Question 1

A conservative philosophy of land distribution would not support which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) High minimum acreage rules for people buying land. 
B) High minimum prices for land. 
C) Credit payments for the land. 
A) High minimum acreage rules for people buying land. 
B) High minimum prices for land. 
C) Credit payments for the land. C

Question 2

Which was not one of the main U.S.land acquisitions?

Accepted Answer

A) Mexican Cession. 
B) Western Purchase. 
C) Gadsden Purchase. 
D) The Oregon Country. 
A) Mexican Cession. 
B) Western Purchase. 
C) Gadsden Purchase. 
D) The Oregon Country. B

Question 3

What best describes Thomas Jefferson's view of how American Indians should be treated?

Accepted Answer

A) Tribes should be forced to leave their native lands in the east and move west. 
B) Indians should have full property rights that should be respected by whites. 
C) Indians could continue to live on their reservations but the federal government should have access to all mining and natural resources on their land. 
A) Tribes should be forced to leave their native lands in the east and move west. 
B) Indians should have full property rights that should be respected by whites. 
C) Indians could continue to live on their reservations but the federal government should have access to all mining and natural resources on their land. B

Question 4

Under the system of "township planning"

Accepted Answer

A) no one could own land that had not been previously surveyed. 
B) settlers chose their own plots of land,under the supervision of a county surveyor. 
C) legal descriptions of property made reference to permanent natural objects. 
D) gaps between unsettled and settled land were encouraged. 
A) no one could own land that had not been previously surveyed. 
B) settlers chose their own plots of land,under the supervision of a county surveyor. 
C) legal descriptions of property made reference to permanent natural objects. 
D) gaps between unsettled and settled land were encouraged.

Question 5

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 included provisions for all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) surveys prior to sale of Western land. 
B) the number of states that could be created from the Northwest Territory. 
C) guidelines for the eventual creation of Western states. 
D) sale of the land in plots of one square mile. 
E)  All of the above were provisions of the ordinances. 
A) surveys prior to sale of Western land. 
B) the number of states that could be created from the Northwest Territory. 
C) guidelines for the eventual creation of Western states. 
D) sale of the land in plots of one square mile. 
E)  All of the above were provisions of the ordinances.

Question 6

U.S.citizens migrating to Illinois in the first half of the 19ᵗʰ century would most likely have come from:

Accepted Answer

A) Massachusetts and New Jersey. 
B) California and Oregon. 
C) North and South Carolina. 
D) Up the Mississippi River from Louisiana and Mississippi. 
A) Massachusetts and New Jersey. 
B) California and Oregon. 
C) North and South Carolina. 
D) Up the Mississippi River from Louisiana and Mississippi.

Question 7

Large increases in agricultural productivity were not the primary reasons for migrating to which area of the nation during the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

A) Illinois and Wisconsin 
B) Indiana and Ohio 
C) The far west 
D) Texas and Mississippi 
A) Illinois and Wisconsin 
B) Indiana and Ohio 
C) The far west 
D) Texas and Mississippi

Question 8

What would best characterize the relationship between corn prices,wheat prices and the public sale of western land (OH,IL,IN,MI,IA,WI,MO)between 1815-1860?

Accepted Answer

A) All three were very positively correlated. 
B) Land sales increased first,which drew people to move and produce more crops,which increased the crop prices. 
C) As land sales increased,corn prices increased and wheat prices decreased as farmers substituted from wheat to corn. 
D) Land sales were negatively related to both the wheat and corn prices. 
A) All three were very positively correlated. 
B) Land sales increased first,which drew people to move and produce more crops,which increased the crop prices. 
C) As land sales increased,corn prices increased and wheat prices decreased as farmers substituted from wheat to corn. 
D) Land sales were negatively related to both the wheat and corn prices.

Question 9

Eli Whitney is most noted for

Accepted Answer

A) inventing the steam engine. 
B) inventing the cotton gin. 
C) inventing the technology for the first railroad engine. 
D) developing the Erie Canal. 
A) inventing the steam engine. 
B) inventing the cotton gin. 
C) inventing the technology for the first railroad engine. 
D) developing the Erie Canal.

Question 10

The immigrants most likely to go directly to the lands in the West,rather than be absorbed into the eastern city populations,were from

Accepted Answer

A) England and Scotland. 
B) Germany 
C) Ireland. 
D) France. 
A) England and Scotland. 
B) Germany 
C) Ireland. 
D) France.

Question 11

The pace of settlement of the Old Northwest (Ohio,Indiana,Illinois,... )was determined primarily by the prices of

Accepted Answer

A) soybeans,sorghum,and potatoes. 
B) gold and silver. 
C) corn,hogs,and wheat. 
D) cattle,leather,and cheese. 
A) soybeans,sorghum,and potatoes. 
B) gold and silver. 
C) corn,hogs,and wheat. 
D) cattle,leather,and cheese.

