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1
Which group of people often hired tutors to teach their children?
immigrants from Europe
frontier townspeople
southern planters
eastern industrial workers
2
What was the textbook often used to teach reading and writing on the frontier?
the Bible
Little House on the Prairie
the hornbook
the New England Primer
3
Who built the
Tom Thumb
?
Henry Ruffner
Peter Cooper
James Rumsey
Robert Fulton
4
Where did the National Road begin?
Chicago, IL
Washington, DC
Charleston, WV
Cumberland, MD
5
Henry Ruffner proposed that all slavery be abolished in Virginia.
False
True
6
Where was the longest tunnel in the world in 1853?
Buckhannon, WV
Cumberland, MD
Tunnelton, WV
Pittsburgh, PA
7
What term means "one who wanted to end slavery"?
abolitionist
tutor
emancipation
tuition
8
River travel was difficult as the rivers increased and decreased with the seasons.
True
False
9
One of the first subscription schools in present-day West Virginia was near...
Wheeling
Moorefield
Beckley
Morgantown
10
Churches encouraged a move to formal education as a way to read the Bible.
False
True
11
What term means "the right to vote"?
suffrage
emancipation
academy
literary fund
12
A(n) _______________ is a large raft with sides that is used to carry people downstream.
keelboat
flatboat
canoe
steamboat
13
What did Virginia’s General Assembly create to provide better education for children?
State-supported elementary schools
Library Fund
Teachers’ Colleges
Literary Fund
14
What United States president believed democracy would only work if its citizens were educated?
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
15
What term means "waterway that joins one river or body of water to another"?
turnpike
academy
canal
internal improvements
16
What group of people were excluded from the early improvements in education?
poor whites
females
immigrants
slaves
17
The primary issue of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829 was the size of some counties.
True
False
18
As road travel became more common, inns and taverns served as stopovers for travelers.
True
False
19
Which group of people didn't like the building of bridges?
ferry owners
railroad conductors
travelers
townspeople
20
Many western Virginians pushed for the emancipation of slaves.
False
True
21
What term means "parents paid a fee to a schoolmaster for educating their children"?
academy
subscription schools
tuition
tutors
22
What was a result of the Nat Turner rebellion?
Angry whites killed more than 100 slaves.
Slavery came to an end in Virginia.
The number of abolitionist preachers increased.
Nat Turner became a hero to white planters.
23
What term means "one who provides funds for an undertaking"?
internal improvements
tolls
financiers
tuition
24
What connected Wheeling to Ohio?
New River Gorge Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
25
The first steamboat to travel on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers was the ________________.
Mississippi Express
Clermont
New Orleans
American Queen
26
Railroads were important in connecting western Virginia with the rest of the country.
True
False
27
What term means "road on which fees are charged"?
turnpike
toll
academy
tuition
28
Nearly all of the early teachers were unmarried women.
True
False
29
What is the oldest college still operating in West Virginia?
WVU
Rector College
Bethany College
Marshall University
30
The first public road in western Virginia ran from Winchester, VA to the home of Morgan Morgan near Martinsburg.
True
False
31
The flatboat was used to carry people upstream or downstream.
True
False
32
What is "a formal agreement between people or groups" called?
contract
subscription
toll
tuition
33
What term means "suitable for a boat to sail on"?
canal
navigable
toll
financier
34
The earliest trains were powered by...
diesel
horses
coal
steam
35
What term means "fee for instruction"?
suffrage
turnpike
tuition
navigable
36
How were subscription schools and private schools different?
Private schools were not controlled by the church or state.
Teachers in subscription schools received less teacher training.
Subscription schools were required to accept all children.
Teachers were not paid in private schools.
37
What was the most important reason settlers on the frontier needed to know how to write?
to write letters home
to record births, deaths, and marriages
to sign checks
to keep a diary of their daily life
38
The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 called for jurors to be selected from voter registration lists.
False
True
39
What did Henry Ruffner believe had been harmed most by slavery?
religious freedom
economic development
social equality
educational reforms
40
How did Virginia maintain their roads?
contracts
tuition
tolls
subscriptions
