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Chapter 13

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

This drawing shows a worker in an antebellum New England textile mill. Which industrial development does the drawing depict?

a)

Interchangeable parts

b)

labor union

c)

Lowell System

d)

Slater System

2.

Outnumbered and outfought during a three-week siege in which they sustained great losses, British troops surrendered to the Continental Army and their French allies. This last major land battle of the American Revolution led to negotiations for peace with the British and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This is a description of a battle that took place during the American Revolution. Which battle is the subject of this description?

a)

Concord

b)

Lexington

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

3.

Which statement best represents the message Benjamin Franklin was trying to send with this political cartoon?

a)

The colonies will be more effective if they convince American Indians to join the war against France

b)

The colonies will be more effective as a single unit, and they should join together

c)

The colonies are separate units, and they should join with Great Britain to succeed

d)

The colonies will be more effective if they join with France in the war against Great Britain

4.

Read the diagram and answer the question. Which argument did opponents use to criticize Henry Clay’s plan? The diagram summarizes Henry Clay’s Plan for Improving the United States Economy with three components: maintain high tariffs on imports; establish a strong national bank; invest in transportation infrastructure such as roads and canals.

a)

High tariffs would negatively affect domestic manufacturing

b)

Farmers would be unable to secure loans from a central bank

c)

Using federal revenue to fund state improvements would be unconstitutional

d)

Government involvement in the economy would violate the principles of capitalism

5.

What was one consequence of the completion of the Erie Canal?

a)

It created stronger economic ties between the Northeast and the Midwest

b)

It increased economic incentives for states to end slavery

c)

It led to increased trade between the North and the South

d)

It created a need for a strong naval presence near the nation’s northern border

6.

In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall’s opinion established the principle of _________________.

a)

federal job rights

b)

judicial review

c)

implied powers

7.

“There is no failure in the potato crop, and you can grow every crop you wish... I shudder when I think that starvation prevails to such an extent [at home]. After supplying the entire population of America, there would still be as much corn and provisions... for there is no limit to cultivation or end to land. Here the meanest laborer has beef and mutton, with bread, tea, coffee, sugar, and even pies, the whole year round.” This is a quote from an immigrant to America in the mid-1800s. Based on this quote, this immigrant most likely came from which European nation?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

Ireland

d)

Spain

8.

In the early 1800s, new technological developments such as mechanized spinning machines had what impact on northern cities?

a)

They decreased the populations of cities as people left to escape the pollution caused by factories.

b)

They decreased trade in cities by reducing the diversity of manufactured products.

c)

They increased the populations of cities as more people moved there for jobs.

d)

They increased the need for skilled workers, causing large numbers of wealthy immigrants to come to the cities.

9.

Read the two excerpts. What did the first Tennessee Constitution have in common with the United States Constitution? Excerpt from First Tennessee Constitution: “That in all criminal prosecution, the accused hath a right to... a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the crime shall have been committed; and shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself.” Excerpt from United States Constitution: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.”

a)

They both safeguard individual rights, such as protection in criminal proceedings.

b)

They both give the government unlimited power to prosecute people accused of crimes.

c)

They both contain rights from people serving on juries.

d)

They both give the government the right to compel people to testify against them.

10.

Why did John Adams support the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

He feared the United States would be in a war with Great Britain soon and wanted to eliminate any internal threats.

b)

He feared the other political party was out to get him after they passed the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and wanted to eliminate any internal threats.

c)

He feared the United States would be in a war with France soon and wanted to eliminate any internal threats.

d)

He feared the other political party would attack him for his handling of the XYZ Affair and wanted to eliminate any internal threats.