WGU Academy US History CH 10 Quiz
The Five Points - answerAn area of Manhattan where five streets meet that was noted
for its crime, gangs, dirtiness and corruption.
Louisiana Purchase - answerThe 1803 American purchase of the former French
Louisiana Territory.
Potato Famine - answerThe 1840s blight that annihilated Ireland's most essential crop.
Nativism - answerThe idea that native-born Americans should have preference over
immigrants, as well as the idea that immigration should be either limited or restricted.
The population of the United States multiplied nearly eight times from 1790 to 1860. -
answerTrue
Immigrants always avoided living in cities, as they heard how corrupt and dirty they
could be. - answerFalse
The primary market for western wheat and other grain goods was back East. -
answerTrue
A Potato Famine in Ireland in the 1840s forced many Irish people to the United States. -
answerTrue
Nativism is the political belief that Indian tribes should get all their land back. -
answerFalse
American System - answerThe economic/political philosophy that sought to use a
national bank, protective tariffs, and internal improvements to increase commercial self-
sufficiency. (Proposed by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams and others, aimed to
achieve this end.)
National Road (aka Cumberland Road) - answerThe road that connected Maryland to
Illinois by the 1840s.
Erie Canal - answerThe canal that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River by
cutting across New York State.
Robert Fulton - answerThe man who is usually credited with inventing the steamboat.
Telegraph - answerSamuel Morse's invention that used electrical impulses to send
information along a wire.
The Five Points - answerAn area of Manhattan where five streets meet that was noted
for its crime, gangs, dirtiness and corruption.
Louisiana Purchase - answerThe 1803 American purchase of the former French
Louisiana Territory.
Potato Famine - answerThe 1840s blight that annihilated Ireland's most essential crop.
Nativism - answerThe idea that native-born Americans should have preference over
immigrants, as well as the idea that immigration should be either limited or restricted.
The population of the United States multiplied nearly eight times from 1790 to 1860. -
answerTrue
Immigrants always avoided living in cities, as they heard how corrupt and dirty they
could be. - answerFalse
The primary market for western wheat and other grain goods was back East. -
answerTrue
A Potato Famine in Ireland in the 1840s forced many Irish people to the United States. -
answerTrue
Nativism is the political belief that Indian tribes should get all their land back. -
answerFalse
American System - answerThe economic/political philosophy that sought to use a
national bank, protective tariffs, and internal improvements to increase commercial self-
sufficiency. (Proposed by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams and others, aimed to
achieve this end.)
National Road (aka Cumberland Road) - answerThe road that connected Maryland to
Illinois by the 1840s.
Erie Canal - answerThe canal that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River by
cutting across New York State.
Robert Fulton - answerThe man who is usually credited with inventing the steamboat.
Telegraph - answerSamuel Morse's invention that used electrical impulses to send
information along a wire.
