The factory system made life easier because:

• It streamlined the process of creating goods

• It helped business owners speak directly with consumers

• It helped transport goods faster and easier

• It greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor

A canal is best explained as a

• Natural river

• Man-made river

• Waterway from the mountains

• Tunnel across states

During the first half of the 1800s, geographic factors influenced the economy of New England by

• supporting rice and indigo farming
• encouraging the establishment of large plantations
• increasing the regions reliance on slave labor
• promoting the growth of trade and manufacturing

The completion of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century aided the economic development of the United States by

• supplying water for the irrigation of western farms
• lowering the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest tothe Atlantic coast
• providing a shipping route for cotton from the South to Europe
• supplying water power for running factories and mills

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?

• New inventions led to an increase in cotton production.
• The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.
• Most early textile mills were built in the South.
• Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.

A high protective tariff passed by Congress is intended to affect the United States economy by

• promoting free trade
• limiting industrial jobs
• encouraging American manufacturing
• expanding global interdependence

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives

• In the Senate

• In the Executive Branch

• In the Judicial Branch

Which lawmaker was most responsible for the MO Compromise?

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay