1. USI.8 Test Review

2. Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the –
A Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean B Atlantic Ocean to the James River C Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean D Ohio River to the Great Lakes

3. Hundreds of enslaved African Americans were led to freedom on the Underground Railroad by –
A Isabel Sojourner Truth B Harriet Tubman C Harriet Beecher Stowe D Phillis Wheatley

4. What group of people was denied the right to vote and equal opportunities in business?
A plantation owners B small farmers C immigrants D women

5. Which of the following provided faster land transportation?
A canals B steamboats C steam locomotives D overland trails

6. What abolitionist newspaper was written by Frederick Douglas?
A Uncle Tom’s Cabin B North Star C Emancipation Proclamation D Liberator

7. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Texas Annexation

8. When did the suffrage movement begin?
A during the Revolutionary War B before the Civil War C before the War of 1812 D after the Civil War

9. The steamboat was improved by the entrepreneur –
A Jo Anderson B Robert Fulton C Frederick Douglas D Thomas Jefferson

10. Someone who is the first to think of or make something is called an–
A industrialist B entrepreneur C abolitionist D inventor

11. Women who were fighting to end slavery recognized their own bondage and formed the
A temperance movement B education movement C employment movement D women’s suffrage movement

12. One of the first abolitionists to call for the “immediate and complete emancipation” of enslaved people was
A Susan B. Anthony B William Lloyd Garrison C Meriwether Lewis D Benjamin Banneker

13. What event doubled the size of the United States?
A Annexation of Texas B Gadsden Purchase C Louisiana Purchase D Panama Canal

14. Most abolitionists believed that
A the Constitution should be amended to restrict slavery to areas east of the Mississippi River B slavery was morally wrong C slavery should be abolished gradually D each state should be allowed to determine the legality of slavery within its own borders

15. Doubled the size of the United States in 18034 2 6 3 5 7
Doubled the size of the United States in 1803

16. Which country gave Florida to the U. S
Which country gave Florida to the U.S. based on the conditions of a treaty?
A Spain B Mexico C France D Great Britain

17. Who ran away from his master and later started an abolitionist newspaper called The North Star?
A William Lloyd Garrison B Horace Mann C Samuel F.B. Morse D Frederick Douglass

18. As a result of a war with Mexico, which state became part of the United States?
A Oregon B California C Florida D Montana

19. What provided cheaper and faster transportation to the Great Lakes area?
A Santa Fe Trail B Panama Canal C Erie Canal D Oregon Trail

20. The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was known as the
A Freedom Network B Great Escape C Southern Railroad D Underground Railroad

21. A famous overland trail led to this area1 4 2 6 3 5 7
A famous overland trail led to this area

22. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored what territory?
A Texas Annexation and Mexican Cession B Louisiana Purchase and Oregon Territory C Mexican Cession and Gadsden Purchase D Texas and California

23. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Thomas Jefferson bought this area from the French for $15 million dollars

24. Who invented a machine that easily separated the cotton fibers from the seed?
A Cyrus McCormick B Robert Fulton C Eli Whitney D Thomas Jefferson

25. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were best known for their struggle to
A prohibit the sale of alcohol B improve low wages for workers C expose government corruption D secure the right of women to vote

26. The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and right of the country became known as
A Manifest Destiny B North by Northwest C All men are created equal D We the People

27. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
The U.S. bought this area hoping to build a future transcontinental railroad there?

28. What abolitionist and women’s right leader escaped from slavery?
A Isabella (Sojourner) Truth B Susan B. Anthony C Elizabeth Cady Stanton D Lucretia Mott

29. What was the name of the enslaved African American who helped invent the mechanical reaper?
A William Still B Cyrus McCormick C Jo Anderson D Frederick Douglass

30. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Louisiana Purchase

31. Who improved the steamboat, which provided faster river and ocean transportation?
A Cyrus McCormick B Patrick Henry C Jo Anderson D Robert Fulton

32. What quote would most relate to the Seneca Falls suffrage convention?
A All men are created equal B We the People C All men and women are created equal D Of the people, by the people, for the people

33. Who invented the reaper, which increased productivity of the American farmer?
A McCormick and Anderson B Whitney and Fulton C Jefferson and DeWitt Clinton D Morse and Adams

34. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Mexican Cession

35. “As the first runaway slave to speak publically against slavery, I ask for abolition immediately and I call for slaves to lead the fight for this cause.” Which of the following people may have made this statement?
A William Lloyd Garrison B Susan B. Anthony C Eli Whitney D Frederick Douglass

36. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Florida

37. Abolitionists felt that slavery was –
A a justified way of life for Southerners B a violation of the principles of democracy C necessary for all African Americans D part of the democratic process

38. How did Florida become a part of the United States?
A Portugal sold the land to the United States after the War of B James Madison purchased the land from Spain. C The United States forced the American Indians to sell the land. D Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.

39. What is the belief in “Manifest Destiny?”
A Expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country. B A person’s destiny is determined by how much land can be farmed. C Keeping America small and contained would lead to success. D African Americans were destined to remain slaves.

40. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Mexico ceded the U.S. this area after they were defeated in the Mexican American War.

41. What was the purpose of the suffrage movement?
A free enslaved African Americans B voting rights for women C create slave states in the western territories D equal rights for European immigrants

42. What invention increased the production of cotton which increased the need for slave labor to grow and pick the cotton?
A cotton gin B reaper C tractor D cotton picker

43. The availability of cheap, fertile land and knowledge of overland trails were both –
A geographic factors that influenced westward movement B reasons for the success of the suffrage movement C economic factors that kept people from moving west D reasons why many Southerners moved their plantations out west

44. Gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

45. Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit is called a(n) –
A inventor B settler C surveyor D entrepreneur

46. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Oregon Territory

47. What is one basic right which most American women were denied in the 1800s?
A marriage B educational opportunities C freedom to travel D trial by jury

48. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
What area did the U.S. receive as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1783?

49. What famous abolitionist leader wrote The Liberator and worked for the emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?
A William Lloyd Garrison B Susan B. Anthony C Harriet Tubman D Frederick Douglass

50. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Border raids by Indians who freed runaway slaves caused the U.S. to buy this land.

51. Which western territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain?
A California B Oregon C Texas D Louisiana

52. Which of the following was NOT an economic factor of the move west?
A California Gold Rush B lack of western farm land C logging D freedom for runaway slaves

53. One border is the 49 parallel1 4 2 6 3 5 7
One border is the 49 parallel

54. Elizabeth Cady Stanton played a leadership role in the –
A women’s rights movement B exploration of the western territories C abolitionist movement D Underground Railroad

55. We acquire this area from Spain through a treaty?1 4 2 6 3 5 7
We acquire this area from Spain through a treaty?

56. Which invention caused the growth of slavery?
A steam locomotive B electrical telegraph C cotton gin D mechanical reaper

57. Which western territory was an independent republic before it became part of the United States?
A Florida B Oregon C Louisiana D Texas

58. 1 4 2 6 3 5 7
Gadsden Purchase

59. Susan B. Anthony fought for equal rights for all, especially a woman’s right to –
A vote B own property C drive D hold government office

60. What area was an independent republic before the U.S. annexed it?1 4 2 6 3 5 7
What area was an independent republic before the U.S. annexed it?

61. A war between Mexico and the United States resulted in what territory becoming a part of the United States?
A Florida B Louisiana C California D Oregon

62. We shared this region with Great Britain up until 1846?2 6 3 5 7
We shared this region with Great Britain up until 1846?