Question 1

New England became America's first industrial region in part because it had

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A)   only a few rivers to interfere with transportation.
B)   an influx of foreign capital.
C)   a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
D)   a surplus of young men returning from fur trapping in the West.
E)   a commercial economy that had been devastated by trade wars. C

Question 2

What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York City?

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A)   It forced New York to support other canal projects.
B)   It turned New York into the nation's largest city.
C)   It affect New York very little since the canal was connected to Boston.
D)   It caused New York to build a new bureaucratic structure to manage the canal.
E)   It enabled immigrants arriving in New York to move South much quicker. B

Question 3

What was the purpose of the National Road?

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A)   to provide work for veterans of the War of 1812.
B)   to facilitate westward migration.
C)   to encourage a political alliance between Virginia and Illinois.
D)   to permit easy troop movements across America in the event of war.
E)   to enable the president to reach Washington easily. B

Question 4

The Waltham and Lowell textile mills were more advanced than the mills established by Samuel Slater because they, unlike the Slater mills, produced

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A)   yarn.
B)   finished fabrics.
C)   sheets of cloth.
D)   colored cloth.
E)   multilayered cloth.

Question 5

Why did horizontal allegiances develop in the period between 1815 and 1840? What functions did "voluntary associations" fulfill during that time?

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Question 6

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Panic of 1819. What events and/or issues led to the economic downturn? What were the direct effects of the panic on the American economy? How did it change Americans' views of issues involving the economy like banks?

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Question 7

How did the rise of the market economy and industrialization influence relationships within families and communities?

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Question 8

In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the authority to

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A)   regulate navigation on rivers.
B)   expel Indians from within state borders.
C)   limit trade with foreign countries.
D)   buy and sell public lands.
E)   cancel state financial obligations.

Question 9

How did the rise of the market economy affect where Americans lived and how they made their living?

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Question 10

What was Alabama fever?

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A)   an outbreak of yellow fever in Alabama that devastated settlers in the 1820s.
B)   a rush to settle in the rich farmlands of Alabama that caused the price of land to skyrocket.
C)   an illness that affected mainly Native Americans that forced them to move elsewhere.
D)   an epidemic that began as a bird influenza.
E)   None of these choices

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Horizontal allegiances

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Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Bank of the United States; Second Bank of the United States

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Question 13

Which of the following is not true of the Cherokee Indians?

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A)   They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes.
B)   They supported the movement of Indians out of the South.
C)   They included an influential minority of mixed-bloods who embraced Christianity and owned slaves.
D)   They published their own newspaper.
E)   They engaged in agriculture.

Question 14

Why was Alexis de Tocqueville interested in visiting the United States?

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A)   To help establish a cotton mill in Waltham
B)   To investigate American democracy
C)   To find a location where he could hide from the French secret police
D)   To demonstrate that American society was teetering on collapse and headed for another revolution
E)   To investigate the causes of the long economic depression that had caused so much hardship in the new nation

Question 15

Which of the following statements is the best description of federal land policy from 1790 to 1820?

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A)   Federalists encouraged sales of large blocks of land to speculators, whereas Republicans favored selling federal land in smaller tracts to less wealthy buyers.
B)   A political consensus kept land policy above partisan or sectional politics.
C)   Federal land policy was consistent throughout the period.
D)   Federal land was sold off to the highest bidder, usually railroad and canal interests.
E)   The federal government allowed the states total control over the distribution of public lands.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Market Economy

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Lydia Sigourney, Letters to Mothers

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Question 18

What was the first major canal project in the United States?

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A)   The Blackstone Canal
B)   The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
C)   The Panama Canal
D)   The Connecticut and Berkshire Canal
E)   The Erie Canal

Question 19

The doctrine of "separate spheres" suggested that many Antebellum Americans believed that

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A)   children and parents should not mingle.
B)   men were to dominate worldly pursuits, while women would gain power in the home via their moral influence.
C)   moral issues should be determined by the church, while economic issues should be determined by the family.
D)   business affairs were best conducted in the factory and the office, and workers had no role in making decisions.
E)   Indians and Americans of European ancestry should be allowed to live in separate regions of the country.

Question 20

What caused urban poverty in this period?

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Exam 9: The Transformation of American Society

New England became America's first industrial region in part because it had

What impact did the Erie Canal have on New York City?

What was the purpose of the National Road?

The Waltham and Lowell textile mills were more advanced than the mills established by Samuel Slater because they, unlike the Slater mills, produced

Why did horizontal allegiances develop in the period between 1815 and 1840? What functions did "voluntary associations" fulfill during that time?

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Panic of 1819. What events and/or issues led to the economic downturn? What were the direct effects of the panic on the American economy? How did it change Americans' views of issues involving the economy like banks?

How did the rise of the market economy and industrialization influence relationships within families and communities?

In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the authority to

How did the rise of the market economy affect where Americans lived and how they made their living?

What was Alabama fever?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Horizontal allegiances

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Bank of the United States; Second Bank of the United States

Which of the following is not true of the Cherokee Indians?

Why was Alexis de Tocqueville interested in visiting the United States?

Which of the following statements is the best description of federal land policy from 1790 to 1820?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Market Economy

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Lydia Sigourney, Letters to Mothers

What was the first major canal project in the United States?

The doctrine of "separate spheres" suggested that many Antebellum Americans believed that

What caused urban poverty in this period?