Unit 6- Social Studies

Front 1

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

Back 1

To help African-Americans escape from slavery.

Front 2

In the mid-1800's, how did the South compare to the North?

Back 2

The South was largely agricultural and the North was industrial.

Front 3

What was the immediate result of the Battle of San Jacinto?

Back 3

Texas became an independent nation.

Front 4

What caused the Mexican war?

Back 4

A boundary disagreement.

Front 5

Why were thousands of Americans eager to move to Oregon in the 1840's?

Back 5

They had read about Oregon's mild climate and good soil.

Front 6

Why did a group of people go west with Brigham Young?

Back 6

To escape religious intolerance.

Front 7

TRUE OR FALSE?
By 1822, new states like Ohio and Tennessee had a different position on suffrage than the 13 original states.

Back 7

TRUE

Front 8

people who fought against slavery

Back 8

abolitionist

Front 9

the right to vote

Back 9

suffrage

Front 10

run-down apartment buildings

Back 10

tenement

Front 11

great changes in inventions

Back 11

Industrial Revolution

Front 12

managed field workers on a plantation

Back 12

overseer

Front 13

TRUE OR FALSE?
The Trail of Tears was a pathway the Cherokees had to follow. It went from the Appalatian Mountains to the reservations.

Back 13

TRUE

Front 14

make large amounts of goods in a short time

Back 14

mass production

Front 15

waterway made by people

Back 15

canal

Front 16

parts from 1 object may be used in another object

Back 16

interchangeable parts

Front 17

person running for political office

Back 17

candidate

Front 18

a secret network of people who led slaves to freedom

Back 18

Underground Railroad

Front 19

when people stop drinking alcohol

Back 19

temperance

Front 20

joining a country or territory to another nation

Back 20

annexation

Front 21

TRUE OR FALSE?
The building of canals and railroads did not affect the economy of the western states.

Back 21

FALSE. It greatly affected the economy.

Front 22

the belief that the U.S. could and should expand across the continent

Back 22

Manifest Destiny

Front 23

TRUE OR FALSE?
Enslaved workers never resisted the treatment they received from the overseer and slave owners.

Back 23

FALSE. They resisted almost daily.

Front 24

an argument

Back 24

dispute

Front 25

an opening

Back 25

pass

Front 26

TRUE OR FALSE?
The antislavery movement took place after the women's rights movement.

Back 26

FALSE. It took place before the women's rights movement.

Front 27

TRUE OR FALSE?
In the 1820's, Mexico encouraged Americans to settle in Texas.

Back 27

TRUE

Front 28

TRUE OR FALSE?
Towns like Tombstone, Deadwood, and Cripple Creek continued to grow after the gold rush was over.

Back 28

TRUE

Front 29

a stretch of land across the Rocky Mountains. It separates the rivers that flow to the East and those that flow to the West.

Back 29

Continental Divide

Front 30

a gold seeker in the rush of 1849

Back 30

forty-niner

Front 31

TRUE OR FALSE?
James Marshall and Johann Sutter wanted to keep the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill an secret.

Back 31

TRUE

Front 32

a town that grows quickly in population and wealth

Back 32

boomtown

Front 33

Who am I?
1. I was a hero in the War of 1812.
2. I was a "self-made man".
3. Many poor people voted for me.

Back 33

I am Andrew Jackson

Front 34

TRUE OR FALSE?
The pioneers faced many hardships along the Oregon Trail.

Back 34

TRUE

Front 35

Why did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

Back 35

So settlers could have the rich land of the West.

Front 36

TRUE OR FALSE?
The Oregon Trail was created before the Trail of Tears.

Back 36

FALSE. It was created after the Trail of Tears.

Front 37

What effect did Fulton's steamboat have on the nation's development?

Back 37

Canals were built.

Front 38

What effect did the invention of the cotton gin have on slavery?

Back 38

The demand for enslaved workers increased.