7.1 and 7.2 Quiz

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 nations dependence on foreign trade.

The Supreme Court decision in McCulloch vs Maryland

• declared Maryland had the right to tax the Bank of the United States.

• declared the Bank of the United States unconstitutional.

• supported the state governments over the national government.

• strengthened the federal government's control over the economy.

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.

John Quincy Adams

• placed sectionalism above nationalism.

• helped to expand U.S. territory to include Florida.

• served as chief of the Supreme Court in the 1820's.

• declared the Western hemisphere closed to European colonization.

The Monroe Doctrine

• convinced Russia to give up its claims on Alaska and its interest in the Northwest.

• ordered European powers to abandon their existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere.

• warned European powers not to interfere with the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

• proclaimed the intention of the United States to create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.

Nationalism

• is a practice of turning colonies into independent nations.

• is a belief in placing national interest above regional concerns.

• is a belief that states should have little or no power over trade.

• is a policy aimed at establishing a powerful national bank.

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

• 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.

The Missouri Compromise

• declared Missouri free state.

• declared New York a slave state.

• maintained the balance of slave states and free states.

• set up the Mississippi River as the dividing line between free and slave holding regions.