Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The rise of the market economy in the Un

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

The Panic of 1819 was the first major fi

Question 3

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. 
V ertical allegiances

Accepted Answer

Vertical allegiances refer to the loyalt

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The Blackstone Canal 
B)  The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 
C)  The Panama Canal 
D)  The Connecticut and Berkshire Canal 
E)  The Erie Canal 
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 5

What was the economic status of most people in antebellum America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wealthy 
B)  Upper class 
C)  Middling 
D)  Destitute 
E)  Bankrupt 
A)  Wealthy 
B)  Upper class 
C)  Middling 
D)  Destitute 
E)  Bankrupt

Question 6

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. 
John Jacob Astor

Accepted Answer

John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March

Question 7

Which of the following commodities was a major agricultural product of the Old Southwest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wheat 
B)  Apples 
C)  Oranges 
D)  Corn 
E)  Cotton 
A)  Wheat 
B)  Apples 
C)  Oranges 
D)  Corn 
E)  Cotton

Question 8

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. 
National Road

Accepted Answer

The National Road, also known as the Cum

Question 9

How did the changing economy affect the following groups in antebellum America: artisans, unmarried women, middling classes, and free northern blacks?

Accepted Answer

The changing economy in antebellum Ameri

Question 10

Describe the transportation revolution in the first half of the 19th century. What changes occurred in transportation? Why? How did these changes affect the American economy?

Accepted Answer

The transportation revolution in the fir

Question 11

Outwork was

Accepted Answer

A)  any employment that required you to be outside. 
B)  the process of coloring cloth. 
C)  a manufacturing system where a merchant distributed raw materials to individuals and paid them to make a finished product. 
D)  a new manufacturing process where raw materials were distributed to specific factories for production. 
E)  the new urban sanitation movement that transformed American cities in the 1830s. 
A)  any employment that required you to be outside. 
B)  the process of coloring cloth. 
C)  a manufacturing system where a merchant distributed raw materials to individuals and paid them to make a finished product. 
D)  a new manufacturing process where raw materials were distributed to specific factories for production. 
E)  the new urban sanitation movement that transformed American cities in the 1830s.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 13

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. 
Transportation revolution

Accepted Answer

The transportation revolution refers to

Question 14

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the eastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Coastal Road

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 15

The purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was to

Accepted Answer

A)  eliminate barriers to Indian unity. 
B)  encourage Georgia to establish Indian schools. 
C)  remove Indians from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 
D)  move them from land needed to construct canals. 
E)  facilitate white settlement on Indian lands. 
A)  eliminate barriers to Indian unity. 
B)  encourage Georgia to establish Indian schools. 
C)  remove Indians from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 
D)  move them from land needed to construct canals. 
E)  facilitate white settlement on Indian 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. 
"Trail of Tears"

Accepted Answer

The "Trail of Tears" refers to the force

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. 
Eli Whitney

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January

Question 18

Which conclusion did Americans not draw from the Panic of 1819?

Accepted Answer

A)  Banks could not be trusted. 
B)  American industries had to be protected against foreign competition. 
C)  Farmers had become entrepreneurs. 
D)  Farmers had become dependent on distant markets over which they had little control. 
E)  Land speculation could be financially risky. 
A)  Banks could not be trusted. 
B)  American industries had to be protected against foreign competition. 
C)  Farmers had become entrepreneurs. 
D)  Farmers had become dependent on distant markets over which they had little control. 
E)  Land speculation could be financially risky.

Question 19

All of the following are accurate descriptions of U.S. relationships with Indians during the 1830s except

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S. acquired 190 million acres of Northwest Indian land for $70 million. 
B)  More than 8,000 Cherokees were forced off their land and marched to Oklahoma with more than a third dying along the way or just after arriving. 
C)  Indians attempted to hold onto their land by suing in U.S. courts. 
D)  Some tribes relied on skilled chiefs and negotiators to get a fair price for their land. 
E)  The U.S. paid the Cherokees $5.6 million for their land. 
A)  The U.S. acquired 190 million acres of Northwest Indian land for $70 million. 
B)  More than 8,000 Cherokees were forced off their land and marched to Oklahoma with more than a third dying along the way or just after arriving. 
C)  Indians attempted to hold onto their land by suing in U.S. courts. 
D)  Some tribes relied on skilled chiefs and negotiators to get a fair price for their land. 
E)  The U.S. paid the Cherokees $5.6 million for their land.

Exam 9: The Transformation of American Society

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

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?

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. V ertical allegiances

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

What was the economic status of most people in antebellum America?

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. John Jacob Astor

Which of the following commodities was a major agricultural product of the Old Southwest?

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. National Road

How did the changing economy affect the following groups in antebellum America: artisans, unmarried women, middling classes, and free northern blacks?

Describe the transportation revolution in the first half of the 19th century. What changes occurred in transportation? Why? How did these changes affect the American economy?

Outwork was

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

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. Transportation revolution

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the eastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Coastal Road

The purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was to

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. "Trail of Tears"

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. Eli Whitney

Which conclusion did Americans not draw from the Panic of 1819?

All of the following are accurate descriptions of U.S. relationships with Indians during the 1830s except

Native Peoples of America

The Rise of the Atlantic World

The Emergence of Colonial Societies

The Bonds of Empire

Roads to Revolution

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

Launching the New Republic

America at War and Peace

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life

The Old South and Slavery

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

From Compromise to Secession

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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Describe the transportation revolution in the first half of the 19^th century. What changes occurred in transportation? Why? How did these changes affect the American economy?