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WorksheetsEra of Good Feelings
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
A statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Ghent
Nationalism
American System
Disagreements between the different regions (north, south, and west).
Sectionalism
American System
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
A time period in American history when people enjoyed peace, pride, and progress.
Missouri Compromise
American System
Whiskey Rebellion
Era of Good Feelings
A canal that was built in New York that connected Albany to Buffalo.
Whitewater Canal
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
This was the first federal road built.
Cumberland Road
National Road
Highway 50
Interstate 69
The selling and transporting of goods from one state to another
Autocracy
Mudslinging
Incumbent
Interstate Commerce
Who was the president during the Era of Good Feelings?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
George Washington
During the Era of Good Feeling there were how many political parties?
one
two
Three
None
These new tariffs/taxes would help fund
roads, bridges, canals
capital house
War with France
the push into Canadian lands
The Era of Good Feelings was marked by
a strong sense of national unity.
a rapid increase in immigration.
an end to warfare with France.
an expansion of states' rights.
Whose economic plan including tariffs, a national bank, and federal spending for roads and canals, known as the "American System"?
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Which of the following was a major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine?
To discourage United States trade with Latin America
To prevent British dominance of the Panama Canal
To prevent further European colonization in the Americas
To provide economic aid to Latin American nations
Which of the following was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825?
Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast.
Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets.
A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.
Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.
Which of the following most accurately describes the "Lowell System"?
A system that encouraged employment of young women who were then housed in dormitories.
A system that utilized slave labor.
An early American labor union designed to increase the wealth of its members.
A business organization where products were made in the home.
Which of the following most accurately describes the significance of the cotton gin?
The cotton gin directly led to the abolition of slavery in America.
Eli Whitney gained immense wealth and used that wealth to expand the institution of slavery to new territories in the United States.
The gin made the textile production far more efficient; consequently, leading to an increase in cotton production and industrialization.
The efficiency created by the cotton gin made textiles significantly less expensive thereby bringing an end to the textile industry in America.
Which of the following most accurately describes the political situation in America during the Era of Good Feelings?
There was only one major political party; thereby, enabling the country to focus on more important issues like the economy and foreign relations.
There were two major parties that disagreed on every major issue.
The American political system was nearly overturned by violent revolution in response to the Monroe Doctrine.
Politics in the United States was fragmented among many small parties; thereby, making impossible to accomplish anything meaningful in the nation.
Which of the following most accurately completes the analogy below?
Robert Fulton : steamboat :: ? : interchangeable parts
Samuel Slater
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton is responsible for which major industrial development?
The telegraph
The Cotton Gin
The Factory System
The Steamboat
What caused slavery to increase and expand in the southern economy?
Canal system
expanded slave trade routes
The Cotton Gin
The Steamboat
John C Calhoun represented which region?
The North
The South
The East
The Mississippi Delta
Daniel Webster represented which region?
The North
The South
The East
The Mississippi Delta
Henry Clay represented which region?
The North
The South
The West
The Mississippi Delta
Gibbons V Ogden is associated with which concept
judicial review
federal supremacy
interstate commerce
monopoly
McCulloch V Maryland is associated with which concept?
federal supremacy
interstate commerce
judicial review
states rights
Which case involved a steamboat transport business?
Gibbons V Ogden
Brown V The Board of Education
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch V Maryland
This case involved the national bank?
McCulloch v Maryland
Marbury v Madison
Gibbons V Ogden
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
The Monroe Doctrine stated which of the following
a end to all european involvement in the Americas
no new european colonies in the western hemisphere
America would help to overthrow european colonies
America pledged support in european affairs
The Monroe Doctrine is a change in US policy from a policy of __________ to an aggressive foreign policy
intervention
isolationism
neutrality
offensive action
The cotton gin, pictured above, revolutionized the American cotton industry How did the cotton gin also lead to a growth of slavery in the South?
More cotton could be processed. This meant less slaves were needed to work on cotton plantations to grow more cotton
More cotton could be processed. This meant more slaves were needed to work on cotton plantations to grow more cotton.
Less cotton could be processed. This meant less slaves were needed to work on cotton plantations to grow less cotton.
Less cotton could be processed. This meant more slaves were needed to work on cotton plantations to grow more cotton.
The building of the Erie Canal and other canals in the system led to ____________.
the abandonment of the rail lines
a decrease in farming
a decrease in trade
expansion of trade between the east and the Midwest
The political cartoon above, depicts which of the following?
The Adams-Onis Treaty
The Convention of 1818
The Monroe Doctrine
Joint-Occupation of Oregon
In what region would you see this picture?
South
West
North
Pacific
A rapid change to society caused by new methods of manufacturing and transportation was called the
Era of Good Feelings
Monroe Doctrine
Industrial Revolution
Sectionalism
What was the reason for the Monroe Doctrine?
Avoid conflict with European Countries
Increase trade between the US and Europe
Help the US conquer Canada
Limit the power of the President
What was the effect of the Erie Canal?
Cost of shipping goods to the mid west decreased
Cost of shipping goods to the mid west increased
Increase in European tariffs
Cost of shipping goods to Europe increased
McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden were significant because they —
Gave power to local governments
Allowed states to ignore federal law
Gave the Federal government authority over the states
Declared the Northwest Ordinance unconstitutional
What were the Lowell Girls famous for?
Working in cotton fields
Working in textile mills
Working on steamboats
Working on the Erie Canal
Winner of the 1816 and 1820 Elections
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
James Monroe
James Madison
Which of the following BEST explains Southern dependence upon slavery
The Southern economy depended on a cheap, stable, and controllable work force
Enslaved Africans were well suited to working in the Southern heat
The South needed slave labor to support its manufacturing economy
People opposing slavery did not settle in the South
