1) From 1801 to 1861 America went through a period of ______________. a) American Revolution b) Westward Expansion c) Civil War d) European Exploration 2) Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from which European country? a) England b) Spain c) France d) Portugal 3) Which of the following doubled the size of the United States? a) The Oregon Territory b) California c) Texas d) The Louisiana Purchase 4) Spain gave ____________ to the United States through a treaty. a) Florida b) Texas c) Oregon d) California 5) Nine years before joining the U.S., ____________ won its freedom from Mexico and became an independent republic. a) New Mexico b) Texas c) California d) Oregon 6) The land gained from the Louisiana Purchase was explored by who? a) Adams and Washington b) Lewis and Clark c) Lincoln and Grant d) Madison and Jefferson 7) He was known for improving the Steamboat. a) Cyrus McCormick b) Robert Fulton c) Eli Whitney d) Jo Anderson 8) The cotton gin was invented by who? a) Cyrus McCormick b) Robert Fulton c) Eli Whitney d) Jo Anderson 9) The reaper was invented by who? a) James Watt b) Benjamin Franklin c) Eli Whitney d) Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson 10) In the early 1800's, faster land transportation was made possible by the invention of? a) the car b) the bicycle c) the steam locomotive d) the steamboat 11) Both the cotton gin and the mechanical reaper...? a) helped to end slavery b) increased industry in the south c) allowed new and different crops to be planted d) allowed farms and plantations to grow more and make more profits 12) This invention provided faster river transportation, increasing trade between southern plantations and northern industries. a) the steamboat b) the locomotive c) the reaper d) the canoe 13) This invention allowed a farmer to harvest a field of wheat in a few hours instead of a few days. a) the plow b) the reaper c) the cotton gin d) the shovel 14) Before the Civil War, most industrialization in America was in...? a) the West b) the South c) the Southwest d) the North 15) Eli Whitney, who first had the idea of the cotton gin and then produced it, is best known as...? a) an explorer b) an inventor c) an entrepreneur d) a financier 16) Robert Fulton didn't invent the steamboat, but he improved it and marketed it. He is best known as...? a) an explorer b) an inventor c) an entrepreneur d) a financier 17) Abolitionists demanded what? a) immediate freeing of enslaved African Americans b) freedom to practice their religion c) equal rights for women d) voting rights for women 18) Who of the following was NOT an abolitionist leader? a) William Lloyd Garrison b) Frederick Douglas c) Patrick Henry d) Harriet Tubman 19) The abolitionist movement emerged in the? a) South b) Northeast c) Northwest d) Southwest 20) Which of these abolitionist leaders was NOT an escaped slave himself? a) Harriet Tubman b) William Lloyd Garrison c) Frederick Douglass d) Sojourner Truth 21) The root word of "abolitionist" is abolish. To abolish something is to...? a) end it b) start it c) continue it d) celebrate it 22) Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders of the...? a) abolitionist movement b) women's suffrage movement c) Republican Party d) Democratic Party

Moving West, Inventions, and Movements

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