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Test 2 M of A Growing Pains and Visions test
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- 1What do we call the set of rules on how a country should be governed?Constitution
- 2Who is the head of the American government?President
- 3What do we call the areas of land without enough people to become a state?The territories
- 4America originally consisted of how many states?13
- 5Who was the first president of the United states who fought the Indians in the Northwest territories?George Washington
- 6The Indians in the Northwest territories were defeated at which battel in 1794?Battle of Fallen Timbers
- 7What do we call people who buy up large areas of cheap land from the government, so they can sell it on to small farmers for profit?Speculators
- 8Which piece of land did President Jefferson purchase from the French in 1803?Louisiana
- 9Which two men were given the task of exploring and finding new opportunities for trade in the west by President Jefferson?Merriweather Lewis / William Clark
- 10What word do we use to describe the farms in the South that concentrate on growing only one crop?Plantations
- 11Eli Whitney invented which machine that allowed cotton to be processed 50 times faster?The cotton Gin
- 12What do we call the system of working for slaves where they are forced to work as fast as they can?Pushing system
- 13Which group of people believe that slavery is morally wrong?Abolitionists
- 14People in America were worried about whether a new state would be a slave or non-slave state. What did they create to resolve this problem?The Missouri compromise
- 15Name the Five Civilised TribesCherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole
- 16Which slaveholder became president in 1830?Andrew Jackson
- 17Which act did congress pass in 1830 which promised tribes money if they agreed to relocate?The Indian removal act
- 18Name one of the three plains Indian tribes we studied in classApache, Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux
- 19What word do we use to describe the people who made the journey to the far west?Migrants
- 20Which religious group founded Salt Lake City in 1847?The Mormons
- 21By 1852 how many people had settled in Salt Lake City?10,000
- 22Where was gold discovered in 1848-49?California
- 23Where was gold discovered in 1858-59?Pikes peak
- 24What do we call the group of people who set out to increase their wealth by encouraging people to come and settle in their towns?Town boosters
- 25What do we call the two sides who fought each other in the American Civil War? One word eachUnion / Confederate
- 26Which newspaper founded in 1831 spread abolitionist views?The Liberator
- 27What do we call the 1850 compromise that won a significant victory for slave holder power?Clays Compromise
- 28Who became president of America in November 1860?Lincoln
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