Checklist and Practice Questions for Quiz

For the quiz tomorrow make sure you have the following:

~ The Vocabulary assignment from last night

~ The Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin Reading

~ Notes on George Washington's Cabinet

~ Notes on Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan

~ Birth of a Political Party

~ Foreign Policy Challenges

~ Map "A" and Map "B"

Some Practice Questions:

1. Some historians claim that Catherine Greene deserves some credit for the invention of the cotton gin. Give two reasons that would support that claim.

2. Thomas Jefferson believed that the United States should be supportive of the French. Why?

3. The United States government was faced with the daunting task of trying to pay back its debt from the American Revolution. The government owed money to banks, foreign nations, as well as private citizens. If you were the Secretary of Treasury who would you pay back first? Why?

4. Between the years 1790 and 1860, cotton production in the United States grew to over 2 billion pounds a year. At the same time, the U.S. saw a dramatic increase in the slave population of the United States. Explain the connection between the growth of cotton and the growth of slavery.

5. What river flows into the Mississippi River and borders Kentucky?

Rest up, bring a snack tomorrow, and good luck.

~ Mr. M