |
| What did the Monroe doctrine declare? | Europe could not colonize any more of the Americas |
| The tariff dispute brought the different parts of the country together (true/false) | False |
| Secretary of State Adams ordered Andrew Jackson to stop Seminole raids from Spanish Florida (true/false) | True |
| Which of these countries did not claim the Oregon country? | France |
| When they signed the Adams Onis Treaty the Spanish give up their claimed Oregon (true/false) | True |
| Joint occupation meant that Americans could settle in the Oregon country and so could the ___ | British |
| Which of these statements is true of the Whitman family? | They believed they could convert the Cayuse to Christianity |
| Which term did newspaperman John O Sullivan make popular? | Manifest destiny |
| Which of these statements about manifest destiny is true? | Thousands of Americans became emigrants because of it |
| The mountain men carved out the first trails to the Oregon country (true/false) | True |
| 49*N refers to the | The boundary between the British and American parts of Oregon |
| Covered wagons were called Prairie Schooners because they were powered by wind (true/false) | False |
| Why did mountain men have to give up trapping beaver | There was a shortage of beaver due to over trapping |
| After Florida became a territory, who settled there? | Planters from the south needed more fertile land |
| What did these settlers do? | Find cotton and tobacco |
| Florida became a state at the same time as___ | Iowa |
| Before becoming a part of the United States, Texas belonged to | Mexico |
| Texas called itself the lone Star Republic when it____ | Won its independence |
| Which of these statements about the Alamo was true? | All the defenders who fought there were killed |
| Mexican later Santa and I recognize Texas independence after the battle of___ | San Jacinto |
| Which of the following men played an important role in the lone star public | Sam Houston |
| Texas soldier shouted, "remember the Alamo" at the Battle of San Jacinto (true/false) | True |
| What issue delayed statehood for both Florida and Texas? | Statehood would upset the balance between slave and free states and Congress |
| The Santa Fe Trail was first used by___ | A trader with a wagon load of goods |
| In the early 1800s the territory of New Mexico included Texas and Florida (true/false) | False |
| What did the first Spanish settlers in the west build there? | A chain of missions |
| Why did the Spanish try to keep Americans from settling in Santa Fe? | They were afraid the Americans would take over the land |
| Why did the Mexican government want Americans to settle in Santa Fe? | They thought American trade would be good for the economy |
| Which of these statements about California is true? | President Polk saw it as part of the manifest destiny |
| To become a ranchero, a person would need____ | A large estate |
| Why did President Polk send troops to the border of Mexico? | To provoke war with Mexico |
| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican war. (True/false) | True |
| John C Fremont___ | Led the fight for California to become a republic |
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