Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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The Industrial
Revolution began in ________. a. | United States | b. | Britain | c. | France | d. | Ireland | | | | | | | | |
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The Industrial
Revolution began with _____________. a. | farmers attacking factory owners for taking their
land | b. | textile machines that
helped cotton become America’s biggest export | c. | factory owners taxing their workers for
uniforms | d. | a declaration of independence by factory
owners | | |
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Factories used
Eli Whitney’s ideas for making guns quickly and cheaply by a. | getting special tools so workers could make things by
hand. | b. | sending more things to be
made in other countries. | c. | using cheap plastic instead of expensive
parts. | d. | using interchangeable
part and mass production. | | |
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________
opened the first cotton-spinning mill in the U.S. a. | Robert Fulton | c. | Samuel Slater | b. | John Deere | d. | Eli Whitney | | | | |
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Who invented
the cotton engine? a. | Robert Fulton | c. | Cyrus McCormick | b. | John Deere | d. | Eli Whitney | | | | |
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6.
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Who introduced
the first powered steamboat? a. | Robert Fulton | c. | Cyrus McCormick | b. | John Deere | d. | Francis Cabot Lowell | | | | |
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Who was the
first entrepreneur to put cotton-spinning machines and power looms under the same
roof? a. | Robert Fulton | c. | Cyrus McCormick | b. | John Deere | d. | Francis Cabot Lowell | | | | |
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Who built the
first horse-drawn reaper? a. | Robert Fulton | c. | Cyrus McCormick | b. | John Deere | d. | Eli Whitney | | | | |
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Who invented
the steel plow? a. | Robert
Fulton | c. | Cyrus McCormick | b. | John Deere | d. | Eli Whitney | | | | |
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What brought
about the biggest change in transportation? a. | carriages | c. | powered steamboats | b. | stream locomotives | d. | cars | | | | |
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Who was the
largest group of immigrants to come to the Uunited States in the mid-1800s? a. | Europeans | c. | Irish | b. | French | d. | German | | | | |
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Why did the
German immigrants settle in the west? a. | they like the area | b. | they had the money to buy the land | c. | they wanted to be away from the other
immigrants | d. | they thought they were better than the other
immigrants | | |
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Why did
millions of Europeans come the the U.S. in the mid- 1800s? a. | because of war or crop failures in their own
country | b. | because the U.S. government promised them free
land | c. | because farms needed more
workers | d. | because they wanted to build factories | | |
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Why did some
people not like immigrants? a. | because they worked for reform | b. | because their customs seemed different | c. | because they joined churches | d. | because they were part of the women’s rights
movement | | |
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What was the
name of the movement to stop people from drinking alcohol? a. | the Women’s Rights Movement | c. | the Second Great Awakening | b. | the Antislavery Movement | d. | the Temperance Movement | | | | |
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Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded several organiztions that fought for ______. a. | freedom | c. | women’s rights | b. | temperance | d. | independence | | | | |
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Americans and
Texans in Texas fought for independence from the Mexican government because
____________. a. | they did not like laws
made by Santa Anna, Mexico’s president | b. | they wanted to go west to buy cheap land | c. | the wanted Sam Houston to be president of
Mexico | d. | the believed in manifest
destiny | | |
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Why did Santa
Anna give Texas its independence? a. | because the American army captured Mexico
City | b. | because he signed a peace
treaty | c. | to gain his freedom after
he was captured at San Jacinto | d. | to stop settlers from coming to Texas | | |
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Who was the
8th President? a. | Andrew
Jackson | c. | William Henry Harrison | b. | Martin Van Buren | d. | John Tyler | | | | |
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The 8th
President was agianst annexation of Texas because _________. a. | he didn’t want to go to war with
Mexico | c. | both a and b | b. | he did’t want a new slave state | d. | none of the above | | | | |
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Who lead the
army that captured Santa Anna? a. | Sam Houston | c. | Andrew Jackson | b. | George Washington | d. | William Henry Harrison | | | | |
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The Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo agreed to ___________. a. | annex Texas and have the border at the Colorado
River | b. | annex Texas and have the
border at the New Mexico and Utah state lines | c. | annex Texas and have the border at the Rio
Grande | d. | annex Texas and have the
border at the Rio Grand and Colorado River | | |
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Which land did
the Mexican Cession give to the United States? a. | California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah | b. | California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and
Utah | c. | California, New Mexico,
Arizona, Oregon, and Utah | d. | California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and
Utah | | |
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In 1843, a
group of about 1,000 people traveled west ________. a. | by barge on the Erie Canal | c. | by wagon on the Oregon Trail | b. | by train on the Forty-Niner Express | d. | by foot on the Atlantic-Pacific Road | | | | |
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The Oregon
Trail stretched from _________ to __________. a. | Missouri to present-day Utah | c. | Missouri to present-day Oregon | b. | Missouri to present-day Nevada | d. | Missouri to present-day New Mexico | | | | |
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After the Gold
Rush, California had enough people to _________. a. | become a territory | c. | to have 4 representatives in Congress | b. | become a state | d. | to have 3 representatives in Congress | | | | |
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How did the
California Gold Rush change the lives of Californios? a. | property owners were forced off their
property | b. | population grew very quickly and boomtowns were built near the
mines | c. | miners and farmers killed
the Indians and took over their land | d. | only a and c | e. | all of the above | | |
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Matching
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a. | textile | g. | reform | b. | interchangeable parts | h. | annexation | c. | mass production | i. | manifest destiny | d. | productivity | j. | cession | e. | entrepreneur | k. | boomtown | f. | temperance | | | | |
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a town whose
population booms or grows very quickly
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29.
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making many
identical products at once
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30.
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contolling or
cutting back on the drinking of alcohol
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31.
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the act of
joining two countries or pieces of land
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32.
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parts made by
a machine to be be exactly the same size and shape
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33.
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something that
is given up
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34.
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the amount of
good and services produced by workers in a certain amount of time
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35.
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cloth or
fabric
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36.
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the belief
that the United States should spread across the entire North American continent
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the action
that makes something better
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a person who
takes risks to start a business
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BONUS
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By 1840, more
than ______ miles of canals crossed the eastern part of the nation.
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40.
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What % of
immigrants came from Ireland?
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41.
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What caused
the Irish to leave their country?
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42.
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Name the four
reform movements of the 1800s.
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43.
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What was the
name of the Native Americans in Texas who wanted to break away for Mexico? (Has to be spelled close
enough for me to make it out)
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44.
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Name the first
woman to travel through the South Pass; also known as the Oregon Trail.
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45.
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What mountain
did the Oregon Trail cross over?
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