Who are two foreigners who provided insights into American society in the 1800s?

Frances Trollope and Alexis de Tocqueville

What did the Indian Removal Act propose to do?

authorized the expulsion of native tribes from their ancestral lands

Which are creative written works of the 1850s?

The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Leaves of Grass.

What was the subject of Thoreau's Civil Disobediance?

He defended passive resistance to unjust laws.

Which of the following is true of the changes to the physical United States from 1800 to 1850?

It grew from 13 colonies to a continental power.

Who were three American authors of the early 1800s?

Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe

What did the Indian Removal Act lead to?

1000s died as families were forced to trek across the country

What facilitated the growth of industry in the early 1800s?

skilled immigrants with knowledge of British production technologies

What is true of Ralph Waldo Emerson, leader of the Transcendentalists?

He called for a confident national culture rooted in American experience., He rejected religious dogma in favor of a more intuitive quest for truth.

Who defied the Supreme Court and allowed native peoples to be removed from their ancestral lands?

State officials and President Andrew Jackson

Which were religious movements in the early 1800s?

Charles Finney's revivals, William Miller's predictions, Joseph Smith's BoM

What kind of art was produced by those Americans inspired by the European Romantic movement?

Romantic, pleasing landscapes of American geography

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1
What three modes of transportation became predominant in the first half of the 1800s?
High speed trains, boats, and gliders
planes, trains, and automobiles
turnpike, canal, and rail
roads, rivers, and planes
2
Who are two foreigners who provided insights into American society in the 1800s?
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles
Charles Dickens and Emily Post
Frances Trollope and Alexis de Tocqueville
JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien
3
What occurred in Seneca Falls in 1848?
the invention of the assembly line
the invention of the cotton gin
an Anti-Slavery Conference
a Woman's Rights Conference
4
What led to a more than fivefold increase in population between 1790 and 1850?
New medications and better military armor
Fertile soil and domesticated animals
More advanced technology and weapons
Immigration and high fertility
5
What did the Indian Removal Act propose to do?
authorized the removal of American soldiers from native land
authorized the expulsion of native tribes from their ancestral lands
authorized the collaboration between native peoples and the US army
authorized the removal of pioneers from the West
6
Which are creative written works of the 1850s?
Peter Pan, Tarzan of the Apes, Twenty Years at Hull House
Dracula, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man
The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Peter and the Wolf
The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Leaves of Grass.
7
What was the subject of Thoreau's Civil Disobediance?
He defended passive resistance to unjust laws.
He advocated violent responses to unfair laws.
He outlined reasons the South should break away from the North.
He described military strategies to defeat the North's opponents.
8
Which of the following is true of the changes to the physical United States from 1800 to 1850?
It shifted from 13 colonies to 13 states.
It shrank from 13 to just one colony.
The original 13 colonies united with Canada to become North America.
It grew from 13 colonies to a continental power.
9
Who were three American authors of the early 1800s?
Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
Ta-Nehisi Coates, J.K. Rowling, John Green
Stephen King, Dr. Seuess, Emily DIckenson
10
What did the Indian Removal Act lead to?
1000s died as families were forced to trek across the country
1000s died fighting the US military for their ancestral land
1000s joined the US military and fought for independence
1000s of native peoples became wealthy off their ancestral land
11
What facilitated the growth of industry in the early 1800s?
the mass production of automobiles by Henry Ford
fertile soil and domesticatable animals
skilled immigrants with knowledge of British production technologies
the invention of the airplane
12
What is true of Ralph Waldo Emerson, leader of the Transcendentalists?
He called for a confident national culture rooted in American experience.
He protested freedom of religion and fought to have Christianity for all.
He marched on Washington to fight for equal rights for all Americans.
He rejected religious dogma in favor of a more intuitive quest for truth.
13
Who defied the Supreme Court and allowed native peoples to be removed from their ancestral lands?
Federal officials and Governor Kay Ivey
State officials and President Andrew Jackson
Federal officials and Governor Johnny Carson
State officials and President Alfred Pennyworth
14
Which were religious movements in the early 1800s?
Puritanism, Hinduism, Reformationism
Reconstructionist Judaism, Nation of Islam, Pentacostalism
Neopaganism, Theosophical Society, Ananda Ashrama
Charles Finney's revivals, William Miller's predictions, Joseph Smith's BoM
15
What kind of art was produced by those Americans inspired by the European Romantic movement?
Portraits of Founding Fathers and heroic events of early US history
Romantic, pleasing landscapes of American geography
Abstract paintings of famous Americans
Sculptures in the Classical Greek style
16
What was the impact of westward expansion on native peoples?
It freed them from slavery.
It devastated native peoples.
It increased their numbers.
It enabled native peoples to have good relations with all other Americans

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