Chapter 9 Test "Expanding Markets and Moving West" (HY-US I)

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Industrialization in the early 19th century led to all of the following except: specialization, widening differences between North and South, lower prices for manufactured products.

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greater self-sufficiency.

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New technology _________ costs of factory items allowing workers to become consumers.

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lowered

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What does the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" refer to?

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the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory

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Within the United States, conflicts over what delayed the annexation of Texas?

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the balance of free and slave states

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During the 1840s, the advantage that canals had over railroads was that shipping by canal was

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cheaper.

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___________ is the idea that God had given the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western lands.

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Manifest destiny

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What was the most important impact of the canal-building era?

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It opened the Midwest to world markets.

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In the early years of canal and railroad travel, what advantage did railroads offer?

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speed

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_________ Smith’s successor, lead the Mormons outside U.S. to settle near Great Salt Lake, Utah.

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Brigham Young

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The name of a man killed by an anti-Mormon mob in 1844 is

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Joseph Smith