Unit 6: An American Identity

How does this painting capture the spirit of Manifest Destiny

• American progress is leading Native Americans to the West where they will settle on new lands.
• Farmers are being left behind by all the new transportation technologies as Americans move west.
• The painting shows people traveling west in a variety of ways, guided by the symbol of American progress

What is best described by the following: entrepreneurs, competition, Consumers, supply and demand, private property

• The New Deal
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Free Enterprise System
• The 3 branches of Government

When many businesses sell the same goods, which of the following happens to prices for consumers?

• They tend to fall.
• They tend to stay the same.
• They tend to be unstable.
• They tend to rise.

The plantation system in the southern United States thrived because of the demand for____

• peanuts
• tobacco
• cotton
• sugar

The Industrial Revolution ___

• forced the government to enact an income tax
• increased the regional differences in the United States
• brought about the collapse of the plantation system in the South

What geographic factor contributed to the establishment of plantations in southern states?

• Mild winters and warm summers
• Protection from hurricane surges
• large amount of spring snow melt
• Heavy rainfall in winter and summer

How did people use the land differently between Northern and Southern states?

• Northern states had factories and small farms, while Southern states had large farms and plantations.
• Northern states had large farms, while Southern states concentrated on building factories.
• Northern states built large plantations, while Southern states concentrated on mining.

The inventions of the telegraph and telephone improved the lives of Americans by _____

• allowing Americans to travel farther
• providing new jobs for many Americans
• creating new opportunities for learning
• making long distance communication easier

Which statement best describes how U.S. settlement patterns were changing in the early 1800s?

• Population in the north was decreasing as people moved west.
• Urban areas of the North were rapidly increasing.
• Most people lived in large urban centers.

Eli Whitney's inventions helped bring about ______

• the Continental Congress
• the Industrial Revolution
• the Oregon Trail
• the California Gold Rush