Life in the Mills
Trail of Tears
Westward Expansion
War of 1812
Transportation
100
What was a reason for working in the mills?
People needed to work for money.
100
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The act authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived East of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
100
What is one hardship settlers faced?
Food shortages, severe weather, geographic barriers.
100
What season did the war take place?
Summer
100
Where was the first steam powered train developed?
Great Britain
200
Who was Sarah G. Bagley?
Sarah founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform.
200
What did the Cherokee do to prevent conflicts and avoid removal?
They adopted white culture.
200
Who were mountain men?
Fur traders and trappers.
200
What are the causes of the war?
Interference with American shipping
200
What was the tom thumb?
The first locomotive to carry passengers.
300
Why did craftspeople who make goods by hand feel threatened by factories?
Factories quickly produced low priced goods.
300
What was the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
A government agency that managed Indian Removal to Western Lands.
300
What are two ways settlers used to travel west?
Canoe flatboat, horseback, wagon trail
300
What are the effects of the war?
Increased sense of national pride, American manufacturing boosted, Native American resistance weakened.
300
How many miles of railroad track were laid down in the 1840s?
2800 miles
400
At first, why did few people complain about child labor?
Children worked on farms to help their families.
400
Who was Sequoya?
He created a language composed of 86 symbols.
400
What was the cause of Westward movement?
Manifest destiny
400
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
The treaty that ended the war.
400
When did steam powered trains became popular in the U.S.?
1830s
500
What was the Lowell system?
The Lowell system used water powered textile mills that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill.
500
What is genocide?
The killing of a large group of people usually of a same race or ethnicity.
500
Name one trail used for Westward Expansion?
Oregon Trail or Santa Fe Trail
500
Who is Oliver Hazard Perry?
Commander of a naval fleet
500
By 1860, how many miles of track have been laid down in Eastern America?
30000 miles
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