AMH 2010 Exam 3 Questions and All
Correct Answers.
The Cotton Gin - Answer Definition: A machine that opens the cotton up and takes the seeds
out automatically, invented by Eli Whitney.
Significance: Boosted cotton production by allowing them to get the seeds out quicker.
The Louisiana Purchase - Answer Definition: Thomas Jefferson bought a lot of land from
Napoleon (Emperor of France). Napoleon originally wanted to sell the land for $125 million
dollars but Jefferson threatened him and bought the land for the US for $15 million dollars.
Significance: This purchase DOUBLED the size of the United States.
The Industrial Revolution - Answer Definition: A period of rapid growth in the use of
machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s (cotton-gin,
transportation, etc.).
Significance: Allowed commerce and trade to become quicker and easier (cheaper goods and
better mail).
The War of 1812 / List Causes - Answer Definition: Second war between America and
England, lasted two and a half years.
Causes: British capture of US vessels, imprisonment of American sailors, and British set up
alliance with Native Americans.
Significance: The war mattered politically and strengthened American nationalism, unified the
people of the country in a way.
The Treaty of Ghent - Answer Definition: America agreed to stop invading Canada and
England agreed to stop causing trouble with Native Americans and to stop capturing American
ships on the high seas.
Significance: This treaty ended the War of 1812.
Missouri Compromise - Answer Definition: An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and
anti-slavery factions in the US concerning the extension of slavery into territories applying to be
states. Congress would admit Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state, Louisiana
Purchase divided along 36-30 line, slavery prohibited north of line.
, Significance: Kept an equal number of free and slave states.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer Definition: President James Monroe put out the Monroe Doctrine
saying the western hemisphere was closed to future colonization, western hemisphere colonies
being oppressed by European countries should be allowed to grow into their own countries, and
in return the US will stay out of European wars.
Significance: This doctrine proclaimed the US as the protector of the western hemisphere and
became the centerpiece of US foreign policy.
The Trail of Tears - Answer Definition: Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They
traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and
Arkansas over 800 miles to designated Indian territory.
Significance: More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116
day journey. The removal of Indians from their native lands represents the grave injustice done
to Native Americans by the US government.
The Abolitionists - Answer Definition: People who wanted abolish slavery.
Significance: Abolitionists caused social and political change in the US by pushing for the
immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation.
The Liberator - Answer Definition: A newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison where he
advocated for immediate abolition and wanted southern plantations to give up their slaves.
Significance: This was the most widely circulated anti-slavery newspaper during the antebellum
and throughout the Civil War and it drew attention to the abolition, causing discussion between
Americans.
The Gag Rule - Answer Definition: People in congress were trying to make bills to stop
slavery, pro-slavery congress passed a gag rule prohibiting entering these documents into public
records on the grounds that this was unconstitutional and infringed on the rights of the
southerners.
Significance: Abolitionists argued the gag rule restricted their free speech and many agreed
that, whatever one's view on slavery, stifling the right to petition and being heard by the
government is wrong.
Correct Answers.
The Cotton Gin - Answer Definition: A machine that opens the cotton up and takes the seeds
out automatically, invented by Eli Whitney.
Significance: Boosted cotton production by allowing them to get the seeds out quicker.
The Louisiana Purchase - Answer Definition: Thomas Jefferson bought a lot of land from
Napoleon (Emperor of France). Napoleon originally wanted to sell the land for $125 million
dollars but Jefferson threatened him and bought the land for the US for $15 million dollars.
Significance: This purchase DOUBLED the size of the United States.
The Industrial Revolution - Answer Definition: A period of rapid growth in the use of
machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s (cotton-gin,
transportation, etc.).
Significance: Allowed commerce and trade to become quicker and easier (cheaper goods and
better mail).
The War of 1812 / List Causes - Answer Definition: Second war between America and
England, lasted two and a half years.
Causes: British capture of US vessels, imprisonment of American sailors, and British set up
alliance with Native Americans.
Significance: The war mattered politically and strengthened American nationalism, unified the
people of the country in a way.
The Treaty of Ghent - Answer Definition: America agreed to stop invading Canada and
England agreed to stop causing trouble with Native Americans and to stop capturing American
ships on the high seas.
Significance: This treaty ended the War of 1812.
Missouri Compromise - Answer Definition: An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and
anti-slavery factions in the US concerning the extension of slavery into territories applying to be
states. Congress would admit Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state, Louisiana
Purchase divided along 36-30 line, slavery prohibited north of line.
, Significance: Kept an equal number of free and slave states.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer Definition: President James Monroe put out the Monroe Doctrine
saying the western hemisphere was closed to future colonization, western hemisphere colonies
being oppressed by European countries should be allowed to grow into their own countries, and
in return the US will stay out of European wars.
Significance: This doctrine proclaimed the US as the protector of the western hemisphere and
became the centerpiece of US foreign policy.
The Trail of Tears - Answer Definition: Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They
traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and
Arkansas over 800 miles to designated Indian territory.
Significance: More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116
day journey. The removal of Indians from their native lands represents the grave injustice done
to Native Americans by the US government.
The Abolitionists - Answer Definition: People who wanted abolish slavery.
Significance: Abolitionists caused social and political change in the US by pushing for the
immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation.
The Liberator - Answer Definition: A newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison where he
advocated for immediate abolition and wanted southern plantations to give up their slaves.
Significance: This was the most widely circulated anti-slavery newspaper during the antebellum
and throughout the Civil War and it drew attention to the abolition, causing discussion between
Americans.
The Gag Rule - Answer Definition: People in congress were trying to make bills to stop
slavery, pro-slavery congress passed a gag rule prohibiting entering these documents into public
records on the grounds that this was unconstitutional and infringed on the rights of the
southerners.
Significance: Abolitionists argued the gag rule restricted their free speech and many agreed
that, whatever one's view on slavery, stifling the right to petition and being heard by the
government is wrong.
