Westward Expansion
Native Americans
Southwest
Vocabulary
Potpourri
Regional Development
Immigration
100
How did the development of turnpikes affect travelers from across the country?
prevented travelers from using the road until they paid a toll
100
How did the Seminoles and their leader Osceola react to the threat of displacement?
The Seminoles resisted displacement by armed fighting with U.S. troops.
100
After gaining its independence from Spain, what did the Mexican government do?
encouraged American settlers to move to Texas
100
a formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries
Treaty
100
a railroad that stretches across an entire continent
transcontinental Railroad
100
a factory that makes thread or yarn from cotton
cotton-spinning mill
100
What was one pull factor that led to increased immigration to America in the mid-1800s?
the discovery of gold in California, etc.
200
What geographical feature did the Erie Canal link the Hudson River to?
Great Lakes
200
Which of the following created the reservation system in the United States?
the Indian Removal Act
200
According to the image of the battle at the Alamo what event is it closely associated with?
Texas independence
200
a railroad engine
locomotive
200
Which conclusion is supported by the graph?
The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population.
200
Which statement about regional development in the early to mid-1800s is accurate?
The North and the South grew apart because of rapid industrialization in the North and heavy reliance on agriculture in the South.
200
Why did migrants from China find themselves working in laundries and in mines?
Other job opportunities were limited.
300
Which conclusion is supported by the graph?
By 1850, railroads had become a key part of America’s transportation network.
300
Which statement is true and supported by this image of the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee faced brutal conditions along the Trail of Tears
300
How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico?
He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nueces River.
300
a prison or camp guarded by the military
stockade
300
Permit us to ask, what better right can a people have to a country, than the right of inheritance and immemorial peaceable possession? —from Memorial of the Cherokee Nation (1830)
In this excerpt, on what basis do the Cherokee claim ownership of their native lands?
They have lived on the land for countless years, and it has been passed down to them from generation to generation.
300
Which of the following were direct results of this invention, the cotton gin? Give the two correct answers.
the expansion of slavery in the South and the rapid growth of the textile industry in New England
300
Which conclusion is best supported by the graph?
In the mid-1800s, millions of Irish immigrants came to the United States.
400
Why had most Native Americans in the East moved west of the Mississippi River by 1830?
The U.S. government forced them to move because settlers wanted their lands
400
Which of the five tribes had their original homelands located mainly in the same state? Give two correct answers.
Chickasaw and Choctaw
400
Which of the following groups settled in the West to escape religious persecution?
the Mormons
400
a formal authorization to do something
permit
400
a refusal to follow the law or government because it goes against one’s conscience; an act of protest
civil disobedience
400
The invention of the multiple-effect evaporator had effects very similar to the effects of what other invention?
the cotton gin
400
The ordinary laundry shop is generally divided into three rooms. In front is the room where the customers are received, behind that a bedroom and in the back the work shop, which is also the dining room and kitchen. The stove and cooking utensils are the same as those of the Americans. —from Recollections of a Chinese Immigrant (1903)
What can be inferred from this excerpt?
The author did not see himself as an American.
500
What does this image represent?
Manifest Destiny
500
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Worcester v. Georgia?
The court ruled that Georgia had no authority over the Cherokee or their lands.
500
[It is] our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions. —from John O’Sullivan’s Editorial on Manifest Destiny (1845)
The ideas expressed in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following?
the passage of the Homestead Act
500
the process of removing from the usual place or land
displacement
500
As the Railroad marched thus rapidly across the broad Continent of plain and mountain, there was improvised a rough and temporary town at its every public stopping-place. As this was changed every thirty or forty days, these settlements were of the most perishable materials—canvas tents, plain board shanties, and turf-hovels—pulled down and sent forward for a new career, or deserted as worthless, at every grand movement of the Railroad company. Only a small proportion of their populations had aught to do with the road, or any legitimate occupation. Most were the hangers-on around the disbursements of such a gigantic work, catching the drippings from the feast in any and every form that it was possible to reach them. Restaurant and saloon keepers, gamblers, desperadoes of every grade, the vilest of men and of women made up this “Hell on Wheels,” as it was most aptly termed. —from Samuel Bowles Travels on the Union Pacific
Which statement is supported by the details in this excerpt?
The railroad hired workers of questionable moral character
500
How did this invention affect the growth of the United States during the early to mid-1800s?
It enabled the removal of “snags,” opening new avenues of river travel.
500
What was one push factor that led to increased immigration to America in the mid-1800s?
the Irish potato blight, etc.
600
What two treaties were most responsible for expanding U.S. territory into Texas and areas west of the Rocky Mountains? Give two correct answers.
the Oregon Treaty and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
600
Our conduct toward these people is deeply interesting to our national character. Their present condition, contrasted with what they once were, makes a most powerful appeal to our sympathies. Our ancestors found them the uncontrolled possessors of these vast regions. By persuasion and force they have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain, until some of the tribes have become extinct and others have left but remnants to preserve for a while their once terrible names. . . . The fate of the Mohegan, the Narragansett, and the Delaware is fast overtaking the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and the Creek. That this fate surely awaits them if they remain within the limits of the States does not admit a doubt. Humanity and national honor demand that every effort should be made to avert so great a calamity. —from President Andrew Jackson’s First Annual Message, December 8, 1829
Based on this excerpt, with which statement would Jackson agree?
Removal is necessary to save the five tribes from extinction.
600
As a result of the invention of the telegraph machine, which of the following became obsolete?
the Pony Express
600
an area of land set aside by the federal government for Native Americans
reservation
600
How did the U.S. government help in the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
The government gave railroad companies a gift of ten square miles of land alongside each mile of track they built.
600
This factory was most likely located in which region of the United States?
the North
600
The change taught me how much better it is for a newcomer to stay in the country among farmers of his nationality until he has learned a little English. I was safe and felt almost at home on that farm. . . . The situation became very different in a boarding house in Minneapolis for workers in the saw-mills and in the lumber yards. Their work was very heavy, too heavy for a boy of my years. The board was good enough but the rooms poor and not too clean. —from Recollections of a European Immigrant
Which statement is supported by the excerpt?
Living conditions for most immigrants in American cities were dreadful.