Pre-Civil War

Question 1

a formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries

Accepted Answer

Treaty

Question 2

Why did some people want to go west even though travel was difficult?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 3

In the Mexican War, President Polk hoped to add new areas to the U.S. What were two of them?

Accepted Answer

California & New Mexico

Question 4

What is a sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong?

Accepted Answer

Conscience

Question 5

a railroad engine

Accepted Answer

Locomotive

Question 6

What strategy did the U.S and Great Britain use to avoid war over the Oregon Country?

Accepted Answer

compromise

Question 7

A settlement built for the purpose of converting Native Americans to Christianity

Accepted Answer

Mission

Question 8

A place where travelers can pay to eat and sleep..

Accepted Answer

inn

Question 9

the distance between the equator and a place north or south of the equator; measured in degrees

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 10

where newly settled areas meet unsettled, but not necessarily uninhabited areas

Accepted Answer

Frontier

Question 11

How did Daniel Boone help encourage settlement of the West?

Accepted Answer

He cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains

Question 12

Which did Lewis and Clark NOT see on their expedition?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 13

Which was NOT a reason Americans kept expanding into new land?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans were forcing them westward

Question 14

What was Tecumseh's idea for resisting American settlers?

Accepted Answer

uniting Native American tribes against the Americans

Question 15

distance east & west of the primer meridian to locate a point on Earth's surface; in degrees

Accepted Answer

Longitutde

Question 16

How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?

Accepted Answer

she helped guide them through the unfamiliar land

Question 17

When the first Americans moved into Texas, what did the government of Mexico ask them to do?

Accepted Answer

become loyal Mexican citizens

Question 18

Why did the Mormons settle in the Far West?

Accepted Answer

to avoid religious persecution

Question 19

What did the Battle of the Alamo represent?

Accepted Answer

the conflict between the Texans and Mexicans

Question 20

a person who translates from one language to another

Accepted Answer

interpreter

Question 21

As Americans took more and more land, what happened to the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

They were forced to live in certain areas

Question 22

to leave one country to settle permanently in another..

Accepted Answer

Emigrate

Question 23

How did the building of the Erie Canal in New York affect the rest of the country?

Accepted Answer

Other states also built canals

Question 24

What was the biggest advantage of the steamboat compared to other river travel?

Accepted Answer

It could carry people and goods both upstream and downstream

Question 25

What made the Oregon Country so valuable to America?

Accepted Answer

the fur of its animals

Question 26

Which is NOT true about the California Gold Rush?

Accepted Answer

Merchants had a hard time selling their products

Question 27

Why wasn't Texas admitted to the U.S right away?

Accepted Answer

It allowed slavery

Question 28

What was the main reason Native Americans resented settlers who moved into the West?

Accepted Answer

The settlers took the Native Americans' land

Question 29

One of the first people to settle in a region...

Accepted Answer

Pioneer

Question 30

Why was it hard for people to travel in America in the early 1700s?

Accepted Answer

The roads were bad

Question 31

What advantages did railroads have over canals?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Pre-Civil War

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Pre-Civil War

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