Social Studies Unit 4: The Growth of the Republic (1800s-1850)

Question 1

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a treeless wasteland, but as a...

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vast area to be settled

Question 2

The North

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had a rise in immigrants

Question 3

What was the effect on of the cotton gin?

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it increased slavery

Question 4

The Cotton Gin weaved fabric together to help make clothing

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False

Question 5

It was called "gold rush" because people rushed to get the gold

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True

Question 6

What countries had joint occupation of the Oregon Territory?

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Great Britain and the U.S.

Question 7

The factory system made production of textiles go down and prices go up

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False

Question 8

Pioneers from which two states would most likely use the Cumberland Gap to travel West?

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Virginia; North Carolina

Question 9

Joint occupation is sharing the land

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True

Question 10

Eli Witney invented the _____

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cotton gin

Question 11

California becoming a state had nothing to do with the Gold Rush.

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False

Question 12

Cotton must be cleaned before it is woven into cloth

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True

Question 13

The cotton gin led to a decrease in slavery

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False

Question 14

Robert Fulton invented the_____

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steamboat

Question 15

Picking seeds from cotton by hand is an easy process

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False

Question 16

How did the Manifest Destiny affect American Indians?

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Americans took the land from American Indians

Question 17

Samuel Slater invented the______

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factory system

Question 18

How did the Mexican American War affect the U.S.?

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More land was added to the U.S.

Question 19

The steamboat was a quick and reliable way to travel and move materials

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True

Question 20

New towns developed in California to help provide goods and services to the prospectors

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True

Question 21

Who was U.S. president when Texas became a state?

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James Polk

Question 22

As cotton production increased, slavery ______

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increased

Question 23

The cotton gin can remove cotton seeds from fiber by machine

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True

Question 24

Manifest Destiny affected the American Indians because as Americans moved West, they drove Indians off their land

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True

Question 25

Why did people move West?

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To get jobs, To own their own land, To mine for gold, To start businesses

Question 26

American's believed in the Manifest Destiny because they believed...

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Because they believed they were more civilized than American Indians

Question 27

How did the gold rush help California become a state?

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it increased California's population

Question 28

The South

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was agricultural

Question 29

The Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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True

Question 30

The California Gold Rush had a very big impact on entrepreneurship

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True

Question 31

What was the experience like for settlers traveling west?

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Much harder than they expected

Social Studies Unit 4: The Growth of the Republic (1800s-1850)

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Social Studies Unit 4: The Growth of the Republic (1800s-1850)

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