Question 1

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​
Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860
 
-____ Erie Canal

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Question 2

The Northeast became the center of early-nineteenth-century American industry because it had

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A)  a superior transportation system. 
B)  abundant water power. 
C)  its narrow belt of stony soil made farming difficult and hence manufacturing attractive. 
D)  a local supply of raw materials used in manufacturing. 
E)  a relatively large labor supply.

Question 3

To what extent did each of the following play in the development of industrialization of the American economy: technology, immigration, investment, a surplus of inexpensive and docile wage labor, government aid, and internal improvements.

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Question 4

Rank the following in terms of their contribution to industrialization: cotton gin, principle of interchangeable parts, the Erie Canal, and the development of the railroads in the North and West.Justify your ranking.

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Question 5

Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was

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A)  produced by free labor. 
B)  sold to England for production of textiles in their mills. 
C)  grown on the tidewater plains. 
D)  consumed by the southern textile industry. 
E)  of the long-staple variety.

Question 6

The effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage

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A)  specialized, cash-crop agriculture. 
B)  slavery in the trans-Allegheny West. 
C)  self-sufficient farming. 
D)  farmers to abandon agriculture and sell their land to move to cities for better economic opportunities. 
E)  higher tariffs.

Question 7

The text's authors state that "the West, with its raw frontier, was the most typically American part of America" in the early nineteenth century.Explain what they mean by this remark.Do you agree or disagree? Why?

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Question 8

When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they

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A)  preferred urban life. 
B)  were offered high-paying jobs. 
C)  were welcomed by the people living there. 
D)  were too poor to move west and buy land. 
E)  had experience in urban politics.

Question 9

Construction of the Erie Canal

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A)  forced some New England farmers to move or change occupations. 
B)  showed how long-established local markets could survive a continental economy. 
C)  helped farmers so much that industrialization was slowed. 
D)  was completed without any financial support or expenditures from the state of New York. 
E)  created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest.

Question 10

Life on the frontier was

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A)  fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B)  downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C)  free of disease and premature death. 
D)  rarely portrayed in popular literature. 
E)  based on tight-knit communities.

Question 11

It has been claimed that the frontier acted as a "safety valve" for the East, allowing the discontented and certain immigrants to begin an alternative life on the frontier.To what extent does this seem to have been true?

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Question 12

German immigrants to the United States

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A)  quickly became a powerful political force. 
B)  came to escape economic hardships and autocratic government. 
C)  were as poor as the Irish. 
D)  contributed little to American life. 
E)  were almost all Roman Catholics.

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860 -____ Erie Canal

The Northeast became the center of early-nineteenth-century American industry because it had

To what extent did each of the following play in the development of industrialization of the American economy: technology, immigration, investment, a surplus of inexpensive and docile wage labor, government aid, and internal improvements.

Rank the following in terms of their contribution to industrialization: cotton gin, principle of interchangeable parts, the Erie Canal, and the development of the railroads in the North and West.Justify your ranking.

Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was

The effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage

The text's authors state that "the West, with its raw frontier, was the most typically American part of America" in the early nineteenth century.Explain what they mean by this remark.Do you agree or disagree? Why?

When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they

Construction of the Erie Canal

Life on the frontier was

It has been claimed that the frontier acted as a "safety valve" for the East, allowing the discontented and certain immigrants to begin an alternative life on the frontier.To what extent does this seem to have been true?

German immigrants to the United States

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​ Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860 -____ Erie Canal

The Northeast became the center of early-nineteenth-century American industry because it had

To what extent did each of the following play in the development of industrialization of the American economy: technology, immigration, investment, a surplus of inexpensive and docile wage labor, government aid, and internal improvements.

Rank the following in terms of their contribution to industrialization: cotton gin, principle of interchangeable parts, the Erie Canal, and the development of the railroads in the North and West.Justify your ranking.

Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was

The effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage

The text's authors state that "the West, with its raw frontier, was the most typically American part of America" in the early nineteenth century.Explain what they mean by this remark.Do you agree or disagree? Why?

When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they

Construction of the Erie Canal

Life on the frontier was

It has been claimed that the frontier acted as a "safety valve" for the East, allowing the discontented and certain immigrants to begin an alternative life on the frontier.To what extent does this seem to have been true?

German immigrants to the United States

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860 -____ Erie Canal