SSUSH6 & SSUSH7

What impact did the cotton gin have on the South's economy?

• it increased the South's dependence on slave labor
• It decreased the South's dependence on foreign trade.
• It led to the end of the plantation system.
• It made the South more industrialized than the North.

Which of the following area is associated with the purple area on the map ?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Ordinance
• Erie Cnal
• Compromise of 1850

- fought against the British
- made A. Jackson a national hero
- led to end of Federalist Party
- resulted in new sense of national identity
What is the list referring to?

• French and Indian War
• War of 1812
• WWI
• American Revolution

A woman voting for a presidential candidate in 2016 should be grateful for events like 

• the U-2 Incident
• Seneca Falls Conference
• Watergate
• Roosevelt Corollary

What law made slavery illegal north of the Ohio R. and laid out guidelines for the admission of new states to the Union?

• the Northwest Ordinance
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• the Missouri Compromise
• the Louisiana Purchase

Which of the following can be attributed to the presidency of Andrew Jackson?

• the secession of the Confederate states
• the return of the 2-party system
• more regulations favorable to Eastern business elites
• the end of the Federalist Party

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Conference

• abolition
• the Second Great Awakening
• women's suffrage
• education reform

It was a time in the 1700s in which great technology led to massive economic changes and innovations in methods of production,  What was it?

• First Great Awakening
• Industrial Revolution
• Second Great Awakening
• Manifest destiny

President Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, despite the fact that the Constitution does not specifically grant the president power to acquire new territory.  Given the fact that Jefferson held to a strict interpretation of the Constitution, his decision to acquire Louisiana is seen by many historians as

• consistent with the views Jefferson originally held concerning the Constitution.
• inconsistent with Jefferson’s past views.
• dishonest, considering he did not notify Congress of his decision.
• supportive of arguments Jefferson made when he was secretary of state under President Washington.

“The position of the United States is quite clear.  If any foreign power attempts to claim territory in the Americas, this nation will view such action as an act of aggression.  No longer is this hemisphere a land to be conquered by European tyrants.” U.S. Public Official, 1820
The above quote is MOST LIKELY referring to

• the Missouri Compromise
• the Declaration of Independence
• manifest destiny
• the Monroe Doctrine.