The American System

Which of the following was one effect the Industrial Revolution had on the development of the United States?

• The price of manufactured goods increased.

• Cities grew as laborers left rural areas in search of work.

• Mill workers returned to their lives on the farm.

• The United States became the center of international commerce.

What were TWO positive effects of the Erie Canal?

• It helped the government raise revenue.

• It reduced the time it took to ship goods.

• It reduced the cost of shipping goods.

• It revolutionized American agriculture.

• It encouraged European immigration.

Congress helped overcome the expense of building railroads by

• offering land grants.

• utilizing slave labor.

• nationalizing the railroad industry.

• setting extremely high ticket prices.

Henry Clay's American System attempted to protect American businesses from foreign competition and to increase trade within the United States through all of the following measures EXCEPT

• by promoting the use of a single currency through the establishment of a national bank.

• by improving the nation's infrastructure through the construction of new systems of roads.

• by offering tax incentives to businesses and individuals that refused to purchase foreign products.

• by establishing a tariff on imported goods to make them more expensive than American-made products.

Why did people in the American South object to Henry Clay's American System?

• They opposed the high tariffs that were imposed on goods they needed.

• All of the infrastructure projects were in located in the Northeast.

• It would cause competition by opening agricultural land in the West.

• New taxes on cotton made the crop less profitable for farmers.