Exam 8: Northern Transformations

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By 1830, the primary engine of economic development was the North Atlantic trade.

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The major technological improvements in early American industrial development were stolen from English inventors.

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Between 1815 and 1840, northeastern agriculture became a cash-crop business.

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By making a run from New Orleans to Louisville, the steamboat_____________ demonstrated that two-way river trade was possible.

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_____________made secret drawings of British textile factory machines during an 1811 visit and then duplicated the machines in America.

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The Waltham, or Lowell, system of textile manufacturing primarily employed

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Thomas Jefferson would have supported an urban "market society".

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The market revolution resulted in an increase in the size of the average American family.

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Until about 1830, most western settlers were southerners who settled near the tributaries of the Ohio-Mississippi River system.

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Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society as one whose economy was dominated by_____________.

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"Johnny Appleseed" was a fictional character created by Walt Disney.

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All the following regarding southern farmers who moved into the Northwest is true except they

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High costs kept large factories from being located in early nineteenth century cities.

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The Erie Canal was an immense success.

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The market revolution occurred only in the North.

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Backcountry whites adopted all of the following practices except

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In post-revolutionary America, most farmers lived in isolation from each other.

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Explore changes in the local rural economies of the United States in the early nineteenth century.

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In the seaport cities, growth derived more from commerce with the hinterland than from international trade.

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Most canals were built in the_____________ and_____________.

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