
Antebellum America
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11th Grade - University
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What term refers to a period before a war and which, in U.S. history, has commonly been used to describe the pre-Civil War period?
industrialization
cult of honor
antebellum
nativism
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why was cotton referred to as "King" by the 1830s in America?
The growing of cotton had arisen from a command by King William IV of England
Cotton was a multi-purpose product that boosted the supply of food, clothing, and building materials
Cotton production represented the United States' number one commodity for domestic use and export
High levels of cotton was grown in every section of the U.S., North, South, and West
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a belief in the superiority of native-born inhabitants over immigrants, in particular, an anti-immigrant movement that began in the early 1800s in the U.S.?
nativism
racism
discrimination
xenophobia
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the constructed waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and transformed New York into an economic powerhouse of the young United States:
Hudson Canal
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Ohio River
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to the 1860 census, the American economy had greater total investments in ____________ than in any other commodity.
railroads
banks
factories
slaves
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the oldest railroad in the United States, originally built to help Maryland compete with canals in other states?
Short Line Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Annapolis & Louisville Railroad
Bethesda Trans-Appalachian Railroad
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the system, designed by the inventor of the telegraph, of long and short electrical bursts that made the telegraph network a viable, long-distance communication system?
Morse code
Semaphore
Bell Telephone
Radio waves
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