Unit 6: Westward Movement Assessment

This invention helped solve the problem of moving upstream against the current in river travel.

• packet boats
• clipper ships
• steamboats
• canals

Roads built by private companies for which a toll was paid to use the roads were called

• turnpikes
• canals
• corduroy roads
• aqueducts

Which project, completed in 1825, resulted from Governor DeWitt Clinton’s plan to connect the Hudson River and Lake Erie?

• National Road
• Champlain Canal
• Erie Canal
• Hoover Dam

The Erie Canal contributed to the development of the United States by

• eliminating the need for railroads
• linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast
• becoming the major trade route to California
• allowing southern planters to ship their cotton westward

Andrew Jackson saw his election to the presidency as a victory for

• business owners
• the "common man"
• bankers
• wealthy plantation owners

Which conclusion about President Andrew Jackson is most consistent with these headlines?

• He allowed Congress to decide controversial issues.
• He expanded and used his presidential powers.
• He demonstrated weakness in dealing with domestic issues.
• He relied on the Supreme Court to settle disputes.

Which of the following was an effect of a high tariff?

• Northern factories were hurt by losing business.
• Southerners earned more money from their cotton.
• Imported goods became more expensive to buy.
• Banks along the East Coast began to fail.

The cartoon indicates that the Tariff of 1832 most benefited

• farmers
• merchants
• manufacturers
• agricultural workers

Which section of the United States most likely supported the Tariff of 1832?

• The Northeast
• the South
• The West
• Great Lakes Region

This portrayal of President Andrew Jackson reflects the opinion of some of his opponents that the

• executive branch had become too powerful
• British had too much influence over the president
• president had become too sympathetic to the common man
• spoils system had failed to improve the government