Question 1 (1 point)What was the biggest motivating factor in moving westward in the 1820s and

1830s?

Question 1 options:

	Land was cheaper.
	Gold existed just beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
	Slaves could escape to safe havens.
	Cotton could be grown in Ohio and Indiana.
	People were escaping religious persecution.

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Question 2 (1 point)

The Erie Canal:

Question 2 options:

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

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Question 3 (1 point)

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

Question 3 options:

	west of the Mississippi River.
	in the Old Northwest.
	south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
	in the Louisiana Purchase territory.
	west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Question 4 (1 point)

Which of the following was not a factor in the nation’s acquisition of Florida from Spain?

Question 4 options:

	Andrew Jackson’s invasion of the area, during which his men killed British agents and Indian chiefs
	the American seizure of Baton Rouge
	the desire of Georgia and Alabama planters to eliminate a refuge for fugitive slaves
	Spain’s loss of Haiti in a slave rebellion, which rendered Florida imperially unimportant
	Spain’s realization that it was unable to defend the area

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Question 5 (1 point)

Which of the following was NOT a way in which westward movement affected the South?

Question 5 options:

	It led to the increased breaking up of slave families and communities.
	The plantation economy expanded beyond the coastal regions.
	Transportation and banking remained adjuncts of the plantation system.
	The South had to develop a highly effective railroad system to transport goods from west to east.
	The South’s agrarian, slave-based social order reproduced itself as settlers went West.

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Question 6 (1 point)

Samuel Slater:

Question 6 options:

	developed stone-crushing technology useful for road building.
	established America’s first factory.
	invented the cotton gin.
	established the Erie Canal.
	was a steamboat innovator.

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Question 7 (1 point)

How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?

Question 7 options:

	Their lives changed little, because the economy allowed for plenty of room for specialized craftsmen.
	New competition created opportunities for the specialized skills of artisans, so their numbers expanded.
	Gathered in factories, they faced constant supervision and the breakdown of craftsmanship into specialized tasks.
	They began working in factories, which they preferred to enduring years of apprenticeship under the old system.
	Most artisans became factory owners and prospered as never before.

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Question 8 (1 point)

At the Lowell textile mills:

Question 8 options:

	southern-born women dominated the workforce, because of their superior knowledge of cotton.
	the lack of supervision showed that the female workers were capable of managing their own lives, which inspired the women’s rights movement.
	most women worked once their children were old enough to take care of themselves.
	the owners established lecture halls and churches.
	immigrant women dominated the workforce in the 1820s.

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Question 9 (1 point)

The “German triangle” in the mid-nineteenth century referred to:

Question 9 options:

	a Baltimore neighborhood with a large German immigrant population.
	the identifying patch German immigrants were forced to wear in some American cities.
	Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee—cities with large German populations.
	the special kind of ballot Democrats gave German-speaking voters.
	the superior plow that German immigrant Thomas Mannheim introduced to the United States.

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Question 10 (1 point)

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts, Chief Justice Roger Taney:

Question 10 options:

	declared the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity.
	held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge.
	granted Robert Fulton’s steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river.
	issued an opinion in which the U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, overturned a state law.
	officially declared that capitalism was the economic system of the United States.

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Question 11 (1 poin

According to John O’Sullivan, the “manifest destiny” of the United States to occupy North America could be traced to:

Question 11 options:

	the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
	a divine mission.
	the Adams-Onis Treaty.
	the Bible.
	federal treaties with Indian nations.

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Question 12 (1 point)

The transcendentalist movement:

Question 12 options:

	emphasized individual judgment, not tradition.
	is also known as the Second Great Awakening.
	stressed teamwork in order to industrialize.
	was largely based in the South.
	celebrated the economic developments of the market revolution.

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Question 13 (1 point)

What came to be redefined as a personal moral quality associated more and more closely with women?

Question 13 options:

	freedom
	liberty
	virtue
	family

 

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