The Early 1800s

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To ban slavery in all new states added to the Union

• To keep a balance of slave and free states

• To make sure there were more free states than slave states

• To make sure there were more slave states than free states

Which two states were added to the Union in the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri and Maine

• Missouri and Vermont

• Missouri and Illinois

• Missouri and Kentucky

True or False: problems with slavery continued after the Missouri Compromise.

• True

• False

The national road was the first road funded by ___________ in the United States.

• Congress

• States

• Industrial profits

• Wealthy landowners

What is a canal?

• A human-made waterway

• A river

• A bridge

• A type of drill

The West was most affected by what kinds of inventions?

• Domestic

• Transportation

• Agricultural

• Other

Which kind of inventions affected all regions of the U.S. equally?

• Domestic

• Transportation

• Agricultural

• Other

How did transportation inventions affect the relationship between regions of the U.S?

• It made it easier for people to live farther away from family

• It did not change the relationship between regions

• It divided them more since railroads were only in the North

• It tied them closer together through trade

Which region saw the least transportation developments?

• North/East

• South

• West

• None, transportation was equal across all regions