U.S. History - CH7 - S1

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

Eli Whitney is best known for his invention of the

• turnpike

• textile factory

• cotton gin

• plantation system

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

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

• trigged 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

Transportation aided the industrialization of the U.S. in all of the following ways except?

• It lowered the costs for products.

• More markets meant more competition.

• Better and cheaper products

• It increased the cost of products.

Which supreme court case established the power of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce (trade)?

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the cotton gin on the economy of the South and the institution of slavery?

• The gin increased the amount of cotton but did not help spread slavery.

• The gin increased the amount of cotton being produced which meant the cotton needed to be picked more quickly.

• It accelerated the spread of slavery.

• Cotton became very profitable and the South becomes Cotton Kingdom.

Which of the following is False about the Tariff of 1816?

• It increased the cost of foreign goods

• the North welcomed the tariff because it protected Northern manufactured goods from foreign competition

• the South opposed high tariffs that made the price of imports more expensive

• It brought the nation together in the spirit of nationalism.

Which of the following were internal improvements for transportation in the early 1800s?

• Turnpike

• Railroads

• Canals

• Roads