Question 1

The Erie Canal:

Accepted Answer

A)  was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time. 
B)  attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest. 
C)  was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business. 
D)  was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay. 
E)  proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening. 
A)  was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time. 
B)  attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest. 
C)  was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business. 
D)  was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay. 
E)  proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening.

Question 2

How did westward movement affect the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lack of canals slowed down the use of slaves. 
B)  The plantation slave-based economy was replicated in Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  Trade with the eastern United States was no longer seen as a priority. 
D)  The South developed a highly effective and large railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Slavery did not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  The lack of canals slowed down the use of slaves. 
B)  The plantation slave-based economy was replicated in Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  Trade with the eastern United States was no longer seen as a priority. 
D)  The South developed a highly effective and large railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Slavery did not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 3

One German newcomer wrote that "there aren't any masters [in America],here everyone is a free agent." How accurate a statement was that? Why would a German immigrant view America as free? Do you think an Irish immigrant would feel the same way about America? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The statement made by the German newcome

Question 4

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-nativism

Accepted Answer

Nativism is an ideological position that

The Erie Canal:

How did westward movement affect the South?

One German newcomer wrote that "there aren't any masters [in America],here everyone is a free agent." How accurate a statement was that? Why would a German immigrant view America as free? Do you think an Irish immigrant would feel the same way about America? Why or why not?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -nativism

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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Exam 9: The Market Revolution,1800-1840

The Erie Canal:

How did westward movement affect the South?

One German newcomer wrote that "there aren't any masters [in America],here everyone is a free agent." How accurate a statement was that? Why would a German immigrant view America as free? Do you think an Irish immigrant would feel the same way about America? Why or why not?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -nativism

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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