Western Expansion
WHAT was the primary reason for the Gadsen Purchase?
WHAT was for the purpose of building a railroad line to the Pacific coast.
WHAT is the discovery of gold.
WHAT invention both decreased the need for manpower/labor but increased it at the same time?
WHAT is the cotton gin. While it made separating seeds from cotton 100 times faster, in the end the greater demand for cotton led to a greater need for slave labor.
WHAT was the goal of the abolition movement?
WHAT was an effort to get rid of slavery.
WHAT movement was greatly helped by the writing of "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
WHAT movement was the Abolition movement.
WHAT led to the start of the Mexican-American War?
WHAT is a border dispute with Mexico.
WHAT is the United States indebted to Chinese immigrant workers for?
WHAT is the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
WHAT innovation led to easier manufacturing and also simpler and cheaper repairs?
WHAT was the invention of interchangeable parts.
WHICH movement's work led to an increased sense of pride in our nation?
WHICH is the Hudson River Valley Painters.
WHAT is suffrage?
WHAT is the right to vote.
WHY did many people not want the US to annex Texas?
WHY is because Texas was a slave state
HOW did immigration contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
HOW is by providing a huge source of labor to work in the growing number of factories
WHAT development encouraged the growth of cities as well as more efficient transportation?
WHAT is the building of the Erie Canal linking New York and the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.
WHICH movement tried to lessen crime, poverty and domestic abuse?
WHICH is the temperance movement, that is the effort to limit the drinking of alcohol
As factories continue to be built, more and more people come to work in them, leading to the development of cities in the area.
WHAT was the region of land that the US originally tried to buy from Mexico but ended up receiving after defeating Mexico?
WHAT was the Mexican Cession
WHICH immigrants came in such great numbers that a law was passed forbidding them from becoming citizens?
WHICH immigrants was Chinese immigrants
WHICH war was most responsible for the development of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
WHICH war was the War of 1812
WHICH movement believed in the goodness of the human spirit and was advanced by a focus on nature?
WHY were abundant natural resources, improving technology and a good source of labor so important in the development of our nation?
WHY is because they were all important to the development of the Industrial Revolution
WHAT was the sale of Oregon to the United States
WHAT kind of immigrants numbered more than all other immigrants for coming to the US due to poverty?
WHAT is the IRISH immigrants
WHAT government action opposed by some states was most responsible for encouraging the growth of the Industrial Revolution?
WHAT government action opposed by some states is the establishment of tariffs on imported goods.
WHICH movement led to people being transformed on the inside and as a result, wanting to help others also?
WHICH movement was the 2nd Great Awakening
WHAT is Free Enterprise