The Early Republic

Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan was designed to

• help build the national economy

• encourage British imports

• prevent Congressional control of interstate commerce

• strengthen the powers of state governments

Why did President George Washington caution Americans against forming alliances with foreign nations in his Farewell Address?

• He feared trade with Latin America would be harmed.

• He was troubled that France might establish colonies in the Americas.

• He worried that the nation might later be dragged into a foreign war.

• He sought to protect America’s Western frontier.

Which statement is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It extended the nation’s boundary to the Pacific Ocean.

• It removed the Spanish from North America.

• It doubled the size of the United States.

• It banned the expansion of slavery in the western territories.

Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater were important to the spread of the Industrial Revolution to the United States because they

• created new methods of production

• devised new forms of transportation

• increased steel production

• built steam-powered machines

A major reason President Thomas Jefferson supported the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was that it

• gave the United States ownership of Florida

• allowed the United States to gain control of California

• gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

• removed the Spanish from North America