Chapter 7 Section 1-Regional Differences

Henry Clay proposed the American System for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• to unify the nation.
  
• to bring an end to slavery.
  
• to create a national currency.
  
• to improve methods of transportation.
  

The main purpose of the Tariff of 1816 was to

• punish Britain.
  
• aid small farmers.
  
• aid American industry.
  
• aid westward expansion.
  

The Industrial Revolution in the United States involved all of the following EXCEPT...

• a steadily growing slave trade in the South.
  
• the construction of textile factories in New England
• the introduction of labor-saving machinery.
  
• a decrease in the nation's dependence on foreign trade.
  

All of the following are true of the Erie Canal except that it

• triggered a canal-building boom.
  
• was highly profitable for New York.
  
• was primarily intended to transport passengers.
  
• effectively linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
  

Farming in the north is best described as

• large plantation farming.
• subsistence farming.
  
• Non-existent.
  
• None of the above
  

Farming in the northwest (midwest) began

• growing cash crops such as cotton to meet northeast demand.
  
• subsistence farming to feed themselves and their families.
• growing food and raising cattle to feed the growing cities in the North
  
• None of the above
  

Farming in the south focused on

• plantation farming.
  
• subsistence farming.
  
• large food farming.
  
• None of the above
  

The Southern economy was based on which of the following?

• Agriculture
• Trade
• Industrialism
  
• None of the above
  

The Northern economy was based on which of the following?

• Agriculture
  
• Trade
  
• Industrialism
• None of the above
  

Which of the following is NOT true about the cotton gin?

• Made short-staple cotton profitable
  
• Cleaned cotton
  
• Decreased the demand for cotton
  
• Invented by Eli Whitney