Unit 5 Test

Question 1

The inventor of the cotton gin was

Answer 1

Eli Whitney

Question 2

The first textile factory in the United States was started by

Answer 2

Samuel Slater

Question 3

Jackson’s Vice President who resigned to lead the fight for states’ rights was

Answer 3

John C. Calhoun

Question 4

At which battle was Santa Anna captured and forced to recognize Texas’s independence?

Answer 4

San Jacinto

Question 5

The President elected in 1824 by the House of Representatives was:

Answer 5

John Q. Adams

Question 6

Which road opened the Northwest Territory?

Answer 6

Cumberland (National) Road

Question 7

What is false concerning the Erie Canal?

Answer 7

increased shipping costs

Question 8

Who perfected the telegraph?

Answer 8

Samuel Morse

Question 9

Which president’s policies showed the greatest support for the idea of Manifest Destiny?

Answer 9

James Polk

Question 10

T or F. The Gadsden Purchase was made to ensure a direct line for the building of a southern railroad.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri and what other state to the Union as a free state.

Answer 11

Maine

Question 12

The first people to explore the West were missionaries.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The Mexicans attacked Taylor’s troops to begin the Texas Revolt.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

General Scott’s capture of Mexico City ended the Mexican War.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

In the Webster-Hayne debates, _________ described the United States as a league of independent states.

Answer 15

Haynes

Question 16

What term best describes a politician who gains support by making arguments that those in power do not care about the average person or their interests?

Answer 16

Populist

Question 17

Why did the North oppose selling western lands at low prices

Answer 17

It was afraid workers needed for factories would move west.

Question 18

By the 1850s, the South was totally committed to a society based on cotton and slavery

Answer 18

True

Question 18

Jackson’s informal advisors

Answer 18

kitchen cabinet

Question 19

built the first successful steamboat

Answer 19

Robert Fulton

Question 20

led Californian Revolt

Answer 20

Fremont

Question 20

Texas

Answer 20

Lone Star Republic

Question 21

established government in New Mexico

Answer 21

Kearney

Question 22

brought Americans to Texas

Answer 22

Moses Austin

Question 23

gold prospectors

Answer 23

49er’s

Question 24

where federal money was placed

Answer 24

pet banks