Answer Key
Date:
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US History
Early 1800s Quiz
Review Sheet #3
Directions: Do your best to answer the following questions without the use of your notes/handouts.
Circle any of the questions that you find difficult or confusing. Then focus your studies on those
questions that you found to be the most challenging.
1. What was the Oregon Treaty and how did it change the United States’ border in the
northwest? A treaty between the United States and Great Briatin which divided the Oregon
territory into two pieces at the 49th parallel. The United State gained control of the southern
half (consisting of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana). This happened in 1846.
(It’s All Mine: Manifest Destiny Becomes a Reality
handout)
2. What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and how to it change the border of the United
States? This treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. Mexico admitted defeat and
gave the United States a large piece of land in the American southwest consisting of the
present day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and parts of New Mexico and
Colorado.
(It’s All Mine: Manifest Destiny Becomes a Reality
handout)
3. What was the Gadsden Purchase and how to it change the border of the United States? In 1853
the United States paid $10 million dollars to Mexico to obtain a small piece of land that
formed the southern border of Arizona and part of New Mexico. This was the final step in
achieving manifest destiny.
(It’s All Mine: Manifest Destiny Becomes a Reality
handout)
4. What does the word annexation mean? Which current state did the United States annex in the
mid-1800s? annexation means to join together. The United States annexed the republic of
Texas in 1845. Mexico was upset by this action because they claimed that Texas belonged to
them. This annexation eventually led to the Mexican-American war.
(It’s All Mine: Manifest Destiny Becomes a Reality
handout)
5. Identify two factors that drew immigrants to the United States in the 1840s & 1850s.
a. Economic opportunities (the hope for a better job, higher pay, etc…)
b. Political & religious freedom
c. Survival (abundance of food and land)
(Do At Bell: The First Great Migration handout)
6. Identify two factors that caused Europeans to leave their homeland during the 1840s & 1850s.
a. Famine, food shortages (Ireland)
b. Political and economic problems (unfair laws, lack of jobs)
(Do At Bell: The First Great Migration handout)
7. Define the word “reform”: a change that is made in hopes of improving society
(Vocabulary Builder: Reform handout)
8. What was the temperance movement? A social movement aimed at making the sale,
production and consumption of alcohol illegal in the US
(Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Examining Reform in the
mid-1800s handout)
9. Why did people begin to form labor unions in the early-mid 1800s? People formed labor
movements in the mid-1800s in hopes of improving working conditions (safer factories,
shorter work days, paid vacation & sick time) and improving the pay (higher wages)
(Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Examining Reform in the
mid-1800s handout)
10. Who was Dorothea Dix? She was a reformer who pressured the U.S. government to improve its
treatment of mentally ill people. She encouraged states to build better hospitals for the
mentally ill
(Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Examining Reform in the
mid-1800s handout)
11. Who was Horace Mann? He was a reformer who wanted to improve education in the United
States. He pressured states to make education mandatory for all children in the US because he
believed that if kids had an education, they could make their lives better.
(Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Examining Reform in the
mid-1800s handout)
12. Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? She was an important leader in the women’s rights
movement. She fought for greater equality for women. She believed that all women in the
United State should have the right to vote.
(CFA: Liberty & Justice for All: the Life of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton)
13. Define the term “suffrage”: the right to vote
(CFA: Liberty & Justice for All: the Life of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton)
14. What occurred at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848? The first women’s right convention was held
there. The women’s suffrage movement is thought to have begun here
(CFA: Liberty & Justice for All: the Life of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton)