U5 L3: American Infrastructure (8.40)- Practice

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Who was Henry Clay?

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a Senator from Kentucky

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Who was Henry Clay?

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The "American System" was a three step economic plan designed to help....

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the North by increasing manufacturing

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Improved transportation, specifically canals and roads, would benefit which area the most? Options: the South because they could trade cotton with the North, the North because they could get more labor from the West, the West because it would open up trade and employment, non-state territories because it would help raise their populations

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the West because it would open up trade and employment

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What role would the Second National Bank play in the construction of the "American System"?

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it would pay for federal construction of canals and roads

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The National Road made it possible to connect what three major rivers?

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Potomac, Ohio, Mississippi

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Which type of technology ORIGINALLY allowed transportation of goods to run in the reverse of the National Road?

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The ________ revolutionized river transportation.

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steamboat

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Henry Clay's proposed "American System" provided

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high protective tariffs and federal spending for internal improvements

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The basic support structures that serve a geographic area, such as transportation, communication, and power systems.

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infrastructure