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The Market Economy

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

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1.

The development of the Erie Canal would most directly lead to

a)
increased food farming in the Northeast, lessening the region’s ties to the South and Midwest
b)
increased trade between the Northeast and Midwest, further isolating the South economically
c)
increased trade between the Northeast and South, further isolating the Midwest economically
d)
decreased food farming the Midwest, increasing the region’s ties to the Northeast
2.

The map above most clearly demonstrate which of the following antebellum ( pre-Civil War) processes?

a)
The acceleration of a national and international market economy
b)
The free and forced migration of peoples across the continent
c)
The rise of abolitionist and other voluntary reform organizations
d)
The attempts of the United States to dominate the North American continent
3.

What  contributed  most to  the  process  illustrated  in  the  map above?

a)

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

The outlawing of the international slave trade

c)

New Inventions and the spread of cotton cultivation

d)

The rise in the number of free African Americans in the South

4.

Which of the following was the most immediate result of the above excerpt?

a)
Female factory workers’ wages increased and working hours shortened.
b)
Equal treatment of factory workers in regards to gender
c)
An increasing number of women were recruited by factory operators to produce goods for distant markets
d)
A smooth transition from a domestic lifestyle to the nature of factory work.
5.

Which of the following can be inferred by this excerpt?

a)
Migrants from Europe increased the population in both the East and the Midwest
b)
Employers heavily favored male factory workers opposed to female factory workers
c)
The Lowell system created a reliance on subsistence agriculture
d)
Lowell rapidly transformed from a small factory village into an important manufacturing center in the US
6.

Which of the following most directly made possible the ideas described in the excerpt?

a)
The emergence of monopolies that dominated entire businesses
b)
The significant influence of organized labor unions
c)
Farmers’ creation of local, regional, and national organizations that resisted corporate power
d)
Innovations including textile machinery, steam engines, and interchangeable parts
7.

The ideas described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following?

a)
A decline in the internal slave trade
b)
Large-scale European immigration to the South
c)
More Americans producing goods for national markets
d)
Business leaders consolidating corporations into trusts and holding companies
8.

This painting of Mount Holyoke, from the Hudson River School, most directly reflects which of the following early nineteenth century beliefs?

a)
Westward Movement
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Puritanism
d)
Mormonism
9.

This painting is an example of

a)
artists and writers’ increasing focus on New England landscapes.
b)
artists and writers’ increasing focus on environmental damage
c)
artists and writers’ support of Western expansion and the U.S. conquest of western lands
d)
artists and writers’ support of the American Indian people
10.

The map shows the United States immediately following the

a)
passage of the Northwest Ordinance
b)
negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
passage of the Missouri Compromise
d)
settlement of the Mexican War
11.

The area marked X on the map was part of

a)
Massachusetts’ Western Reserve
b)
the Northwest Territory
c)
the Louisiana Purchase
d)
the Mexican Cession
12.

Which of the following factors led to the War of 1812?

a)
Canadian invasion of New England
b)
Growing American involvement in European commerce and affairs.
c)
The destruction of the White House by British ships.
d)
A Spanish invasion of California.
13.

What impact did the War of 1812 have an American nationalism?

a)
The war reduced nationalism because it was a decisive defeat for America.
b)
Although the war was a decisive defeat, it had no impact on American nationalism.
c)
Although the conflict was indecisive, it boosted American nationalism.
d)
Although the war was a decisive victory, it had no impact on American
14.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the change over time depicted on the two maps?

a)
The construction of a national highway system
b)
The establishment of different time zones across the country
c)
The building of canals and roads
d)
The use of diesel engines
15.

The change depicted on the maps most directly contributed to which of the following?

a)
The drawing of a boundary line to discourage settlers from moving west of the Appalachians
b)
The establishment of a national bank to promote more stability in financial transactions
c)
The calls for the United States annexation of French and Spanish territories in the Mississippi River valley
d)
The creation of more interconnected and efficient markets for consumer goods
16.

Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

a)
The emergence of new forms of transportation
b)
The increased number of women in the paid workforce
c)
The emergence of southern opposition to tariffs
d)
The decline of slavery in the Northeast
17.

Which of the following pieces of historical evidence from the United States census could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt?

a)
Data showing changes in the number of textile mills
b)
Data showing population growth in the West
c)
Data showing the growth of the slave population
d)
Data showing changes in cotton production and price
18.

The immediate diplomatic goal Jefferson sought through his proposal in the excerpt was most likely

a)
encouraging support for United States annexation of Alaska and Hawaii
b)
extending United States influence across North America
c)
warning Americans about the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
d)
making a case for a federal navy to patrol domestic and international waters
19.

The fulfillment of the proposal in the excerpt would most immediately affect American Indians by

a)
prompting American Indian resistance to United States expansion and bringing about new federal government efforts focused on control
b)
creating an interior empire in North America in which interaction with the United States government was primarily peaceful and mutually beneficial
c)
providing the foundation for a new forced-labor system in which American Indians had to submit to the control of large landholders
d)
plowing under much of the Great Plains for the expansion of farming and reducing the buffalo herds on which many American Indians in the West relied
20.

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his

a)
previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution
b)
veto of funding for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition
c)
admiration of France’s military power
d)
devotion to new methods of cartography
21.

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

a)
Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
b)
Provided for admission of the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave.
c)
Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.
d)
Finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories.
22.

Of the following, which was the principal issue on which the United States sought settlement with Great Britain at the outset of the War of 1812?

a)
A guarantee of New England fishing rights off Newfoundland
b)
Free navigation of the Mississippi River
c)
Cancellation of pre-Revolutionary debts
d)
An end to impressment
23.

When Thomas Jefferson said in 1801, “We are all republicans – we are all federalists,” he meant that

a)
Americans would never ally themselves with monarchial governments
b)
federalists would be appointed to his cabinet
c)
the two parties’ platforms were identical
d)
the principles of American government were above party politics
24.

“To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution.” Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to

a)
support his argument for a strong central government in The Federalist papers
b)
convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States
c)
substantiate his strict interpretation of the Constitution
d)
lobby Congress for a protective tariff to promote United States industry
25.

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it

a)
established the role of the federal government in internal improvements
b)
strengthened the ties between the eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions
c)
made the invention of the steamboat economically viable
d)
spurred innovation in the railroad industry
26.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following?

a)
The migration of United States settlers west of the Appalachians
b)
The expansion of Spanish missions in California
c)
The election of Thomas Jefferson as president
d)
The revolutionary government in France
27.

During his administration, Washington pursued the foreign policy suggested by the excerpt in part because he believed that the

a)
new nation needed time to gain economic and military strength
b)
Constitution prohibited the United States from making treaties
c)
United States should not acquire new territory by force
d)
United States should establish alliances with both France and Britain
28.

Which of the following best describes an overall trend depicted in the graph for the time period between 1751 and 1800 ?

a)
The slave trade to the North increased.
b)
The slave trade was halted as a result of the American Revolution.
c)
The number of enslaved Africans brought to the United States decreased.
d)
The number of enslaved Africans brought to the Carolinas and Georgia steadily increased.

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