Unit 5 Test Flashcards
The inventor of the cotton gin was
Eli Whitney
The first textile factory in the United States was started by
Samuel Slater
Jackson’s Vice President who resigned to lead the fight for states’ rights was
John C. Calhoun
At which battle was Santa Anna captured and forced to recognize Texas’s independence?
San Jacinto
The President elected in 1824 by the House of Representatives was:
John Q. Adams
Which road opened the Northwest Territory?
Cumberland (National) Road
What is false concerning the Erie Canal?
increased shipping costs
Who perfected the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Which president’s policies showed the greatest support for the idea of Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
T or F. The Gadsden Purchase was made to ensure a direct line for the building of a southern railroad.
True
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri and what other state to the Union as a free state.
Maine
The first people to explore the West were missionaries.
False
The Mexicans attacked Taylor’s troops to begin the Texas Revolt.
False
General Scott’s capture of Mexico City ended the Mexican War.
True
In the Webster-Hayne debates, _________ described the United States as a league of independent states.
Haynes
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?
Populist
Why did the North oppose selling western lands at low prices
It was afraid workers needed for factories would move west.
By the 1850s, the South was totally committed to a society based on cotton and slavery
True
Jackson’s informal advisors
kitchen cabinet
built the first successful steamboat
Robert Fulton
led Californian Revolt
Fremont
Texas
Lone Star Republic
established government in New Mexico
Kearney
brought Americans to Texas
Moses Austin
gold prospectors
49er’s
where federal money was placed
pet banks
