USHC 2 Post Test Review

The Constitution did not allow restrictions.

Labor unions welcomed new workers.

Southern landowners needed additional workers.

The industrial economy created new jobs.

Some pioneer women were allowed many new rights, including suffrage in some western states.

Elites lost power because "common men" were given the right to vote.

The balance of power between slave and free states was disrupted.

More African Americans in northern states were given the right to vote

It set the northernmost territory of the United States at the 54' 40 parallel.

The United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

It led to more sectional conflicts, which further divided Americans.

The United States lost the territories of Texas and California

Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast.

Midwestern farmers could easily ship grain to eastern markets.

A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.

Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.

The growth of the cotton industry in the South supported the expansion of the northern textile system.

The KKK discouraged European immigration in the South, resulting in northern urbanization.

The decrease in cotton production led to high unemployment in the South.

The large-scale African American migration to the South created an abundance of available jobs in the North.

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory provided new land and mineral resources to frontier settlers.

Experimentation with utopian communities meant both men and women had expanded political and economic opportunities.

The migration of skilled labor to western territories led to a decrease in the number of available factory and farm workers in the East.

There was a direct connection between increases in Southern cotton production and factory opportunities in the North

Monroe Doctrine

Seneca Falls Convention

Texas Independence

Louisiana Purchase

Universal (white) male suffrage

The abolition of slavery

The displacement of Native Americans 

The annexation of Texas

The Nullification Crisis

Consumerism expanded because people could travel farther to buy goods

Employment rose because it was cheaper for workers to travel to find a job

The availability of foreign goods led to a decrease in tariffs

Industry could expand because raw materials would be cheaper to acquire

A Seneca Falls and abolitionism were both pursuing women's equality.

Seneca Falls and abolitionism were both met with aggressive resistance from Southerners

The Seneca Falls Convention occurred due to women being denied a voice in abolitionism.

The Seneca Falls Convention focused on gaining suffrage for immigrants and freedmen.