6.3 and 6.4
How large does a population have to be to apply for statehood?
60,000 people
Why was Congress able to provide funds for the National Road when infrastructure was supposed to be under the control of the states?
It crossed several state borders.
How did connecting western farms with eastern cities affect shipping goods to market?
It greatly decreased the cost.
Why was the Erie Canal an instant success?
It reduced the cost of shipping goods.
What is the most likely reason that Kentucky was the first territory that had a population sufficient to apply for statehood?
It was accessible since pre-Revolutionary times.
Why were white settlers so eager to have the land along the western frontier?
It was ideally suited to growing food and cash crops.
Why were decent roads so necessary for settlers traveling west?
Many settlers were using wagons
What was the main reason that the Trail of Tears was such a dreadful journey?
The forced march took place in the winter.
What did the Choctaw have to do to remain in Mississippi after the signing of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek?
agree to be governed as Mississippi citizens
Brand new inventions that were created during the building of the Erie Canal included
concrete that could dry under water.
Sequoyah is famous for
developing a written language
The main purpose of building longer canals in the early 1800s was to
help western farmers get goods to market.
The conflicts between white settlers and Native Americans had mainly to do with
land
In general, steamboats were able to travel
more quickly than other boats
The Indian Removal Act involved Native Americans giving up their land in exchange for
new lands farther to the west.
The Proclamation Line of 1763 separated
the area in which the British allowed white settlers to settle from that which they didn't.
The flat-bottomed steamboat was designed to deal with
shallow rivers
Steamboats were considered better than flatboats for shipping cargo along rivers because
they used the power of steam to turn powerful engines and move quickly up and down rivers
What is the main reason so many settlers moved west of the Appalachian Mountains in the early 1800s?
to create farms and find jobs
Andrew Jackson's reaction to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia indicates that Jackson defended federal power
when it suited him
