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Chapter Review

Chapter Review

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The main reason for immigration to the West was   the availability of inexpensive land. a desire to escape taxation. the desire to escape from hostile Indians. to avoid religious persecution.

	The Midwest was able to serve as the nation's breadbasket once it   had railroads to transport its wheat to distant markets. began shipping its crops down the Mississippi. began growing corn. stopped growing tobacco.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The cotton increased cotton production by separating seeds from the fiber.

	Which of the following is an accurate statement?   The Midwest was more rural and agricultural than the Southwest by the 1850s. Southern prosperity was linked to industrialization. Slaves, land, and cotton were the keys to wealth on the Southern frontier. Farmers in the Old Northwest were more likely to continually plow back their profits into buying more land.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. After the defeat of the Sauk and Fox tribes in Black Hawk’s War, the territory of was created.

	Why were the Sioux Indians so powerful?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Life for white fur-traders included all of the following except   more economic and cultural ties with Indians than other whites had. exploration of trails and paths on the frontier that became migration routes. close ties with the economic elite of the Northeast who dominated the fur trade. brutal living conditions in the wilderness.

	The journey to Oregon on the Oregon Trail took about   six months. four months. one year. two months.

	Americans first began coming to Texas   after it gained independence from Mexico. when the economic fortunes of many small farmers declined after the Panic of 1837. through illegal immigration. at the invitation of the Mexican government.

	The empresario who brought the first American settlers to Texas was Stephen F. Austin.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. A few days after the declaration of Texas independence, all defenders of the were killed in a battle with Mexican troops.

	The rise of cattle ranching in California primarily benefited   American traders. the Mexican authorities. the Californios. the Catholic Church.

	What did Americans mean by Manifest Destiny?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	The joint British-United States occupation of Oregon was ended when   Great Britain formed an alliance with Mexico. Britain decided the U.S. was not negotiating in good faith and broke off diplomatic relations. American settlers in Oregon proclaimed their independence. President Polk compromised with Britain on the boundary issue.

	The Mexican War   was a closely fought war that America barely won. gained the Oregon Territory for the United States. was initiated by the United States because President Polk wanted California and the Southwest. began when Tyler pushed through Texas statehood.

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