Who/what do you know?
Who/what do you know too?
The First Industrial Revolution
Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act
What happened in Texas?
100
________________ commanded the Texas Army to victory and became the 1st President of the Republic of Texas.
Sam Houston
100
______________ joined Europe and American with a transatlantic cable.
Cyrus W. Field
100
Francis Lowell built factories that made ___________ and ____________.
Thread and cloth.
100
Andrew Jackson represented this political party.
The Democratic Party
100
This is the river the US wanted as a border with Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
200
_______________ was known as the Indian battleground but also had perfect land for hunters with lots of forests and wild game.
Kentucky
200
______________ created the steam locomotive.
Peter Cooper
200
There were four (4) modes of transportation introduced in the 1800's. Name them and list them in the order they were introduced.
1. Paved roads

2. Steamboats

3. Canals

4. Railroads

200
Provide two (2) reasons that Andrew Jackson was called "the People's President".
1. Not born wealthy.

2. Won by a landslide because 3 times as many men voted for him. (All white men over 21 could vote!)

200
This is the river that Mexico wanted as a border with the US.
What is the Nueces River?
300
The California Gold Rush happened in _________.
1849
300
___________________ memorized secret plans of British spinning machines in the late 1850's.
Samuel Slater
300
The Lowell mills were usually built in a certain location. Where were they built and why?
They were built along rivers because they needed water power. The looms in the mills were powered by water.
300
What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
A law that removed all Native Americans east of the Mississippi to the Indian Territory, modern day Oklahoma.
300
Which army overran the Alamo, killing many people including Davy Crockett?
The Mexican Army overran the Alamo. They defeated the Texans and killed many people including Davy Crockett.
400
_________________ led a group of Mormons searching for religious freedom to Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Brigham Young
400
__________________ was the belief that the US had the right to claim new lands.
Manifest Destiny
400
List the two groups of people who MOSTLY worked in Lowell's factories.
1. Mill girls

2. children

400
Provide the two reasons that Native Americans fought the Indian Removal Act.
1. They had already adopted the white man's ways.

2. It would be hard for them to adapt to a new environment.

400
During the 1830's, the Texans and Mexicans fought in Texas, why?
At the time, there were more Americans than Mexicans in Texas. The Mexican government decided to stop immigration from the US and they ended slavery in Texas.
500
The _______________ was a mail service that was in existence for only 19 months in 1860.
The Pony Express
500
____________________ were treated badly and discriminated against during the California Gold Rush.
Chinese immigrants.
500
List the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. (There are five (5) in total.)

Positive

1. Some people became wealthy

2. Live of the people who could buy the new goods got easier.


Negative

3. People worked long hours in difficult conditions.

4. Slavery became stronger in the South.

5. Differences between the North and South became greater.


500
What was the Trail of Tears?
An 800-mile journey taken by the Cherokee to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where 4,000 of the 15,000 Native Americans died.
500
The US agreed to pay Mexico this amount of money for Texas, which they never paid!
$15 million!
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