MPT 4.1.1 Division: Sectionalism

The Corps of Discovery_____find an all-water route to the Pacific.

• did

• did not

What was the most common trail traveled during Westward Expansion?

• Independence Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Prairie Trail

• Manifest Trail

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• The growth of cities in the United States.

• A new policy of trade with Britain, France, and Spain that sparked the Treaty of industry 1815.

• When machines and new sources of power (water, steam) took the place of people and animals.

• A mass departure of people from rural areas as Congress advised people to move to the cities for protection during the War of 1812.

Now that the Mexican American War was over, what issue was now in the spotlight of American politics?

• Manifest Destiny

• the lands of the Mexican Cession

• slavery

• Election of 1848

Americans saw themselves from one of the three main sections of the country, EXCEPT:

• North

• South

• East

• West

The north was the most populated area in the country because of:

• farms

• shipping trade

• factories

• military bases

New inventions helped make work easier, which in return helped the economy grow. Which of the following was NOT a new invention of the mid-1800s?

• steel plow

• sewing machine

• light bulb

• telegraph

____________________ connected towns with ____________________, which opened new markets for the northern economy.

• Clipper ships and large ports; Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans

• Railroads and canals; cities and factories

• Conestoga wagons and the Pony Express; villages and farms

• Railroads and canals; villages and farms

Slavery had ended in the North, but free African Americans still__________granted equal treatment.   

• were

• were not

Free African Americans in the North were often denied the right to vote or not allowed to work in factories.  Schools, churches, and public facilities were _______________.

• kept equal

• segregated

• desegregated

• identical