AMSCO APUSH Chapter 8 (4.5-4.6)
Questions and Answers 100% Verified
old northwest - ANSWER - Region north and west of the Ohio River, included Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, MIchigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
Mississippi River - ANSWER - only way to transport grain south/ to port of New Orleans
northwest more connected - ANSWER - kicked out natives, built canals and railroads
agriculture in the northwest - ANSWER - corn and wheat profitable, feed lots of people
more efficient with steel plow (J. Deere) and mechanical reaper (Cyrus McCormick)
roads in the northwest - ANSWER - state's rights activists prohibit federal funding on internal
improvements = roads rarely cross state lines
canals in the northwest - ANSWER - Erie canal connect the western farms and eastern cities in
NY. eventually join lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi (lower food prices, more western
settlement)
Steam engines and boats - ANSWER - factories could be built anywhere, steam powered travel
begins with Robert Fulton's "Clermont"
railroads - ANSWER - Were essential to westward expansion because they made it easier to
travel to and live in the west, led to cities like Detroit, Cleveland etc.
telegraph - ANSWER - Samuel F.B. Morse, wires all over country, first instantaneous
communication
Generational Social Mobility - ANSWER - people can be born poor and become rich by the end
of their lives, more common in US than in Europe
Questions and Answers 100% Verified
old northwest - ANSWER - Region north and west of the Ohio River, included Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, MIchigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
Mississippi River - ANSWER - only way to transport grain south/ to port of New Orleans
northwest more connected - ANSWER - kicked out natives, built canals and railroads
agriculture in the northwest - ANSWER - corn and wheat profitable, feed lots of people
more efficient with steel plow (J. Deere) and mechanical reaper (Cyrus McCormick)
roads in the northwest - ANSWER - state's rights activists prohibit federal funding on internal
improvements = roads rarely cross state lines
canals in the northwest - ANSWER - Erie canal connect the western farms and eastern cities in
NY. eventually join lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi (lower food prices, more western
settlement)
Steam engines and boats - ANSWER - factories could be built anywhere, steam powered travel
begins with Robert Fulton's "Clermont"
railroads - ANSWER - Were essential to westward expansion because they made it easier to
travel to and live in the west, led to cities like Detroit, Cleveland etc.
telegraph - ANSWER - Samuel F.B. Morse, wires all over country, first instantaneous
communication
Generational Social Mobility - ANSWER - people can be born poor and become rich by the end
of their lives, more common in US than in Europe
