Market Revolution

Who invented the Cotton Gin, a machine that increased the efficiency of separating seeds from cotton fibers?

• Robert Fulton

• Henry Clay

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

The concept of Manifest Destiny supported this development and increased sectional tension between North and South before the Civil War?

• western expansion and settlement

• isolation from Europe

• industrialization in the North

• transportation improvements

What impact did the Cotton Gin have on slavery during the early 19th century?

• it contributed to its decline

• it contributed to its expansion

• it had no impact on slavery

Which of the following best defines the Monroe Doctrine?

• a foreign policy that banned Europe from future colonization of the Americas (and also America's involvement in Europe)

• a domestic policy that supported an American System of transportation improvements after the War of 1812

• a belief that it was America's God-given right to expand west and claim land previously settled by American Indians

What was America's first transportation improvement that helped to link markets, improving the efficiency of transporting goods during the so-called Market Revolution?

• Canals

• Railroads

• Roads

• Tunnels

What political party (3rd party) developed as a Nativist movement to oppose the arrival of immigrants from Ireland and Germany during the early 1800s?

• Whigs

• Know Nothings

• Federalists

• Democratic Republicans

What group was the first labor source in New England textile mill towns during the early 1800s?

• Slaves

• Indians

• Women

• Immigrants

Part of the American System to fund transportation improvements during the Market Revolution was paid for by taxes on imports called__________________

• Tariffs

• Loans

• Annuities

• Bonds

The real political issue that caused sectional tension between "slave" and "free" states was the balance of power in _____________.

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• the Executive branch

What was an early communication improvement that helped to connect distant regional markets?

• Telephone

• Telegraph

• Microphone

• Internet