Review 2

1. Why was NC called the "Rip Van Winkle State"?

People farmed and grew only tobacco crops for export

People moved out of state, the economy was weak, lack of educational opportunities in the state,

People in NC decided to build and move the new capitol to Raleigh

People in NC disobeyed the leadership of NC and voted out all the leaders

2. Why is Archibald Murphey important to NC?

Governor of NC in the 1800's

Reform leader of the 1800's in NC who tried to solve problems

Leader of the Trail of Tears

Leader of the Constitutional Convention of 1835

3. How did the new Constitution of 1835 in NC become more undemocratic?

Fewer leaders were elected to political office

The governor had complete power for several years before re-election had to occur

Free African Americans and Native Americans lost the right to vote

The people of the West(Backcountry) had little power in the government after 1835

4. What Native American tribe was moved from NC during the Trail of Tears?

Cherokee

Catawba

Hatteras

Tuscarora

5. Why did many Native Americans move along the Trial of Tears?

They were leaving the poor conditions they faced in NC

They were going to search for gold in the west

They were forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River

They wanted to gain the "free" homesteader lands in the west

6. According to Native American legend, Tsali and his male family members gave themselves up because...?

They hoped the rest of the Cherokee in hiding -would be allowed to stay in NC

They believed the president would pardon them

They knew they could gain more lands through negotiation

They wanted to join others who were already in the West

7. The agricultural industry grew in NC after what major event?

Manufacturing declined

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

Farmers learned how to rotate crops

The state legislature approved a literary fund

8. Which of the following would not be an internal improvement?

Building roads

Building canals

Building bridges

Building farms all across the state

9. What was the main purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

The act moved all Native American tribes to the east of the Mississippi River

The act ordered Andrew Jackson to move the Native Americans to move west by 1831

The act gave Native Americans land to farm in the west for free if they moved

10. How did the gold rush in NC impact the state?

Gold coins were minted in the state which boosted the economy

New groups moved to state to mine for gold and new businesses were created

All of above

11. Select the area of reform that Murphey did not work towards during his lifetime

Education

Transportation

Better government in the state- democratic reforms

Bringing new farming methods to the state farmers

12. Manifest Destiny: _________________ Trail of Tears: Oklahoma

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Mississippi River

Missouri River

13. Which of the following true statements does not belong with the concept of Manifest Destiny

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

The LA Purchase doubled the size of the US and was acquired under Thomas Jefferson

Native American removal was a painful part of our national history.

14. The Northern states became an agricultural based economy after the Industrial Revolution of the 1800's.

True

False

15. The US Constitution is the basis of all of the laws in the US.