Vocabulary
Multiple Choice
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100

The act or process of drawing or pulling something out

Extraction

100

Who led a famous slave rebellion in 1831 believing God had chosen him to free his people?
a) Gabriel Prosser
b) Denmark Vesey
c) Nat Turner
d) Frederick Douglass

c) Nat Turner

100

Name 2 cash crops (apart from cotton) grown in the South.

Rice & Tabacco & Indigo 

100

Undefined; uncertain

Ambiguous

100

What 2 places did the Pike Expedition explore

Rocky Mountains & The Great Plains

200

Work stoppage by workers to force an employer to meet demands

Strike

200

By the 1840s what were the percentage of people that were literate?

a) 50%

b) 60%

c) 70%

d) 80%

d) 80%

200

A person who owns & cultivates a small farm

Yeoman Farmer

200

The Industrial Revolution in the United States began in the late.

a) 1600s

b) 1700s

c) 1800s

d) 1900s

c) 1800s

200

Name 3 ways African Americans dealt with the horrors of slavery.

Their language, Their Music & Their Religion

300

A government ban on trade with other Countries

Embargo

300

What was the main reason the U.S. wanted control of New Orleans?

a) For farming land

b) For military defense

c) For gold and silver

d) For trade and access to the Mississippi River  

d) For trade and access to the Mississippi River  

300

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300

The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from which country?

a) Spain

b) France

c) Britain

d) Mexico

b) France

300

What were 3 major issues people who lived in the North at this time faced??

Crime, Overcrowding & Public Health Problems

400

An organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members interests

Labor Unions

400

In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

a) 1776                        

b) 1865            

c) 1803               

d) 1812

c) 1803      

400

The Industrial Revolution first began in which part of the United States?

a) The South

b) The West

c) The Northeast

d) The Midwest

c) The Northeast

400

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400

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500

A method of organizing enslaved labor in which workers were given a specific set of jobs to accomplish every day, after which they were allowed to spend their time as they chose

Task System

500

What was Lewis & Clark’s reason for their expedition?

a) To find a route to the Atlantic Ocean

b) To find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

c) To find a route to the Mississippi

d) To find a route to the Nile.

b) To find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

500

Enslaved people had few legal rights. Name 3 things they were not allowed

Owning Property Of Any Kind 

Leaving The Slaveholder’s Land Without Permission Alone & Without A Guide

They Could Not Bring A Lawsuit Or Sign Contracts 

They Could Not Own Guns Or Testify In Court Against a White Person

500

Please explain the importance of Sacagawea to the success of the Lewis & Clark Expedition?

Have these terms in the answer

Guide

Interpreter

500

What are 3 ways that slaves fought back against the life they lived?

Staged work slow downs, Broke tools & Set fires to houses or Barns