11th Regents Review #2: Early America to Sectionalism

Based on this map, the Erie Canal led to

• decisions to limit immigration

• an increased population in upstate New York

Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it

• linked the Great Lakes with the Atlantic coast

• helped to remove British troops from the midwest

• increased cotton farming in the North

Information on the graph most clearly supports the conclusion that the Erie Canal

• slowed migration to the Midwest

• replaced railroads as the main method of transportation

• improved transportation between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes

• relied on steamboats for canal use

The cartoonist’s purpose for creating this cartoon is to show Americans that

• European nations are welcome in South America

• The United States wanted to create a trade treaty with Europe

• Americans were safe to travel to European countries

• The U.S. would not allow any new European colonies in the Western Hemisphere

Based on the cartoon, the Monroe Doctrine increased nationalism in the U.S. because

• the U.S. increased trade with foreign nations

• it would be enforced by the U.S. Navy

• the U.S. purchased new land

• Americans would be allowed to buy land on credit

The route shown in the map is referring to the

• Patriots' victories during the Revolutionary War

• Underground Railroad safe houses

• Trail of Tears

• Manhattan Project atomic test sites

President Andrew Jackson was criticized for acting like a king because he closed the National Bank. He was also criticized because he

• moved the nation's capital city to NYC

• refused to follow the Court's order to let the Cherokee stay on their land

• sent Lewis & Clark on an expedition to the west

• authorized the invasion of Canada

This painting illustrates _______________ in America.

• Industrialization [creation of factories]

• Imperialism [taking colonies overseas]

• Militarism [expanding the military]

• Manifest Destiny [moving west]

Which claim is best supported by this map?

• America gained an overseas empire

• The Underground Railroad brought runaway slaves North

• Industrialization [factories] mainly occurred in the North

• America gained land through a variety [a lot] of ways

The boundary conflict shown on this map was settled by the

• Missouri Compromise

• war between the U.S. and Mexico

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850