Question 12

According to Walton and Rockoff,all of the following were among Jefferson's main goals for land policy except:

Accepted Answer

A) To assure clear property rights to the land owned by individuals. 
B) To drive Indians off the land and secure it for American settlers. 
C) To provide revenues to the federal government through sales. 
D) To spread democratic institutions. 
A) To assure clear property rights to the land owned by individuals. 
B) To drive Indians off the land and secure it for American settlers. 
C) To provide revenues to the federal government through sales. 
D) To spread democratic institutions.

Question 13

U.S.cotton production

Accepted Answer

A) remained concentrated in Georgia and South Carolina until after 1860. 
B) was unable to compete with wool production in the antebellum textile industry. 
C) accounted for more than half of the dollar value of US exports between 1800 and 1850. 
D) faced declining world demand for most of the antebellum period. 
A) remained concentrated in Georgia and South Carolina until after 1860. 
B) was unable to compete with wool production in the antebellum textile industry. 
C) accounted for more than half of the dollar value of US exports between 1800 and 1850. 
D) faced declining world demand for most of the antebellum period.

Question 14

What best describes the impact of the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A) A decrease in the price and an increase in the quantity of cotton. 
B) An increase in the price and a decrease in the quantity of cotton. 
C) Decreases in both the price and quantity of cotton. 
D) Increases in both the price and quantity of cotton. 
A) A decrease in the price and an increase in the quantity of cotton. 
B) An increase in the price and a decrease in the quantity of cotton. 
C) Decreases in both the price and quantity of cotton. 
D) Increases in both the price and quantity of cotton.

Question 15

During the antebellum period,the "Old Northwest" became the leading producer of

Accepted Answer

A) corn. 
B) wheat. 
C) hogs. 
D) All of the above. 
A) corn. 
B) wheat. 
C) hogs. 
D) All of the above.

Question 16

A liberal philosophy of land distribution would support which of the following rules about paying for western land?

Accepted Answer

A) High minimum acreage rules for people buying land. 
B) High minimum prices for land. 
C) Credit payments for the land. 
A) High minimum acreage rules for people buying land. 
B) High minimum prices for land. 
C) Credit payments for the land.

Question 17

Which was not one of the main U.S.land acquisitions?

Accepted Answer

A) The Oregon Country. 
B) The Texas Annexation. 
C) The Florida Acquisition. 
D) The Gadsden Purchase. 
E) All of the above are U.S.land acquisitions. 
A) The Oregon Country. 
B) The Texas Annexation. 
C) The Florida Acquisition. 
D) The Gadsden Purchase. 
E) All of the above are U.S.land acquisitions.

Question 18

What industry was the main economic impetus behind antebellum migration to the West Coast?

Accepted Answer

A) Fishing. 
B) Cattle. 
C) Fruit. 
D) Mining. 
A) Fishing. 
B) Cattle. 
C) Fruit. 
D) Mining.

Question 19

Which of the following was the most important factor determining the volume of land sales in the Midwest and South during the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

A) Immigration. 
B) Indian resistance to settlement. 
C) Agricultural prices. 
D) Governmental road building. 
A) Immigration. 
B) Indian resistance to settlement. 
C) Agricultural prices. 
D) Governmental road building.

Question 20

What best describes westward movement of population between 1800-1860?

Accepted Answer

A) The 1850s was the decade when the largest number of people moved to the west. 
B) The large increase in and sales in this period was based on speculation. 
C) Migrants moved to the west because they were "pushed" out of the east,where conditions were getting worse. 
D) Corn prices were relatively low in the decades when migration to the west was largest. 
A) The 1850s was the decade when the largest number of people moved to the west. 
B) The large increase in and sales in this period was based on speculation. 
C) Migrants moved to the west because they were "pushed" out of the east,where conditions were getting worse. 
D) Corn prices were relatively low in the decades when migration to the west was largest.

Exam 8: Land and the Early Western Movements

A conservative philosophy of land distribution would not support which of the following?

Which was not one of the main U.S.land acquisitions?

What best describes Thomas Jefferson's view of how American Indians should be treated?

Under the system of "township planning"

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 included provisions for all of the following except:

U.S.citizens migrating to Illinois in the first half of the 19ᵗʰ century would most likely have come from:

Large increases in agricultural productivity were not the primary reasons for migrating to which area of the nation during the antebellum period?

What would best characterize the relationship between corn prices,wheat prices and the public sale of western land (OH,IL,IN,MI,IA,WI,MO)between 1815-1860?

Eli Whitney is most noted for

The immigrants most likely to go directly to the lands in the West,rather than be absorbed into the eastern city populations,were from

The pace of settlement of the Old Northwest (Ohio,Indiana,Illinois,... )was determined primarily by the prices of

According to Walton and Rockoff,all of the following were among Jefferson's main goals for land policy except:

U.S.cotton production

What best describes the impact of the cotton gin?

During the antebellum period,the "Old Northwest" became the leading producer of

A liberal philosophy of land distribution would support which of the following rules about paying for western land?

Which was not one of the main U.S.land acquisitions?

What industry was the main economic impetus behind antebellum migration to the West Coast?

Which of the following was the most important factor determining the volume of land sales in the Midwest and South during the antebellum period?

What best describes westward movement of population between 1800-1860?

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